Lovely children's books with lots of intricately detailed pictures?

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Enid · 13/11/2007 10:36

For my dd2 (5) who loves books and poring over pictures - puzzley ones even better but not essential.

Sorry this is following on from the thread about You Choose and Usborne Puzzles (big faves).

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Enid · 13/11/2007 10:56

silver that sounds perfect

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Enid · 13/11/2007 10:55

effieperine she loves the story of a necklace of raindrops (we have it on tape) and I have been trying to get hold of the jan pienowski one for ages

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EffiePerine · 13/11/2007 10:51

What about the Joan Aiken books illustrated by Jan Pienowski (sp?). I still love the illustrations in those.

Seems to be out of print, but you can get second hand copies:

www.amazon.co.uk/Necklace-Raindrops-Puffin-Books/dp/0140307540/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=119495 1026&sr=8-2

silverfrog · 13/11/2007 10:43

Not sure what type of stuff you are after, but I loved books by Mike Wilks from about 7 yo. I had the Ultimate Alphabet, and later the Ultimate Noah's Ark, but I see now that he has done a few others too.

They are brilliant detailed pictures, for people to pore over and spot as many things as possible (eg in the alphabet one, each letter has a separate picture and a list of words to tick off once you have found it in the picture; the noah's ark has a list of animals - all but one is depicted in a pair - which animal is on his own?)

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