April Wilson, Author, A. J. Wood, Author, Rachael Kent, With Dial Books $13 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0925-6
Facing pages of each spread contain views of nature that, at first glance, appear to be identical. Closer examination reveals that in fact a number of subtle changes--12 in each pairing--have occurred from one illustration to the other. A wax plant...
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A. J. Wood, Author, Stella Stillwell, Author, Stella Stillwell, Illustrator Little Brown and Company $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-81616-8
The front of this handsome paper-over-board volume poses an intriguing query: ``A dozen eggs. What will they be? Unfold each page and you will see!'' In Wood and Stilwell's luxuriantly illustrated fold-out book, exotic eggs sit in their habitats,...
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A. J. Wood, Author, Wayne Andersen, Author, Wayne Anderson, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-694-00812-4
The creators of A Night in the Dinosaur Graveyard offer more holographic encounters, this time in an outer-space setting. However, in light of Spielbergian adventures and similar extraterrestrial excursions, Wood's simplistic story may strike the...
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A. J. Wood, Author, Audrey Wood, Author, Stephanie Boey, Illustrator Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-47023-6
Durable embossed pages heighten the drama of a young emperor penguin's rite of passage-the loss of his downy feathers-in The Little Penguin by A.J. Wood, illus. by Stephanie Boey.
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A. J. Wood, Author, Maggie Kneen, Author, Chronicle Books, Author Chronicle Books $15.95 (20p) ISBN 978-0-8118-3210-6
The Pigglytoes family has different ideas about what makes Christmas special, but baby piglet understands that it doesn't come wrapped in a box. A.J. Wood's rhyming text and Maggie Kneen's illustrations, with foldout flaps and sparkling foil, ...
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