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Presents a series of optical illustions and explains what is seen.

The reader is asked a question about each page of animal pictures.

White illustrations against a black background depict such objects as a horse, baby bottle, and sailboat. On board pages.

Black silhouettes against white background depict different mother animals and their young, from one sheep to five ducks. On board pages.

"This clever picture book introduces the concept of animal characteristics by highlighting how there can be both differences and similarities within a group. For example, the zebra gallops, the bumblebee flies, the lemur leaps and the tiger prowls -- 'But look closer now ... We all have STRIPES!' And so it goes. Again and again, readers will be surprised to find that a group of four seemingly different animals all have one trait in common -- whiskers,...

White illustrations against a black background, alternating with black illustrations against a white background, depicting objects such as an elephant, butterfly, leaf, horse, baby bottle, and sailboat.

Presents a collection of three-dimensional images of the creatures from the Harry Potter films, including Buckbeak, Hedwig, and the Hungarian Horntail Dragon.

Computer-generated 3D images of Harry Potter characters emerge when the viewer "decodes" the drawings.

The reader views photographs of familiar objects, first through cut-out holes, then in their entirety.

This colorful illlustrations-only book features duotone stencil images grouped together with one "odd one out" for readers to find. In a book without words, children must use their observational skills to determine which object on each two-page spread does not belong with the others.