Robert Greene, Author, Joost Elffers, Author . Viking $25.95 (469p) ISBN 978-0-670-03457-4
As in his bestselling The 48 Laws of Power
, Greene puts a modern spin on wisdom that has stood the test of history, only this time his role model is Sun Tzu rather than Machiavelli. The argument is fairly standard: despite our most noble intentions,
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Saxton Freymann, Author, Joost Elffers, Author . Scholastic Bookshelf $5.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-439-59841-5
"Photos of scowling oranges and gregarious scallions garnish this garden of delights from the creators of Play with Your Food," wrote PW
. "The recipe is simple and successful." All ages. (June)
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Saxton Freymann, Author, Joost Elffers, Author Arthur A. Levine Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-11017-4
From the team behind How Are You Peeling? and Dog Food comes another delightful book based on photos of fruit and vegetable carvings, Baby Food by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers. From a wide-eyed piglet carved out of an orange to a whale calf
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Saxton Freymann, Author, Joost Elffers, Author, Joost Elffers, Joint Author . Scholastic/Levine $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-11016-7
In How Are You Peeling?, Freymann and Elffers sought out wrinkly, bulging fruits and vegetables and applied beans to form eyeballs. The resulting veggie faces showed wit and a keen design sensibility. In Gus and Button
and this volume, the artists...
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Saxton Freymann, Author, Joost Elffers, Author, Joost Elffers, Joint Author Scholastic en Espanol $5.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-439-29130-9
PreS-Gr 2-This Spanish edition of the English original (Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, 1999) loses a bit of its pun-filled punch textually, but maintains its visual impact. The authors searched through the markets of greater New York for fruits...
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Joost Elffers, Author, Mirja de Vries, Joint Author, Mirja de Vries, Author . Joost Elffers $29.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-9718975-0-2
De Vries has been putting her myriad antique stuffed bears into ornate and homey arrangements and photographing them for 27 years: bears reading to each other; bears in the bath; bears undergoing complicated operations (by bear surgeons); bears in...
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Joost Elffers, Author, Curious Pictures, Author . HarperCollins/Bowen $14.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-06-166799-2
Elffers (Food Play
) teams up with Curious Pictures, producer of such TV shows as Little Einsteins
, to introduce Snuzzles. Amorphous and solid-colored, the Snuzzles look a lot like rubber squeak toys, with their heads defined only by protrusions...
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