Park: A Foldout Book in Four Seasons

The pages of this large-format book unfold horizontally to create a giant panorama that showcases Central Park across four seasons. Hancock’s cartoons depict such familiar sights as couples in love, mothers walking with children, and people playing chess, walking pets, or arguing. But oddities emerge, too—a girl tosses a giant fried egg, a man inexplicably turns into a tree—and references to Georges Seurat and Lewis Carroll can be spotted. Readers are challenged to spot specific objects and unfolding stories within the busy spreads. It’s a bit like Where’s Waldo?, but with an “only in New York” sensibility. Ages 6–11. (Sept.)