If there"s one thing in the world that little Rugrat Chuckie wants, it"s a new mommy. His dad, Chas, agrees, and starts dating. "What are dates?" Chuckie asks the other babies. "Big raisins that make you poop," his friend Phil tells him. With that cleared up, Chuck and Chas continue the search. But it isn"t until their friend Stu is called to Paris to fix the dinosaur-like Reptar he designed, and invites everyone along, that things really get interesting. Will Chuck and Chas end up with Madame Coco LaBouche, the fiendish head of Reptarland, or the lovely princess of Reptarland? Or perhaps someone entirely different? One thing is certain; surrounded by volcanoes ("bowlcanoes"), doorknobs that turn into dragons, and ninja security guards, the Rugrats will have their fill of adventures before this Parisian trip is over. Perplexing (if not downright inane) to the adult eye, the Rugrat stories, based on the Nickelodeon TV series and the Rugrats in Paris movie, have a tremendous appeal to young children. And if the movie tie-in books--Rugrats in Paris: A Dream Come True, Rugrats in Paris: Babies in Reptarland, and >, Rugrats in Paris: Joke Book --can encourage kids to make the transition from watching TV to reading, more power to "em! (Preschool to age 6) --Emilie Coulter