CREATIVE 2018 EDITIONS SPRING Table of Contents

Recent Titles 3 Jibber-Jabber 8

What to Do with a Box Shapes All Around 9 (Board Book) 4–5 Classic Board Books 10–11 We Are Brothers 6 Classic Picture Books 12–19 Let’s Go Outside 7 Ordering Information 20

Cover by Randall Enos from Jibber-Jabber; 2 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us illustration above by Gary Kelley from Next Year Creative Editions Recent Titles

A Year in the Woods A Good Story An exemplar of American Transcendentalism, In this modern parable that encourages dream- Thoreau’s 1854 work Walden serves as a guide ers to keep on dreaming, an acrobatic pig with to living fully and deliberately. Excerpts are here a penchant for good stories discovers that he is accompanied by idealistic, wistful paintings. more than an accountant. Author: Henry David Thoreau Author/Artist: Zack Rock Artist: Giovanni Manna 978-1-56846-280-6 $17.99 HC 978-1-56846-305-6 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10" × 9" Color Trim size: 71/4" × 10" Color illustrations

Chicken Wants a Nap Nutcracker Warm illustrations accompany this fortunately- Reissued for a new generation of storytellers and unfortunately tale of a barnyard chicken whose listeners, this unabridged edition of Hoffmann’s search for a relaxing spot to nap is repeatedly classic tells of the dreaded Mouse King, the brave thwarted––until tasty worms appear. Nutcracker, and a compassionate girl. Author: Tracy Marchini / Artist: Monique Felix Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann 978-1-56846-308-7 $17.99 HC Artist: Roberto Innocenti Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 24 978-1-56846-313-1 $29.99 HC Trim size: 8" × 11" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 136 Trim size: 91/2" × 11" Color illustrations

Next Year Through the drought and dust storms that rav- age once-rich farmland during the Dust Bowl, a young boy and his family cling to the hope that “next year” will be better. Author: Ruth Vander Zee / Artist: Gary Kelley 978-1-56846-282-0 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 91/2" × 91/2" Color illustrations

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4 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us What to Do with a Box (Board Book) Jane Yolen has been called “the Hans Christian Andersen of America” due to her significant contributions to children’s literature, especially her If you give a child a box, who can tell what will happen next? It may original and collected fairy tales. She has written more than 300 books, become a library or a boat. It could set the scene for a fairy tale or a wild including the Caldecott Medal–winning Owl Moon, and earned numerous expedition. The most wonderful thing is its seemingly endless capacity honors. She lives in Massachusetts and Scotland. for magical adventure, a feature imaginatively captured in cardboard- Chris Sheban has illustrated five books for Creative Editions, including esque art and rhythmically celebrated in this poetic tribute. This board A Night on the Range and I Met a Dinosaur. His work has been honored book edition of the popular 2016 picture book of the same name takes with three gold and three silver medals from the . the literal shape of a box to bring an imaginative concept to life. He lives near Chicago, Illinois.

978-1-56846-320-9 $8.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 8" × 8" Color illustrations Pub date: April 2018

*Also available: A Night on the Range, What to Do with a Box HC

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We Are Brothers With a background in teaching and a passion for encouraging children to read, Yves Nadon writes about and leads workshops on topics related Every summer, two brothers swim to the rock, and one jumps off. But to youth literacy. He is a founding director of the children’s publishing this summer, it’s time for both of them to take the leap. In this moving company Editions D’eux, based in Sherbrooke, Quebec. This is his first coming-of-age story, a younger brother discovers newfound strength, book for Creative Editions. courage, and joy, thanks to the support of his older brother—and the Jean Claverie is an award-winning French artist whose work has been persuasiveness of his own imagination. Warm pastel illustrations lend a regularly exhibited in France and abroad for decades. He taught for timeless quality to youthful trepidation and triumphant achievement in more than 30 years at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts this celebration of summertime. and the École Emile Cohl, both in Lyon, France. He lives near Lyon.

978-1-56846-292-9 We Are Brothers Yves Claverie Nadon Jean With a background in teaching and a $18.99 HC passion for encouraging children to We AreB rothers read, YvesNadon writes YVES NADON about and leads workshops on topics JEAN CLAVERIE Interest level: Age 6 and up related to youth literacy. He is a found- ing director of the children’s publishing I a m cat. Every summer, two Page count: 32 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 Trim size: 71/4" × 10" book for Creative Editions. I a m bird. time for both of them to take the

leap. In this movingWe coming-of-age are cat. JeanClaverie Color illustrations I a m fish. story, a younger Webrother are discovers bird. is an award-winning French artist newfound power,We courage, are fish. and joy, whose work has been regularly exhib- thanks to the support of his older Pub date: April 2018 ited in France and abroad for decades. brother—and the persuasiveness of He continues to instruct students at his own imagination. the École Nationale Supérieure des

Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France. He lives near Lyon.

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P.O. Box 227, Mankato, MN 56002 ISBN 978-1-56846-292-9 U.S. $18.99 www.thecreativecompany.us *Also available: Next Year, Where Designed by Rita Marshall Do I End and You Begin?

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Let’s Go Outside Kate Riggs is a Minnesota-based editor and author of children’s and young adult nonfiction books. In 2012, her bookDolphins was honored How many opposites do children encounter every day? Dark and as the winner of the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for light, small and big, inside and outside are just a few. In this illustrated, Transitional Nonfiction. conceptual board book, young readers will learn pairs of opposite words in context by following a narrative about taking a dog for a walk. The Swiss artist Monique Felix has illustrated more than 40 celebrated children’s books, including Creative Editions’ popular Mouse Book series, tail-waggingly friendly illustrations work with the evocative text to fur- Tuba Lessons, Where Do I End and You Begin?, The Good Ship Crocodile, ther encourage readers and listeners to observe both the differences and and Chicken Wants a Nap. Among her many honors is the Octogone similarities present in their surroundings. Prize from the International Center of Children’s Literature in France.

Let . 978-1-56846-316-2 ’ s G o Outside ’ Lets Go Outside $8.99 Board Kate Riggs Monique Felix

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Text copyright © 2018 by Kate Riggs Illustrations copyright © 2018 by Monique Felix Designed by Rita Marshall Published in 2018 by Creative Editions Trim size: 61/4" × 8" P.O. Box 227, Mankato, MN 56002 USA 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. Color illustrations Printed in China Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Riggs, Kate, author. / Felix, Monique, illustrator. Title: Let’s go outside / by Kate Riggs; illustrated by Monique Felix. Summary: Detailed illustrations and simple text are paired within Pub date: April 2018 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 Classification: TK TK—dc23

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www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 7 Jibber-Jabber Randall Enos has illustrated for books, magazines, and newspapers for more than 50 years. His preferred medium of linocuts lends itself to appli- In rhyming or alliterative pairs, Jibber-Jabber presents the onomatopoeic cations in children’s books and political cartoons alike. He lives on a horse sounds of 14 animals that will be easily identifiable to young learners. farm (neigh!) in Connecticut. The name of each creature appears below its signature sound to further reinforce the connection and providing another way to read the text—as a series of commands (Squeak mouse, Squawk parrot, and so on). Whim- sical linocut illustrations accompany the block-letter type, engaging visual as well as auditory senses throughout.

978-1-56846-315-5 $8.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 61/4" × 8" Color illustrations Pub date: April 2018

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8 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us cow owl goose donkey Shapes All Around Kate Riggs is a Minnesota-based editor and author of children’s and young adult nonfiction books. In 2012, her bookDolphins was honored Identifying shapes is a fundamental part of a child’s development. Most as the winner of the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for of the time, shapes are introduced strictly by their geometric proper- Transitional Nonfiction. ties. In this illustrated, conceptual board book, though, brightly colored shapes are associated with forms found in nature, creating connections French artist and graphic designer Laëtitia Devernay, a graduate of the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg, has received several between mathematical concepts and the world around us. Young readers international awards in little more than a decade of work. This is her will enjoy pointing out the shapes in this book—and all around! first book for Creative Editions.

Shapes 978-1-56846-317-9 Shapes All Around Kate Riggs $7.99 Board

All illustrated by Laëtitia Devernay Interest level: Age 2 and up

Around Page count: 14

Kate Riggs Trim size: 7" × 7" Text copyright © 2018 by Kate Riggs Illustrations copyright © 2018 by Laëtitia Devernay Designed by Rita Marshall Published in 2018 by Creative Editions P.O. Box 227, Mankato, MN 56002 USA 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 Color illustrations 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. Summary: In this illustrated board book, shapes stand in for the names of natural forms, creating connections between mathematical concepts and the world around us. Pub date: April 2018 Identifiers: LCCN TK / ISBN 978-1-56846-317-9 Subjects: TK Classification: TK TK—dc23

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ISBN 978-1-56846-317-9 U.S. $7.99

*Also available: Colors of Nature, Counting on Birds

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Colors of Nature This illustrated conceptual Crowds of Creatures Six family groups of board book encourages the association of certain different kinds of animals introduce the concept colors with the seasons. of collective nouns. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Paolo Domeniconi Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi 978-1-56846-299-8 $8.99 Board 978-1-56846-301-8 $7.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

Counting on Birds This illustrated con- Dig It! Six construction machines are intro- ceptual board book uses the growth cycle of duced by their defining features or functions. songbirds to teach the numbers 1 to 10. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Laszlo Kubinyi Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Jori van der Linde 978-1-56846-237-0 $7.99 Board 978-1-56846-300-1 $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

10 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Illustration by Jori van der Linde from Counting on Birds Creative Editions Classic Board Books

How Fast Can You Go? Six modes of trans- Time to Build Six common tools are introduced portation are introduced by their relative speeds. by their use in a construction project. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Nate Williams Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Laszlo Kubinyi 978-1-56846-253-0 $7.99 Board 978-1-56846-271-4 $7.99 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: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

On the Farm Six common barnyard animals To the Rescue! Six helpful vehicles are are introduced by their sounds. introduced by action words, encouraging Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi kinetic learning. 978-1-56846-272-1 $7.99 Board Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Nate Williams Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 978-1-56846-288-2 $7.99 Board Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

A Seed Needs Sun A plant’s life cycle is Under the Sea Common directional words introduced by highlighting what it needs to grow are paired with ocean life to introduce creatures at each stage. and their surroundings. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Tom Leonard 978-1-56846-254-7 $7.99 Board 978-1-56846-302-5 $7.99 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: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

Taste the Clouds This illustrated conceptual Wake up, Weather! This illustrated conceptu- board book encourages imaginative exploration al board book encourages imaginative exploration of the senses. of weather phenomena. Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Paolo Domeniconi Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Monique Felix 978-1-56846-285-1 $8.99 Board 978-1-56846-286-8 $8.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations

That’s Creepy! Six creepy-crawlies are intro- Wild Backyard Six backyard animals are duced by the animals’ common traits or behaviors. introduced by what and how they eat in their Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi microhabitats. 978-1-56846-236-3 $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

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The Adventures of Pinocchio Will a misbe- And the Soldiers Sang Along the infamous having wooden puppet amend his wicked ways in Western Front, enemies are drawn together by time to become a real boy? song in the spirit of Christmas friendship. Author: Carlo Collodi Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-220-2 (HC) $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-190-8 $35.00 HC 978-0-89812-975-5 (PB) $9.99 PB Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 192 Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8½" × 11¼" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer An illu- Bobo’s Smile What’s a clown to do when strated edition breathes new life into Mark Twain’s the circus shuts down and he loses the ability most popular and widely read novel. to smile? Bobo goes on a quest to regain his Author: Mark Twain / Artist: C. F. Payne happiness. 978-1-56846-268-4 $29.99 HC Author/Artist: Seymour Chwast Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 296 978-1-56846-221-9 $14.99 HC Trim size: 7½" × 10½" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 3 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8" × 8" Color illustrations

All the World’s a Stage This poetry collec- The Cat Who Invented Bebop A feline tion explores Shakespeare’s “Seven Ages of Man” saxophonist sets out for jazzy New York, where to celebrate the theater of human existence. he makes his mark as a cool cat to remember. Compiler: Lee Bennett Hopkins Author/Artist: Artist: Guy Billout 978-1-56846-152-6 (Regular Edition) $17.95 HC 978-1-56846-218-9 $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-168-7 (Special Edition) $21.95 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10½" × 9½" Color illustrations Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations

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Cheyenne Medicine Hat A mustang mare Dark Fiddler An old gravedigger recounts to leads a herd of wild horses on an adventurous his young apprentice the tall but true tale of Ital- journey that unfolds into an uplifting story ian violinist Nicolo Paganini. of survival. Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Gary Kelley Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Gregory Manchess 978-1-56846-200-4 $17.95 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- Doctor Dolittle American artist Seymour unfortunately tale of a barnyard chicken whose Chwast reinterprets the 1920s tale for a 21st- search for a relaxing spot to nap is repeatedly century audience. thwarted––until the rain stops, and the worms Author/Artist: Seymour Chwast come out. 978-1-56846-258-5 $18.99 HC Author: Tracy Marchini / Artist: Monique Felix Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-308-7 $17.99 HC Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 24 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

Cinderella A glamorous, 1920s-era style of Erika’s Story A Jewish woman narrates how illustration helps bring to life the familiar 17th- her mother was able to spare her from the hor- century fairy tale of Cinderella. rors of the Holocaust as an infant. Author: Charles Perrault Author: Ruth Vander Zee Artist: Roberto Innocenti Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-130-4 (HC) $20.95 HC 978-1-56846-176-2 (HC) $19.99 HC 978-0-89812-828-4 (PB) $7.99 PB 978-0-89812-891-8 (PB) $10.99 PB Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 24 Trim size: 7¾" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 10" × 9½" Color illustrations

The Creative Collection of American Etienne Delessert Memory Game This Short Stories This beautifully illustrated an- classic game gets a fresh treatment with striking thology spans more than 150 years to spotlight images taken from the books of Etienne Delessert. 17 gems. Artist: Etienne Delessert Authors: various / Artist: Yan Nascimbene 978-1-56846-262-2 $14.99 978-1-56846-202-8 $28.95 HC Interest level: Age 4 and up Color illustrations Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 272 Size: 3" × 3" × 6" Trim size: 7¼" × 10¼" Color illustrations

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The Forever Flowers A waylaid grouse dis- Fuzzy, Furry Hat A lonely bear provides covers the unexpected joys of quietude—and the shelter for countless animals in his fuzzy, furry difficulty of decision-making. hat as they all withstand a deluge and become Author: Michael J. Rosen forever friends. Artist: Sonja Danowski Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-1-56846-273-8 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-296-7 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 85/8" × 11¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations

Franklin the Fly When a mild-mannered fly The Girl in Red Depicting a city as a wilder- spends a day in the countryside, he discovers ness, this modern take offers a twist on the old the peaceful life he has been missing. tale of an innocent girl in a red riding hood. Author/Artist: R. O. Blechman Author: Aaron Frisch 978-1-56846-148-9 $17.95 HC Artist: Roberto Innocenti Interest level: Age 7 and up Page count: 40 978-1-56846-223-3 $19.99 HC Trim size: 7¼" × 10" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10½" × 11½" Color illustrations

The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea A Glass In this autobiographical story, readers A timid frog’s journey becomes a modern fairy will learn of one seemingly unbreakable glass tale in this reissued 2014 edition of the 2007 and of the shatterproof love between a parent original. and child. Author/Artist: Guy Billout Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-1-56846-267-7 $16.99 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: 9¼" × 8¼" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations

Full Color No introduction to the colors of The Good Ship Crocodile A friendly the rainbow is quite like this one, here reissued crocodile acts as a ferry to many stranded animal from a 2008 original in a smaller format. neighbors, and his good deeds are repaid in full. Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Monique Felix 978-1-56846-266-0 $15.99 HC 978-1-56846-238-7 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 5 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 7¼" × 9¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 9¾" × 9¾" Color illustrations

Fun with Numbers Mischievous illustra- A Good Story In this modern parable that tions remind readers that there have been many encourages dreamers to keep on dreaming, an ways of counting, measuring, and having fun with acrobatic pig with a penchant for good stories numbers. discovers that he is more than an accountant. Author: Massin / Artists: Les Chats Pelés Author/Artist: Zack Rock 978-0-15200-962-5 $17.00 HC 978-1-56846-280-6 $17.99 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 13" Color illustrations Trim size: 10" × 9" Color illustrations

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The Great North Woods A celebration of I Hate to Read! Victor Dickens hates to nature in verse and exquisitely detailed illustra- read, and nothing can change his mind until he tions, readers here experience a day from dawn discovers the hidden lives of printed words. through dusk in the Great North Woods. Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Etienne Delessert Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Michael Rothman 978-1-56846-232-5 $16.99 HC 978-1-56846-275-2 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 5 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 7¼" × 9¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations

Harlem Hellfighters Black Americans from I Met a Dinosaur After a visit to the Museum New York take both the fight and their music to of Natural History, a young girl begins to see the the WWI battlefields of France. creatures everywhere. Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley Author: Jan Wahl / Artist: Chris Sheban 978-1-56846-246-2 $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-233-2 $17.99 HC Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations

Homer Henry Hudson’s Curio Museum I Still Hate to Read! In this follow-up to the A mysterious adventurer travels the world for acclaimed I Hate to Read!, a classroom assignment treasures to add to his unique collection. unveils a boy’s secret love for books. Author/Artist: Zack Rock Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-1-56846-260-8 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-174-8 $19.95 HC Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10" × 10" Color illustrations Trim size: 8½" × 12" Color illustrations

The House In this gorgeously illustrated title, If— Rudyard Kipling’s encouraging sentiments a country house is rediscovered and reborn at the that inspired a nation are tenderly portrayed in turn of the 20th century. this illustrated edition of the famous poem. Author: J. Patrick Lewis Author: Rudyard Kipling Artist: Roberto Innocenti Artist: Giovanni Manna 978-1-56846-201-1 $19.95 HC 978-1-56846-259-2 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 64 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 12½" Color illustrations Trim size: 7¼" × 10" Color illustrations

How to Draw with Your Funny Bone This artistic workbook encourages readers to experiment with their own types of visual expression. Author/Artist: Elwood H. Smith 978-1-56846-243-1 $17.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 8¾" × 10½" Color illustrations

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I’m Not a Pig in Underpants Follow a The Long Tall Journey The story of a giraffe series of delightful, poetic clues as a mysterious that journeyed from Africa to France in the 19th animal narrator prompts readers to figure out century, told by the animal. its identity. Author: Jan Wahl / Artist: Laurent Gapaillard Author/Artist: Elwood H. Smith 978-1-56846-230-1 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-229-5 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 40 Interest level: Age 5 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 8½" × 10½" Color illustrations

The Last Resort An artist’s quest to recover Make the Earth Your Companion As his imagination leads him to a remote seaside picturesque illustrations imbue the poetically hotel visited by some rather remarkable guests. inspired images with mysticism, readers are Author: J. Patrick Lewis reminded to treat the world around us with the Artist: Roberto Innocenti respect it deserves and the care it needs. 978-1-56846-172-4 $24.99 HC Author: J. Patrick Lewis Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 48 Artists: Anna & Elena Balbusso Trim size: 85/8" × 117/8" Color illustrations 978-1-56846-269-1 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8¾" × 12" Color illustrations

Lineup for Yesterday Famous poet Ogden Michelangelo’s World Combining gorgeous Nash pays entertaining tribute to the greatest photographs with sonnets by poet J. Patrick baseball players of the 1800s and early 1900s. Lewis, this picture book celebrates the Renais- Author: Ogden Nash / Artist: C. F. Payne sance master. 978-1-56846-212-7 $24.99 HC Author: J. Patrick Lewis Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 56 978-1-56846-167-0 $17.95 HC Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 9" × 11" Color photographs and artwork

Lineup for Yesterday Baseball Cards The Million Stories of Marco Polo A Nash’s classic odes to baseball greats of yore scribe recounts to his young neighbor adventur- are presented in a boxed set of full-color com- ous tales of the legendary explorer Marco Polo. memorative cards. Author: Michael J. Rosen Author: Ogden Nash / Artist: C. F. Payne Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli 978-1-56846-249-3 $12.99 978-1-56846-290-5 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 4 and up Color illustrations Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Size: 6" × 4¼" × 1" Trim size: 10¾" × 9¾" Color illustrations

The Lonely Pine The Lonely Pine recounts Mocha Dick In this spirited sea lore, a a calendar year in the Arctic life of the world’s 19th-century sperm whale becomes infamous for northernmost tree. retaliating against those who try to capture him. Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Etienne Delessert Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Randall Enos 978-1-56846-214-1 $17.99 HC 978-1-56846-242-4 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 11" × 7¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 85/8" × 12" Color illustrations

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Moon Theater Every night, the rising moon Never Catch a Cold Black-ink illustrations takes center stage, surrounded by vigilant owls, introduce various kinds of colds—and a number howling dogs, and other supporting characters. of extinct fantastical creatures—in this “history.” Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert Author/Artist: André François 978-1-56846-208-0 $17.95 HC 978-1-56846-231-8 $15.99 HC Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 88 Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 7¾" × 55/32" Black/white illustrations

Mouse Books In these wordless stories, mice Next Year Through the drought and dust transform books into canvases for their own mini storms that ravage once-rich farmland during the adventures. Dust Bowl, a young boy and his family cling to Author/Artist: Monique Felix the hope that “next year” will be better. Interest level: Age 3 and up $12.99 HC each Author: Ruth Vander Zee / Artist: Gary Kelley Trim size: 6¾" × 6¾" Page count: 32 978-1-56846-282-0 $18.99 HC Color illustrations Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 91/2" × 91/2" 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 Night Circus One fall evening, a man is The Opposites 978-1-56846-251-6 entranced by a strange circus processing along a The Valentine 978-1-56846-247-9 road near his house. The Wind 978-1-56846-227-1 Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-1-56846-277-6 $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10½" × 11½" Color illustrations

The Navajo Code Talkers The story of A Night on the Range In this story of how bilingual Navajo in the Marine Corps Western dreaming, a wide-eyed cowpoke and his helped the Allies win World War II by devising faithful dog leave indoor comforts behind. the ultimate code. Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Chris Sheban Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley 978-1-56846-205-9 (HC) $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-295-0 $18.99 HC 978-0-89812-829-1 (PB) $7.99 PB Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations

The Necklace Master storyteller Guy de A Number of Animals As a little chick Maupassant’s classic tale of vanity, honor, and searches for its mother among barnyard animals, irony is illustrated like never before. it involves readers in a simple counting exercise. Author: Guy de Maupassant Author: Kate Green Artist: Gary Kelley Artist: Christopher Wormell 978-1-56846-193-9 $19.95 HC 978-1-56846-222-6 $15.99 HC Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 48 Interest level: Age 3 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8" × 13" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations

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A Number of Animals Nesting Blocks The Riverbank Illustrations accompanying This set of 10 graduated blocks can be stacked the final paragraph ofOn the Origin of Species into a tower nearly 3 feet high. commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Author: Kate Green book’s publication. Artist: Christopher Wormell Author: Charles Darwin / Artist: Fabian Negrin 978-1-56846-248-6 $24.99 978-1-56846-207-3 $17.95 HC Interest level: Age 6 months and up Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Size: 5¾" × 5¾" × 5¾" Trim size: 87/8" × 105/8" Color illustrations

Nutcracker This unabridged and reissued Rose Blanche One day, a young German girl edition of Hoffmann’s classic tells of the dreaded follows a truck into the woods, where she discov- Mouse King, the brave Nutcracker, and a com- ers a terrible secret. passionate girl. Author: Christophe Gallaz Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann Artist: Roberto Innocenti Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-189-2 (HC) $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-313-1 $29.99 HC 978-0-89812-385-2 (PB) $10.99 PB Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 136 Interest level: Age 7 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 91/2" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 8¼" × 11" Color illustrations

The One and Only 1, 2, 3 Book A num- The Rumor Threats of a hungry beast compel ber 1 with a high opinion of itself must compete animal friends to warn one another and thus for attention as the pages brim with numeric turn hearsay into an increasingly inaccurate activity. rumor. Author/Artist: R. O. Blechman Author/Artist: Monique Felix 978-1-56846-245-5 $15.99 HC 978-1-56846-219-6 $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 24 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 24 Trim size: 115/8" × 9" Color illustrations Trim size: 9½" × 10¾" Color illustrations

Pirates at the Plate Teams of pirates and Sailing the Unknown Travel the uncharted cowboys inject rowdy adventure into America’s world of the late 1700s with Captain Cook. pastime in this exquisitely illustrated story. Author: Michael J. Rosen Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Mark Summers Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli 978-1-56846-210-3 $17.99 HC 978-1-56846-216-5 (HC) $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 978-0-89812-976-2 (PB) $12.00 PB Trim size: 8½" × 11¼" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 11½" × 85/8" Color illustrations

The Riddle Horse In this gentle riddle of a Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers Fourteen tale, a horse recounts its adventures and riders of Marc Chagall’s works are here vividly repro- throughout the long years of its life. duced and accompanied by biographical poems. Author/Artist: Mark Summers Authors: J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen 978-1-56846-291-2 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-211-0 (HC) $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 24 978-0-89812-974-8 (PB) $12.00 PB Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 11 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 8" × 11¼" Reproductions

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Sing a Season Song The cyclical nature Tuba Lessons A boy venturing through a of the seasons takes center stage in this poetic forest on his way to a tuba lesson finds himself tribute to the four periods of the year. giving a concert to an unexpected audience. Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Lisel Jane Ashlock Author: T. C. Bartlett / Artist: Monique Felix 978-1-56846-255-4 $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-209-7 $17.95 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: All ages Page count: 32 Trim size: 8¼" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 10½" × 10½" Color illustrations

Spartacus the Spider When a little spider The Velveteen Rabbit This reissued classic finally devises a way to spin a mighty web, prey is returns readers to the magical world of toys. his for the catching, but what may be the cost? Author: Margery Williams Bianco Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert Artist: Monique Felix 978-1-56846-213-4 $17.95 HC 978-0-89812-831-4 $8.99 PB Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 8¾" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 7¾" × 11³⁄8" Color illustrations

The Stolen Smile In this reissued edition, What to Do with a Box Celebrate the magi- readers travel back to 1911 Paris, where the Mona cal wonders of the common cardboard box, as Lisa has gone missing. imagined by enterprising children. Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Chris Sheban 978-1-56846-281-3 $16.99 HC 978-1-56846-289-9 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8" × 9¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 8¾" × 101/2" Color illustrations

Storytime Clock This wall clock serves as a Where Do I End and You Begin? This delightful aid to telling time and as a reminder rhythmic poem employs a thought-provoking that any time can be a good time for reading. refrain to introduce the concept of intercon- Artist: Etienne Delessert nectedness. 978-1-56846-263-9 $24.99 Author: Shulamith Oppenheim Interest level: Age 4 and up Size: 12" round Artist: Monique Felix 978-1-56846-274-5 $17.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9¾" × 9¾" Color illustrations

Tall City, Wide Country Light on words A Year in the Woods Excerpts from Thoreau’s but big on charm, this unique picture book is 1854 work Walden, which still serves as a guide a trip worth taking—just by turning the book to living fully and deliberately, are here accompa- around! nied by idealistic, wistful paintings. Author/Artist: Seymour Chwast Author: Henry David Thoreau 978-1-56846-228-8 $15.99 HC Artist: Giovanni Manna Interest level: Age 3 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-305-6 $18.99 HC Trim size: 11" × 6" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 71/4" × 10" Color illustrations

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