New Releases by Mitsumasa Anno

Author provides a wordless journey on a visual tour de force of Spain.

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 Chengliang, Leo and Diane Dillon, Akiko Hayashi, and Nicolai Ye. Popov.

Come along for a wonder-filled exploration of fabulous cities, picturesque villages, and uniquely various inhabitants in Anno''s USA.

Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of abstract thinking, circuitry, geometry, and topology.

Door middel van met waterverf ingekleurde schetsen met begeleidende teksten geeft de bekende Japanse tekenaar zijn visie op Nederland.

First there is an empty field. The it is January, the first month of the year. All alone in the snow stands 1 yellow house. In front, 1 child builds a snowman. Behind the house is 1 tree and 1 black cow. Now, five months later, it is June. There are 6 buildings in the field, 6 children playing, and 6 adults working. One adult tends 6 ducks. Another drives a trains with 6 cars. From 1 to 12, through the months of the year, the town grows. More houses and trees and animals and people can be seen until December arrives with all it''s magic.

Depicts the faces of familiar animals including bear, cat, rabbit, fox, and lion with two die-cut holes for the eyes of each animal for the reader to look through.

Chaos descends on Shadowland when the watchman leaves his post to join a little match girl on a snowy street in the real world.

Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of abstract thinking, circuitry, geometry, and topology.

This book contains a selective, annotated bibliography of 304 Japanese children''s books that represent the years 1946-1985 and that are contained in the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.). The volume presents an overview of the development and change in Japanese children''s literature in terms of: (1) a new democratic philosophy, 1946-1955; (2) social reforms, 1956-1965; (3) an era between economic and social dreams and reality, 1966-1975; and (4) the economic and social changes of the 1980s. The titles are arranged by year and alphabetically by author under the categories of: (1) children''s books and periodicals; (2) reference sources (history and criticism, exhibition catalogs, and periodicals); and (3) reprints of pre-World War II children''s literature (books and collections and anthologies). Titles appear in Japanese and English, and special awards are noted. Title, author, and artist indexes are provided. (JHP)

Cut-out hands intersect each spread of this intriguing book, hiding the pictures beneath.

Explains how the earth''s movements around the sun and the resulting movement of shadows have been used to tell time. Includes illustrations that pop up or fold out to demonstrate how sundials work.

Explains how the earth''s movements around the sun and the resulting movement of shadows have been used to tell time. Includes illustrations that pop up or fold out to demonstrate how sundials work. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

Explores by the use of colourful pictures and story the elements of combinatorial analysis or combinatorics, which forms the basis of much of today''s computer programming and mathematical problem solving.

SUMMARY: A picture story about the treasure and trash to be found in a Saturday morning Flea Market.

Images of United States history: places, people, events.

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.

The illustrations lead the reader on a journey through Great Britain moving freely through time and space.

The distorted letters of the alphabet become quite clear when viewed with the help of the silver tube included with the book.

Records in drawings the author''s journey through northern Europe and his impressions of the land, the people at work and play, and their art, architecture, folklore, and fairy tales.

Reproductions of 41 recent paintings and drawings accompanied by relevant captions chosen by the artist from works of literature, science, and philosophy.

Translation of Kûsô kôbô.

A king discovers that bigger is not always better.

The reader is invited to find a variety of animals hidden amidst woodland scenes.