cover image Paint by Sticker Kids: Create 10 Pictures One Sticker at a Time

Paint by Sticker Kids: Create 10 Pictures One Sticker at a Time

Workman. Workman, $9.95 paper (34p) ISBN 978-0-7611-8941-1

This nifty activity book riffs on the paint-by-numbers concept, instead using colorful numbered stickers%E2%80%94included in 11 sheets at the end of the book%E2%80%94that readers can use to complete 10 geometric pictures of a truck, puppy, rabbit, shark, and more. Applying the stickers transforms the white outlined shapes into colorful tableaus that resemble digital 3-D models; perforated pages let readers tear out the finished images to display. With its combination of number-matching, precision, and art-creation, it's a clever idea that ought to appeal to left- and right-brained readers alike%E2%80%94even if they don't lay the stickers exactly right. "Don't worry if the lines are a bit off," assures the introduction. "They look like the irregular stones in a mosaic." A companion book for adults is available simultaneously. Ages 5%E2%80%939. (Apr.)