FLIP-FLAP FARM BOOK | NOSY CROW

What do you get if you cross a turkey with a goat? Why, that would be a toat, of course! Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Farm is a brilliantly funny split-page book from Nosy Crow where flipping the top or bottom half of each page mixes up farm animals to create wonderfully ridiculous hybrid creatures — a purkey (pig + turkey), a shabbit (sheep + rabbit), a toat (turkey + goat) and over 121 combinations in all.

Each animal has its own full-page illustration in Axel Scheffler’s instantly recognisable style — the same bold, characterful artwork behind The Gruffalo and the Pip and Posy series — plus a funny rhyming verse written in first person. The cow announces “I’m beautiful! My nose is pink, I’ve lovely big, brown eyes”; the goat warns “I hope that you won’t make me cross — I’ll butt you with my head!”; the turkey muses “The children sometimes laugh at me — I don’t know why. Do you?” When you flip the pages, the animal sounds mix too — Gobble! Meh! Moo! — adding to the chaos.

A landscape hardback with a rainbow-striped spine and bold yellow, red and turquoise page backgrounds. Animals confirmed in the book include cow, turkey, goat, pig, sheep and rabbit. Perfect for preschoolers who love animals, silliness and reading aloud. A wonderful gift. By Nosy Crow, illustrated by Axel Scheffler.

• Split-page flip book creating over 121 mixed-up farm animal combinations
• Animals include cow, turkey, goat, pig, sheep, rabbit and more
• Funny rhyming verse for each animal written in first person
• Mixed-up creature names: purkey, shabbit, toat and more
• Bold illustrations by Axel Scheffler — illustrator of The Gruffalo
• Animal sounds mix when pages are flipped
• Landscape hardback with rainbow striped spine
• Ages 3 years and above
• By Nosy Crow