2024 Reprint of the 1928 Edition. Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Millions of Cats is a children s picture book written and illustrated by Wanda Gag in 1928. The book won a Newbery Honor award in 1929, one of the few picture books to do so. It is perhaps…
When Miss Leoparda isn’t sleeping in her beloved tree home, she drives the bus, taking her animal friends around town on their animal business. Every day, all of the bus’s seats are taken . . . until the day something amazing and new appears: a little car that speeds off into the distance, leaving clouds…
Monster is a picture book about a young monster, who grows up on Monster planet. On Monster planet it is considered good manners to play with your food and to be smelly and obnoxious. But this particular monster — who looks surprisingly much like a normal boy — doesn’t fit in at all. The monster…
Moomintroll takes the youngest reader through a day in his life, building simple vocabulary along the way. From dancing to book-browsing, the scenes depicted will echo favorite moment s in a child s own day, ending on a bedtime note. 16 Pages | 1-3 years
In this beautifully illustrated and delightfully quirky tale by one of the world s best-loved and acclaimed storytellers, the Man in the Moon looks down on the happy, dancing people on Earth every night, wishing he could join them. He hitches a ride on a passing comet and crash-lands on Earth, where he quickly finds…
Friendships are among the most important relationships we have. Friends play, laugh, and share — and comfort one another in times of need. Here, for the first time, a collection of work by all-star artists from across the centuries and around the world celebrates the concept of friendship via paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and more….
For children everywhere, sleep is part of their everyday… and now, part of their first art collection! 35 full-page artworks from a variety of periods feature sleep in all its forms – from naptime to bedtime, dreaming to waking, sunsets to night skies – accompanied by a brief, tender, read-aloud text. Each work s title…
Words are amazing. They can be happy or sad, serious or goofy. And some of the best words of all are the ones that make you laugh–the ridiculous, preposterous words like those in THE BOOK WITH NO PICTURES. Now YOU can create some of those amazing words. YOU can write a book that makes grown-ups…
Books take readers on unforgettable adventures! In this simple board book story, books of different colors take readers on imaginative journeys to lands far away: a blue book takes them on an ocean voyage, a green book takes them to a rain forest, a red book takes them to the top of an apple tree—and more!…
Keith Negley s playful and emotional art tells this story of a new father who is no longer the cool guy he once was. He looks back wistfully on his crazy times playing in a band, riding a motorcycle, and getting tattoos. Those days may be behind him, but his young son still thinks he…
Watch long-extinct creatures spring to life in a striking first pop-up book for budding paleontologists. Showcased are fifteen dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles, from Ankylosaurus to Velociraptor, each one accompanied by its name and pronunciation. At once simple and sophisticated, Owen Davey’s striking pop-ups, with their geometric patterns of spiky scales, dramatic splotches, and dotted feathers,…
The Galápagos penguin. The western gorilla of Africa. The blue whale—the largest creature to have ever lived. Award-winning artist Owen Davey pays tribute to these and a dozen more endangered animals in arresting pop-ups rendered in his signature style. Capturing everything from the intricate patterns of the geometric tortoise to the bright feathers of the…
The fearsome ushi-oni haunts the coast of Japan. Greece’s three-headed Cerberus stands guard at the gates of Hades. Scandinavia’s huge, wolflike Fenrir devours everyone in its path. Open the pages of this first pop-up book and unleash fifteen incredible monsters . . . if you dare. From the award-winning creator of My First Pop-Up Dinosaurs…
Hughes s spare yet eloquent tribute to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Smith interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the beauty, and the soul of being a black American today. Ages 4 -8 years Written by Langston HughesPhotographs by Charles R. Smith, JrAntheneum Books…