A simple, beautiful introduction to math for the youngest readers
Every child is a natural mathematician, according to Mitsumasa Anno. Children are constantly comparing and classifying things and events they observe around them. As they try ...
One by one, ten children move from their old house into their new house with all their possessions. Die-cut windows reveal the interiors of the houses and the book can also be read from back to front....
Figures from two sets of playing cards, each of which seems upside down to the other, pursue their queer and quacky quarreling, until one of the kings points out that it is all a matter of point of view....
Depicts familiar fruits and vegetables, including the strawberry, orange, watermelon, and green pea. Moving see-through plastic cards over the illustrations causes each fruit and vegetable to smile and frown....
Brief, poetic text and brilliantly colored and detailed paintings evoke the spirit of the Middle Ages, surveying its culture and beliefs, fears and superstitions, and significant advances in scientific thought and inquiry...
When Freddy Fox finds a book and asks his father to read it to him, Freddy's father offers his own tales based on the illustrations that accompany two tales from the Brothers Grimm--"The Fisherman and His Wife" and "The Four Clever Brothers."...
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner
Join Anno, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, on a spectacular tour of Europe!
A pictorial journey through the traditional countryside, farms, and towns of northern Europe takes re...
Ten outstanding artists illustrate the similarities and differences in children and their activities in eight different parts of the world throughout one 24-hour day. Features artwork from Raymond Briggs, Ron Brooks, Eric Carle, Gian Calvi, Zhu Cheng...