New Releases by Mitsumasa Anno

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.

Cet album sans texte invite l''enfant à verbaliser ce qu''il sait sur l''animal ou le personnage dissimulé sous la main. Amusant.

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.

Les utilisations du cadran solaire et la représentation de la Terre expliquée aux enfants

''An excellent introduction to number systems that is a beautiful wordless picture book as well. . . Over the course of a year (each picture represents a different month and time of day) a little town grows up with viewers witnessing the building of bridges, streets, and railroads. . . . Extraordinary lovely art work.'' ''SLJ.

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.

Album sans texte où nous suivons un petit cavalier qui traverse les Etats-Unis. Il nous fait découvrir au fil des pages des scènes quotidiennes, des paysages, des gens, des villes et villages d''Amérique à l''époque des chevaux et carrioles. Nombreuses références culturelles à retrouver comme des légendes ou des personnages historiques.

In wordless panoramas a lone traveler approaches the New World from the West in the present day and journeys the width of the country backward through time, departing the east coast as the Santa Maria appears over the horizon.

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.

A pictorial representation of rural, town, and city scenes in Italy, which contain hidden images from fine arts, religion, history, and folklore.

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.