My Big Book of Everything

Roger Priddy. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $15.95 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-7894-0998-0

a bit of everything A word book with 800-plus color photographs of yes, just about everything, My Big Book of Everything by Roger Priddy is divided into such kid-pleasing categories as ""Seasons and time,"" ""At the seaside"" and ""Baby animals."" The bustling pages include some unusual and entertaining touches: a picture of ""cheese on toast"" has a tic-tac-toe pattern of cheese and olive slices, and ""In the workshop"" includes ""spider"" as well as ""lawnmower"" and ""toolbox.""

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