Can You See What I See?: Out of This World: Picture Puzzles to Search and Solve
Wick’s popular picture-puzzle series continues with this entry about a time-traveling robot crossing paths with a medieval princess. Twelve meticulously crafted spreads provide readers with untold treasures to seek and find. Simple verse runs down the side of each spread, providing a list of items for readers to find (“A fountain, 5 horses, / a fox, a goose”), but there are other hidden treats as well. A spotted cat can be, well, spotted in several of the spreads, providing natural continuity between them. And the signs of the zodiac appear first on a dazzling tapestry and then later in the night sky. Readers will need to rely on their vocabulary as well as their vision if they want to find the “aquatic pair,” “celestial lace,” a “peacock crown,” or a “guitar gauge.” While the adult reader might marvel at the work involved in constructing the attractive sets, young readers will simply have eyes for the visual game. Fans of the previous titles will be thrilled to lose themselves once more. Preschool-Grade 2. --Kara Dean