OH! – Josse Goffin – Calendar

Considered a landmark work by children's literature experts, "Oh!" is a textless book that plays with double meanings and visual riddles and, like Magritte, proves that "a pipe is not always a pipe." It doesn't tell a story with an introduction, middle, and end; however, its independent images—though related—establish a connected structure.
Arranged across fold-out pages, the first image and its companion together form an illustration; however, when the one on the right is lifted, a distinct figure is formed. This creates a play between what is seen and what is hidden, what appears to be one thing but transforms into something else. This imaginative and surprising approach is complemented by a collection of illustrations that stand out for their flat, descriptive nature, and ease of understanding for children.
Although it is a book for all ages, it is especially appealing to pre-readers and early readers, as it allows some to carry out free narration exercises and others to guess which drawings are hidden behind each page.
The result is that children identify the images, are amazed and surprised – hence the title – when discovering the unknown part of each one; at the same time they learn the sequence and direction of narrative and visual reading, and simultaneously develop their imagination.