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Recent Titles 3 Yusra Swims 12–13

Egg 4–5 Typewriter 14–15

In the Garden 6–7 Classic Board Books 16–18

Always, Jackie 8–9 Classic Picture Books 19–27

A Wish Is a Seed 10 Ordering Information 28

My Mastodon 11

2 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Cover and above illustrations by Antonio Marinoni from My Mastodon Creative Editions Recent Titles

A Meeting in the Sky A Song Dream Song I Am Polar Bear Author: Rina Singh Author/Artist: James Author: Walter de la Mare Author: J. Patrick Lewis Artist: Jordi Vila Delclòs Christopher Carroll Artist: Monique Felix Artist: Miriam Nerlove 978-1-56846-310-08 978-1-56846-331-5 978-1-56846-337-7 978-1-56846-332-2 Interest level: Age 9 and up Interest level: Age 6 and up Interest level: Age 6 and up Interest level: Age 6 and up Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Trim size: 9" × 11" Trim size: 8½" × 11" Trim size: 8" × 10" $19.99 HC • Page count: 32 $19.99 HC • Page count: 32 $14.99 HC • Page count: 16 $18.99 HC • Page count: 32 Color illustrations Color illustrations Color illustrations Color illustrations

Simon Says Open the Book It? The Greatest Table What to Do with a String Author: Emilia Zebrowska Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert Author: Michael J. Rosen Author: Jane Yolen Artist: Susan Reagan 978-1-56846-345-2 Artist: Becca Stadtlander Artist: C. F. Payne 978-1-56846-330-8 Interest level: Age 6 and up 978-1-56846-303-2 978-1-56846-322-3 Interest level: Age 2 and up Trim size: 8½" × 11" Interest level: Age 6 and up Interest level: Age 6 and up Trim size: 7" × 7" $19.99 HC • Page count: 32 Trim size: 8½" × 101/2" Trim size: 8¾" × 10½" $8.99 Board • Page count: 14 Color illustrations $19.99 HC • Page count: 32 $18.99 HC • Page count: 32 Color illustrations Color illustrations Color illustrations

Illustration above by Jordi Vila Delclòs from A Meeting in the Sky www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 3 4 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Egg Amy Sky Koster is a children’s book author and editor who has written many books for Disney and National Geographic. She lives in the San Readers will gain a new appreciation for the natural world in this strik- Francisco Bay area with her family. Egg is her first book for Creative ing, casebound board book that features 13 different bird species’ eggs. Editions. Lisel Jane Ashlock’s beautiful, realistic illustrations take center stage as they reveal a fascinating array of bird eggs of many colors, sizes, and Lisel Jane Ashlock celebrates the beauty of the natural world in every shapes, all of which are identified at the end. project she undertakes. Her award-winning work has been featured in magazines, books, ad campaigns, and elsewhere. This is her second book for Creative Editions.

978-1-56846-351-3 $9.99 Casebound Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 18 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations Pub date: April 2020

*Also available: Counting on Birds

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In the Garden Kate Riggs is a Minnesota-based editor and author of children’s and young adult nonfiction books. In What will you find in the garden among the 2012, her book Dolphins was honored as the winner flowers and plants? Maybe a mouse or a bug of the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for … or possibly a fairy? Gorgeously detailed Transitional Nonfiction. illustrations lend a sophisticated touch to this deceptively simple yet innovative board book. Monique Felix, a renowned Swiss artist, has illustrated more than 40 celebrated children’s books, in- Unfold the flaps to see what grows in the cluding Let’s Go Outside, Chicken Wants a Nap, Dream garden, one panel at a time. Song, and Where Do I End and You Begin? Among her many honors is the Octogone Prize from the Interna- tional Center of Children’s Literature in France.

978-1-56846-335-3 $9.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 12 Trim size: 6½" × 10" Color illustrations Pub date: April 2020

*Also available: A Seed Needs Sun

www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 7 Always, Jackie J. Patrick Lewis has earned a lofty reputation in children’s publishing, having authored more than 100 books. From 2011 to 2013, he served With a Brooklyn Dodgers cap on head and baseball mitt in hand, eight- as Children’s Poet Laureate of the United States. Among his other year-old Ronnie Rabinovitz was just another youngster with curveball honors are the 2011 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) hopes and fastball dreams at a Braves-Dodgers game in Milwaukee. His Excellence in Children’s Poetry Award and the Ohioana Awards’ 2004 hero? Jackie Robinson, the first black ballplayer in the major leagues Alice Louise Wood Memorial Prize. and a living legend. Always, Jackie is the unbelievable yet true story of John Thompson played baseball in college before turning his focus to when Ronnie met Jackie in the 1950s and how the two became lifelong art. He has since worked as an illustrator for an array of clients, from friends. Striking illustrations, based on archival photographs, comple- Sports Illustrated to the U.S. Air Force, and has taught for more than two ment the text and help bring the story to life. decades at Syracuse University. He lives in New York.

978-1-56846-307-0 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 11" Color illustrations Pub date: April 2020

*Also available: Lineup for Yesterday

8 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 9 A Wish Is a Seed Jessica Young grew up in Ontario, Canada. She loves writing picture books and chapter books and sharing the creative process with students. When a child makes a wish, where does it go? Borne on a tiny seed, This is her first picture book for Creative Editions. it floats with the wind across the world. Like many dreams, it passes through dark and crowded places before it tumbles down, “still and Maria Cristina Pritelli is a self-taught children’s book illustrator unseen,” to take root and grow. When the time is right, the wish blooms whose recent works for Creative Editions include Seaside Lullaby and and sends its seeds of hope into the world to be shared. A Wish Is a Seed The Million Stories of Marco Polo. Published internationally, her work has been selected multiple times for the Illustrators Exhibition at the is a poetic celebration of the power and potential of hope, often hidden Bologna Children’s Book Fair. She lives in Gabicce Mare, Italy, with in small packages and unexpected places. her family.

978-1-56846-338-4 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8½" × 12" Color illustrations Pub date: April 2020

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10 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us My Mastodon Barbara Lowell is the author of Sparky & Spike: Charles Schulz and the Wildest, Smartest Dog Ever. She lives with her family in Oklahoma. Sybilla Peale lives with her large, artistic family at America’s first museum. Life there is full of adventure but also hard work! One day, Sybilla Antonio Marinoni is an Italian illustrator and designer whose work has helps her papa and her big brother Rembrandt assemble the bones of a been featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. This is his first book magnificent mastodon. She starts visiting her fossilized friend for regular for Creative Editions. tea parties and chats. But then her mastodon is invited to tour Europe, and she is heartbroken. Will Sybilla be content to share her best friend with the world?

978-1-56846-327-8 $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 11" Color illustrations Pub date: April 2020

*Also available: I Met a Dinosaur

www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 11 Yusra Swims Julie Abery is a children’s book author and a former preschool teacher. Originally from England, she lives in Switzerland. This is her first book As a talented young swimmer growing up in Damascus, Yusra Mardini’s for Creative Editions. dream was to represent her country by competing in the Olympics. But then civil war broke out, destroying her home and putting her very life Sally Deng is an artist whose work has been recognized by American at risk. Julie Abery’s spare, rhyming verse relates the story of Yusra’s jour- Illustration, the Society of Illustrators, and 3x3, as well as featured in ney from her beloved Syria to a sinking boat on the Aegean to Germany, publications such as the New York Times, the Atlantic, and the New Yorker. She lives near Los Angeles. where Yusra finally swims again and realizes her dream.

978-1-56846-329-2 $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8¾" × 11¼" Color illustrations Pub date: April 2020

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12 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 13 I have keys with letters from the Russian alphabet:

I type on paper. looks like a beetle. The paper wraps around the platen.

When I get to the end of the line, I ring the bell. looks like a broom. I make beautiful sounds.

m! looks like an apple. fro ose ho o c t rs te et l re o m y t ir h t e v a h

14 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Typewriter Yevgenia Nayberg is an illustrator, painter, and set and costume designer. Originally from Kiev, Ukraine, she now lives in New York City. When a Russian writer immigrates to New York City, he does not take She wrote and illustrated this picture book—her first one for Creative his pillow or even his coat—but he does take his beloved typewriter. Editions. Life in America is challenging, and instead of typing the next great Russian-American novel, the typewriter is neglected and eventually cast to the curb. Its story isn’t finished yet, though: it will click, clack, and ring to life with a new owner—someone whose own history is still in the making.

978-1-56846-344-5 I was very heavy. The writer huffed as he dragged me onto the plane. I sat on his lap through the ten-hour flight $19.99 HC ed. as he typed a new story. lain omp nd c ed a oan s m Interest level: Age 8 and up ger sen pas he d. T cke cla Page count: 32 nd d a cke cli ys ke My Trim size: 10¼" × 10¼" Color illustrations Pub date: April 2020

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www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 15 Creative Editions Classic Board Books board books

Beyond the Stars Fantasy and science com- Crowds of Creatures Six family groups of bine in this board book that unfolds to reveal different kinds of animals introduce the concept continuous artwork perfect for display. of collective nouns. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Chris Sheban Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi 978-1-56846-336-0 $8.99 Board 978-1-56846-301-8 $7.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 12 Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 6½" × 10" Color illustrations Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

Colors of Nature This illustrated conceptual Dig It! Six construction machines are intro- board book encourages the association of certain duced by their defining features or functions. colors with the seasons. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Laszlo Kubinyi Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Paolo Domeniconi 978-1-56846-237-0 $7.99 Board 978-1-56846-299-8 $8.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations

Counting on Birds This illustrated con- Dot, Stripe, Squiggle Nine sea creatures ceptual board book uses the growth cycle of bring the marine world to life in this innovative songbirds to teach the numbers 1 to 10. introduction to patterns and shapes. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Jori van der Linde Author: Sarah Grace Tuttle 978-1-56846-300-1 $8.99 Board Artist: Miriam Nerlove Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 978-1-56846-325-4 $9.99 Board Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 28 Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations

16 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Illustration by Fiammetta Dogi from Sounds of the Forest Creative Editions Classic Board Books Shapes How Fast Can You Go? Six modes of trans- Shapes All Around Shapes All Around Geometric concepts Kate Riggs

portation are introduced by their relative speeds. All illustrated by Laëtitia Devernay and the natural world are connected through six

Around Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Nate Williams brightly colored shapes.

Kate Riggs

Text copyright © 2018 by Kate Riggs Illustrations copyright © 2018 by Laëtitia Devernay Designed by Rita Marshall Published in 2018 by Creative Editions 978-1-56846-253-0 $7.99 P.O.Board Box 227, Mankato, MN 56002 USA Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Laëtitia Devernay Creative Editions is an imprint of The Creative Company www.thecreativecompany.us All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Printed in China

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Laëtitia Devernay Names: Riggs, Kate, author. / Devernay, Laëtitia, illustrator. Title: Shapes all around / by Kate Riggs; illustrated by Laetitia Devernay. Interest level: Age 2 and up PageSummary: In thiscount: illustrated board book, shapes stand in for the14 names of natural forms, 978-1-56846-317-9 $8.99 Board creating connections between mathematical concepts and the world around us. Identifiers: LCCN TK / ISBN 978-1-56846-317-9 Subjects: TK Classification: TK TK—dc23 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrationsFirst edition 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 www.thecreativecompany.us Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14

ISBN 978-1-56846-317-9 U.S. $7.99 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

Jibber-Jabber Engaging the senses, the ono- Simon Says Open the Book This bedtime- matopoeic sounds of 14 animals are introduced themed version of the beloved children’s game in rhyming or alliterative pairs. leads to a sleep-inducing conclusion. Author/Artist: Randall Enos Author: Emilia Zebrowska 978-1-56846-315-5 $8.99 Board Artist: Susan Reagan Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 978-1-56846-330-8 $8.99 Board Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

Let . ’ s G o Outside Let’s Go Outside Let’s Go Outside Pairs of opposite words Sounds of the Forest Six different animals Kate Riggs Monique Felix are used in context as readers follow a puppy introduce the atmospheric sounds and actions .

Kate Riggs Monique Felix on a walk. of an African rainforest.

Text copyright © 2018 by Kate Riggs Illustrations copyright © 2018 by Monique Felix Designed by Rita Marshall Published in 2018 by Creative Editions P.O. Box 227, Mankato, MN 56002 USA Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Monique Felix Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi Creative Editions is an imprint of The Creative Company All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Printed in China Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Riggs, Kate, author. / Felix, Monique, illustrator. 978-1-56846-316-2 $8.99 Board 978-1-56846-318-6 $8.99 Board Title: Let’s go outside / by Kate Riggs; illustrated by Monique Felix. Summary: Detailed illustrations and simple text are paired within a board book format to introduce young readers to opposite words within the narrative framework of taking a dog for a walk. Identifiers: LCCN TK / ISBN 978-1-56846-316-2 Subjects: TK Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Classification: TK TK—dc23

First edition 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 www.thecreativecompany.us Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

ISBN 978-1-56846-316-2 U.S. $8.99

On the Farm Six common barnyard animals Spot, Spike, Spiral Nine extraordinary are introduced by their sounds. creatures bring to life more patterns and shapes Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi of the animal kingdom. 978-1-56846-272-1 $7.99 Board Author: Sarah Grace Tuttle Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Artist: Miriam Nerlove Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations 978-1-56846-333-9 $8.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 28 Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations

A Seed Needs Sun A plant’s life cycle is Taste the Clouds This illustrated conceptual introduced by highlighting what it needs to board book encourages imaginative exploration grow at each stage. of the senses. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Paolo Domeniconi 978-1-56846-254-7 $7.99 Board 978-1-56846-285-1 $8.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations

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Under the Sea Common directional words are paired with ocean life to introduce creatures and their surroundings. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Tom Leonard 978-1-56846-302-5 $8.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

Wake up, Weather! This illustrated conceptual board book encourages imaginative exploration of weather phenomena. Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Monique Felix 978-1-56846-286-8 $8.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations

That’s Creepy! Six creepy-crawlies are intro- What to Do with a Box This poetic tribute duced by the animals’ common traits or behaviors. takes the literal shape of a box to bring an imagi- Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi native concept to life. 978-1-56846-236-3 $7.99 Board Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Chris Sheban Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 978-1-56846-320-9 $8.99 Board Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 12 Trim size: 8" × 8" Color illustrations

Time to Build Six common tools are intro- Wild Backyard Six backyard animals are duced by their use in a construction project. introduced by what and how they eat in their Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Laszlo Kubinyi microhabitats. 978-1-56846-271-4 $7.99 Board Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 978-1-56846-287-5 $7.99 Board Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

To the Rescue! Six helpful vehicles are You and Me This warm, poetic work encapsu- introduced by action words, encouraging lates the balancing act of giving attention to both kinetic learning. older and younger siblings. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Nate Williams Author: Rebecca Kai Dotlich 978-1-56846-288-2 $7.99 Board Artist: Susan Reagan Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 978-1-56846-321-6 $9.99 Board Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations

18 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Illustration by Monique Felix from Wake up, Weather! Creative Editions Classic Picture Books classic titles

The Adventures of Pinocchio Will a misbe- All the World’s a Stage This poetry collec- having wooden puppet amend his wicked ways tion explores Shakespeare’s “Seven Ages of Man” in time to become a real boy? to celebrate the theater of human existence. Author: Carlo Collodi Compiler: Lee Bennett Hopkins Artist: Roberto Innocenti Artist: Guy Billout 978-1-56846-190-8 $35.00 HC 978-1-56846-218-9 $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 192 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 8½" × 11¼" Color illustrations Trim size: 10½" × 9½" Color illustrations

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer An illu- And the Soldiers Sang Along the infamous strated edition breathes new life into Mark Western Front, enemies are drawn together by Twain’s most popular and widely read novel. song in the spirit of Christmas friendship. Author: Mark Twain / Artist: C. F. Payne Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley 978-1-56846-268-4 $29.99 HC 978-1-56846-220-2 (HC) $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 296 978-0-89812-975-5 (PB) $9.99 PB Trim size: 7½" × 10½" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations

Afternoon on a Hill Imaginative illustrations Bobo’s Smile What’s a clown to do when conjure a sense of wonder and delight in this the circus shuts down and he loses the ability celebration of nature. to smile? Bobo goes on a quest to regain his Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay happiness. Artist: Paolo Domeniconi Author/Artist: Seymour Chwast 978-1-56846-334-6 $14.99 HC 978-1-56846-221-9 $14.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 16 Interest level: Age 3 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 81/2" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 8" × 8" Color illustrations

Illustration by Becca Stadtlander from The Greatest Table www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 19 Creative Editions Classic Picture Books

The Cat Who Invented Bebop A feline Dark Fiddler An old gravedigger recounts to saxophonist sets out for jazzy New York, where his young apprentice the tall but true tale of Ital- he makes his mark as a cool cat to remember. ian violinist Nicolo Paganini. Author/Artist: Marshall Arisman Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Gary Kelley 978-1-56846-152-6 $17.95 HC 978-1-56846-200-4 $17.95 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations

Cheyenne Medicine Hat A mustang mare Doctor Dolittle American artist Seymour leads a herd of wild horses on an adventurous Chwast reinterprets the 1920s tale for a 21st- journey that unfolds into an uplifting story century audience. of survival. Author/Artist: Seymour Chwast Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Gregory Manchess 978-1-56846-258-5 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-181-6 $19.95 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 8¼" × 12¼" Color illustrations

Chicken Wants a Nap A fortunately- Dream Song An evocative poem conjures up unfortunately tale of a barnyard chicken whose dream-inducing images of fairy-tale wonders in search for a relaxing spot to nap is repeatedly this wistfully illustrated book. thwarted––until the rain stops, and the worms Author: Walter de la Mare come out. Artist: Monique Felix Author: Tracy Marchini / Artist: Monique Felix 978-1-56846-337-7 $14.99 HC 978-1-56846-308-7 $17.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 16 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 24 Trim size: 81/2" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 8" × 11 " Color illustrations

A Christmas Carol Award-winning artist The Emily Sonnets Sonnets and biographi- Roberto Innocenti vividly renders the beloved cal notes tell of the reclusive life and literary Christmas tale in this revised edition. creativity of 19th-century American poet Emily Author: Charles Dickens Dickinson. Artist: Roberto Innocenti Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Gary Kelley 978-1-56846-278-3 $29.99 HC 978-1-56846-215-8 $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 152 Interest level: Age 11 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 83/8" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 8" × 11¼" Color illustrations

The Creative Collection of American Erika’s Story A Jewish woman narrates how Short Stories This beautifully illustrated an- her mother was able to spare her from the hor- thology spans more than 150 years to spotlight rors of the Holocaust as an infant. 17 gems. Author: Ruth Vander Zee Authors: various / Artist: Yan Nascimbene Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-202-8 $28.95 HC 978-1-56846-176-2 (HC) $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 272 978-0-89812-891-8 (PB) $10.99 PB Trim size: 7¼" × 10¼" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 24 Trim size: 10" × 9½" Color illustrations

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Etienne Delessert Memory Game This The Girl in Red Depicting a city as a wilder- classic game gets a fresh treatment with striking ness, this modern take offers a twist on the old images taken from the books of Etienne Delessert. tale of an innocent girl in a red riding hood. Artist: Etienne Delessert Author: Aaron Frisch 978-1-56846-262-2 $14.99 Artist: Roberto Innocenti Interest level: Age 4 and up Color illustrations 978-1-56846-223-3 $19.99 HC Size: 3" × 3" × 6" Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10½" × 11½" Color illustrations

The Forever Flowers A waylaid grouse dis- A Glass In this autobiographical story, readers covers the unexpected joys of quietude—and the will learn of one seemingly unbreakable glass difficulty of decision-making. and of the shatterproof love between a parent Author: Michael J. Rosen and child. Artist: Sonja Danowski Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-1-56846-273-8 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-257-8 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 7 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 85/8" × 11¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations

The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea The Good Ship Crocodile A friendly A timid frog’s journey becomes a modern fairy crocodile acts as a ferry to many stranded animal tale in this reissued 2014 edition of the 2007 neighbors, and his good deeds are repaid in full. original. Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Monique Felix Author/Artist: Guy Billout 978-1-56846-238-7 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-267-7 $16.99 HC Interest level: Age 5 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9¾" × 9¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 9¼" × 8¼" Color illustrations

Full Color No introduction to the colors of A Good Story In this modern parable that the rainbow is quite like this one, here reissued encourages dreamers to keep on dreaming, an from a 2008 original in a smaller format. acrobatic pig with a penchant for good stories Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert discovers that he is more than an accountant. 978-1-56846-266-0 $15.99 HC Author/Artist: Zack Rock Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-280-6 $17.99 HC Trim size: 7¼" × 9¾" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10" × 9" Color illustrations

Fuzzy, Furry Hat A lonely bear provides The Great North Woods A celebration of shelter for countless animals in his fuzzy, furry nature in verse and exquisitely detailed illustra- hat as they all withstand a deluge and become tions, readers here experience a day from dawn forever friends. through dusk in the Great North Woods. Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Michael Rothman 978-1-56846-296-7 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-275-2 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations

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The Greatest Table Celebrate the simple and The Hunter In this story of quiet reverence unifying act of sharing a meal with this reminder for nature, a hunter sets out early one morn- that all have a place at the communal table. ing; when he comes across the deer he has been Author: Michael J. Rosen seeking, he does something unexpected. Artist: Becca Stadtlander Author: Jan Wahl / Artist: Tim Jessell 978-1-56846-303-2 $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-297-4 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8½" × 10½" Color illustrations Trim size: 11½" × 8½" Color illustrations

Harlem Hellfighters Black Americans from I Am Polar Bear Whatever its name, this New York take both the fight and their music to Arctic animal is deserving of human protection the WWI battlefields of France. as it faces extinction in a changing world. Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley Author: J. Patrick Lewis 978-1-56846-246-2 $19.99 HC Artist: Miriam Nerlove Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-332-2 $18.99 HC Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8" × 10" Color illustrations

Homer Henry Hudson’s Curio Museum I Hate to Read! Victor Dickens hates to A mysterious adventurer travels the world for read, and nothing can change his mind until he treasures to add to his unique collection. discovers the hidden lives of printed words. Author/Artist: Zack Rock Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-1-56846-260-8 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-232-5 $16.99 HC Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 5 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10" × 10" Color illustrations Trim size: 7¼" × 9¾" Color illustrations

The House In this gorgeously illustrated title, I Met a Dinosaur After a visit to the Museum a country house is rediscovered and reborn at the of Natural History, a young girl begins to see the turn of the 20th century. creatures everywhere. Author: J. Patrick Lewis Author: Jan Wahl / Artist: Chris Sheban Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-233-2 $17.99 HC 978-1-56846-201-1 $19.95 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 64 Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 12½" Color illustrations

How to Draw with Your Funny Bone I Still Hate to Read! In this follow-up to the This artistic workbook encourages readers acclaimed I Hate to Read!, a classroom assignment to experiment with their own types of visual unveils a boy’s secret love for books. expression. Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Etienne Delessert Author/Artist: Elwood H. Smith 978-1-56846-174-8 $19.95 HC 978-1-56846-243-1 $17.99 HC Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 8½" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 8¾" × 10½" Color illustrations

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If— Rudyard Kipling’s encouraging sentiments Lineup for Yesterday Baseball Cards that inspired a nation are tenderly portrayed in Nash’s classic odes to baseball greats of yore this illustrated edition of the famous poem. are presented in a boxed set of full-color com- Author: Rudyard Kipling memorative cards. Artist: Giovanni Manna Author: Ogden Nash / Artist: C. F. Payne 978-1-56846-259-2 $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-249-3 $12.99 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 4 and up Color illustrations Trim size: 7¼" × 10" Color illustrations Size: 6" × 4¼" × 1"

I’m Not a Pig in Underpants Follow a Lola Shapes the Sky Subtly portraying series of delightful, poetic clues as a mysterious values of both inspiration and function, a animal narrator prompts readers to figure out cloud fights to be herself amidst criticism in its identity. this allegorical tale. Author/Artist: Elwood H. Smith Author: Wendy Greenley 978-1-56846-229-5 $18.99 HC Artist: Paolo Domeniconi Interest level: Age 5 and up Page count: 40 978-1-56846-319-3 $19.99 HC Trim size: 8½" × 10½" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 81/2" × 103/4" Color illustrations

It? In this modern fable of imaginative inquiry, The Lonely Pine The Lonely Pine recounts a boy befriends an “it,” reaching out to the other. a calendar year in the Arctic life of the world’s Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert northernmost tree. 978-1-56846-345-2 $19.99 HC Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Etienne Delessert Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-214-1 $17.99 HC Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 11" × 7¾" Color illustrations

The Last Resort An artist’s quest to recover The Long Tall Journey The story of a giraffe his imagination leads him to a remote seaside that journeyed from Africa to France in the 19th hotel visited by some rather remarkable guests. century, told by the animal. Author: J. Patrick Lewis Author: Jan Wahl / Artist: Laurent Gapaillard Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-230-1 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-172-4 $24.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 40 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 48 Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 85/8" × 117/8" Color illustrations

Lineup for Yesterday Famous poet Ogden Make the Earth Your Companion As Nash pays entertaining tribute to the greatest picturesque illustrations imbue the poetically baseball players of the 1800s and early 1900s. inspired images with mysticism, readers are Author: Ogden Nash / Artist: C. F. Payne reminded to treat the world around us with the 978-1-56846-212-7 $24.99 HC respect it deserves and the care it needs. Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 56 Author: J. Patrick Lewis Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations Artists: Anna & Elena Balbusso 978-1-56846-269-1 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8¾" × 12" Color illustrations

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A Meeting in the Sky After World War II, Mouse Books In these wordless stories, mice former enemies become friends for life as a result transform books into canvases for their own mini of a remarkable encounter. adventures. Author: Rina Singh / Artist: Jordi Vila Delclòs Author/Artist: Monique Felix 978-1-56846-310-0 $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 3 and up $12.99 HC each Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 6¾" × 6¾" Page count: 32 Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations Color illustrations

The Alphabet 978-1-56846-226-4 The Boat 978-1-56846-252-3 The Colors 978-1-56846-234-9 The Numbers 978-1-56846-235-6 Michelangelo’s World Combining gorgeous The Opposites 978-1-56846-251-6 photographs with sonnets by poet J. Patrick The Valentine 978-1-56846-247-9 Lewis, this picture book celebrates the Renais- The Wind 978-1-56846-227-1 sance master. Author: J. Patrick Lewis 978-1-56846-167-0 $17.95 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 9" × 11" Color photographs and artwork

The Million Stories of Marco Polo A My Clementine A captain narrates the story scribe recounts to his young neighbor adventur- of his beloved ship’s extraordinary 50-year life, ous tales of the legendary explorer Marco Polo. from her exotic travels to her eventual resting Author: Michael J. Rosen place at the bottom of the sea. Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli Author/Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-290-5 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-323-0 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 10¾" × 9¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 11" Color illustrations

Mocha Dick In this spirited sea lore, a The Navajo Code Talkers The story of 19th-century sperm whale becomes infamous for how bilingual Navajo in the Marine Corps retaliating against those who try to capture him. helped the Allies win World War II by devising Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Randall Enos the ultimate code. 978-1-56846-242-4 $18.99 HC Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-295-0 $18.99 HC Trim size: 85/8" × 12" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations

Moon Theater Every night, the rising moon The Necklace Master storyteller Guy de takes center stage, surrounded by vigilant owls, Maupassant’s classic tale of vanity, honor, and howling dogs, and other supporting characters. irony is illustrated like never before. Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert Author: Guy de Maupassant 978-1-56846-208-0 $17.95 HC Artist: Gary Kelley Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-193-9 $19.95 HC Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 48 Trim size: 8" × 13" Color illustrations

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Next Year Through the drought and dust Nutcracker This unabridged and reissued storms that ravage once-rich farmland during the edition of Hoffmann’s classic tells of the dreaded Dust Bowl, a young boy and his family cling to Mouse King, the brave Nutcracker, and a com- the hope that “next year” will be better. passionate girl. Author: Ruth Vander Zee / Artist: Gary Kelley Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann 978-1-56846-282-0 $18.99 HC Artist: Roberto Innocenti Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-313-1 $29.99 HC Trim size: 91/2" × 91/2" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 136 Trim size: 91/2" × 11" Color illustrations

Night Circus One fall evening, a man is The One and Only 1, 2, 3 Book A num- entranced by a strange circus processing along a ber 1 with a high opinion of itself must compete road near his house. for attention as the pages brim with numeric Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert activity. 978-1-56846-277-6 $19.99 HC Author/Artist: R. O. Blechman Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-245-5 $15.99 HC Trim size: 10½" × 11½" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 24 Trim size: 115/8" × 9" Color illustrations

A Night on the Range In this story of Phrases of the Moon Enhanced by luminous Western dreaming, a wide-eyed cowpoke and his illustrations, this musical ode to the moon glows faithful dog leave indoor comforts behind. with magic and mystery. Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Chris Sheban Author: J. Patrick Lewis 978-1-56846-205-9 (HC) $19.99 HC Artist: Jori van der Linde 978-0-89812-829-1 (PB) $7.99 PB 978-1-56846-311-7 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations Trim size: 6½" × 12" Color illustrations

A Number of Animals As a little chick Pirates at the Plate Teams of pirates and searches for its mother among barnyard animals, cowboys inject rowdy adventure into America’s it involves readers in a simple counting exercise. pastime in this exquisitely illustrated story. Author: Kate Green Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Mark Summers Artist: Christopher Wormell 978-1-56846-210-3 $17.99 HC 978-1-56846-222-6 $15.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 3 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8½" × 11¼" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations

A Number of Animals Nesting Blocks The Riddle Horse In this gentle riddle of a This set of 10 graduated blocks can be stacked tale, a horse recounts its adventures and riders into a tower nearly 3 feet high. throughout the long years of its life. Author: Kate Green Author/Artist: Mark Summers Artist: Christopher Wormell 978-1-56846-291-2 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-248-6 $24.99 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 24 Interest level: Age 6 months and up Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations Size: 5¾" × 5¾" × 5¾"

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The Riverbank Illustrations accompanying Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers Fourteen the final paragraph ofOn the Origin of Species of Marc Chagall’s works are here vividly repro- commemorate the 150th anniversary of the duced and accompanied by biographical poems. book’s publication. Authors: J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen Author: Charles Darwin / Artist: Fabian Negrin 978-1-56846-211-0 (HC) $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-207-3 $17.95 HC 978-0-89812-974-8 (PB) $12.00 PB Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 11 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 87/8" × 105/8" Color illustrations Trim size: 8" × 11¼" Reproductions

Rose Blanche One day, a young German girl Sing a Season Song The cyclical nature follows a truck into the woods, where she discov- of the seasons takes center stage in this poetic ers a terrible secret. tribute to the four periods of the year. Author: Christophe Gallaz Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Lisel Jane Ashlock Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-255-4 $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-189-2 (HC) $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 978-0-89812-385-2 (PB) $10.99 PB Trim size: 8¼" × 12" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 7 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8¼" × 11" Color illustrations

Ruby, Head High Inspired by Norman Rock- A Song Amidst all the noise and distraction, well’s iconic painting, The Problem We All Live listen for the beautiful song the world sings just With, this historic story tells of a little girl who for you. changed the world. Author/Artist: James Christopher Carroll Author: Irène Cohen-Janca 978-1-56846-331-5 $19.99 HC Artist: Marc Daniau Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-341-4 $18.99 HC Trim size: 9" × 11" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8" × 111/4" Color illustrations

Sailing the Unknown Travel the uncharted Spartacus the Spider When a little spider world of the late 1700s with Captain Cook. finally devises a way to spin a mighty web, prey is Author: Michael J. Rosen his for the catching, but what may be the cost? Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-1-56846-216-5 (HC) $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-213-4 $17.95 HC 978-0-89812-976-2 (PB) $12.00 PB Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 8¾" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 11½" × 85/8" Color illustrations

Seaside Lullaby The cycle of sleep is not The Stolen Smile In this reissued edition, unlike the seasons by the sea in this gorgeously readers travel back to 1911 Paris, where the Mona illustrated and dreamy bedtime lullaby. Lisa has gone missing. Author/Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley 978-1-56846-328-5 $17.99 HC 978-1-56846-281-3 $16.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 10" × 10" Color illustrations Trim size: 8" × 9¾" Color illustrations

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Storytime Clock This wall clock serves as a We Are Brothers Yves Claverie Nadon Jean We Are Brothers In this moving coming-of- With a background in teaching and a passion for encouraging children to We AreB rothers delightful aid to tellingread, YvesNadon time writes and as a reminder YVES NADON age story, warm pastel illustrations lend a timeless about and leads workshops on topics JEAN CLAVERIE related to youth literacy. He is a found- that any time caning directorbe of thea children’s good publishing time for reading.I a m cat. Everyquality summer, two to youthful trepidation and triumphant company Editions D’eux, based in brothers swim to the rock, and

Sherbrooke, Quebec. This is his first one jumps off. But this summer, it’s book for Creative Editions. I a m bird. Artist: Etienne Delessert time for bothachievement. of them to take the leap. In this moving coming-of-age JeanClaverie I a m fish. story, a younger brother discovers 978-1-56846-263-9is an award-winning French artist $24.99 Author: Yves Nadon / Artist: Jean Claverie newfound power, courage, and joy, whose work has been regularly exhib- thanks to the support of his older ited in France and abroad for decades. brother—and the persuasiveness of Interest level: AgeHe continues4 and to instruct students up at Size: 12" round 978-1-56846-292-9 $18.99 HC his own imagination. the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France. He lives near Lyon. Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 7¼" × 10" Color illustrations

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Tall City, Wide Country Light on words What to Do with a Box Celebrate the magi- but big on charm, this unique picture book is cal wonders of the common cardboard box, as a trip worth taking—just by turning the book imagined by enterprising children. around! Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Chris Sheban Author/Artist: Seymour Chwast 978-1-56846-289-9 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-228-8 $15.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 3 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8¾" × 101/2" Color illustrations Trim size: 11" × 6" Color illustrations

Tuba Lessons A boy venturing through a What to Do with a String Snag the spirit forest on his way to a tuba lesson finds himself of adventure, and lasso the limitless horizons of giving a concert to an unexpected audience. imagination in this sequel to What to Do with Author: T. C. Bartlett / Artist: Monique Felix a Box. 978-1-56846-209-7 $17.95 HC Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: C. F. Payne Interest level: All ages Page count: 32 978-1-56846-322-3 $18.99 HC Trim size: 10½" × 10½" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8¾" × 101/2" Color illustrations

The Universe Is a Tree This international Where Do I End and You Begin? This anthology reveals that a tree’s roots not only rhythmic poem employs a thought-provoking reach deep into the earth, but its branches also refrain to introduce the concept of intercon- extend out into the universe, connecting us all. nectedness. Author/Artist: Laura Filippucci Author: Shulamith Oppenheim 978-1-56846-304-9 $18.99 HC Artist: Monique Felix Interest level: Age 12 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-274-5 $17.99 HC Trim size: 8¼" × 107⁄8" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9¾" × 9¾" Color illustrations

The Velveteen Rabbit This reissued classic A Year in the Woods Excerpts from Thoreau’s returns readers to the magical world of toys. 1854 work Walden, which still serves as a guide Author: Margery Williams Bianco to living fully and deliberately, are here accompa- Artist: Monique Felix nied by idealistic, wistful paintings. 978-0-89812-831-4 $8.99 PB Author: Henry David Thoreau Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Artist: Giovanni Manna Trim size: 7¾" × 11³⁄8" Color illustrations 978-1-56846-305-6 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 71/4" × 10" Color illustrations

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