Never Too Little to Love Author:Jeanne Willis, Jan Fearnley This tall, slim book about love offers some delightful design surprises. The cover features the hero, a white mouse, tiny Too-Little, standing on a cupcake that is surrounded by tiny ants. He loves someone the audience can't see, but she's "way up there." To get to his lady love, Tiny begins by standing on a thimble. That, of course, isn't enoug... more »h, so on each succeeding page, Tiny climbs on yet another object; a matchbook, a watermelon, a teacup, a cabbage, a candle, and a few other items appear one by one on successively shorter pages that overlap when turned, until the mouse is finally revealed standing atop a column of objects balancing on a tiny pair of stilts. Then there's a huge crash, with Tiny landing on the ground. Finally, the lover appears--a giraffe, who bends down (thanks to smart paper engineering) and offers a kiss. As attractive as it is clever, the book features ink-and-watercolor washes with soft lines that capture the feeling of being lovelorn yet hopeful. -Ilene Cooper« less