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Tana Hoban
From the acclaimed and bestselling creator Tana Hoban, this sturdy accordion-format board book features iconic black-and-white images of recognizable objects from a child's world accompanied by full-color photographs of babies…
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This accordion-style book, based on the author’s landmark board books, Black on White and White on Black, is a must-have for new babies. It’s ideal for developing visual and fine…
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Before babies can see color clearly, they respond to the high contrast between black and white. This accordion-style foldout board book is sturdy enough to stand on its own, is…
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For use in schools and libraries only. Photographs show large and small leaves, pigs, fish, bowls, beads, tea sets, boats, balls, dolls, snowmen, cars, shoes, and toys.
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For use in schools and libraries only. Introduces signs and symbols frequently seen along the street.
Black silhouettes against white background depict different mother animals and their young, from one sheep to five ducks.
White illustrations against a black background depict such objects as a horse, baby bottle, and sailboat.
Toddlers who know the 26 letters of the alphabet and can count to 99–or are just learning–will love Hoban’s brilliant creation. This innovative concept book is two books in one…
White illustrations against a black background, alternating with black illustrations against a white background, depicting objects such as an elephant, butterfly, leaf, horse, baby bottle, and sailboat.
Many child-care experts believe babies are better able to see and recognize shapes when they are presented in black and white. A butterfly, a leaf, an elephant, and a small…
A first book of colors presented through everyday objects. Full-color illustrations.
What are the colors of your world? Where do you see these colors? Have you seen them anywhere else? Join Tana Hoban for hours of fun and colorful investigation. An…
Photographs of familiar objects such as chair, barrettes, and manhole cover present a study of rounded and angular shapes.
A wordless concept picture book meant to teach basic colors to very young children does its work excellently. – Booklist. (Baby/Preschool)
In this new book, Hoban shows readers the shadows and reflections around them–but in a perceptive and unique Hoban way. Color illustrations.
Thirty familiar signs fill the pages of this handsome book and invite the reader to come in! This combination easy reader/concept book will have children looking and reading before they…
Photographs of familiar outdoor scenes illustrate pairs of opposites. All pictures with no text.
Illustrated with full colour photographs, a look at the demolition and construction work carried out by a range of vehicles, such as a forklift crane, a cherry picker and a…
See the world as Tana Hoban sees it, and it will never look the same again. This inspiring picture book examines the riot of colors that surrounds us and makes…
Using her unmistakable full-color photographs and an intriguing die-cut format, Tana Hoban, author/photographer of Construction Zone and Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral? , has created a striking concept book that will…
Tana Hoban, the celebrated photographer, changes the way we look at life by sharpening our focus on the everyday world. After you look at this book, you will find yourself…
In this lesson on quantities, Hoban focuses her camera on stacks of brightly colored teacups, the racks of shiny new shoes, and the bin full of mouth-watering candies. Answers to…
One chicken, two ice cream cones, 50 eggs–these child-centered images and boldly designed pages enrich, educate, and shout, Let’s count! Full-color photos.
Developing readers can have fun while learning with these Green Light Readers, featuring short sentences, creative stories, and simple dialogue. Illustrations.
Photographs of all kinds of familiar objects depict a variety of shapes, including cubes, cones, and spheres.
Charlotte Zolotow
Once a mother and father were going to Paris. ‘Remember the special things to tell me, ’ said the little girl, ‘The things I’d like if I were there.’ So…
MIchael Goes to the Doctor is a pictorial book demonstrating a child’s trip to the ophthalmologist. It is a book useful to ophthalmologists educating them an approach to a child…
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