Books with title Look . . . Look Again!

A pizza, a moon, and a balloon will never look the same! For twentyfive years, John O’Brien has contributed quirky and one-of-a-kind cartoons to the pages of the New Yorker. Now readers are invited into O’Brien’s lopsided universe with a hilarious collection of cartoons created especially for this volume. A farmer, a knight, a clown, and other off-the- wall characters find themselves in an absurd world where the moon is a Frisbee and a hungry pizza may gobble them up. Visual gags will tickle readers’ funny bones and tease their brains, sometimes all at once. Humor fans can expect the unexpected in this wildly entertaining cartoon collection from a brilliant comic mind.

Thought to be only a myth, the necklace once made for the Goddess Freya is real. And now it's been found in a modern day thrift store. When Jenny buys a piece of costume jewelry in a second hand store there is no way she could have known how it would change her world. Known only to a few, and most of those thought only to be myths, the necklace has the power to make things better than they were. Life takes on a dazzling shine for Jenny. But when she begins to have strange dreams about a woman who needs her help Jenny has a big decision to make. Helping the woman could mean giving up a lifestyle that Jenny really enjoys. And it might even mean giving up Ben. Follow Jenny on her journey as Myth becomes Actuality.

This delightful children's book draws on the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, presenting some fifteen famous works of art in a fun and novel way. Each reproduction is prefaced by a page with a cutout circle that gives an intriguing glimpse of the painting that lies beneath, encouraging the reader to cast aside preconceptions and ensuring that they really engage with the image. This is a very special giftbook that will appeal to all children over the age of five.