title: The Everything Book
author:  Denise Fleming 
description: Aptly named, <I>The Everything Book</I> is a hodgepodge of early learner words, numbers, poems, and concepts. But, without a doubt, the gorgeous illustrations are the real star of the show, created by Denise Fleming by pouring colored cotton fiber through hand-cut stencils. Readers and art appreciators of all ages will want to surround themselves with the delicious, ripe colors. Whether she's writing about traffic lights ("We all must obey them / Even the Queen"), a robin's nest, or the colors of fruit, Fleming imbues her subjects with vivid hues and exquisite shapes. Children will pore over the loosely organized book; the sparse structure allows readers to create their own stories, lingering over Summer, for example (with "summer" as its only text), to count the flies, spy the squirrel, and admire the pair of sunflowers.
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  First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Simon and Schuster UK Ltd  
  
  
  A CBS COMPANY
  
  
  
  
  
  First published in the USA as _The Beginning of Everything_ in 2013  
  
  
  by Katherine Tegan Books
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2013 Robyn Schneider
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is copyright under the Berne Convention.  
  
  
  No reproduction without permission.  
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  The right of Robyn Schneider to be identified as the author of this work has
  been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright,
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  Act, 1988.
  
  
  
  
  
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  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
  
  
  
  
  
  PB ISBN: 978-1-4711-1546-2  
  
  
  eBook ISBN: 978-1-4711-1547-9
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and i