After a few times through, I realized that the pictures on each page are cleverly interwoven. For example, the vase falling off the window sill in the first frame is from the same set of dishes as you see on the shelf in the background in the next picture.
Each picture anticipates the next in some way as well as having an assortment of items that appear on other pages. 
The fish on this man's hat is the same one in the fish tank in the next picture, and the house in the fishbowl is the same model as the toy house in the playroom. It's like a game of logical hide and seek. 
The subtle complexity that is fun to point out to older children, and also just makes reading a picture book over and over a little more enjoyable for the parent :-)
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I'm a big fan of Alison Jay! I'll have to check this book out.
We borrowed this book from the library a couple weeks ago and just loved it.
I've never seen anything else by Allison Jay. What do you recommend of hers?
For grown-ups/teens, she did the covers of Shannon Hale's The Goose Girl and its sequels. Swoon!
Other books I've read that are illustrated by her are I Took the Moon for a Walk by Carolyn Curtis (we love this one!); 1-2-3, A Child's First Counting Book; Listen, Listen by Phillis Gershator; and Una and the Sea-Cloak by Malachy Doyle.
You can see a more comprehensive list here; she's done a lot of books!
http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/13615.Alison_Jay
Thanks, I will look for some of these!
We have her alphabet book, and it's one of our favorites. I'm adding this one to the amazon wishlist...
I love Allison Jay! We have her alphabet book, which I did a post on recently. It's beautiful and also has the interwoven theme, as you put it. I have many of her books on my wishlist!
Georgia :)
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