What an endearing board book. The author/narrator is searching for her sweetie pie behind a variety of cleverly rhymed animals, but just can't find her sweetie pie. That is, not until she looks in a locket, where a heart-shaped mirror reveals the sweetie-pie's face: whatever cutie is reading this book along with her mama (in our case, at least). The lift-the-flap illustrations are adorable animals, in bright colors and bold lines, similar to other art by Emberley, and the text is exceedingly simple but well written. Every time my girls saw their faces at the end of the book, and smiled, it made my heart melt. For books that target this age, simple and attractive are key, and this book hits the mark on every level. A keeper. ( )