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kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Painted Circus P.T. Vermin Presents a Mesmerizing Menagerie of Trickery and Illusion … written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards from the series Wallace Edwards Books For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5713

Hardcover Jacket CAD $19.95 978-1-55337-720-7 All Grades All Ages The Arts Visual Arts critical thinking about visual arts © 2007 4-color 9 x 12 32 pages	The weird and wonderful artistry of award-winner Wallace Edwards brings you The Painted Circus, a showstopper of a book where the eye is tricked, bamboozled, hoodwinked and flimflammed … but finally rewarded when all mysteries are revealed after the grand finale! P.T. Vermin, ringmouse extraordinaire, ushers patrons into the Big Top to behold 22 astonishing stunts, including Norwegian Marching Ducks, the Spectral Sphere and the Flying Fishtastics, each featuring an eye-opening optical illusion. It’s all here — fabulous phenomena, impossible objects, moving patterns, visual distortions and topsy-turvy geometric illusions! Each page encourages kids to get into the act by solving the visual puzzles in every image — and they will delight in spinning, flipping, tilting and making funny faces at the book as they do so. Entertainment for the whole family, Wallace Edwards’s tour de force is a work of art that will leave readers spellbound by the power of perception and the magic of imagination. Awards 2008 International Reading Association Childrens’ Choices, shortlist 2008 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, shortlist 2008 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist 2007 Governor General’s Literary Award, shortlist 2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year, shortlist Reviews “Enhanced by a surprise or two in the page comers, this offers plenty of potential for enjoyable browsing.” — Kirkus Reviews, August 2007 “A great introduction to the world of art ...” — Toronto Star, July 2007

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Painted Circus P.T. Vermin Presents a Mesmerizing Menagerie of Trickery and Illusion … written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards from the series Wallace Edwards Books For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5713

Hardcover Jacket CAD $19.95 978-1-55337-720-7 All Grades All Ages The Arts Visual Arts critical thinking about visual arts © 2007 4-color 9 x 12 32 pages	The weird and wonderful artistry of award-winner Wallace Edwards brings you The Painted Circus, a showstopper of a book where the eye is tricked, bamboozled, hoodwinked and flimflammed … but finally rewarded when all mysteries are revealed after the grand finale! P.T. Vermin, ringmouse extraordinaire, ushers patrons into the Big Top to behold 22 astonishing stunts, including Norwegian Marching Ducks, the Spectral Sphere and the Flying Fishtastics, each featuring an eye-opening optical illusion. It’s all here — fabulous phenomena, impossible objects, moving patterns, visual distortions and topsy-turvy geometric illusions! Each page encourages kids to get into the act by solving the visual puzzles in every image — and they will delight in spinning, flipping, tilting and making funny faces at the book as they do so. Entertainment for the whole family, Wallace Edwards’s tour de force is a work of art that will leave readers spellbound by the power of perception and the magic of imagination. Awards 2008 International Reading Association Childrens’ Choices, shortlist 2008 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, shortlist 2008 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist 2007 Governor General’s Literary Award, shortlist 2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year, shortlist Reviews “Enhanced by a surprise or two in the page comers, this offers plenty of potential for enjoyable browsing.” — Kirkus Reviews, August 2007 “A great introduction to the world of art ...” — Toronto Star, July 2007

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Painted Circus P.T. Vermin Presents a Mesmerizing Menagerie of Trickery and Illusion … written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards from the series Wallace Edwards Books For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5713

Hardcover Jacket CAD $19.95 978-1-55337-720-7 All Grades All Ages The Arts Visual Arts critical thinking about visual arts © 2007 4-color 9 x 12 32 pages	The weird and wonderful artistry of award-winner Wallace Edwards brings you The Painted Circus, a showstopper of a book where the eye is tricked, bamboozled, hoodwinked and flimflammed … but finally rewarded when all mysteries are revealed after the grand finale! P.T. Vermin, ringmouse extraordinaire, ushers patrons into the Big Top to behold 22 astonishing stunts, including Norwegian Marching Ducks, the Spectral Sphere and the Flying Fishtastics, each featuring an eye-opening optical illusion. It’s all here — fabulous phenomena, impossible objects, moving patterns, visual distortions and topsy-turvy geometric illusions! Each page encourages kids to get into the act by solving the visual puzzles in every image — and they will delight in spinning, flipping, tilting and making funny faces at the book as they do so. Entertainment for the whole family, Wallace Edwards’s tour de force is a work of art that will leave readers spellbound by the power of perception and the magic of imagination. Awards 2008 International Reading Association Childrens’ Choices, shortlist 2008 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, shortlist 2008 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist 2007 Governor General’s Literary Award, shortlist 2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year, shortlist Reviews “Enhanced by a surprise or two in the page comers, this offers plenty of potential for enjoyable browsing.” — Kirkus Reviews, August 2007 “A great introduction to the world of art ...” — Toronto Star, July 2007

written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards

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CAD $19.95

The weird and wonderful artistry of award-winner Wallace Edwards brings you The Painted Circus, a showstopper of a book where the eye is tricked, bamboozled, hoodwinked and flimflammed … but finally rewarded when all mysteries are revealed after the grand finale! P.T. Vermin, ringmouse extraordinaire, ushers patrons into the Big Top to behold 22 astonishing stunts, including Norwegian Marching Ducks, the Spectral Sphere and the Flying Fishtastics, each featuring an eye-opening optical illusion. It’s all here — fabulous phenomena, impossible objects, moving patterns, visual distortions and topsy-turvy geometric illusions!

Each page encourages kids to get into the act by solving the visual puzzles in every image — and they will delight in spinning, flipping, tilting and making funny faces at the book as they do so. Entertainment for the whole family, Wallace Edwards’s tour de force is a work of art that will leave readers spellbound by the power of perception and the magic of imagination.

Curriculum Connections

The Arts

Visual Arts

critical thinking about visual arts

Reading levels

Fountas & Pinnell

Grade Level

2/3

Reading Recovery

Hardcover Jacket

978-1-55337-720-7

Reviews

“Enhanced by a surprise or two in the page comers, this offers plenty of potential for enjoyable browsing.”: — Kirkus Reviews, August 2007
“A great introduction to the world of art ...”: — Toronto Star, July 2007

Awards

2008: International Reading Association Childrens’ Choices, shortlist
2008: Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, shortlist
2008: Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist
2007: Governor General’s Literary Award, shortlist
2007: ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year, shortlist