Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideas—about how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a story—remain unparalleled in their simplicity and genius. Why are diagonals dramatic? Why are curves calming? Why does red feel hot and blue feel cold? First published...

Numbers from ten to one are part of this lullaby which observes the room of a little girl going to bed.

Leo, upset that he has been hearing the word "no" all day, lets three words slip out that he wishes he could take back.