Today's best illustrators for children's picture books create work far beyond teddy bears and kitty cats.

A treat for the millions who love the comics from the thirties and fourties, this book reproduces jacket art and illustrations from all the classics and recounts the history of their most sensational stars, including Buck Rogers, Dick Tracy, Betty Boop, and Mickey Mouse.

Larry Jacobs has one of the largest collections of Big Little Books in the world. His easy-to-use book has over 800 items listed and photographed in full color. Also included is a detailed history, where to purchase, value, storage, and care tips.

Demonstrates sizes through use of little, big, and bigger pictures of the same object.

Brought to you by the authors and editors that created the Minecrafter and Minecrafter 2.0 Advanced guide books, TheBig Book of Minecraft features more of everything—more mods, more mining, more mobs, and more Minecraft! Up to date for the 2014 holiday season, TheBig Book of Minecraft is packed with the most recent training, tools, and techniques to help readers get more out of their favorite sandbox game. 2014 was a pivotal year for Minecraft, and this book captures all the latest and greatest things that have happened to one of the most brilliant and immersive games in video game history. From a brief overview of the game to advanced farming, mining, and building techniques, this guide touches on everything Minecraft enthusiasts could ever ask for. Featuring authoritative and engaging content from our internal experts, TheBig Book of Minecraft also highlights some of the most influential builders in the Minecraft community today and examines their creations and techniques that catapulted them to fame.

Enlarged Texts, or Big Books, allow groups of children to see and respond to the printed page and pictures of a story as they would during a one-on-one lap reading with an adult. The Big Books in this bibliography were selected based on appeal to the listed age group, usefulness for group sharing, quality of construction, and success of translation from small to large format. This reference explores: -- The shared reading experience -- Failure and successes of enlarging text and illustrations -- Practicalities of purchasing and using Big Books -- Ideas for activities using Big Books -- Patterns for suggested activities -- Sources for Big Books and a bibliography of selected Big Books