Meg the witch encounters some of the many friends she has made over the years in this pull-the-tab book, from George, the knight she met in Meg's Castle, to Bess, Jess, Tess and Cress, the fellow witches who aided her in Mog's Missing. Each two-page spread of Meg's Friends features rhyming text on one page - "The octopus gives Meg a ride / far across the ocean wide" - and accompanying artwork in vivid hues spread across both pages. Each scene also features a tab to pull, moving the characters in specific ways.

Like the Meg and Mog Jigsaw Book, this is a peripheral title in the Meg and Mog series, not being one of the main story-adventures, but rather a related activity book. It seems to be drawing as much from the television show as the books, as some of Meg's friends were unfamiliar to me - the cowboy, the Viking - despite the fact that I have read all of the books. I can't say I was terribly impressed with the paper engineering here - some of the movements resulting from the pulled tabs seemed minimal, at best - and there is little story to speak of, but the artwork is as bright as ever, and for fans of these characters, it will undoubtedly be a fun little title. ( )