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Hoban, Tana

Summary: Before babies can see color clearly, they respond to the high contrast between black and white. This accordion-style foldout board book is sturdy enough to stand on its own, is ideal for little hands, and features Tana Hoban's bold and iconic black-and-white images of familiar objects along with full-color photographs of adorable babies interacting with those objects.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2024

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Herman, Amy

Summary: "Art historian Amy Herman has trained experts from many fields how to perceive and communicate better. By showing people how to look closely at images, she helps them hone their 'visual intelligence', a set of skills we all possess but few of us know how to use properly. Whether you want to be more effective on the job, more empathetic toward your loved ones, or more alert to the trove of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 152.14 HER

National Geographic Society (U. S.)

Summary: Presents a collection of vivid optical illusions, encompassing a wide range of visual tricks and deceptive eye puzzles, from images that appear to move to perplexing distortions and hidden objects.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 152.14 XTR

Xu, Bing

Summary: "Seventeen traditional American and Chinese songs are written in artist Xu Bing's signature Square Word Calligraphy"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Books for Young Readers 2017

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 793 XU

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 793 XU

Grandin, Temple

Summary: "A quarter of a century after her first book, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin--the "anthropologist from Mars," as Oliver Sacks dubbed her--transforms our understanding of the different ways our brains are wired. Visual thinkers constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously understood, she reveals, and a more varied...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.14 GRA

Sarcone, Gianni A

Summary: A second collection of optical illusions and puzzles introduces key scientific concepts about perspective and perception that reveal how the mind enables people to experience interesting impressions through static images.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2015

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Axelrod, Howard

Summary: "On a clear May afternoon at the end of his junior year at Harvard, Howard Axelrod left his dorm-room to play a pick-up game of basketball. In the skirmish for a loose ball, a boy's finger hooked behind Axelrod's eyeball and severed his optic nerve. Permanently blinded in his right eye, Axelrod returned a week later to the same dorm-room, but to a different world. A world where nothing looked...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AXELROD, HOWARD AXE

Edwards, Betty

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1987

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Art Draw Edwards

Forbes, Rob.

Summary: This accessible handbook from design guru Rob Forbes uncovers the beauty in the commonplace and reveals how visual thinking can enrich our lives. In friendly text complemented by photographs taken on his travels around the world, Forbes explains how to appreciate the design elements that surround us in the built environment. Linking broad concepts such as composition and materiality to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 715 FOR

Hoban, Tana.

Summary: White silhouttes against a black background depict such objects as a pacifier, stroller, balloon, and chair.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1994

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HOB

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board Hoban 1994

Marmor, Michael F.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2009

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 701.08 MAR

Wick, Walter

Summary: Presents a series of optical illusions and explains what is seen.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 152.148 WIC

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Find Me 152.8 Wick 1998

Silverman, Linda Kreger.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delson Pub. 2002

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Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews and McMeel 1993

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.04 MAG

Fichner-Rathus, Lois

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 Fichner-Rathus

Hoffman, Donald D.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.14 HOF

Shepard, Roger N.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.H. Freeman and Co. 1990

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.148 SHE

Ehlert, Lois.

Summary: Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1989

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EHL

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EHL

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC EHL

Hoban, Tana.

Summary: Black silhouettes against white background depict different mother animals and their young, from one sheep to five ducks.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1994

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board Hoban 1994

Nicolaides, Kimon

Contents: Contour and gesture -- The comprehension of gesture -- Weight and the modelled drawing -- Memory drawing and other quick studies -- The modelled drawing in ink-the daily composition -- The modelled drawing in water color-right-angle study -- Emphasis on contour-the head -- Special form studies -- An approach to the subject of technique -- The simple proportions-effort -- The study of drapery --...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1969

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.2 Nicolaides

Wade, Robert A.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 1993

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.42 WAD

Summary: Name a classic cartoon character and it's bound to come from Looney Tunes. Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, Tasmanian Devil, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian, and Sylvester and Tweety are just some of the favorites appearing in this fabulous collection of beautifully rendered 3-D images sure to be loved by young and old.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1995

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709 LOO

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.H. Freeman 1986

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Balcetis, Emily

Summary: "Successful people literally see the world differently. Now an award-winning scientist explains how anyone can leverage this "perception" gap to their advantage. When it comes to setting and meeting goals, we are often susceptible to perceptual illusions: We think we are closer or further away depending on our mindset, and we might handicap ourselves by looking only at the big picture or too...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 BAL

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