The third book is Up & Down: a lift-the-flap book by Britta Teckentrup. And this is so fun! It's penguins! One penguin separated by an iceberg to another and they're trying to get to one another. And the lift-the-flaps are just amazing! You're flipping quarter sheets of paper that they go from left to right and then end up going diagonal across the page, until they become entire entire page within a spread. I can't even really explain it to you. You'll have to check it out for yourself. But the penguin is going up and down and through he ocean and around different animals to get to his partner. And it is just beautiful. It's a beautiful work of art, reminding us all why picture books in this medium work so well. To be hands-on. To be in print. It's just lovely. I see myself sharing this with lots and lots of other people. I know my son and I have already enjoyed it an awful lot already. 
 This review appears on an episode of the "Best Book Ever [this week]" segment of the Let's Get Busy podcast. Check out the original post here: http://lgbpodcast.blogspot.com/2015/0...