Beginning with the six houses on Color Street red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple and concluding with the introduction of the color wheel, in this follow-up to A Book About Design Mark Gonyea explains how artists visualize and choose colors. A Book about Color uses simple building blocks of ..
Michael Hague's beautifully illustrated, best-selling collection of traditional prayers is now available in an updated board book format. From "The Lord's Prayer" to "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep," the verses included are familiar, comforting, and appropriate for even the youngest child. The art is fu..
Review"Familiar devotions with a Christian emphasis.... The multiracial children and babies have a still, meditative quality appropriate to the subject matter." -School Library JournalProduct DescriptionMichael Hague's beautifully illustrated, best-selling collection of traditional prayers. From "Th..
When President Theodore Roosevelt announces that there will be no White House Christmas tree because cutting down trees is against his conservation efforts, his youngest sons, Quentin and Archie, are deeply disappointed. They can't imagine Christmas without a tree. The two determined boys enlist the..
A fascinating look at the work that dogs do, from herding sheep to rescuing lost and injured people.One day last year Gus caught a burglar.Bruno saved a man from drowning.Abby cheered up sick children at a hospital.Max starred in a movie.Hard-working people No. Hard-working dogs!Every dog is born w..
An intriguing journey into the natural world -- from deep in the grass to high overhead."There's a worm on a string,who is swaying in space.There's a white butterflyon a circle of lace."As a young child takes a walk in the woods, the world comes alive with creatures and treasures big and small -- fr..
Product DescriptionA traditional, heart-warming family Christmas celebration in the tradition of Cynthia Rylant's The Relatives Came.Every Christmas, Granny's house is brim full of family and festive cheer--carols and presents and plenty of food, bows and gift wrap for Fat Cat to play with, and lots..
Filled with new and beloved poems, stories, songs, and more, here is a beautiful collection of prose and verse that celebrates the Christmas season. You'll find the classics here, such as Silent Night, Deck the Halls, and The Twelve Days of Christmas, as well as new stories by the talents of Pam Mun..
From School Library JournalKindergarten-Grade 3-Maximiliano lives with his family on a farm in Chile. His father works in a vineyard that produces grapes for worldwide distribution. One day Max slips a note with his name, address, and a request for a pen pal into a box of the fruit. Amazingly, he re..
Trains are fast. Trains are sleek. Trains make wonderful sounds as the wheels clatter, boilers hiss, and couplings clang. This playful picture book captures the excitement of trains through evocative language and vibrant illustrations. A little boy and his family are on a special train ride that can..
An updated version of a classic songbook, with art from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of ArtIn this popular songbook, forty classic childhood songs are imaginatively illustrated with treasures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here are songs that young children can act out, such as "L..
Here come the mighty trucks to get the job done!Trucks can be big or small, red or blue. Trucks can make exciting noises. Trucks can haul and dig and stop and go. There are just so many things that trucks can do. But can they help to build a house With teamwork anything is possible! Here is the per..
Meet Iman Bright, a thirteen-year-old student at the prestigious Ailey School in New York City. Iman is passionate about dance, but she also enjoys drawing, playing music, and of course, hanging out with her friends. Follow Iman as she warms up at the barre, practices violin, and gets ready for a pe..
I'm in the middle of a full-blown spaz-attack, and I don't care. I don't care at all. At home I always try to act normal, and spaz-attacks definitely aren't normal. Here, people understand. They know a spaz-attack signals that I'mexcited. They're excited too, so they squeal with me; some even spaz o..
A young girl’s account of life in Jerusalem in 165 B.C.When the hated Syrian-Greek king fills ancient Jerusalem with statues of Greek gods and destroys the Jewish temple, feisty Alexandra takes up reed pen, ink, and sheet of papyrus and turns “scribe.”In her scroll Alexandra records the everyday hap..
As a child, Josef Albers loved to watch his handyman father paint houses.When Josef grew up and became an artist, he reduced each image to its simplest shapes, breaking it down into blocks of color.He made an incredible discovery: he could alter the entire mood of a painting just by changing the way..
Some of the most intriguing elements of survival in the animal kingdom are the unusual--and occasionally downright bizarre--eating habits that animals have developed. One animal's leftovers or excretions may be a great source of nutrition for another. For instance, porcupines feed on deer antlers to..
Antarctica is the coldest place on earth. Ice covers the mountains, the valleys, and even the sea. In this frozen winter world, every creature is waiting for summer to come.When the sunny days arrive, a burst of new life begins. A mother Weddell seal finds a safe spot on the surface of the ice to ha..
A deliciously imaginative story about friendship from the author / illustrator of The Scrambled States of America.Arnie was fascinated as he watched the customers stream into the bakery. One by one, doughnuts were chosen, placed in paper bags, and whisked away with their new owners. Some went by the..
The honest and compelling story of a young girl's newfound independence, from her entrance into a new country to her frightening involvement in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911.My heart filled with fear and hope at the same time. I had the feeling that I was brought to America for a purp..
A stylish animal alphabet book with illustrations created from the letters in each animal's name.Bold color and simple yet striking graphics make a unique alphabet book that will appeal to readers of all ages. The Bembo typeface is one of the most elegant of the classic typefaces, and its clean, gra..
In the spring of 1776, George Washington stopped at Betsy Ross's little upholstery shop and asked her to sew a flag-- a flag that would unite the thirteen colonies in their fight for independence from Great Britain.In Judith St. George's detailed account, Betsy Ross emerges as a strong and spirited ..
One spring day when the ground is a carpet of green, a pair of bluebirds arrives at their summer home. Inside their nest box the female weaves layers of coarse grass into a circle. Then she presses her body into the middle to make a cup.A season in the life of a bluebird familyIn a cozy nest of gras..
How can we learn about the lives of African slaves in Colonial America Often forbidden to read or write, they left few written records. But in 1991 scientists rediscovered New York's long-ignored African Burial Ground, which opened an exciting new window into the past.A woman with filed teeth burie..
Evvy Hoffmeister is thirteen years old when her family brings her to Loon Lake Sanatorium to get cured of tuberculosis (TB). Evvy is frightened by her new surroundings; the rules to abide are harsh and the nurses equally rigid. But Evvy soon falls into step with the other girls in her ward. There's ..