Look! Look! Look!

This book offers three chances to see ordinary objects in an enticing setting. What is that wrinkled, hairy gray thing? Turn the page and see the back end of an elephant; turn one more page and there it is in its entirety. Wordlessly, Hoban entertains as she provides her apparently random choice of the things patterned. Unlike many of her other books, such as 26 Letters and 99 Cents, this one doesn't hold up to repeat viewings, except as a catalog of familiar items. But a sense of humor guides Hoban's selections, and that may inspire children to spot texture and pattern in all objects.Hoban, Tana is the author of 'Look! Look! Look!', published 1988 under ISBN 9780688072391 and ISBN 0688072399.