author/illustrator: Hector Dexet
ages: 18 months+
30 pages
21 x 21 cm
board book with die-cuts
French
Amaterra
Moa the Boa
Moa the boa is starving. Guess from the shape of its body which animal Moa has swallowed in this fun lift-the-flap pop-up book. Luckily, he's allergic to children!
Like the snake and the elephant in The Little Prince by Saint-Exupéry, the boa's body takes the shape of the animal it has just swallowed. Its body stretches throughout the book, changing shape on each double page.
The child must guess which animal Moa the boa has swallowed, and then check their answer by lifting the flap. At the end, the boa thinks it has caught a wolf, but it’s actually… a child in disguise.
It sneezes, and in a delightful final pop-up, spits out all the animals it has swallowed. 10 embossed silhouettes on the cover, 12 double pages with flaps, and a large pop-up!