Abstract: A book having at least one page with a base sheet and a cover sheet disposed thereon with illustrations on the cover sheet with at least one aperture formed in the cover sheet corresponding to a pictorial element in the illustration and at least one fiber optic strand extending between the base sheet and the cover sheet with one end of the fiber optic strand disposed under the aperture and the other end disposed at a light source, causing light to be transmitted through the fiber optic strand such that it is visibly illuminated within the aperture to form part of the pictorial content of the illustration.