In this brightly, cheery book of collages, Ehlert presents animals with spots and stripes.  Descriptions of the animals are given in a four-line verse, which rhyme awkwardly and take away from the pictures.  It is the handmade and painted papers from which the animals are made which is the main attraction here.  The pictures are large enough to see texture and how it was assembled.  Ehlert tries to interject some non-fiction into a picture book, but the facts are rather weak.  I will use this book more for it’s art, color, pattern and design.