A Pile of Leaves

$18.95 at Whitney Museum of American Art.

Dig through the leaf pile in this collage-inspired book with see-through pages. Readers explore the concept of layering and collage with this interactive exercise in composition. Each clear acetate page features a single element in the leaf pile, though some are not leaves at all! As readers turn the pages, the leaf pile is deconstructed piece by piece on the right side, and reconstructed on the left. Younger readers will enjoy the seek-and-find aspect of the hidden objects, while older readers might…