That is a well- known fact. Illustrator Maia skillfully stages his laconic linguistic games, striking rhyme couplets, nonsense narratives and original definitions on the graphic plane. In bright colors, with delicate yet resolute strokes, he separates the figures into their component parts, sets them down opposite each other, allows the evocative images to meander across the pages. Many-layered yet with clear contours, the illustrations present occasions for continually new and amusing discoveries in harmony with the text. (5+)