HERE'S a splendid pop-up book with brilliantly engineered, colourful pictures that literally jump right out at you.

The story, told in verse, is neatly based on the fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

But what will really enthral little ones are the clever moving pictures in which a hermit crab creeps out of its shell, an octopus squeezes into a treasure chest and eels wriggle down into their holes.

The last pop-up picture of the shark actually appearing is literally a huge surprise. (Age 2-5).