topsy-turvies: pictures to stretch the imagination
mitsumasa anno
Hardcover
(Weatherhill, March 15, 1971)
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: