CREATIVE 2017 EDITIONS SPRING Table of Contents

Recent Titles 3 Under the Sea 9

Make the Earth Your Companion 4–5 Classic Titles 10–17

Colors of Nature 6 Classic Board Books 18–19

Counting on Birds 7 Ordering Information 20

Crowds of Creatures 8

Cover by Jori van der Linde from Counting on Birds; 2 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us illustration above by Paolo Domeniconi from Colors of Nature Creative Editions Recent Titles

The Navajo Code Talkers Fuzzy, Furry Hat Using the unwritten Navajo language to create As a lonely bear plays music on his jingly hat, the ultimate unbreakable code during World other animals are drawn to the sounds. When an War II, the Allies employed bilingual Marine epic rainstorm begins, the unlikely companions Corps code talkers in a top-secret operation. seek refuge and become forever friends. Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-1-56846-295-0 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-296-7 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 12" Color Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations

The Million Stories of Marco Polo The Riddle Horse Journey along as a fictitious scribe relates selected In this imaginatively constructed tale, a riddling tales from legendary explorer Marco Polo’s life to horse recounts its many adventures and fondly his curious young neighbor, who is eager to com- remembers its variety of riders throughout the mit the stories to her own memory. long years of its life. Author: Michael J. Rosen Author/Artist: Mark Summers Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli 978-1-56846-291-2 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-290-5 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 24 Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations Trim size: 10¾" × 9¾" Color illustrations

The Great North Woods Exploring the diverse and dynamic environment of the Great North Woods from dawn through darkness, exquisitely detailed paintings illumi- nate the beauty of this unique ecosystem. Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Michael Rothman 978-1-56846-275-2 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations

Illustration by Michael Rothman from The Great North Woods www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 3 4 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Make the Earth Your Companion J. Patrick Lewis has earned a lofty reputation in children’s publishing, having authored more than 100 picture books. From 2011 to 2013, he “Make the Earth your companion. Walk lightly on it, as other crea- served as Children’s Poet Laureate of the United States. Among his other tures do.” With this powerfully reverent refrain, readers are reminded honors are the 2011 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) to treat the world around us with the respect it deserves and the care it Excellence in Children’s Poetry Award and the Ohioana Awards’ 2004 needs. Mountains, lakes, rivers, grasslands, forests, deserts—even the sky Alice Louise Wood Memorial Prize. He lives in Westerville, Ohio. above—all of our natural environs have some message to impart, if we Twin sisters Anna and Elena Balbusso are award-winning Italian artists will but listen. Picturesque illustrations imbue the images with mysti- who have illustrated more than 40 books. Their work, known for its cism, making visual connections to not only the words themselves but to Renaissance sensibility, has been featured in numerous exhibitions and the feelings of wonder they evoke. galleries around the world, as well as recognized by such organizations as the .

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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www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 5 Colors of Nature Kate Riggs is a Minnesota-based editor and author of children’s and young adult nonfiction books. In 2012, her bookDolphins was honored Learning the names of colors is a fundamental part of a child’s as the winner of the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for development. Most of the time, a color is associated with a common Transitional Nonfiction. object or living thing—a red apple, a green frog, and so on. In this Paolo Domeniconi lives and works in the small Italian city of Spilam- illustrated, conceptual board book, though, colors are emblematic of the berto. After gaining artistic experience in advertising and through seasons of the year. Young readers will make unexpected connections various freelance projects, he became interested in children’s illustration. and enjoy pointing out everything in the featured color as they turn Working mainly in digital media, he has since illustrated approximately from page to page. 40 books for international publishers.

978-1-56846-299-8 $8.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations

*Also available: Taste the Clouds

6 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Counting on Birds Kate Riggs is a Minnesota-based editor and author of children’s and young adult nonfiction books. In 2012, her bookDolphins was honored Every child learns to count from 1 to 10. But not every teaching method as the winner of the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for also doubles as a nonfiction introduction to the growth cycle of an Transitional Nonfiction. animal! Young readers will count along from a single nest and two caring Vancouver artist Jori van der Linde is a graduate of Emily Carr Univer- parents as three baby songbirds eat, open their eyes, test their toeholds, sity of Art and Design. Her self-described “imaginative and whimsical take time to grow flight feathers, and finally leave the nest together. imagery” is at home in children’s books, pattern designs, and advertising Numerals accompany the text on each spread to further reinforce the pieces alike. This is her first book for Creative Editions. counting concept and encourage association with the different forms.

978-1-56846-300-1 $8.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations

*Also available: A Number of Animals

www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 7 Crowds of Creatures Kate Riggs is a Minnesota-based editor and author of children’s and young adult nonfiction books. In 2012, her bookDolphins was honored In rhyming couplets, Crowds of Creatures offers up a fun, foundational as the winner of the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for introduction to the family groups of six types of animals that are sure Transitional Nonfiction. to fascinate every preschool learner. Simple, rhythmical text identifies a Fiammetta Dogi is an Italian artist who specializes in children’s books. common name used in defining what a group of each creature is called. Since receiving her education in graphic arts and illustration, she has Detailed illustrations, meanwhile, bring the animals to life in their created work for clients worldwide, with her art appearing in numerous natural habitats. Set within a durable board book format, this is a title books, magazines, and advertisements. all kinds of families can share!

978-1-56846-301-8 $7.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

*Also available: That’s Creepy!

8 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Under the Sea Kate Riggs is a Minnesota-based editor and author of children’s and young adult nonfiction books. In 2012, her bookDolphins was honored Sneaking an early grammar lesson into a book about animals, Under the as the winner of the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for Sea offers up a fun, foundational introduction to both sea life and pairs Transitional Nonfiction. of directional words. Simple, rhythmical text introduces creatures and Known for his scientifically realistic portrayals of nature, Tom Leonard their surroundings by placing them in relative positions to each other. has honed his talents for children’s illustration with publishers such Detailed illustrations, meanwhile, provide a colorful backdrop of the as Scholastic, Time-Life, and McGraw-Hill. This is his first book for developing ocean scene. Set within a durable board book format, this is Creative Editions. a title all young readers will get behind!

978-1-56846-302-5 $7.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

*Also available: Wild Backyard, A Seed Needs Sun

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And the Soldiers Sang Along the infamous Western Front, enemies are drawn together by song in the spirit of Christmas friendship. Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley 978-1-56846-220-2 (HC) $19.99 HC 978-0-89812-975-5 (PB) $9.99 PB Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations

Bobo’s Smile What’s a clown to do when the circus shuts down and he loses the ability to smile? Bobo goes on a quest to regain his happiness. Author/Artist: Seymour Chwast 978-1-56846-221-9 $14.99 HC Interest level: Age 3 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8" × 8" Color illustrations

The Adventures of Pinocchio Will a misbe- The Cat Who Invented Bebop A feline having wooden puppet amend his wicked ways in saxophonist sets out for jazzy New York, where time to become a real boy? he makes his mark as a cool cat to remember. Author: Carlo Collodi Author/Artist: Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-152-6 (Regular Edition) $17.95 HC 978-1-56846-190-8 $35.00 HC 978-1-56846-168-7 (Special Edition) $21.95 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 192 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8½" × 11¼" Color illustrations Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer An illu- Cheyenne Medicine Hat A mustang mare strated edition breathes new life into Mark Twain’s leads a herd of wild horses on an adventurous most popular and widely read novel. journey that unfolds into an uplifting story Author: Mark Twain / Artist: C. F. Payne of survival. 978-1-56846-268-4 $29.99 HC Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Gregory Manchess Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 296 978-1-56846-181-6 $19.95 HC Trim size: 7½" × 10½" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8¼" × 12¼" Color illustrations

All the World’s a Stage This poetry collec- A Christmas Carol Award-winning artist tion explores Shakespeare’s “Seven Ages of Man” Roberto Innocenti vividly renders the beloved to celebrate the theater of human existence. Christmas tale in this revised edition. Compiler: Lee Bennett Hopkins Author: Charles Dickens Artist: Guy Billout Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-218-9 $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-278-3 $29.99 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 152 Trim size: 10½" × 9½" Color illustrations Trim size: 83/8" × 12" Color illustrations

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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

Dark Fiddler An old gravedigger recounts to The Forever Flowers A waylaid grouse dis- his young apprentice the tall but true tale of Ital- covers the unexpected joys of quietude—and the ian violinist Nicolo Paganini. difficulty of decision-making. Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Gary Kelley Author: Michael J. Rosen 978-1-56846-200-4 $17.95 HC Artist: Sonja Danowski Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-273-8 $18.99 HC Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 85/8" × 11¾" Color illustrations

Doctor Dolittle American artist Seymour Franklin the Fly When a mild-mannered fly Chwast reinterprets the 1920s tale for a 21st- spends a day in the countryside, he discovers century audience. the peaceful life he has been missing. Author/Artist: Seymour Chwast Author/Artist: R. O. Blechman 978-1-56846-258-5 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-148-9 $17.95 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 7 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 7¼" × 10" Color illustrations

The Emily Sonnets Sonnets and biographi- The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea cal notes tell of the reclusive life and literary A timid frog’s journey becomes a modern fairy creativity of 19th-century American poet Emily tale in this reissued 2014 edition of the 2007 Dickinson. original. Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Gary Kelley Author/Artist: Guy Billout 978-1-56846-215-8 $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-267-7 $16.99 HC Interest level: Age 11 and up Page count: 40 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8" × 11¼" Color illustrations Trim size: 9¼" × 8¼" Color illustrations

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Full Color No introduction to the colors of The Girl in Red Depicting a city as a wilder- the rainbow is quite like this one, here reissued ness, this modern take offers a twist on the old from a 2008 original in a smaller format. tale of an innocent girl in a red riding hood. Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert Author: Aaron Frisch 978-1-56846-266-0 $15.99 HC Artist: Roberto Innocenti Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-223-3 $19.99 HC Trim size: 7¼" × 9¾" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10½" × 11½" Color illustrations

Fun with Numbers Mischievous illustra- A Glass In this autobiographical story, readers tions remind readers that there have been many will learn of one seemingly unbreakable glass ways of counting, measuring, and having fun with and of the shatterproof love between a parent numbers. and child. Author: Massin / Artists: Les Chats Pelés Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-0-15200-962-5 $17.00 HC 978-1-56846-257-8 $18.99 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Interest level: Age 7 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 13" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations

Fuzzy, Furry Hat A lonely bear provides The Good Ship Crocodile A friendly shelter for countless animals in his fuzzy, furry crocodile acts as a ferry to many stranded animal hat as they all withstand a deluge and become neighbors, and his good deeds are repaid in full. forever friends. Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Monique Felix Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-1-56846-238-7 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-296-7 $18.99 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: 8½" × 11" 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 The Illustrated Treasury of Fairy Tales This artistic workbook encourages readers Ten beloved fairy tales are brought to life by to experiment with their own types of visual world-renowned artists. expression. Authors: various / Artists: various Author/Artist: Elwood H. Smith 978-1-56846-144-1 $29.95 HC 978-1-56846-243-1 $17.99 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 352 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 7¼" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 8¾" × 10½" Color illustrations and photographs

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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 Michelangelo’s World Combining gorgeous his imagination leads him to a remote seaside photographs with sonnets by poet J. Patrick hotel visited by some rather remarkable guests. Lewis, this picture book celebrates the Renais- Author: J. Patrick Lewis sance master. Artist: Roberto Innocenti Author: J. Patrick Lewis 978-1-56846-172-4 $24.99 HC 978-1-56846-167-0 $17.95 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 48 Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 85/8" × 117/8" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 11" Color photographs and artwork

Lineup for Yesterday Famous poet Ogden The Million Stories of Marco Polo A Nash pays entertaining tribute to the greatest scribe recounts to his young neighbor adventur- baseball players of the 1800s and early 1900s. ous tales of the legendary explorer Marco Polo. Author: Ogden Nash / Artist: C. F. Payne Author: Michael J. Rosen 978-1-56846-212-7 $24.99 HC Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 56 978-1-56846-290-5 $18.99 HC Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10¾" × 9¾" Color illustrations

Lineup for Yesterday Baseball Cards Mocha Dick In this spirited sea lore, a Nash’s classic odes to baseball greats of yore 19th-century sperm whale becomes infamous for are presented in a boxed set of full-color com- retaliating against those who try to capture him. memorative cards. Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Randall Enos Author: Ogden Nash / Artist: C. F. Payne 978-1-56846-242-4 $18.99 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: 85/8" × 12" Color illustrations Size: 6" × 4¼" × 1"

The Lonely Pine The Lonely Pine recounts Moon Theater Every night, the rising moon a calendar year in the Arctic life of the world’s takes center stage, surrounded by vigilant owls, northernmost tree. howling dogs, and other supporting characters. Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Etienne Delessert Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-1-56846-214-1 $17.99 HC 978-1-56846-208-0 $17.95 HC Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 11" × 7¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations

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Mouse Books In these wordless stories, mice Night Circus One fall evening, a man is transform books into canvases for their own mini entranced by a strange circus processing along a adventures. road near his house. Author/Artist: Monique Felix Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert Interest level: Age 3 and up $12.99 HC each 978-1-56846-277-6 $19.99 HC Trim size: 6¾" × 6¾" Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Color illustrations Trim size: 10½" × 11½" 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 A Night on the Range In this story of The Opposites 978-1-56846-251-6 Western dreaming, a wide-eyed cowpoke and his The Valentine 978-1-56846-247-9 faithful dog leave indoor comforts behind. The Wind 978-1-56846-227-1 Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Chris Sheban 978-1-56846-205-9 (HC) $19.99 HC 978-0-89812-829-1 (PB) $7.99 PB Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations

The Navajo Code Talkers The story of A Number of Animals As a little chick how bilingual Navajo in the Marine Corps searches for its mother among barnyard animals, helped the Allies win World War II by devising it involves readers in a simple counting exercise. the ultimate code. Author: Kate Green Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley Artist: Christopher Wormell 978-1-56846-295-0 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-222-6 $15.99 HC Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 3 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations

The Necklace Master storyteller Guy de Mau- A Number of Animals Nesting Blocks passant’s classic tale of vanity, honor, and irony is This set of 10 graduated blocks can be stacked illustrated like never before. into a tower nearly 3 feet high. Author: Guy de Maupassant Author: Kate Green Artist: Gary Kelley Artist: Christopher Wormell 978-1-56846-193-9 $19.95 HC 978-1-56846-248-6 $24.99 Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 48 Interest level: Age 6 months and up Trim size: 8" × 13" Color illustrations Size: 5¾" × 5¾" × 5¾"

Never Catch a Cold Black-ink illustrations Nutcracker A magical Christmas Eve is introduce various kinds of colds—and a number brought to life by Roberto Innocenti’s intricate of extinct fantastical creatures—in this “history.” artwork in this holiday classic. Author/Artist: André François Author: E.T.A. Hoffmann 978-1-56846-231-8 $15.99 HC Artist: Roberto Innocenti Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 88 978-0-15100-227-6 $35.00 HC Trim size: 7¾" × 55/32" Black/white Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 136 illustrations Trim size: 10" × 113/8" Color illustrations

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The One and Only 1, 2, 3 Book A num- ber 1 with a high opinion of itself must compete for attention as the pages brim with numeric activity. Author/Artist: R. O. Blechman 978-1-56846-245-5 $15.99 HC Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 24 Trim size: 115/8" × 9" Color illustrations

Pirates at the Plate Teams of pirates and cowboys inject rowdy adventure into America’s pastime in this exquisitely illustrated story. Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Mark Summers 978-1-56846-210-3 $17.99 HC Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8½" × 11¼" Color illustrations

The Riddle Horse In this gentle riddle of a The Rumor Threats of a hungry beast compel tale, a horse recounts its adventures and riders animal friends to warn one another and thus throughout the long years of its life. turn hearsay into an increasingly inaccurate Author/Artist: Mark Summers rumor. 978-1-56846-291-2 $18.99 HC Author/Artist: Monique Felix Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 24 978-1-56846-219-6 $19.99 HC Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9½" × 10¾" Color illustrations

The Riverbank Illustrations accompanying Sailing the Unknown Travel the uncharted the final paragraph ofOn the Origin of Species world of the late 1700s with Captain Cook. commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Author: Michael J. Rosen book’s publication. Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli Author: Charles Darwin / Artist: Fabian Negrin 978-1-56846-216-5 (HC) $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-207-3 $17.95 HC 978-0-89812-976-2 (PB) $12.00 PB Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 87/8" × 105/8" Color illustrations Trim size: 11½" × 85/8" Color illustrations

Rose Blanche One day, a young German girl Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers Fourteen follows a truck into the woods, where she discov- of Marc Chagall’s works are here vividly repro- ers a terrible secret. duced and accompanied by biographical poems. Author: Christophe Gallaz Authors: J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-211-0 (HC) $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-189-2 (HC) $19.99 HC 978-0-89812-974-8 (PB) $12.00 PB 978-0-89812-385-2 (PB) $10.99 PB Interest level: Age 11 and up Page count: 40 Interest level: Age 7 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 8" × 11¼" Reproductions Trim size: 8¼" × 11" Color illustrations

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Sing a Season Song The cyclical nature Tall City, Wide Country Light on words of the seasons takes center stage in this poetic but big on charm, this unique picture book is tribute to the four periods of the year. a trip worth taking—just by turning the book Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Lisel Jane Ashlock around! 978-1-56846-255-4 $19.99 HC Author/Artist: Seymour Chwast Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-228-8 $15.99 HC Trim size: 8¼" × 12" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 3 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 11" × 6" Color illustrations

Skywriting: Poems to Fly Poetry and artwork Tuba Lessons A boy venturing through a combine to memorialize the jet-powered freedom forest on his way to a tuba lesson finds himself and preposterous elegance of various aircraft. giving a concert to an unexpected audience. Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Laszlo Kubinyi Author: T. C. Bartlett / Artist: Monique Felix 978-1-56846-203-5 $17.95 HC 978-1-56846-209-7 (HC) $17.95 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32 978-0-89812-522-1 (PB) $9.95 PB Trim size: 8" × 11" Color illustrations Interest level: All ages Page count: 32 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 978-1-56846-217-2 (HC) $19.99 HC Interest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32 978-0-89812-831-4 (PB) $8.99 PB Trim size: 8¾" × 12" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 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 $17.99 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" × 10¾" 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

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Dig It! Six construction machines are intro- On the Farm Six common barnyard animals duced by their defining features or functions. are introduced by their sounds. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Laszlo Kubinyi Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi 978-1-56846-237-0 $7.99 Board 978-1-56846-272-1 $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

How Fast Can You Go? Six modes of trans- A Seed Needs Sun A plant’s life cycle is portation are introduced by their relative speeds. introduced by highlighting what it needs to grow Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Nate Williams at each stage. 978-1-56846-253-0 $7.99 Board Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 978-1-56846-254-7 $7.99 Board Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

18 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Illustrations by Fiammetta Dogi from On the Farm (above) and A Seed Needs Sun (opposite) Creative Editions Classic Board Books

Taste the Clouds This illustrated conceptual To the Rescue! Six helpful vehicles are board book encourages imaginative exploration introduced by action words, encouraging of the senses. kinetic learning. Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Paolo Domeniconi Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Nate Williams 978-1-56846-285-1 $8.99 Board 978-1-56846-288-2 $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

That’s Creepy! Six creepy-crawlies are intro- Wake up, Weather! This illustrated conceptu- duced by the animals’ common traits or behaviors. al board book encourages imaginative exploration Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi of weather phenomena. 978-1-56846-236-3 $7.99 Board Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Monique Felix Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 978-1-56846-286-8 $8.99 Board Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations

Time to Build Six common tools are introduced Wild Backyard Six backyard animals are 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

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