Extreme Challenger

Jean Marzollo, Walter Wick. Cartwheel Books, $13.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-439-19900-1

Fans of Walter Wick's previous delectable photographic feasts for the eyes will gobble up the I Spy Extreme Challenger!: A Book of Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo. The volume includes a stunning spread of ""Odds and Ends"" (from the original I Spy) and a composition of gorgeous antique playthings in ""The Toy Box Solution"" (from I Spy Mystery). (Scholastic/Cartwheel, $13.95 40p ages 6-10 ISBN 0-439-19900-X; Sept.)

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