The Painted Circus
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.
Written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards
Publisher: Kids Can Press, 2007
Awards and Honours
- Finalist (one of top five books), for the Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s book illustration;
- Nominee, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award 2007;
- Shortlisted, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award (Picture Book Category);
- Shortlisted, Libris Illustrator of the Year Award 2008;
- Shortlisted, Rocky Mountain Book Award 2009.
