That last one (Penguin Studio, $14.95), by Claudia Hart, is an odd specimen indeed: It has the look of a children's book - snippets of cuddly text meandering alongside cute drawings.

Bream from pegs upstream of the shipyard, including odd specimens to 7 lb 8 oz.

See the local Mafiosi arrive in his new Benz, watch odd specimens of humanity drift past, hear the strange shouts echo down the alleys, and wonder what is going on upstairs.

Even without the leisure time to paint, he continued to observe, make notes and collect the odd specimen.

We had another odd specimen on board, of a different kind.

He is less a storyteller than an observer and an arranger of odd human specimens.

The blond kid did not move, still lounging, flashing his teeth in a small smile as he studied George up and down with the expression of a scientist at a zoo studying an odd specimen of gorilla.

The Geological Survey of Canada expedition had discovered an odd specimen in the Raymond quarry, just above Walcott's phyllopod bed.

Ever since Piltdown Man, filing is the first thing people look for when they see an odd specimen.

His own mother had thought him the ugly duckling of her brood and even some of his many lovers found him an odd enough specimen.