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8 reviews
Remy Charlip, Jerry Joyner

Parents Magazine Press, 1975

A visual treat of the highest quality for kids of all ages.
This picture book may be the cleverest ever created. "Thirteen" is 13 stories told simultaneously on 13 pages, each story told by pictures which change and evolve as you turn the pages. Many of the stories are circular or contain hidden surprises. This is the book that I have given most often as a gift, not only to kids but also adults, who may enjoy it even more than kids!

THIRTEEN

1 review
Remy Charlip & Jerry Joyner

Parent's Magazine Press, 1975

A Most Unusual Book!
This is a book with thirteen "stories" running concurrently throughout. It can hardly be described--it needs to be experienced. Many of the stories are wordless. The book sometimes feels like a slow motion Flip book. I love it!

How Far Will a Rubber Band Stretch?

3 reviews
Mike Thaler

Parents' Magazine Press, 1974

How Far Will a Rubber Band Stretch?
This book presents the imagination of a child in a insightful manner. It allows one to stretch the imagination as to what one small object can do. I had the book as a child 20 years ago and remember reading it over and over again because it allowed me to think of new possibilities for common things rather than being confined to the stuctured world that we most often think of. I would ...

Earthquakes: Maps and Diagrams, Illustrated with Photographs (1973 Printing, TW2305)
Patricia Lauber

Scholastic Books, 1973

A deep rumble like thunder as the houses begin to shake. People rush outside. The earth under them cracks open, crumbling and sliding into the sea. A tidal wave engulfs the harbor. One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded has struck Anchorage, Alaska. This exciting book tells about this recent earthquake and many others, and tells why they happened and may happen again. Most exciting of all, it explains the new theory of floating ...