It"s cleaning day for Pip the penguin, but every time he starts to clean a room he hears a bang-banging, toot-tooting, or ting-a-linging from some hidden spot. "It"s only me!" says the drumstick-wielding chimp from inside the cupboard. "It"s only me!" says the horn-tooting elephant from the bathtub. "It"s only me!" says the leopard, merrily clanging away on the xylophone under the stairs. Not even when Pip is hunkering down in bed for the night does he get any peace and quiet from his noisy friends: "It"s only us!" sing all the animals from Pip"s wardrobe. The very youngest readers will love lifting the flaps on every page of this mini board book to find the musical menagerie in Pip"s house. Boldly outlined pictures in bright, happy colors show an adorably pudgy Pip surprised time after time by his mischievous pals. Look for Pip in How Many? Too Many!, Here It Is!, and Say Cheese, Please!. Leslie McGuirk"s Pip the Penguin lift-the-flap series is the cutest thing around. Who says so? It"s not only me. (Ages 2 to 5) --Emilie Coulter