Alan Baker, Author Kingfisher $9.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-85697-953-5
Each of these innovative concept books adds an extra dimension to the usual lessons about letters, colors, shapes and numbers. ABC , like so many other alphabet books, starts out with an apple, but then departs from the expected: the familiar fruit...
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Alan Baker, Author Dial Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0973-7
When two field mice take a peek at the vast world around them, they discover a whole host of interesting creatures. Baker's unusual ``mouse's eye view'' of nature provides an extraordinary wealth of detail. Flowers, berries, leaves and grasses fill...
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Alan Baker, Author Larousse Kingfisher Chambers $12.95 (1p) ISBN 978-1-85697-821-7
Novel design refreshes a familiar story in this picture book, which unfolds, accordion-style, to reveal two sides of a very long spread. It's bedtime, and Mother Mouse has lost Baby Mouse. The first side shows Mother Mouse at day's end, seeking her...
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Alan Baker, Author, Alan Baker, Illustrator Kingfisher $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7534-5352-0
Alan Baker's newest Little Rabbit offering is perfect for preschoolers. In Little Rabbits' First Farm Book, full-color spreads (with a loose story line) nestle next to informative sidebars. For instance, a spread called ""Cattle Moo-ing"" shows ...
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Alan Baker, Author, Alan Baker, Illustrator Copper Beach Books $12.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7613-0503-3
Forest friends prepare a holiday surprise party for their unsuspecting friend Mouse in this peek-through-the-window book featuring diecut holes. On a cold Christmas Eve, Mouse travels from house to house, hoping to visit with the foxes or the...
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Alan Baker, Author . St. Martin's/Dunne $22.95 (223p) ISBN 978-0-312-28403-9
In a lurid, sometimes sensational, tabloid-like account of Roman gladiatorial life, British author Baker (Invisible Eagle: The History of Nazi Occultism) offers an encyclopedic examination. While there were a few famous gladiators, such as Spartacus,
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Alan Baker, Author John Wiley & Sons $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-471-43049-0
Yes, the Vikings were indeed""savage and bloodthirsty conquerors, pillagers and pirates,"" but they also had a""gentler side,"" according to this engaging overview of their history and culture. Historian Baker (The Knight and The Gladiator) draws on
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Alan Baker, Author John Wiley & Sons $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-471-25135-4
Attempting to cover the entire history of the horseback fighter from the late Dark Ages to the Renaissance, Alan Baker (The Gladiator: The Secret History of Rome's Warrior Slaves) is forced to limit itself to selected high points in The Knight: A
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