Exploratory Art 6: Painting

It is the artwork in the oversize volume that seizes the imagination. More than 60 of his full-color collage pictures are handsomely reproduced and serve as a statement of Carle's impressive talent.

The barnyard rooster crows to tell Jack it's time to get up. It's very early in the morning -- and Jack is so hungry that what he really wants is a large pancake for breakfast.

How big is a crocodile? What about a tiger, or the world's largest spider? Sometimes facts and figures don't tell the whole story. Sometimes you need to see things for yourself at their actual size.

Caldecott Honor-winning Steve Jenkins provides a top-to-bottom look at the ocean, from birds and waves to thermal vents and ooze.