Bruno Munari

Because of one type of breakdown after another, Mike the truck driver must use several modes of transportation to bring his little boy a birthday present.

Illustrations and brief text introduce more than twenty zoo animals, including a rhinoceros that is always ready to fight and a peacock that struts proudly because he is the peacock.

A series of peek-a-boo pictures leads the reader on a search for Jimmy's lost cap.

Children guess which animal is hiding. Then they slide open the page and the animal appears making a friendly sound little ones can repeat.

Instructions for and examples of ikebana, Japanese floral arrangements containing special messages.

Text and photographs introduce a variety of stones and suggest pictures to paint on them.

How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as 'the new Leonardo'. Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly entertaining book sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday. Lamps, road signs, typography, posters, children's books, advertising, cars and chairs - these are just some of the subjects to which he turns his illuminating gaze.

Although a mist surrounds the town, everything is bright and gay beneath the circus tent.

Beginning with an "Ant on an Apple," illustrations, simple text, and a pesky fly who will not stay on his page introduce the letters of the alphabet.

Bored with being themselves, the elephant, the bird, the fish, the lizard, and the ox all wish they could be something else.

Because of one type of breakdown after another, Mike the truck driver must use several modes of transportation to bring his little boy a birthday present.

The brief stories of three caged birds are told in small books contained in a larger volume.

Several animals are offered for sale but each has a characteristic that makes it unacceptable.