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Anno's faces

1989
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.

Wild tracks!

a guide to nature's footprints
2008
Presents detailed illustrations of life-size paw, claw, and hoof prints; and explains how to identify tracks and how fast the animal might be traveling.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

1997
Ever-expanding die-cut holes show exactly what is happening in the old lady's stomach as she swallows an assortment of creatures, beginning with a small fly, and ending with a fatal horse.

I unpacked my grandmother's trunk

a picture book game
1983
From grandmother's trunk are taken objects beginning with each letter of the alphabet. Directions for playing this game are included.

The magic fan

1989
Despite the laughter of his fellow villagers, Yoshi uses his building skills to make a boat to catch the moon, a kite to reach the clouds, and a bridge that mimics the rainbow.

Dogs and Cats

2007
Two related works, one about dogs with some comparisons to cats and one about cats with some comparisons to dogs.

Glow in the dark book of ocean creatures

2002
A glow-in-the-dark introduction to the variety of animals living at various depths in the world's oceans.

Round trip

1983
Black-and-white illustrations and text record the sights on a day trip to the city and back home again to the country. The trip to the city is read from front to back and the return trip, from back to front, upside down.
Cover image of Round trip

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