Epub was a horrible way to share this, but I was able to view it elsewhere. Review left was:

Gotcha!: A Funny Fairy Tale Hide-and-Seek
Clotilde Perrin Is a fun and wonderfully illustrated children’s book adults can enjoy too. A great way to interact and read - play together. My son & I loved looking through these types of books when he was younger.

The illustrations are so much fun, and lots of treasures to find along the way. A book that can be read together many times over.

I was given this book for review purposes. All opinions are my own.

In an ode to the creeping forces found in the fairytales of old, this picture book explores the adventures of a young protagonist—perchance the one reading the book at that very moment—through a race against the monsters who scares them. The protagonist hides in Classic stories told to children with more gore & gusto than many of the Horror novels of today; wolves gobbling grandmothers, witches boiling abandoned children in the woods. Though these stories have now been tampered & teased into submission for the general consumption of all, within this book, their hidden origin dost lie.

With that being said, though I have not put a content warning within this review I will say that this is a case wherein many children whose temperaments are on the more gentle & sensitive side, might not appreciate this so much as the children who crave the curious & bizarre. Therefore, I will advise that if you are seeking this book for a young one in your life, please be aware that the imagery is abundant in detail—keep that young reader in mind when gifting this read.

I know I would have loved this story as a child because I was in fact someone who was brazenly curious about everything outlandishly illogical—something I have not given up in my adult years. The illustrations within this book are a testament to hours spent perfecting the craft & diligence in a league of its own. I adored everything there was to read & see & notice; everything hidden until found.

There is a great deal to appreciate within this story. I would wager to say that the role of stories plays a very prominent part in the vanquishing of monsters—of fear. When the protagonist halts his hiding, he realizes that through all the stories he has read he has found refuge from his fear. With everything learnt through stories & tales, the protagonist was able to confront the unknown.

Though I am sure that this lesson is beneficial to all, I stand by what I said at the beginning of this review; this is a story for readers like me, once children who roamed shelves unafraid of wolves, tired-eyed-monsters, & the crazed lunacy of aged sorceresses waiting for orphans. I appreciated this story very much for the lurch down memory lane. A jaunt over the bridge where it all began; in the pages of a book & whence I remain, snug as a seedling in the soil, cozied between the words on the page.

Thank you to NetGalley, Gecko Press, & Clotilde Perrin for the free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Cute and fun this little book for kid will be a nice read for those little ones in preparation for Halloween. I like it!

This silly and imaginative children's book tells the story of a variety of strange looking monsters and a game of hide and seek using the flaps within the book. The font would be a little challenging for beginning readers to decipher, but as book that is likely being read to children rather than by children, that shouldn't be a problem. The use of flaps makes the book interactive and feels like a real game of hide and seek with the craziest opponents young children will ever take on! I'd definitely recommend this fun books to parents of toddlers and young children. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read and review this book!

Gotcha! by Clotilde Perrin was so so much fun! WE LOVED THIS BOOK! The illustrations are simply delightful and we were giggling out loud. Make sure you lift all the flaps and check every corner!!

Very whimsical, great for lovers of fairy tales and fantasy. The monsters are funny, without being too scary for younger chilren. While it's hard to review a pop-up book in digital form, I think this book will be a fun adventure for readers.

I think is probably a super cool book, as a physical book, but as an ebook you couldn’t quite get the vibe. Overall we still enjoyed it though, and the illustrations are great!

Haha, I’m honestly so torn about this one.

Gotcha is a genuinely clever little book, with a lot of really fun jokes hidden within its pages (I honestly had to do a double take when I saw the portrait of mom and dad in the little pigs’ house)! As an adult, I found the little jokes throughout absolutely phenomenal, but at times I kind of cringed a little at the thought of reading it to a kid.

Then again, as with the little callback to this movie we see on the bookshelves, the book is kind of like Shrek in that there are a lot of jokes for adults that the kids are certain to not take note of. And I do have a small amount of appreciation for that.

Outside of this, as an interactive flap filled book for kids, there is certainly a lot of fun to be had flipping through everything and seeing the main character find all these hiding places in each of the three houses to stay out of the sight of the three monsters. The monsters are adequately scary, perhaps even too much for the easily spooked little one.

I dunno, I had a lot of fun reading it and I would have no problem giving this to my nieces. That said, it’s probably not something all the parents would like as it does get into some…darker areas, in the spirit of old stories like that of the Grimm Brothers.

Small note for my NetGalley readers — the digital format takes a bit to figure out. Just remember that recto means the flap is covered and verso means its opened. And then match the numbers up to the main pages. Good luck!

I love the concept and fun flap design. Hard to have lift a flap books in the library. I also felt the narrative was lacking. Illustrations were incredible.

I really loved the detailed illustrations in this book and figured out the flap situation (a different format for an egalley vs. printing would have made this helpful!). The vocabulary was also fun, and this text would be a great way to teach children new terms. Still, I found the narrative itself to be lacking -- there was no clear tie between the three monsters, the fairytale houses they were lurking near, or the implied 'you,' the reader. In fact, after most of the book being in second person, the final page seems to shift to first person in a very confusing way. Not sure most children would notice, but it still detracted from the book.

Thanks to Netgalley and Gecko Press for a free digital copy.

A fun little flap book about the monsters within pages. It's hard to read a digital copy of a flap book, but I think this one has great illustrations and could be a fun read.

I really enjoyed the illustration style, and I found the story itself to be fun and whimsical. A band of monsters are seeking through well-known fairytale residences in order to find the children hidden within! In each scene there are so many interactive elements and fun references to the stories they come from.

I feel like this lift-the-flap style book will keep its readers entertained and wanting to come back again and again to find new and exciting details.

Perfect for pre-school aged children, and young independent readers, Gotcha! is sure to a delight for all.

🦇Spooky Kids Review🦇 - Gotcha!
Medium: Pop-Up/Peek-A-Boo Book
Release: October 4, 2022
Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

*Thank you to @netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review*

I will say, reviewing a pop-up book on a digital outlet isn't as fun. But we are FULL of imagination in this house! The littlest family member and I had fun trying to find who he called, "the friend", who was hiding in all different houses!

I even had fun spotting some stuff that was clearly thrown in for the adults - like that Harry Potter poster! (And other things that made me giggle)

We will definitely have to seek out a physical copy of this when it comes out! So cute!

A hide and seek book. It was hard to tell the pop ups and illustrations. There wasn’t as much of a narrative as I thought there would be.

Gotcha!
by Clotilde Perrin
a little confusing, the story of different houses and the things with in it. Each house belonging to a new monster.

The illustrations are beyond cute, I loved all the little details that went into the houses and characters. House B is my favorite, all the candy items was cute!

I understand this is supposed to be a life the flaps hide and see book that is in the works but was a big confused as to were the text/story line writing is. My ARC copy is blank with the last 2 pages having scrambled text on it. Without the text you do get the jist of what is happening story wise.