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Choosing a storyteller's favorite from the twenty-four stories in 'The Wonder Clock', the artist pays homage to a great illustrator. Hyman's illustrations give the story a fresh twentieth-century flavor that is decidedly in keeping with the vigor of the text. This reissue will be of special interest to fans of 'Bearskin', another tale from 'The Wonder Clock', recently re-illustrated by Hyman.