Tana Hoban, Author HarperTrophy $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-07331-2
Striking photographs offer toddlers a look at 30 familiar signs. Ages 3-6. (September)
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Tana Hoban, Author Greenwillow Books $6.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-688-11918-8
Guided by the same precepts as those inspiring Dick Witt's Let's Look at Animals and Let's Look at My World (see review above), Hoban creates two stylish board books using only black and white. One volume drops out clearly recognizable shapes from...
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Tana Hoban, Author Greenwillow Books $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-14389-3
Hoban's crisp photo-essay presents images of upper- and lower-case letters beside objects beginning with that letter; reverse the book, and numerals are shown alongside coins that total that amount. Ages 3-up. (Aug.)
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Tana Hoban, Author Greenwillow Books $16 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-06862-2
Photographer Hoban has helped shape the way countless children view their surroundings. Here she presents vivid, full-color photos, highlighting dots and spots, speckles and stripes. In a wordless format, with one vivid photo per page, Hoban invites
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Tana Hoban, Author Mulberry Books $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-07044-1
Hoban offers preschoolers an outstanding pictorial introduction to the zoo. Ages 3-6. (April)
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Tana Hoban, Author Mulberry Books $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-11506-7
Beguiling photographs and simple text portray a kitten's foray into the big world. Ages 2-up. (Mar.)
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Tana Hoban, Author Greenwillow Books $13.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-09697-7
This newest entry from preschool concept master Hoban is initially more difficult to decode than her previous titles, but persistent parents and kids will find the extra effort worthwhile. In this book-length exploration of the idea ``where,'' Hoban
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Tana Hoban, Author, Tana Hoban, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-05832-6
Hoban is well known for her unexcelled concept books for preschoolers. Taking color and black-and-white photos of familiar objects and surroundings she shows letters, numbers, colors, opposites and more. Her pictures are more precise and clear than...
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Tana Hoban, Author, Tana Hoban, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $6.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-688-06563-8
A red alarm clock, a blue mitten, a yellow baby shoe and a purple flower are the first cheery photographs in Red, Blue, Yellow Shoea book about color. Panda, Panda displays a real panda in a natural-looking setting, progressing from eating, drinking,
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Tana Hoban, Author, Tana Hoban, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-688-06361-0
Hoban's name is synonymous with creative and carefully crafted concept books for young children. This newest offering in arresting full color is really two books in one. 26 Letters is a delightful ABC handbook. Each page shows two letters (in both...
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Tana Hoban, Author, Tana Hoban, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-07089-2
From one of the leading creators of wordless picture books comes this elegant array of photographic images tied together by a common theme. Whether in clouds reflected in the clear glass of a skycraper, a row of flamingos mirrored in a quiet pond,...
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Tana Hoban, Author, Tana Hoban, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-08861-3
The prolific master of the preschool photo-essay has produced another winner in which, as the title succinctly states, she wordlessly explores opposites. In 13 contrasting spreads framed by equally effective first- and last-page single photos, Hoban
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Tana Hoban, Author, Tana Hoban, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-12762-6
In this eye-popping book, Hoban's brilliant photographs portray the world around us as a glad cascade of colors. Pictures of underwater fish, a jar of jellybeans, market scenes and party games burst with every color imaginable. Smart compositions...
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Tana Hoban, Author, Tana Hoban, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $16 (21p) ISBN 978-0-688-07534-7
A bright blue comb, a pair of fire-engine red mittens, a vibrant yellow butterfly: the pages of the inimitable Hoban's ( 26 Letters and 99 Cents ; Shapes, Shapes, Shapes ) latest offering fairly burst with glossy, glorious color. The rainbow objects
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Tana Hoban, Author, Tana Hoban, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $17.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-688-07239-1
In this book, Hoban offers three chances to see ordinary objects in an unusual setting. First, a cutout in a blacked-out page frames a detail on the next page. What is that wrinkled, hairy gray thing? Turn the page and see the back end of an...
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