From best-selling artist Sylvia Long comes an exquisite version of Hans Christian Andersen's beloved tale about a thumb-size girl and her larger-than-life adventures. Jewel-toned paintings depict the story's settings from light and airy meadows to Mole's dark and dismal underground home while whimsical details bring the classic cast of characters to life and make this storytime favorite a visual feast.
"Big Cat, Small Cat" is an interactive book about cats of all sizes, shapes, and dispositions. The book's sing-song text leaves out the last word of each page, allowing little ones to chime in and complete the rhyme. Charming, colourful illustrations prov
A favourite joke inspires this charming tale, in which a little chicken's habit of interrupting bedtime stories is gleefully turned on its head. It's time for the little red chicken's bedtime story - and a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt. But the chicken can't help herself! Whether the tale is "Hansel and Gretel" or "Little Red Riding Hood" or even "Chicken Little", she jumps into the story to save its hapless characters from doing some dangerous or silly thing. Now it's the little red chicken's turn to tell a story, but will her yawning papa make it to the end without his own kind of interrupting? Energetically illustrated with glowing colours - and offering humorous story-within-a-story views - this all-too-familiar tale is sure to amuse (and hold the attention of) the most spirited little chicks. It is a hilarious twist on the bedtime story! David Ezra Stein is a rising star in picture books whose previous books have already garnered much attention. It offers a sly comment on storytelling
The adventures of a beautiful little locomotive who decided torun away from her humdrum duties. A little engine decides it couldgo much faster without pulling all the other cars, so it takes offby itself.
“Jenkins, this time in collaboration with his wife, hascreated yet another eye-opening book.” School Library Journal,Starred “…this array of wide eyes and open mouths will definitely haveviewers responding with wide eyes and open mouths of their own.”Kirkus Reviews, Starred “This is a striking, thoughtfully created book with intriguingfacts made more memorable through dynamic art.” Booklist, ALA,Starred Review “Jenkin’s cut–paper collage illustrations are, as usual,ingenious and remarkable in their clarity, their several componentsneatly articulating the anatomy of their subjects.” The Bulletin ofthe Center for Children's Books “Steve Jenkins contributes another artistically wrought,imaginatively conceived look at the natural world.” PublishersWeekly
"It was missing a piece. And it was not happy. So it set off insearchof its missing piece.And as it rolledit sang this song -OhI'm lookin' for my missin' pieceI'm lookin' for my missin'pieceHi-dee-ho, here I go, Lookin' for my missin' piece."What itfinds on its search for the missing piece is simply and touchinglytold in this fable that gently probes the nature of quest andfulfillment.
Four decades ago, Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle collaboratedon their first book together, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do YouSee? "Since then, "Brown Bear "has become a perpetual favorite forgenerations of teachers, parents, and children, selling more than 7million copies in various formats and languages. To celebrate BrownBear's 40th birthday, this special anniversary edition is a largersize, has an updated cover, and includes an audio CD. Brown Bearfans will be able to read along with the story as it's read on theCD and hear the author and illustrator talk about this belovedbook. We invite you to enjoy Bill Martin's rhythmic text and EricCarle's stunning illustrations in a whole new way