My mom was a huge fan of William Steig, and I grew up surrounded by more of this type of book than regular childrens books. For those I had to go over to my grandmother's house. The books I found in my box are the kind of books I remember spending hours examining in minute detail.
The green one I remember especially, not because of the anti-technology moral of the thing but mainly because of the art! Incredibly graphic and detailed line work throughout every page. Here are just a couple to give you the idea.
Can you tell what the last one is depicting? It is the island of Manhattan, before they decided to take down all the buildings and let it go back to being nature. Fabulous.
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