There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it.

A lone trombone playing solo is joined by a trumpet in a duet until a French horn makes it a trio, and so on, as ten instruments, one by one, gather together for a joyous musical performance.

At its best, this tribute to the soul-lifting power of music rings out with snappy, cleverly conceived rhymes and the playful visual rhythms of the French artist's stylized gouaches. But the tone ...

Priceman (Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin) offers a hilarious account of the world's first hot-air balloon flight in 1783 at Versailles. Opening with an amusing reportage ("The amateur inventors Joseph and ...