A young boy encounters a brontosaurus in his grandmother's garden.

In Granny's Garden

HARRISON, SARAH

Wilks, Mike

Children's Books

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

A vast and sprawling factory churns out weather in all its variations.

The Weather Works

Literature & Fiction

Henry Holt Co.

Pile: Petals from St Klaed's Computer

Aldiss,Brian

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)

The author of "The Ultimate Alphabet" and "The Annotated Ultimate Alphabet" presents an illustrated drawing course for beginners. He introduces the novice draughtsman to a wide variety of techniques, using both his own work and that of the Old Masters. The book includes a series of practical exercises with step-by-step instructions illustrated with colour photographs of drawings at various stages of completion. Detailed advice on equipment and materials is supported by double-page spreads showing the many tools available to the draughtsman.

Drawing Course

Arts & Photography

Bbc Pubns

A meditation on the nature of change and visual perception includes twelve richly surreal, provocative, philosophical life-cycle paintings, matched on a facing page with a nearly identical, electronically altered version of the image.

Metamorphosis: The Ultimate Spot-the-Difference Book

Avery

A puzzle asks readers to search among the 707 paired animals that populate Noah's ark for the single creature that is without a mate

THE ULTIMATE NOAH'S ARK

Henry Holt & Company, Llc

Mike Wilks set out in the 1980s to depict as many words as possible in twenty-six images corresponding to the alphabet. His four-year painting odyssey resulted in a suite of magnificent compilations, all minutely detailed, masterfully rendered, and slightly surreal. Each image contains dozens, if not hundreds, of items all starting with the same letter. It is a mind-blowing and enjoyably engaging task to attempt to identify all of the objects. One wonders at the artist accomplishing this seemingly Herculean artistic endeavor. The reader need not go crazy, however, trying to name all of the words represented in the images (at last count, 7,819!). Numbered line drawings accompanied by lists of words serve as keys to the paintings. In examining the paintings carefully, one can check findings against the keys and in doing so will discover new words, as well as take delight in the process of examining the art carefully. It s art appreciation and a game of discovery, all in one. The images in this book were first published in 1986 in the best-selling The Ultimate Alphabet, and later in The Annotated Ultimate Alphabet, in which keys to the images were included. Now, The Ultimate Alphabet: Complete Edition brings these two volumes together in this deluxe slipcase edition. One volume presents the paintings with introductory text by the artist; the other offers the keyed drawings and alphabetical lists of words.

The Ultimate Alphabet

History & Criticism

Pomegranate Communications

Here is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a guided tour of the Weather Works, a unique sprawling factory where the weather is made. Open this enchanting volume and wander through Mike Wilks's atmospheric wonderland. Visit chamber after chamber, each filled with fascinating machinery dutifully churning out the weather in all its variations. Skate through the ice and sleet compartment, and sweat through the burning-hot halls where liquid sunshine bubbles in vats. Marvel at the revolutionary wonders being wrought in Research, and bask in the radiant colors of Rainbow Hall. Notice how the guide grows visibly older and more harried as the tour progresses, and keep a sharp eye on the mysterious pet, who seems intent on wreaking havoc! Charming and challenging, The Weather Works is a metaphorical epic of finely interwoven art and verse, destined to earn a place as a classic illustrated work for readers of all ages.

Individual Artists

Find as many images as you can in these works of art!

Ultimate Alphabet Workbook

Graphic Design

Holt Paperbacks

Twenty-six paintings show more than seven thousand objects beginning with each letter of the alphabet

The Ultimate Alphabet and Workbook

History

World

Henry Holt and Co.

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In Granny's Garden

The Weather Works

Pile: Petals from St Klaed's Computer

Drawing Course

Metamorphosis: The Ultimate Spot-the-Difference Book

THE ULTIMATE NOAH'S ARK

The Ultimate Alphabet

The Weather Works

Ultimate Alphabet Workbook

The Ultimate Alphabet and Workbook