Central Kansas Library System

Veering from the convivial, scene-centered graphic interpretation often associated with this classic, Würbs offers a sparer take, narrowing each scene to softly focused images that are more suggestive than representational. The poem's opening lines are accompanied by an image of a lone candle burning in a brass candleholder, and the sleigh's rooftop landing shows two shadowy reindeer heads emerging from behind a foregrounded stone chimney. Santa's...

His parents take Spot the puppy to the beach for a fun-filled day. Flaps conceal parts of the illustrations.

Spot the puppy joins Helen the hippopotamus in a search for six hidden Easter eggs. Movable flaps conceal portions of the illustrations.

Spot and his animal friends play hide-and-seek at his birthday party. Flaps conceal the hidden guests.

A little girl meets a hungry wolf while on her way to visit her sick grandmother. Movable flaps conceal portions of the illustrations.

On die-cut board pages, the hungry caterpillar discovers different kinds of snacks and their opposites.