Books with author Mitsumasa Anno

The Annos demonstrate the concept of factorials. Inside a mysterious jar, there is some water, whichbecomes a sea. In that sea, there is an island, and so on until the reader has counted to 3,628,800! Full-color illustrations.

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A king believes that the bigger something is, the better it is, until the flower that he orders his gardener to grow turns out to be a beautiful but ordinary-sized tulip

A pictorial journey through the traditional countryside, farms, and towns of northern Europe takes readers past familiar storybook characters, visual jokes and puzzles, tricks of perspective, and other surprises

An imaginative picture book that takes the reader back through time introducing American history along the way. One travels from West Coast to the East Coast, discovering many hidden treasures and characters enroute. A picturesque tribute to the US of A.

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A counting book depicting the growth in a village and surrounding countryside during twelve months.

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A wordless picture book. Elves walk on upside-down stairs, stand on ceilings, dive into swimming pools in hollowed-out books, follow mazes. In the manner of Escher, inside becomes outside, up becomes down, high is low, etc. Anno's detailed watercolors are great. Sample image detail, minus elves:

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