Gotcha!

An exquisite fairy tale lift-the-flaps hide-and-seek from the international bestselling author of Inside the Villains about how what we read prepares us for life.

“Quick, hide!” Chased by monsters – a hairball, a stinkwart and a creeper – each hairier and stinkier than the one before, a child finds shelter in three famous fairytale houses. 

Lift the flaps big and small to discover curious places for the child’s best chance to hide. Knock on the door of the Little Pigs’ bathroom, open up Hansel and Gretel’s oven (if you dare!) or see who’s already inside Sleeping Beauty’s stopped clock.

The hero of our story is finally chased into the library where their story books remind them how to vanquish villains, causing the monsters to flee. Gotcha! is a salute to the power of story and how trying things out between the pages of a book prepares us for the world. 

This intricately produced large fold-out book is like no other: a celebration of fairy tales and child empowerment that’s full of humor and detail on every page. Over 40 interactive elements to mesmerize pre-schoolers and independent readers.

A multi-layered book with flaps within flaps and multiple fold outs, Gotcha! is the ultimate interactive gift book that will captivate children ages 4 and up, to read in pairs or families, poring over the illustrations together. A perfect book for any child who enjoys fractured fairy tales.

Translated from the French edition by Daniel Hahn.

“"Three hairy, smelly monsters pursue a clever child through three fairy-tale houses in Cotilde Perrin's Gotcha!, a slightly scary yet playfully droll lift-the-flap book. The chase begins on the title page with a child dressed in a bear costume turning the page. Enter monster #1: "a nasty hairball with frightful fur and feculent feet... prowling, sniffing, searching" for the child, who hides in a brick house belonging to the Three Little Pigs. Monsters #2 and #3 follow suit, while the child evades them in Hansel and Gretel's gingerbread house and in Sleeping Beauty's castle. Each house has plenty to look at, with cutouts, flaps, foldouts and split pages that reveal what's behind closed doors and upstairs. The oversized pages filled with bold, saturated artwork showcase the creatures in all their stinky, "freakish" glory. This interactive fairy-tale hide-and-seek, which was translated from French by Daniel Hahn, is guffaw-eliciting and engaging."--Shelf Awareness”

"Richly-imagined."

"There are more flaps than you could shake a stick at, plus witty asides for the grownups."

"A magical book of the highest quality...clever and creative and will be loved by family members of all ages. A perfect book for a special gift."

"Guffaw-eliciting and engaging."

"There’s so much to find in the corners and crannies that this book is guaranteed to last you a long, long time."

Clotilde Perrin is an illustrator and author living in Strasbourg, France. A graduate of the prestigious School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg, she has published over 30 books and is known for her intricate interactive lift-the-flaps books including the international bestseller Inside the Villains.

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