Clarion Books, August 2010. Hardcover. From two of the most gifted picture-book creators of our time, here is a celebration of baby fingers, baby toes, and the joy they--and the babies they belong to--bring to everyone, everywhere, all over the world! This is a gorgeously simple picture book for very..... More
Dover Publications, September 2017. Hardcover. Generations of children have delighted in the nursery rhyme about Jack and his house. Starting with the familiar refrain "This is the house that Jack built. This is the malt that lay in the house that Jack built, " the age-old chant expands to include..... More
Dover Publications, April 2018. Hardcover. Winner of two School Library Journal 2018 Awards: Best Bilingual Book for Kids & Best Picture Book Reprint "In 1953, Time magazine called Antonio Frasconi America's foremost practitioner of the ancient art of the woodcut. Four decades later, Art Journal called him the best of..... More
Dover Publications, October 2018. Hardcover. More
Little Simon, August 2013. Hardcover. A new baby shows everyone who's really in charge in this hilarious board book from Caldecott Honoree Marla Frazee. From the moment the baby arrived, it was obvious that he was the boss. The boss baby is used to getting his way--drinks made to order..... More
Union Square Kids, September 2007. Hardcover. William Blake, Kate Greenaway, Emily Dickinson: the writers in this charming anthology of 200 poems--first published in 1969--are among literature's most beloved. And Gyo Fujikawa's appealing illustrations depict children of all races sweetly interacting, as well as an engagingly rendered menagerie of animals and..... More
Union Square Kids, September 2007. Hardcover. Originally published in 1885, A Child's Garden of Verses has served as a wonderful introduction to poetry for each new generation. Stevenson's beloved poems celebrate childhood in all its complexity and joy, from the sunny pleasures of "At the Seaside," to the imaginative musings..... More
HarperCollins, September 2014. Trade Paperback. An absolute delight of a madcap story for the young (and young-at-heart) by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with equal parts pirates and piranhas, adventure and aliens, oddity and love. "I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner..... More
HarperCollins, August 2010. Trade Paperback. The 10th anniversary edition of The Graveyard Book includes a foreword by Margaret Atwood as well as sketches from the illustrator, handwritten drafts, and Neil Gaiman's Newbery acceptance speech. IT TAKES A GRAVEYARD TO RAISE A CHILD. Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal..... More
Clarion Books, September 1984. Trade Paperback. A strange varmint haunts the woodsman who lopped off his tail and had it for dinner. "The telling is smooth, and Galdone is ever the master of visual pacing, with action and drama heightened through astute composition." -- Booklist. More
Clarion Books, September 1986. Trade Paperback. A droll rendition of the old English ghost story about the teeny-tiny woman who found a teeny-tiny bone in the teeny-tiny churchyard. "Galdone has directed his considerable talent and style to the traditional British ghost story." -- School Library Journal. More
NYRB Kids, February 2023. Trade Paperback. By the author of the classic The Snow Goose, a heartbreaking story about a young girl and her most unusual cat, who has magical powers that save her owner's life. Seven-year-old Mary adores her ginger cat, Thomasina, and is crushed when Thomasina falls sick..... More
Clarion Books, September 1988. Trade Paperback. More
Lonely Planet, September 2020. Hardcover. Coming about! From dinghies to freight liners, pirate ships to submarines, across oceans and up rivers, set sail on a fascinating journey through the world of ships in this new book from illustrator James Gulliver Hancock. In this companion to How Airports Work and How..... More
NYR Children's Collection, March 2021. Hardcover. Now back in print, a sweet picture book about a little girl's love for her pet lamb. M. B. Goffstein was a master of the art of children's books. With the fewest possible words in the best possible order accompanied by precise line drawings..... More
NYR Children's Collection, March 2021. Hardcover. Selected as a Caldecott Honor Book in 1977, and now back in print for the first time in a decade, this is a charming picture book about a grandmother and her simple, idyllic daily routine. Fish for Supper is M.B. Goffstein's Caldecott Honor story..... More
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, November 2016. Hardcover. Children will discover a world of colors as they set out on an adventure with a cheerful boy named Jonny. From the moment he wakes bright-eyed to the yellow sunlight streaming through his bedroom window, the colors of the day dance merrily..... More
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, July 2018. Hardcover. One day an old lady swallows a fly and the only way she can get rid of it is to then swallow a wriggling, tickling spider . . . For more than a century, this deceptively simple rhyme has delighted children and..... More
Drawn and Quarterly, August 2021. Hardcover. Join acclaimed author Elise Gravel on a dazzling and revelatory tour of the insect world! In The Bug Club, Elise Gravel shares all of her favourite and most interesting facts about these marvelous creatures, some of which are so unique and strange, you could..... More
Orca Book Publishers, September 2023. Hardcover. What else can I eat? The little monster is hungry. What can they eat? A slice of pizza! But the monster is STILL hungry, so they gobble up the plate, the pizza box, the fridge...until the only thing left is the child reading the..... More
Drawn and Quarterly, May 2018. Hardcover. Appeared on Best of 2018 lists from Quill & Quire and the Globe and Mail! "Although the fungi are anthropomorphized with cartoon eyes and goofy grins, the research behind the book is real."--The Globe & Mail 100 Best Books of 2018 "Gravel turns adventures..... More
Orca Book Publishers, October 2019. Hardcover. Get ready for the giggles! This delightful board book will make the little ones in your life laugh at the absurdity of a fly on the phone and a carrot in the tub. The text's repeated asking Have you ever seen...? preceding the refrain..... More
Drawn and Quarterly, May 2019. Hardcover. Elise Gravel wants to write a totally drab book; her characters want to let loose. Who's gonna win? Don't take the title as a metaphor: it really is the worst book ever. The winner of the Governor General Literary Award and children's book author..... More
HarperCollins, December 1991. Trade Paperback. More
HarperCollins, May 1986. Trade Paperback. This award-winning poetry collection includes sixteen poems that tell of love and the simple joys of everyday life seen through the eyes of a child, by legendary author Eloise Greenfield with illustrations by Caldecott Medal-winning illustrators Diane and Leo Dillon. Each of these sixteen poems..... More
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