Greg Hildebrandt's Book of Three-Dimensional Dragons

Greg Hildebrandt. Little Brown and Company, $18.95 (10pp) ISBN 978-0-316-15240-2

Greg Hildebrandt's Book of Three-Dimensional Dragons (Little, Brown, $18.95, 10p, all ages ISBN 0-316-15240-4) presents five striking pop-ups of fantastical creatures, each set against a lushly illustrated backdrop and accompanied by a description of the beast. Of the Wyvern, for example, Hildebrandt observes: ``Savage claws armed its wing joints, and its weight can only be guessed at.'' (Dec.)

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