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Written by Michaël Escoffier
Illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo
Translated from French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

The final book in Michaël Escoffier and Kris Di Giacomo's surprising, clever, and fun wordplay trilogy that includes Take Away the A and Where's the Baboon? Here you will find ridiculously delightful art, an engaging narrative, and wordplay that will keep even preschoolers deeply engaged.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-201-5
8.25" (W) x 11.75" (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

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Written by Ruth Rocha
Illustrated by Madalena Matoso
Translated from Portuguese by Lyn Miller-Lachmann

A child who has not yet learned how to read looks out at the world and sees language as such a child would: as lines and squiggles that don't exactly make pictures but don't seem to make anything else either. Then, when the child starts to go to school and begins to learn his letters, his way of seeing begins to change.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-208-4
9" (W) x 11" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: November 15, 2016

Written by Noémie Révah
Illustrated by Olimpia Zagnoli
Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

A book about patterns and personalities, Mister Horizontal & Miss Vertical tells us a story about two very different people who come together even though they like very different things.

This story was inspired by a René Maltête photograph in which a father wears horizontal stripes, a mother vertical stripes, and their child sports a checkered shirt. This boldly graphic concept book is built around lines and their direction.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-161-2
8.38" (W) x 10.25" (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: October 28, 2014

Written by Michaël Escoffier
llustrated by Kris Di Giacomo

Take Away the A is a fun, imaginative romp through the alphabet. The idea behind the book is that within every language there are words that change and become a different word through the simple subtraction of a single letter. In other words, without the "A," the Beast is Best. Or, without the "M," a chomp becomes a chop—though it could be that this particular play on words didn't even make it into the book, there are so many! We certainly don't want to give too much away.

Now, take a look and find some more!

ISBN: 978-1-59270-156-8
8.2" (W) x 12.8" (H) • 56 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: Oct 1, 2015

Written and illustrated by Julie Paschkis

With surrealist paintings bursting with words, bright colors, and unexpected juxtapositions, this book explores how playing with a word’s sound, form, and context can shape its meaning. Each painting asks a question, which can be answered with the words and pictures that make up the image, or with the reader’s own words. Playfully expressive, this celebration of the imagination will give its readers a newfound appreciation for the richness, beauty, and vitality of language.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-353-1

8.5” (W) x 11” (H) • 44 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: September 14, 2021

Written and Illustrated by JooHee Yoon

Up Down Inside Out is another innovative and surprising book from artist and bookmaker JooHee Yoon. This time, she takes up aphorisms and gives them wit and playfulness through visual explanation. Graphically gorgeous and mentally stimulating, this is a book for all ages, as well as for the ages.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-280-0
7 3/4" (W) x 8 3/4" (H) • 64 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 6-10

Publication Date: October 1, 2019

Written by Michaël Escoffier
Illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo

Step right up, fearless readers! Today, in this very book, we will PROVE to you that a snake can hide in a snowflake, that pigs can paint, and that the ones who copy the most are not necessarily cats! Prepare to be AMAZED by the game of hide-n-seek the words play! These tricksters are true experts in the art of camouflage!

ISBN: 978-1-59270-189-6
8" (W) x 12.5" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: October 6, 2015

Written and illustrated by Julie Paschkis

Help ZigZag the alligator get his vowels back in this playful picture book from beloved author-illustrator Julie Paschkis!

There's nothing ZigZag enjoys more than tasting his words as he uses them, plays with them, and enjoys them, for ZigZag is a lover of words! But one day, excited and energized, he gulps down all his vowels while exploring and enjoying the word “tambourine.” Without A, E, I, O, and U, ZigZag's life is turned upside-down: no more lovely tambourines, only tasteless and dull tmbrns; no more tart green apples, only disappointing ppls. Poor ZigZag can't even get any sleep in his comfy, cozy bed, which is now a too short bd. But vowels are all around ZigZag, from his grandmother's satisfied “Aaahs” to his best friend Beanie's amazed “Ooohs.” Can you help ZigZag find his vowels again?

This is a wonderful romp through language that reminds readers to taste their words, even at the risk of swallowing them—for how else to know if they are sweet or bitter; salty, crunchy, or smooth? It is also a companion volume, with a twist, to Paschkis's The Wordy Book.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-402-6

11˝ (H) x 8.5˝ (W) • 44 Pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: September 19, 2023

Written and illustrated by Jacques Goldstyn
Translated from French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

This is a charming, touching story about an imaginative boy whose best friend is an oak tree named Bertolt. The boy admits to being an outsider, but insists that while he is alone, he is never lonely. Being independent suits him, and he considers his difference to be his advantage. This book is about the imagination and the wonderful ways in which we nurture ourselves in the process of becoming who we are, and because Bertolt dies in a winter's storm, it is also a book about finitude and loss, sorrow and acceptance.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-2299
7" (W) x 9" (H) • 80 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: March 14, 2017

Written by Betina Birkjær
Illustrated byAnna Margrethe Kjærgaard
Translated from Danish by Sinéad Quirke Køngerskov

Stump loves being with his grandparents. His days with them are filled with flowers, jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, and so much love! But one day, Stump's grandfather starts to be forgetful, losing his words, which the illustrations how as falling away from him. Stump tries his best to keep his grandfather’s lost words safe, by collecting them in a special box. But Grandpa seems to forget more and more every day, and before long, Stump and Grandma realize that they must find new ways to connect with Grandpa, to maintain their bond of love and show him that he's not alone.

This poignant, tender picture book depicts the warmth of the relationship between grandchild and grandparents, as well as the struggle of coping with a loved one's dementia with honesty and sensitivity. Following the story, there is an afterword to the adult reader about dementia and recollection, written by the head of the Danish Center for Reminiscence, which provides some practical tips, such as those depicted in the story (familiar smells, sharing items from the past), for establishing a meaningful way of being together when caring for a relative with dementia.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-373-9

8” (W) x 10” (H) • 44 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: December 14, 2021

Written by Glenn Ringtved
Illustrated by Charlotte Pardi
Translated from Danish by Robert Moulthrop

Aware their grandmother is gravely ill, four siblings make a pact to keep death from taking her away. But Death arrives all the same. He comes gently, naturally. And he comes with enough time to share a story with the children that helps them to realize the value of loss to life and the importance of being able to say goodbye.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-187-2
8.5" (W) x 12" (H) • 32 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: February 16, 2016

Written by Rachel Noble
Illustrated by Zoey Abbott

Finn knows his brother is gone. But he also knows that Hamish sent the beautiful white feather on his doorstep.

Finn runs to shows his mother the feather from Hamish, but she only gives him a big hug. In school, Finn’s teacher responds similarly. Why isn’t anyone as excited as he is? Finn sits quietly, cradling the beautiful, amazing feather. “Why did Hamish give it to you?” asks his friend, Lucas. “Maybe he wanted to say hi?” wonders Finn. “Maybe,” Lucas says, “Hamish wanted you to have fun with it.”

Finn’s Feather is a story about resilience and memory―about a child, his brother, and a friend who meets him where he is.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-239-8
8" (W) x 11.5" (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: Jun 12, 2018

Written by Stein Erik Lunde
Illustrated by Øyvind Torseter
Translated from Norwegian by Kari Dickson

It's quieter than it's ever been. Unable to sleep, a young boy climbs into his father's arms. Feeling the warmth and closeness of his father, he begins to ask questions about the birds, the foxes, and whether his mom will ever wake up. They go outside under the starry sky. Loss and love are as present as the white spruces, while the father's clear answers and assurances calm his worried son. Here we feel the cycles of life and life's continuity, even in the face of absence and loss, so strongly and clearly that we know at the end that everything will, somehow, be all right.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-124-7
8.2" (W) x 9.8" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: February 5, 2013

Written by Lee Juck

Illustrated by Kim Seung-youn

Translated by Asuka Minamoto, Lee Juck, and Dianne Chung

A gentle, delicately illustrated story about loss that has a cosmic dimension.

A boy’s grandfather goes away suddenly, never to return. How could he leave so suddenly? His smell remains in his sweater, and his shoes are there to be worn. Plus, his friends at the fountain just saw him! The boy lingers in the midst of his grandfather’s things and starts to imagine him returning to the planets and stars, the faraway home from which he must have come.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-313-5

7.5” (W) x 10” (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: November 30, 2021

Written by Matthew Burgess

Illustrated by Josh Cochran

From the superb, creative duo behind Drawing on Walls, A Life of Keith Haring comes this adventurous, expressive, heartfelt story about the tremendous role played by creativity across life and death.

Some letters can't be delivered in the usual way... But Sylvester has it all figured out: couriered by some energetic parachutists, a train speeding through the jungle, and a river packed with piranhas and pink dolphins, his letter is sure to reach its final destination.

And what makes this letter so important? It's full of loving memories and shared moments, written specially by Sylvester for his beloved G.G. (Greatest Grandma). Even though G.G. is now gone, she's still Sylvester's favorite person--the most pickle-loving and fun person he knows. A picture book about how love and imagination connect us beyond death and keep the spirit of those who are no longer with us alive.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-380-7

10.76” (W) x 9.65” (H) • 52 Pages • Hardcover

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: August 29, 2023

Written by Riccardo Bozzi
Illustrated by Violeta Lopiz and Valerio Vidali
Translated from Italian by Debbie Bibo

A lyrical book about the adventure of life, The Forest is also a magnificent visual work, both painterly and a technical feat of paper engineering. Here, sensory experience and the textures of the material world are rendered through die-cuts, embossing, cutouts, and two gatefolds. A beautifully considered work.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-218-3
8.5" (W) x 10.5" (H) • 72 pages • Paperback with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: June 5, 2018

Written by Mark Twain
Illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky

“You should ever bear in mind that it is to your kind parents that you are indebted for your food, and for the privilege of staying home from school when you let on that you are sick. Therefore you ought to respect their little prejudices, and humor their little whims, and put up with their little foibles until they get to crowding you too much.”

When Mark Twain wrote the sparky short story "Advice to Little Girls" in 1865, he probably didn't mean for it to be shown to them. Or maybe he did, since we all know Twain was a rascal. Author and illustrator Vladimir Radunsky has created a picture book based on Twain's text that adds all the right outlandish touches.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-129-2
7" (W) x 9.5" (H) • 24 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: August 2, 2013

Written and illustrated by André François
Translated from French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

Originally published in 1956 Crocodile Tears is apicture book from the famous graphic designer and illustrator André François that tells how to catch a crocodile by going to Egypt. And it tells how to get a crocodile home, and even what happens after that! A smart, fun, gorgeous classic!

ISBN: 978-1-59270-227-5
10.63" (W) x 3.38" (H) • 44 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: March 14, 2017

Written and illustrated by Remy Charlip

What do you wear to a dress-up party? Here are some ideas! John and his friends come together for a party, using the everyday things around them to construct inventive costumes on the spot. Pots and pans, an empty soap box, your mother’s clothes—these are all things you can wear to a dress-up party! Playing dress-up is a way to be a new self and to imagine for a moment that you are different from who you really are. It's a way to be extravagant or silly, a way to surprise yourself and have a great time!

Written by the prolific and beloved Remy Charlip, the story is a clever, playful reminder that the potential for fun is always at hand. Originally published in the United States in 1956, Dress Up and Let's Have A Party was his first book as author/illustrator.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-234-3
8.07" (W) x 5.51" (H) • 32 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: April 10, 2018

Written by Isobel Harris
Illustrated by André François

Illustrated by the famous graphic artist André François, Little Boy Brown is the greatest book about childhood loneliness of all time. It is also a classic that is ripe for rediscovery because of the lost New York City that it invokes and its contemporary feel.

Little boy Brown loves elevators, tunnels, and subways. His friends are doormen and waiters. This is his own account of the wonderful day that he spends with Hilda, his family's maid, and her family in the country. The character of little boy Brown is completely real and moving, and his story lingers long after the last word has been read.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-135-3
6.5" (W) x 9.5" (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: November 5, 2013

Written by Sandol Stoddard Warburg

Illustrated by Remy Charlip

A lively, loving child is taught a thing or two about boundaries by his very own special, most particular cat in this picture book illustrated by the legendary, three-time NYT Best Illustrated recipient Remy Charlip.

This is a story about a boy and his very own, special, particular, private, and personal cat—a cat he orders around, puts on his lap, and even dresses up and tucks into bed! But the cat has other plans, and its very own special, particular, private, and personal inner life. After all, everyone knows that you can't ever really own a cat... The story's climax, warm and friendly, yet firm, is all about how to claim the space we each need for ourselves. Many children and adults have undoubtedly felt just as this cat does!

Designed and illustrated by the prolific and visionary Remy Charlip, this picture book is about boundaries and independence, identity and belonging, friendship and respect—all told through a playful and witty text from Sandol Stoddard Warburg.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-385-2

8.07” (W) X 9.06” (H) • 56 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: July 11, 2023

Woodcuts by Naoko Matsubara
Text by Fritz Eichenberg

This picture book reissue from 1967, from internationally renowned Japanese Canadian woodcut artist Naoko Matsubara and famed artist and author Fritz Eichenberg, celebrates the island of Nantucket and its varied history, as well as woodcut printing at its best.

Twenty–five miles off the coast of Massachusetts, there is a little island that is only four miles wide and 12 miles long, and yet it contains as much history per square mile as can possibly be imagined. From the Native American tribes who first lived on Nantucket and the English settlers who prospered there, to the booming whale industry and the battles of the American Revolution, Nantucket is a special place whose story is told here through a gripping text and striking woodcuts in vivid greens, blues, oranges, and blacks. This is a gorgeously produced picture book that is ripe for rediscovery, from an artist of the highest caliber, well worth celebrating.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-481-1

11” (W) x 8.25” (H) • 72 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: August 11, 2026

Written and illustrated by Jacqueline Ayer

An enchanting story about Nu Dang, who flies his kite and lives in Thailand on the banks of a muddy river. More than anything, Nu Dang loves to fly his kite, but one windy day the string slips and his kite disappears. The story follows Nu Dang as he searches for his kite. In his small boat he paddles down the long brown river asking the sweet-cakes vendor, the cloth merchant, the butcher and others if they've seen his kite, but no one has. At last he sadly makes his way home, where a joyous surprise awaits him.

Back in print for the first time since 1959, this wonderful book was written and illustrated by Jacqueline Ayer while living and working in Thailand.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-231-2
10" (W) x 7.75" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: August 22, 2017

Written by Nelly Stephane
Illustrated by André François

A book about a little boy with a huge imagination. The marvel and enchantment of this story is its revelation of the mind as it belongs only to the world of children. Existing without the prejudices of their parents and without the firm belief that the world must be a certain way, children live in a fluid zone between "reality" and imagination, where everything is possible.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-204-6
8.13" (W) x 11.75" (H) • 36 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: November 1, 2016

Written by Alastair Reid

Illustrated by JooHee Yoon

Supposing I built my own rocket and went to the moon but didn’t like it much and came home without telling anyone...

Supposing I painted a picture of the view from my window and painted the river orange just for fun, and when I went out the next morning the river had really turned orange...

This text from Alastair Reid, who was a poet, translator, traveler, and New Yorker staff writer for 50 years, celebrates the infinite imagination of children, expressed in playful make-believe with a touch of wry humor. Paired with dazzling art from printmaker and illustrator JooHee Yoon, the wit and wonder of the stories are on display to spectacular effect.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-376-0

8.7” (W) x 10.2” (H) • 56 Pages • Hardciver

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: August 2, 2022

Written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin

One fine day, Mr. Bobbin dons his hunting outfit and heads into the forest. Fully equipped and ready, he's forgotten one thing—that he's a hunter, as well as a vegetarian, who cannot hunt because of his great love of animals. Curiously, this is a true story. When first published in 1961, the real happy hunter had been "hunting" for 25 years.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-205-3
10" (W) x 7.2" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: October 11, 2016

Written and illustrated by Helen Borten

In a hot land near the equator, a new day is beginning. Out of the morning mist a vast ocean of leaves appears. What lies beneath—the varied and teeming life of animals and plants—is vividly portrayed through the cycle of day and night in the jungle world. Considered Helen Borton’s masterpiece, The Jungle was inspired by a trip to Guatemala in 1967, when few others were going there—let alone a woman—to seek out images and stories to share with children back in the US.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-230-5
7.13" (W) x 10" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: Jun 12, 2018

Written and illustrated by Jacqueline Ayer

One wonderful day, an old peddler arrives in the small village in faraway Thailand where a little girl named Miss Moon lives. He brings a tree with him, fashioned of brightly colored paper flowers. How Miss Moon longs to have such a tree! When the old man gives her one of the flowers in parting, she plants its seed—a black bead—and tends it faithfully. Little black beads can't sprout and grow, of course, but Miss Moon's faith is rewarded all the same.

Filled with the sights and sounds of Thailand, this touching tale is true to childhood the world over. In these pages, Ayer's bold color and expressive illustrations draw us into a world that feels both intriguingly foreign and wonderfully familiar.

Back in print for the first time since 1962, this wonderful book was written and illustrated by Jacqueline Ayer while living and working in Thailand.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-224-4

10" (W) x 7.75" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket
Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: Jun 20, 2017

Written by Alvin Tresselt
Illustrated by Milton Glaser

Mocked throughout the jungles of India, the smallest elephant in the world—no bigger than a house cat—has decided enough is enough.

If he’s no bigger than a house cat, then a house is where he belongs! After a long journey, this smallest elephant in the world finds himself a home with a nice little boy inside. Unfortunately, the boy’s mother doesn’t believe elephants make suitable house pets…

First published in 1959, The Smallest Elephant in the World, written by Alvin Tresselt and illustrated by Milton Glaser, is a witty, sweet, and funny tale of friendship, unlikely disguise, and the search for home.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-261-9
6.88" (W) x 8.63" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: August 6, 2019

Written by Hans Christian Andersen
Retold and Illustrated by JooHee Yoon

There were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers. They were all brothers, born of the same old tin spoon. … All looked exactly alike except one. He looked a little different as he had been cast last of all. The tin was short, so he had only one leg. …. But just you see, he'll be the remarkable one.

So begins Andersen's classic tale of good and evil; purity and personality; fate and grace. In this boldly-illustrated contemporary retelling, Yoon takes on the harshness and poignancy of the story, leaving readers with the sense that nothing is ever lost—it just changes shape and continues anew.

The Steadfast Tin Soldier is the first story Andersen wrote without a folktale source or literary model, so it stands as a completely original work of the imagination, which changed the fairytale genre for all time.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-202-2
9" (W) x 11" (H) • 64 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: September 19, 2017

Written by James Thurber
Illustrated by JooHee Yoon

“I’ll be king of beasts by the time the moon rises,” said the tiger. And so begins this now classic fable about the hunger for omnipotence and pointless strife.

Gorgeously illustrated and including two gatefolds that give us a panoramic jungle at war, The Tiger Who Would Be King is as entertaining as it is wise, as wry as it is passionate. Yoon's humorous images support this beautifully written text with wit and insight. Her final portrait of the tiger in a sea of silence will stay with the reader for a long, long time.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-182-7
10.5" (W) x 10.5" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket
Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: September 15, 2015

Written and illustrated by Remy Charlip

The prolific and visionary artist, writer, illustrator, director, choreographer, and teacher Remy Charlip was the creator of more than forty children’s books, including the beloved Fortunately! This book showcases Charlip's distinctive style of deceptively simple illustrations. The first page is blank, bearing only the words, “Here is an empty sky.” From there, the scene builds into a surreal narrative of change and surprise that is sure to expand children’s ideas of what a picture book can be.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-283-1

10” (W) x 7.5” (H) • 56 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: June 21, 2022

Written and illustrated by Decur

Translated by Chloe Garcia Roberts

The Spanish-language edition of When You Look Up!

Lorenzo and his mom are moving to a new home, but Lorenzo isn’t very happy about moving. He worries that he’ll be lonely, separated from his friends, who will now only exist inside his cell phone. Upon arrival at their new house, Lorenzo discovers an old desk, with what seems like hundreds of drawers. Each drawer even has its own smell! Deep inside the desk, he finds a notebook and begins to read. With every page he turns, his interest grows, and soon he is transported into a new, magical and wondrous world. A story within a story, each one visually different and striking, the movement here is between two worlds, with images from the notebook and from Lorenzo’s imagination spilling into the everyday. This is a graphic novel about the power of observation, imagination and the many incredible lenses through which we each experience our lives.

Visually stunning, created in both luminous paint and cut-paper art, this is a debut at the summit from a self-taught Argentinian visionary.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-309-8

8” (W) x 12” (H) • 184 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 10-14

Publication Date: June 2, 2020

Written by India Desjardins
Illustrated by Pascal Blanchet
Translated from French by Carolyn Grifel

Marguerite will no longer leave her house, not even on Christmas. She prefers to stay home, rather than take the risk of falling or coming down with a cold. She settles into the solitude and isolation of her safe, interior world. But just as she's about to enjoy a peaceful dinner in front of the TV, her doorbell rings . . . This is a touching story about overcoming fear and the role of chance in life.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-178-0
8.5" (W) x 11.2" (H) • 72 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 14 and up

Publication Date: November 3, 2015

Written & illustrated by Øyvind Torseter

Translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson

An astonishing, high-adventure graphic novel that playfully remixes The Odyssey, Moby Dick, and more, from Norway’s greatest cartoonist.

Fresh out of a job, with his apartment slated for demolition and his possessions seized, Mulysses is in need of $5,000—and fast! As luck would have it, he crosses paths just in time with a wealthy collector, who offers him the fortune he seeks if he succeeds in bringing back the world’s biggest eye, fabled to grant its owner enormous power. Like Ulysses, Ishmael, and many others before him, Mulysses takes to the sea in search of both adventure and himself.
In addition to his high comedic, cartoonist talents, Øyvind Torseter is one of Norway’s most acclaimed illustrators. This is his ninth book with Enchanted Lion.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-276-3

10.25” (W) x 8.25” (H) • 156 Pages • Hardcover

Ages: 10-14

Publication Date: April 11, 2023

Retold and illustrated by Øyvind Torseter
Translated from Norwegian by Kari Dickson

A fun twist on an old fairytale called "The Troll with No Heart," The Heartless Troll is about a troll who's hidden his heart and the seventh son of a king who goes in search of his six brothers. The young man's journey brings him to a mountain, a captive princess, and a terrifying troll. The illustrations are by turns fanciful and lovely as well as dark and terrifying, but a continuous thread of good humor and playfulness runs through the whole story.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-193-3
7" (W) x 9" (H) • 120 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 10-14

Publication Date: September 13, 2016

Written & illustrated by Blexbolex
Translated from French by Karin Snelson

It’s a graphic novel! It’s an art book! It’s an action-packed fantasy adventure from French visionary Blexbolex, for readers young and old.

In the corner of a quiet, long-abandoned house, something is bubbling up and protesting. Suddenly, out from their hiding spots burst three young shapeshifting magicians—an elephant, a blackbird, and a human girl—each of whom embarks on their own journey. But a fierce young Huntress and a mechanical lion-dragon named Clinker are hot on their trails... and won't rest until every last magician is vanquished.

Fans of Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's work or The Wizard of Oz will feel right at home in the pages of The Magicians, with its fabulously eclectic characters and entertaining, suspenseful, dreamlike story inspired by video games, science fiction, fantasy, and fairy tales. Magic is the beating heart of this multi-world universe—the magic of nature, the magic of childhood, the magic of creativity and imagination. Here, Blexbolex celebrates the mysterious, beautiful mess of life.

Every gorgeous page features a silkscreen-style illustration that brilliantly layers three Pantone spot colors, in a festive palette that suggests “vintage circus.” From the heavy cardstock binding with French flaps, to the bronze metallic endpapers, to the book's paper evoking that of classic comic books, Blexbolex carefully selected the materials that would best realize his vision. The result? A visually stunning work of art.

Blexbolex is an award-winning French graphic artist living in Berlin. Enchanted Lion Books has previously published English translations of four of his picture books, including People, Vacation, and two New York Times Best Illustrated selections: Seasons and Ballad.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-404-0

8.7” (W) x 10.8 (H) • 210 Pages • Paperback

A truly extraordinary gift for children and adults of any age.

Publication Date: November 7, 2023

Written and illustrated by Blexbolex

Time moves slowly on vacation. And for someone who has spent a long time entertaining themselves and has had the garden, the kitchen, forest paths, the lake, and even Grandpa all to herself, it can be hard to invite another in on the fun. So when a young girl’s grandfather brings an elephant home to stay, she is not pleased at all.

Nostalgic and often dreamlike, this wordless story is about interrupted solitude, learning to be together with another, and how the choices we make deeply affect our lives.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-246-6
6.2" (W) x 8.5" (H) • 128 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 10-14

Publication Date: February 27, 2018

Written and illustrated by Decur

Translated by Chloe Garcia Roberts

Also available as a Spanish-language edition!

Lorenzo and his mom are moving to a new home, but Lorenzo isn’t very happy about moving. He worries that he’ll be lonely, separated from his friends, who will now only exist inside his cell phone. Upon arrival at their new house, Lorenzo discovers an old desk, with what seems like hundreds of drawers. Each drawer even has its own smell! Deep inside the desk, he finds a notebook and begins to read. With every page he turns, his interest grows, and soon he is transported into a new, magical and wondrous world. A story within a story, each one visually different and striking, the movement here is between two worlds, with images from the notebook and from Lorenzo’s imagination spilling into the everyday. This is a graphic novel about the power of observation, imagination and the many incredible lenses through which we each experience our lives.

Visually stunning, created in both luminous paint and cut-paper art, this is a debut at the summit from a self-taught Argentinian visionary.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-293-0

8” (W) x 12” (H) • 184 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 10-14

Publication Date: June 2, 2020

Written and illustrated by Masha Manapov

Marcus’s joy over a new pair of shoes reminds his grandfather of an old story about a boy named Ariba and his adventure-loving shoes. Every time Ariba put his shoes on, something crazy would happen. Once they even took him climbing to the peak of the yellow mountain! But one day, Ariba decides he’s going to move from his small village to the city on the other side of the mountains. When he arrives, he buys all new things—including a new pair of shoes. His new life has no room for the old pair. And yet, wouldn’t you know it? No matter what he does, the shoes keep finding their way back to him…

ISBN: 978-1-59270-300-5
8.66" (W) x 8.66" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: November 5, 2017

Written by Lisa Wilke Pope

Illustrated by Arthur Geisert

Award-winning master etcher Arthur Geisert is back with the second installment in his trilogy about Clayton County, Iowa, which began with Pumpkin Island. A twist on the classic story of the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs, Geisert’s version reimagines the pigs as considerably more resourceful, thanks to their mother’s forewarning to be prepared for what the world has in store. Despite the wolf ’s best attempts to blow each pig’s house down, his plans are foiled by some clever engineering and architecture.

Created with Geisert’s signature style of etching and hand-coloring, the intricate illustrations offer a world for inquisitive young readers to get lost in, finding new details to return to with each re-reading.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-314-2

12” (W) x 10.25” (H) • 40 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: August 31, 2021

Written & illustrated by Isol

Translated from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel

A young girl discovers the value of the chaotic, creative underside in this picture book from Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award winner Isol.

Young Leilah lives in an idyllic village, where everything has its place. It's as beautiful and perfect as the scenes in her grandmother's embroidery. But some believe that just on the flipside of this orderly town lies the Other Side—a messy and wild world, filled with merry inhabitants and strange beasts, a peculiar world that Leilah often visits in her dreams.

So when Leilah's mom has had enough of her daughter constantly losing her things, Leilah comes up with a plan: her lost possessions must be falling down into the Other Side, and so all she has to do to fix things is mend the holes appearing in her world. It's a genius idea, and nothing will ever go missing again! But Leilah will soon learn that some loose threads don't need to be sewn up, and that keeping things in can also mean shutting things out...

Inspired by Palestinian embroidery and one of her favorite shawls, Isol spins a tale that celebrates the different sides that are all part of life's rich tapestry.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-392-0

7.5” (W) x 9.75” (H) • 76 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: June 25, 2024

Written and illustrated by Nahid Kazemi

In this reimagined Scheherazade tale, story-loving, scooter-riding Shahrzad meets a boy who recounts fleeing from his home, where the king has grown angry and cruel. Shahrzad imagines herself zooming off in her toy airplane to confront the king. She tells him story after story, making him reflect on the kind of leader he really wants to be. Brought to life by Iranian artist Nahid Kazemi, this bold heroine reminds us of how powerfully intertwined reality is with the stories we tell.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-352-4

8.75” (W) x 12” (H) • 80 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: February 7, 2023

Written by Gianni Rodari
Illustrated by Beatrice Alemagna
Translated by Antony Shugaar

Once upon a time, there was a young girl called Little Yellow Riding Hood. Or maybe it was Red? Little Red Riding Hood?

Grandpa keeps mixing things up. But what fun it is! Not only does his granddaughter get to correct him, but in the process they create a really great story, too!

Telling Stories Wrong, written by Gianni Rodari, widely considered the father of modern Italian children’s literature, is illustrated here with great affection by artist Beatrice Alemagna, who counts Rodari as one of her “spiritual fathers.”

ISBN: 978-1-59270-360-9

9.75” (W) x 11.7” (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: June 22, 2021

Written by Ana Cristina Herreros

Illustrated by Violeta Lópiz

Translated from the Spanish by Sara Lissa Paulson

Does every country have a tooth fairy? Well, in Spain and other Spanish- speaking countries, it happens to be a tooth mouse, and this is his story!
Long ago, throughout the Spanish-speaking world, the tooth mouse brought children their permanent teeth, strong and straight as a mouse's. Tracing the tooth mouse's beginnings through to his descendants, this book artfully weaves the tooth mouse's changing habits as the world industrializes, with the growing independence of the child, as teeth fall out and the child learns to care for itself.

It's also a playful, thought-provoking history of our changing world--as even tooth mice and children must adapt their customs when faced with the culture-shifting forces of urbanization, migration, and capitalism...

Just remember, magic can always be recovered, and the real gift in losing baby teeth is growing up!

ISBN: 978-1-59270-359-3

11.8” (W) X 7.8” (H) • 48 Pages • Hardcover

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: April 4, 2023

Retold and illustrated by Øyvind Torseter
Translated from Norwegian by Kari Dickson

A fun twist on an old fairytale called "The Troll with No Heart," The Heartless Troll is about a troll who's hidden his heart and the seventh son of a king who goes in search of his six brothers. The young man's journey brings him to a mountain, a captive princess, and a terrifying troll. The illustrations are by turns fanciful and lovely as well as dark and terrifying, but a continuous thread of good humor and playfulness runs through the whole story.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-193-3
7" (W) x 9" (H) • 120 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 10-14

Publication Date: September 13, 2016

Written by Ahana Ganguly & Arthur Geisert

Illustrated by Arthur Geisert

Legendary illustrator Arthur Geisert returns with the final installment in his Clayton County trilogy—this time imagining how the Turkey River trolls and townspeople must come together to save their shared home from flooding.

The trolls of the Turkey River live underground in hollows they call homes. They are fun loving and communal, but also mischief-makers who sometimes go too far! From sowing corn that sprouts up through the cracks in the pavement to making Main Street as slippery as an ice-skating rink, there’s nothing more fun for a troll than pranking the townspeople. 

But when the waters of the Turkey River start to rise and threaten to flood, the trolls rush to warn the townspeople. If there’s any hope of averting disaster and saving the place they both call home, the trolls and townspeople must put aside their differences and work together!

ISBN: 978-1-59270-418-7

12” (W) x 10.25” (H) • 52 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: April 28, 2026

Written by Gianni Rodari

Illustrated by Beatrice Alemagna

Translated from Italian by Antony Shugaar

Written by Gianni Rodari, the father of modern Italian children's literature, and charmingly illustrated by award-winning artist Beatrice Alemagna, this bright, sweet story reminds us what children are really like in the most essential and beautiful way!

★A 2024 USBBY Outstanding International Book ★

Little Giovanni is always daydreaming, always paying attention to the small miracles that lead him to lose track of the big picture. So even though he's promised his mama to keep his eyes open on his walk, he can't help but get distracted. Cheerful, carefree, and curious, Giovanni literally loses himself as he discovers the wide, wonderful world around him. Here, Rodari highlights the gorgeous way children give themselves over to their attention to the world by having Giovanni lose parts of himself as he walks along. Should his mama worry? No! Because: “That's just the way children are.” Following her New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Telling Stories Wrong, Beatrice Alemagna returns to illustrate another of Gianni Rodari's delightful stories from Telephone Tales. With a Batchelder Award winning translation by Antony Shugaar, this classic story from one of Italy's most beloved and important authors of children's literature asserts the power of flights of fancy and the value of childlike wonder.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-403-3

8.58” (W) x 12.95” (H) • 32 Pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: October 24, 2023

Written by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
Illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen
Translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson

For traveling into sleep on the wondrous and whimsical wings of play, there is no better book than Bedtime for Bo!
It’s time for bed, but Bo isn’t ready to stop playing. Why sleep when you can be a baby giraffe, a walrus, or a sea otter instead? Mommy joins in the fun with lively imagination and love, while still guiding Bo through his nighttime routine.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-374-6

9.8” (W) x 13.4” (H) • 76 Pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: August 9, 2022

Written and illustrated by Kaya Doi
Translated from Japanese by Yuki Kaneko

The first in a wonderfully imaginative series about two girls that is marked by revealing and lyrical small details.

The first book in a completely charming series by a well-known Japanese author and illustrator, Chirri & Chirra introduces us to two little girls who go on wonderful adventures together through the natural world. Vibrant, lively, and astonishingly sweet in a pure, unsentimental way, these pages present us with relatable children, small animals, lots of food, atmosphere, and many mysteries.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-199-5
9.25" (W) x 6.5" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: September 6, 201

Written & illustrated by Gaëtan Dorémus

Translated from French by Emilie Robert Wong

A bear cub sets out to discover the world—with a little encouragement from a nearby parent—in this charming picture book from the author-illustrator of New York Times Best Illustrated Book Bear Despair.

The best way to explore the world is on all fours! With its four little paws, a curious bear cub dances across pebbles, feels the tickling grass, splishes and splashes in puddles. So delightful are the curious cub’s encounters that even prickly weeds or a little tumble are just part of the fun!

From sensory experience to sensory experience, the bear cub goes on a journey of discovery and surprise that leads it far away from where it started. Perhaps even too far away? Help!! But the moment of panic is soon resolved when the cub is lifted up by two loving arms into a big hug from a parent.​

From acclaimed author-illustrator Gaëtan Dorémus, a charming, brightly colored picture book about exploration, play, budding independence, and security.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-388-3

7.3” (W) x 8.9” (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 0-3

Publication Date: Jan 21, 2025

Written and illustrated by Yuki Ainoya

Translated by Michael Blaskowsky

Adventure along with Sato the Rabbit as puddles on the ground become doors into the sky and stars fall into his fishing net to light the darkest night.

Do you ever wonder what wonderful things might be hiding in the world that we can’t immediately see? What stories your breakfast would tell you if it could talk, or where your pet would take you in its dreams? Haneru Sato thinks such things, so one day, he decides to find out how the world will change if he changes a little, too. He becomes a rabbit and discovers a world where every corner is a door to somewhere new and the simplest actions lead in unexpected directions. Coming from Japan, this whimsical book is the first in a trilogy.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-318-0

7” (W) x 8” (H) • 68 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: November 23, 2022

Written and illustrated by Kiyo Tanaka

Translated from the Japanese by David Boyd

One day, a young girl sees a mysterious little figure sitting on a wall. It seems to be following her through town on her way back home, so, curious, she goes to say hello: "Hello, little one, what are you doing here?" It's now her turn to follow the little one as it leads her to a garden and a cup of tea.

And then, the pair enter a pitch-black closet and close their eyes, opening them to reveal... a magical attic that contains roots to hop over, trunks to hide in, vines to climb, branches to slide down. There's even an enormous, cuddly creature, so soft and warm and perfect for napping and dreaming!

Though silent and unnoticed by anyone else, the little one forms a beautiful friendship with the young girl in the space of an afternoon, showing her affection and care and sharing with her the fun and healing that comes out of imagination and play. Each illustration in this beautiful book was created via a delicate copperplate etching by author-illustrator Kiyo Tanaka, lovingly crafted to depict a dream-like world full of friendship, where anything is possible.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-358-6

8.9” (W) x 7.2” (H) • 72 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: December 7, 2021

Written by Thierry Lenain
Illustrated by Olivier Tallec
Translated from French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

Sitting on an island, a young child watches the world. He observes its troubles and he thinks ​about how the world could be different, and better.

What if it was the child who decided to be born? Here, from the belly of his mother, now round like an island, the child looks out at the world. Despite all of the trouble and heartache, he decides to be born, strong in his belief that he can help make the world a better place. Stunningly illustrated by Olivier Tallec, with strong colors and sketchy lines, WHAT IF... is a book that gives us a sense of purpose in being born, reminding us that our task is caring for the world and for each other.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-281-7
11.68" (W) x 9.06" (H) • 32 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: April 30, 2019

Written and illustrated by Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv

Translated from the Ukrainian by Oksana Lushchevska

Danko, Zirka, and Fabian live peacefully in the small town of Rondo, a magical and joyful place where even the flowers sing! Everything is perfect … until the fateful day that War arrives. Having never experienced War, the inhabitants don’t know what to do. They try to talk to it and fight it, but nothing seems to stop the spread of War’s destruction and darkness. Harnessing the power of light, community, and song, Danko, Zirka, and Fabian, along with all their neighbors, must rally together to lead Rondo to victory. How War Changed Rondo reflects the darkness and pain that conflict bring and the wounds that linger long after it’s over. This picture book serves as a tribute to peace, resistance, and hope, and was written and illustrated by Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv, a husband-and-wife duo from Ukraine.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-367-8

8.6” (W) x 11.4” (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: December 14, 2021

Written by Aracelis Girmay
Illustrated by Diana Ejaita

Kamau & ZuZu Find a Way is a stirring story of African diaspora, resourcefulness, and intergenerational love by National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and renowned poet Aracelis Girmay, and acclaimed illustrator Diana Ejaita.

One day, young Kamau and his grandmother ZuZu wake up to find themselves on the moon. Kamau doesn’t remember Back Home, but Grandma ZuZu does, and she misses it terribly. Together, through cloth scraps and dance, letters and song, Kamau and ZuZu find a way to make a new life for themselves in this strange land: a new life which is not only rooted in the stories, memories, and traditions that ZuZu always carries with her, but which also lovingly reaches out across the vast expanse of space to connect and communicate with the family from which they’ve been separated. 

Acclaimed poet Aracelis Girmay and illustrator Diana Ejaita together weave a powerful story inspired by the African diaspora, in which—despite the shock of being uprooted into this alien world, without being given any choice or explanation, and the sorrow that comes from the unfathomable distance separating them from their beloved community—Kamau and ZuZu find a way to live, as people do.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-389-0

10” (W) x 11.5” (H) • 60 pages • Hardcover with Jacket with double gatefold

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: August 27, 2024

Written by Matthew Burgess

Illustrated by Kara Kramer

Deeply influenced by her religious beliefs and fired up by the social justice causes of her day, Corita Kent lived a remarkable life as a nun, educator, designer, artist, and activist. This story from well-known author Matthew Burgess, vibrantly illustrated by artist Kara Kramer, draws readers into the life of a singular woman whose work and commitment invite us all to seek joy in the everyday, to observe the world with open eyes, and to question and see beyond the existing framework of society.

This beautiful biography, made in close collaboration with the Corita Art Center, includes reproductions of Corita’s works, a chronology, and author and illustrator notes.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-316-6

11” (W) x 11” (H) • 80 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: September 7, 2021

Written by Jacob Kramer
Illustrated by K-Fai Steele

Famous for her pasta parties, Noodlephant is shocked when the law-loving kangaroos decide noodles are only for them!

Noodlephant won’t let this stand—Noodlephants can’t survive on sticks and branches, after all. Determined to do something to push back against an unjust law, she and her friends invent a machine that transforms pens into penne, pillows into ravioli, and radiators into radiatori. With that, the pasta parties are back! But that very night, the kangaroos come bounding through the door… ready to enforce their unjust laws.

A zany tale full of pasta puns, friendship, and one Phantastic Noodler, Noodlephant, written by Jacob Kramer and illustrated by K-Fai Steele, explores a community’s response to injustice.

Click here to watch the Noodlephant book trailer.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-266-4
11" (W) x 9" (H) • 80 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: February 12, 2019

Written by Jacob Kramer

Illustrated by K-Fai Steele

The sequel to the popular and beloved Noodlephant is finally here!

Now that the Phantastic Noodler is public property, Beaston is the perfect place for pasta parties. Creatures flock from far and wide. But things take a turn when a wealthy Okapi-talist sees an investment opportunity. With privatization come monopoly, exploitation, pollution, and poverty. As for Noodlephant, she’s off in Asia, sampling noodles. Will her friends be able to reclaim their town? Will Noodlephant ever return? And how will Beaston resolve the age-old question: To whom does the Noodler belong? Read on for a tale of politics, power, and . . . pasta!

ISBN: 978-1-59270-304-3

11” (W) x 8” (H) • 56 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: October 6, 2020

Written and illustrated by Nahid Kazemi

In this reimagined Scheherazade tale, story-loving, scooter-riding Shahrzad meets a boy who recounts fleeing from his home, where the king has grown angry and cruel. Shahrzad imagines herself zooming off in her toy airplane to confront the king. She tells him story after story, making him reflect on the kind of leader he really wants to be. Brought to life by Iranian artist Nahid Kazemi, this bold heroine reminds us of how powerfully intertwined reality is with the stories we tell.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-352-4

8.75” (W) x 12” (H) • 80 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: February 7, 2023

Written by Gianni Rodari
Translated from Italian by Antony Shugaar
Illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova

In this enchantingly whimsical tale from Italy's great children's author, Gianni Rodari, a young onion named Cipollino sets out into the world to study scoundrels, and in so doing, he undoes the tyrannical Prince Lemon, while making a legion of friends along the way.

Cipollino is young, brave, clever, and determined—exactly the kind of valiant hero that’s bound to triumph in fairy tales. In this colorful, episodic adventure story, in which nearly everyone is animal, vegetable, or fruit, Cipollino leaves home and sets off into the world to free his wrongfully imprisoned father. In the process, he faces off against scoundrels of all kinds with wit and humor, while winning both allies and friends. What hangs in the balance is the freedom of an entire kingdom from the ridiculous rules of the all-powerful Prince Lemon and the dignity of each blueberry, string bean, and spider! This is a charming, comic, highly-readable work of fiction for readers 9 and up, which also has the distinction of being one of Hayao Miyazaki’s 
"50 Favorite Children’s Books" of all time.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-416-3

6.25” (W) x 9.5” (H) • 248 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 10-14

Publication Date: October 28, 2025

Written by James Thurber
Illustrated by JooHee Yoon

“I’ll be king of beasts by the time the moon rises,” said the tiger. And so begins this now classic fable about the hunger for omnipotence and pointless strife.

Gorgeously illustrated and including two gatefolds that give us a panoramic jungle at war, The Tiger Who Would Be King is as entertaining as it is wise, as wry as it is passionate. Yoon's humorous images support this beautifully written text with wit and insight. Her final portrait of the tiger in a sea of silence will stay with the reader for a long, long time.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-182-7
10.5" (W) x 10.5" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket
Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: September 15, 2015

Written & illustrated by Olivier Tallec

In his first wordless picture book, Olivier Tallec shows the pointlessness of war through his smart, comic, emotionally astute illustrations.

Here Tallec portrays two characters, separated only by narrow walls, who watch each other ceaselessly through the seasons. Moving between day and night, long stretches at their binoculars, and mundane daily tasks, they fight their cold war, full of suspicion, never daring to bridge the gap between them.

As time passes, a snail shows up, and then a bird, and one day, to their utter surprise, they come face-to-face in a different way, and they discover that their differences don't make them enemies.

Waterloo & Trafalgar has a die-cut cover and interior section-cut flip pages, all of which contribute to allowing the reader to see things in different ways. And that, in the end, is so much of what this book is about: seeing and seeing otherwise.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-127-8

7.6 x 0.65 x 10.25 inches • 64 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: October 9, 2012

Written & illustrated by Giselle Potter

From celebrated illustrator Giselle Potter, a beautiful and memorable story about the special bond between a grandparent and a grandchild.

Whenever I visit my grandmother Alice, we love sitting together and telling each other stories. My favorite part is when she takes out her box of special things and we pass them back and forth. Each object—a doll, a sketchbook, shells and stones, and more—is a clue to a bigger story: the story of her life before she was my grandmother.

Before she was my grandmother, she too was a young girl, with a life very different from my own. Little by little, the stories she tells and the objects she shares from her memory box reveal the many facets of her life, along with her great spirit, with its many colors and tones.

Written and illustrated by the award-winning picture book maker Giselle Potter, Before She Was My Grandmother celebrates strong and loving family connections, as well as the little moments and mementos of childhood that we carry with us all our lives—and pass on to the next generation. It’s also a touching reminder of how every life is so much richer and more multifaceted than any single identity or role.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-431-6

9” (W) x 11” (H) • 52 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: August 12, 2025

Written and illustrated by Jacques Goldstyn
Translated from French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

This is a charming, touching story about an imaginative boy whose best friend is an oak tree named Bertolt. The boy admits to being an outsider, but insists that while he is alone, he is never lonely. Being independent suits him, and he considers his difference to be his advantage. This book is about the imagination and the wonderful ways in which we nurture ourselves in the process of becoming who we are, and because Bertolt dies in a winter's storm, it is also a book about finitude and loss, sorrow and acceptance.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-2299
7" (W) x 9" (H) • 80 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: March 14, 2017

Written & illustrated by Leah Hayes

A Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) Favorite Book of 2023!

A child dreams of flying up to touch the sun. But…

His mother says it's too far away. His dad says it's too hot. And his brother says he has more important things to do. But none of this discourages a young boy from pursuing his plan: to fly up into the sky to touch the Sun, whose light always feels so nice on his skin. And so, off he goes, all by himself.

Warm and kindly, the Sun shows the boy the world from her perspective: her friends the clouds, the beaches upon which she shines down, the trees she's grown, the rainbows she creates. In return, the boy shares with her some of his dreams, fears, hopes, and uncertainties—complexities of the human condition that the Sun, as a cosmic force of constant light, has never experienced. In this way, the boy begins to understand something about the pattern of light and shadow that makes up every human life.

And when it's time to part ways, the boy returns home to his family changed, with an inner light that reminds him that the cosmic force of the sun is in him, too, always, though darkness falls, though he sleeps and dreams, though doubts and fears and gloominess come, too.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-390-6

7.22” (W) X 9.35” (H) • 64 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: May 19, 2016

Written by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin

Seven-year-old Layla loves life! So she keeps a happiness book. What is happiness for her? For you?

Spirited and observant, Layla’s a child who’s been given room to grow, making happiness both thoughtful and intimate. It’s her dad talking about growing-up in South Carolina; her mom reading poetry; her best friend Juan, the community garden, and so much more. Written by poet Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin, this is a story of flourishing within family and community.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-288-6
8.25" (W) x 11.5" (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: November 19, 2019

Written by Michelle Nott

Illustrated by Nahid Kazemi

Teddy and My are made for each other—literally in the case of Teddy, a teddy bear lovingly stitched and stuffed by Grandma for the newborn baby. From eating mushy vegetables to playing with blocks, Teddy is there every step of the way as My grows older. Even as the little girl goes to school and makes new friends, she can always count on Teddy for playtime, comfort, and friendship.

As she leaves early childhood behind, My comes to rely on Teddy less and less. But Teddy still has an important role to play in My’s life. In an act of welcome and tremendous love, My decides to give Teddy to her newborn baby brother, who needs Teddy just as much now as she once did.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-368-5

7.5” (W) x 10” (H) • 72 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: December 13, 2022

Written by Bruce Handy

Illustrated by Hyewon Yum

Starting with the delight of waking up into a new day, this book thoughtfully pairs moments of happiness with the worries or troubles that may precede them, which together give rhythm and meaning to our days. Whether it's the nervousness of a beginning paired with the joy of a middle; the indignity of a cut against the healing of a scab; the boredom of nothing to do contrasted with the possibility of nothing to do; or the divide of “mine” versus the excitement of “ours”, these pages challenge the reader to think about daily activities and experiences and the feelings they conjure.

Written with subtlety and gentleness and illustrated in pencil and watercolor with great tenderness, this is a playful and philosophical read, with which to both start and end the day.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-351-7

9” (W) x 9” (H) • 56 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: March 30, 2021

Written by Nadine Robert

Illustrated by Valerio Vidali

Sometimes all you need is someone who accepts you as you are.

This is a subtle story about an elephant who is down in the dumps. Illustrated with a striking contrast between shadow and light, the moody blue elephant appears to live in a different world from his colorful savannah friends. Empathy is a tricky emotion for children and adults alike to grasp, but The Shadow Elephant manages to walk the thin blue line between sadness, understanding, and emotional connection. Sometimes, it’s okay to be sad and to show it. It’s also okay not to have a quick fix. Better, in fact, to acknowledge someone else’s feelings without judgement, which can be the very best gift of all.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-312-8

11 ⅝” (W) x 9 ⅝” (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: October 13, 2020

Written & illustrated by Robert Salmieri

A celebration of the wonders of nature and life—all waiting for you to discover when you spend a day in the park!

With its chirping birds, bounding dogs, and flickering fireflies, a day at the park bursts with life—from sunrise to sunset to sunrise. Though no more than some acres in a big city, the park still hums with the richness, variety, and mystery of the natural world.

This picture book was inspired by artist Robert Salmieri's love for Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. With a mixed media technique including collage and painting, each spread reveals the variety of activity and moods that he observed at different times and different locations in the park. He hopes that this book will inspire young readers to seek out and enjoy nature and wildlife everywhere it is found, from the smallest towns to the biggest cities.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-387-6

11” (W) x 10” (H) • 40 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: October 10, 2023

Written by Élise Fontenaille

Illustrated by Violeta Lópiz

Translated from the French by Karin Snelson and Emilie Robert Wong

With lush art by two-time NYT Best Illustrated recipient Violeta Lópiz, a picture book about a boy and his larger-than-life immigrant grandfather, who shares with him the kind of learning that’s not taught in classrooms.

At six years old, the child-narrator of this picture book loves nothing more than spending time with his grandpa, Luis—especially in his marvelous garden, where green beans reach as high as the sky. Luis’s garden is where the little boy practices reading and writing. But just as importantly, it’s also where he learns wonderful things from Luis, like the names of all the birds in the trees and new expressions that are so much fun to say. Luis's playful vocabulary is as vibrant and full of life as his garden, and phrases that are particular to his way of talking, like "at the drop of a cat" (which means right away), are soon adapted into the little boy's lexicon, too.

A talented cook, artist, and gardener, Luis has much wisdom to impart and many experiences to share with his grandson—even though, as a war refugee, he never went to school himself and never learned to read and write. A loving testament to the intergenerational transmission of knowledge and the breathtaking beauty of the natural world, illustrated with evocative, multilayered art by Violeta Lópiz.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-382-1

8.25” (W) x 11.3” (H) • 36 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: January 24, 2023

Written by Paola Quintavalle
Illustrated by Miguel Tanco

A delightful and inspiring picture book about making time for the little things that make life rich and beautiful, from author Paola Quintavalle and award-winning illustrator Miguel Tanco

Watching a flower grow. Taking time to say goodbye. Giving yourself the chance for another try. Holding hands and letting go. And welcoming the night when the moon is up.

These are all things for which we need to make time—things that involve both imagination and intention, even though they are ordinary. By sharing these small moments, this playful, conceptual book inspires us not to waste but to fill the precious time we have on our hands.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-408-8

6” (W) X 7.5” (H) • 56 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: August 27, 2024

Written and illustrated by Jacqueline Ayer

An enchanting story about Nu Dang, who flies his kite and lives in Thailand on the banks of a muddy river. More than anything, Nu Dang loves to fly his kite, but one windy day the string slips and his kite disappears. The story follows Nu Dang as he searches for his kite. In his small boat he paddles down the long brown river asking the sweet-cakes vendor, the cloth merchant, the butcher and others if they've seen his kite, but no one has. At last he sadly makes his way home, where a joyous surprise awaits him.

Back in print for the first time since 1959, this wonderful book was written and illustrated by Jacqueline Ayer while living and working in Thailand.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-231-2
10" (W) x 7.75" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: August 22, 2017

Written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin

One fine day, Mr. Bobbin dons his hunting outfit and heads into the forest. Fully equipped and ready, he's forgotten one thing—that he's a hunter, as well as a vegetarian, who cannot hunt because of his great love of animals. Curiously, this is a true story. When first published in 1961, the real happy hunter had been "hunting" for 25 years.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-205-3
10" (W) x 7.2" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: October 11, 2016

Written and illustrated by Jacqueline Ayer

One wonderful day, an old peddler arrives in the small village in faraway Thailand where a little girl named Miss Moon lives. He brings a tree with him, fashioned of brightly colored paper flowers. How Miss Moon longs to have such a tree! When the old man gives her one of the flowers in parting, she plants its seed—a black bead—and tends it faithfully. Little black beads can't sprout and grow, of course, but Miss Moon's faith is rewarded all the same.

Filled with the sights and sounds of Thailand, this touching tale is true to childhood the world over. In these pages, Ayer's bold color and expressive illustrations draw us into a world that feels both intriguingly foreign and wonderfully familiar.

Back in print for the first time since 1962, this wonderful book was written and illustrated by Jacqueline Ayer while living and working in Thailand.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-224-4

10" (W) x 7.75" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover with Jacket
Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: Jun 20, 2017

Written by Martine Murray
Illustrated by Anna Read

From award-winning author Martine Murray (dubbed Australia's Kate DiCamillo) and painter Anna Read comes a timeless and timely tale about the monstrousness of envy, and every creature's—even a monster's—need for love.

It starts with a whisper in your ear. A prickly feeling that something isn't quite right. And it builds until a sneaky, possessive thought wriggles into your mind, and an insidious want burrows into your heart. Before you know it, you're discontent, convinced that you're owed more than what you've got. This is the work of the Wanting Monster.

One day, the Wanting Monster arrives in a small village, but no one notices him, despite his antics. Feeling snubbed, he starts sowing discontent and envy of one's neighbor. So infectious is the wanting and greed awakened by the Wanting Monster that even the stars are plucked, one by one, from the sky. Covetousness and distrust reign. Will the village people ever return to their senses? Will they ever learn that it's the monster of wanting that's been poisoning their minds? The Wanting Monster almost triumphs . . . fortunately, he is finally seen for what he is, and this recognition unleashes the purifying force of collective lamentation and a coming together to reroot and rebuild.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-419-4

8” (W) x 11.5” (H) • 76 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: May 27, 2025

Written by Bruce Handy

Illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin

This thought-provoking,  playful picture book from NYT Best Children's Book author Bruce Handy and Ezra Jack Keats Award winning illustrator Ashleigh Corrin plays with the idea of how life would be if certain of the things we love most were no longer here.

What if one day, all the birds flew away? Mornings would be quieter. Skies would be plainer. Worms could relax. What if there were no more bugs? What if there ceased to be day and night? 

By asking how our world would change if it lacked birds, water, or people, and how we would feel about that, this playful text from Bruce Handy (The Happiness of a Dog with a Ball in Its Mouth), accompanied by joyful art from Ashleigh Corrin (Layla's Happiness), invites readers to celebrate the beauty and wonder of existence, and all that makes our world what it is. So often, our gaze is on the future, on that better world to come, but what if the world as it is—with light and water, salt, earth, and animals, plants and insects, air and stars and French fries—is sufficient, and it is only us who have not known how to cherish it, or to love it all well enough? This book reminds us that all we need is here, if only we attend! 

ISBN: 978-1-59270-383-8

10.375” (W) X 10.25” (H) • 80 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: September 26, 2023

Written and illustrated by Beatrice Alemagna

Child of Glass is about Gisele, a fragile, strong, transparent girl who denounces the meanness that can mark life in the world. In sparse, poetic language that all of us, however young or old, can understand, Child of Glass reminds us of our birthright to become ourselves. Freedom isn’t about accepting what is; it’s about asking the questions and taking the actions that allow us to be at home in the world.

A story about difference, exclusion, and ultimately self-acceptance, Child of Glass explores the interplay between inner and outer and the journey we have to go on to become ourselves.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-303-6

8" (W) x 10" (H) • 52 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: December 3, 2017

Written & illustrated by Cecilia Ruiz

A humorous and playful story, both poignant and inspiring, about a man who loses his prized hair, and how to make space for newness and growth.

Mr. Fiorello's Head is both a playful romp and a philosophical tale. Mr. Fiorello loved his hair and never wanted it to go away. But, sometimes, the things we care the most about, the things we never want to see gone, leave anyway. Such is the fate of Mr. Fiorello and his hair.

Fortunately, he still has a head on his shoulders and thoughts in his head, which help him to navigate his loss and disappointment in favor of a larger possibility. Possibilities that lead him from his apartment into the world, to grow and tend to a larger garden than the hairs on his own head.

We may not have control over many things in our lives, but when we do the work inside our own heads that we need to do, our most petty concerns give way to a larger, more generous conception of the world and our place in it.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-379-1

9” (W) x 10” (H) • 64 Pages • Hardcover

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: October 17, 2023

Written by Mk Smith Despres

Illustrated by Hyewon Yum

A sad sack frog, who bemoans his inability to sing like a bird, discovers the vital role he's meant to play in his woodland home in this debut picture book from Mk Smith Despres, gorgeously illustrated by award-winning artist Hyewon Yum.

Every morning as the sun rises, Bernardo the frog loves greeting the day by listening to the beautiful birdsong that fills the woods with joy. Inspired, Bernardo attempts to sing, too... but his croaking voice doesn't quite have the same effect. No matter what he does, Bernardo feels graceless and like he just doesn't add up. Dejected and down in the dumps, Bernardo sees no place for himself, until a woodland neighbor praises the hushed sounds that dusk brings, thus awakening Bernardo to his place in the woods' great symphony.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-394-4

8.25” (W) x 10.5” (H) • 52 Pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: January 9, 2024

Written by JonArno Lawson
Illustrated by Nahid Kazemi

What happens when a bird doesn’t feel like a bird?

Alone with himself, even among his flock, a young bird finds an unexpected connection in the eyes of a little girl. He begins to wonder about the nature of life: What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be a bird? Swept up in his exploration of the human world, he doesn’t notice that his flock has already migrated south for the season. Beautifully illustrated by Nahid Kazemi, this sparse, lyrical story is about community lost and found, and what it means to know one’s self.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-262-6
8.3" (W) x 11.7" (H) • 56 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: February 12, 2019

Written and illustrated by Kerascoët
Translated from French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

Paul is neat, Antoinette is messy. Paul wants to stay inside and work on his model ships, Antoinette wants to go outside and find bugs. We have seen a few great odd couples in picture books already, but filled with possibility as the world is, there's always room for one more pair, especially if they are as charming and unforgettable as these pigs, born from the brushes and prolific imagination of Kerascoët.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-196-4
8.2" (W) x 10.2" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: November 15, 2016

Written and illustrated by Beatrice Alemagna
Translated from French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

Eddie is five and a half, and thinks she is the only one in her family who isn’t really good at something. So when she hears her little sister say “birthday—Mommy—fluffy—little—squishy,” it’s extra important for her to find this amazing present before anyone else does. So, gregarious, charming, clever little Eddie goes all around the neighborhood to all her fabulous friends—the florist, the chic boutique owner, the antiques dealer, and even the intimidating butcher—to find one. It’s a magical adventure that draws on Eddie’s special gifts, ones that she herself learns to appreciate.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-180-3
8.9" (W) x 11.9" (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: September 1, 2015

Written and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri

Bear and Wolf become unlikely companions one winter's evening when they discover each other out walking in the falling snow.

They're young and curious, slipping easily into friendship as they amble along together, seeing new details in the snowy forest. Together they spy an owl overhead, look deep into the frozen face of the lake, and contemplate the fish sleeping below the surface. Then it's time to say goodbye: for Bear to go home and hibernate with the family and for Wolf to run with the pack. Daniel Salmieri's debut as author/illustrator is a beautifully rendered story of friendship and the subtle rhythm of life when we are open to the world and to each other.

Click here to watch the Bear and Wolf book trailer.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-238-1
10.5" (W) x 10.5" (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: February 27, 2018

Written by Nadine Brun-Cosme
Illustrated by Olivier Tallec
Translated from French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

Big Wolf lives alone under a tree at the top of a hill. He is alone, but happy. One day, another wolf arrives: a little wolf. Without a word, Little Wolf sits down next to Big Wolf. He stays all night and all the next day. At first, Big Wolf is suspicious and worried that Little Wolf will grow bigger and become a rival. After a while, however, he starts to feel fond of his small companion. That night, he decides to let Little Wolf share his blanket. The next day, he shares some of his lunch. Just as Big Wolf is starting to get used to his new friend, Little Wolf disappears. Big Wolf is too proud to cry, but the reader cannot miss the great emotion that overwhelms him. Big Wolf loses his appetite and cannot sleep. He spends his time staring at the horizon, waiting for Little Wolf to return, but without the slightest reason to hope that he will.

Will Little Wolf return? If he does, Big Wolf’s heart might just burst with joy. Could this be the beginning of a beautiful friendship?

ISBN: 978-1-59270-084-4
9.5" (W) x 11.75" (H) • 32 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: April 1, 2009

Written by Ulf Stark
Illustrated by Linda Bondestam
Translated from Swedish by Annie Prime

A lonely Creature lives deep within the mountain. Sadly, sunlight makes her sick, so her world is gray—until a spark from way up high falls down to her. She tries every night to reach the moon, dreaming of friendship. But one morning, a sun spark comes flying into her cave! What wondrous things she has to say about the vibrancy of life under the sun. Their time together is limited, but the Spark is curious and the Creature realizes she has some stories of her own to share.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-209-1
9.9" (W) x 7.4" (H) • 52 pages • Hardcover with Jacket
Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: Feb 5, 2013

Written by Dafna Ben-Zvi
Illustrated by Ofra Amit
Translated from Hebrew by Annette Appel

What do you do when you’re feeling so-so? Do you curl up in a ball or talk with a friend?

Snoozie is a cat who doesn’t like moving. Sunny is a dog who’s afraid of the rain. They’re very different, but they are the best of friends. One day, while playing on a balcony, they discover a small, timid dog buried in a basket who has been feeling “so-so” for quite some time. How will this chance encounter change all their lives?

Affectionately written by Dafna Ben-Zvi, with sweet and expressive illustrations by Ofra Amit, and translated from Hebrew by Annette Appel, this is a tender story about feeling sad and finding uplift in the presence of accepting friends. 

ISBN: 978-1-59270-282-4
6.375" (W) x 9.1875" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: December 1, 2020

Written and illustrated by Marianne Dubuc
Translated from French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

One autumn day, a lion finds a wounded bird in his garden. With the departure of the bird's flock, the lion decides that it's up to him to care for the bird. He does and the two become fast friends. Nevertheless, the bird departs with his flock the following autumn. What will become of Lion and what will become of their friendship?

ISBN: 978-1-59270-151-3
7.5" (W) x 9.5" (H) • 64 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: May 6, 2014

Written by John Miller
Illustrated by Giuliano Cucco

Gorgeously illustrated, this is the story of a crocodile and a crocodile bird. These animals exist in a symbiotic relationship. Crocodile birds pick leeches and lice from the crocodile's skin and cry out whenever they see danger. In this story, Winston is a patient crocodile, George is a prankster, and their story is both sweet and dramatic.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-145-2
14" (W) x 8.5" (H) • 56 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: March 18, 2024

Poems illustrated by JooHee Yoon

Consisting of playful as well as powerfully memorable poems, Beastly Verse transports the reader into a richly worded world of tigers, hummingbirds, owls, elephants, pelicans, yaks, snails, and even telephones! A playful romp through verse, rhyme, and gorgeous images, this book carries children into the poetic realm in a way that is not only fun and inviting, but inspiring as well!

Representing poems from Anonymous, as well as some lesser well-known poets, this volume also includes poems from Lewis Carroll, William Blake, Robert Desnos, Hilaire Belloc, William Cowper, Christina Rossetti, and D.H. Lawrence. Both short and long, these poems can be read and reread, committed to memory and enjoyed all life long.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-166-7
9.5" (W) x 11" (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: April 7, 2015

Written by Pablo Neruda

Illustrated by Paloma Valdivia

Translated by Sara Lissa Paulson

This Spanish-English bilingual edition is the first fully illustrated selection of Book of Questions: comprising 70 questions of the original 320, these poems, carefully woven together by theme and accompanying full-page illustrations, invite us to wonder at the natural world and the myriad mysteries it contains.

“Book of Questions,” written by beloved Chilean poet and Nobel Prize winner Neruda, was completed just months before his death in 1973, and is his last great work of poetry. By turns lyrical and cosmic, dreamlike and nonsensical, paradoxical and playful, each of these unanswerable questions asks us to set aside certainty and constraint and to enter into the vastness of the unknown. With riddles like “Where is the center of the sea? / Why don’t waves break there?” and “What do you call a flower / that flits from bird to bird?”, Neruda inspires us to unravel our assumptions and re-envision our relationship to nature. The only answer that is sure to arise from these questions is a closer observation of and reflection on the world in which we live, and a renewed sense of curiosity and wonder at our shared universe.

Illustrator Paloma Valdivia shares the same homeland of Chile as Neruda, and her art gorgeously reveals the geography of his poems, bringing to life the landscapes in which Neruda composed his Book of Questions. In scenes of expansive constellations, dancing waves, and interwoven roots, Valdivia’s art evokes the interconnectedness of the natural world. Moments of intimate encounter—between a butterfly and a rosebush, a camel and a tortoise, or a woman and a pomegranate—transcend into cosmic moments of shared connection, with animals, plants, and humans reaching out to one another and joining in the same visual language of shape. Valdivia’s colors are simply stunning: striking red, bold yellow, rich turquoise, and textured grays jump off the bright white and deep black backgrounds.

With a clear acetate jacket with striking green lettering (an homage to Neruda’s affinity for writing in green ink, which he saw as the color of hope), this edition contains six magnificent gatefold spreads that lift to reveal more questions and expanded illustrations, inviting readers into deeper and deeper reflection.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-322-7

8.75” (W) x 12” (H) • 80 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: April 26, 2022

Written by Matthew Burgess
Illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo

Enormous Smallness is a nonfiction picture book about the poet E.E. cummings. Here E.E.'s life is presented in a way that will make children curious about him and will lead them to play with words and ask plenty of questions as well. Lively and informative, the book also presents some of Cummings's most wonderful poems, integrating them seamlessly into the story to give the reader the music of his voice and a spirited, sensitive introduction to his poetry.

In keeping with the epigraph of the book—"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are," Matthew Burgess's narrative emphasizes the bravery it takes to follow one's own vision and the encouragement E.E. received to do just that.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-171-1
8.25" (W) x 11.5" (H) • 64 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: April 7, 2015

Written by Inger Hagerup
Illustrated by Paul René Gauguin
Translated from Norwegian by Becky L. Crook

Contemplate a hedgehog’s bristles, a crab’s bad mood, a pea who believes it was meant to be a butterfly, and ​other wonderful images​ in Inger Hagerup’s poems.

​Generations of Norwegian children have grown up reading and reciting poems by Inger Hagerup (1905-1985). A​live with sound, shape, and color​, t​he combination of handwritten, informal verse and Paul René Gauguin’s avant garde illustration​s​ has proven ​to be an​ irresistible​ and endlessly delightful combination for children and adults a like​. ​

ISBN: 978-1-59270-286-2
6.625" (W) x 9.5" (H) • 32 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: October 1, 2019

Written by Inger Hagerup
Illustrated by Paul René Gauguin
Translated from Norwegian by Becky L. Crook

Contemplate soaring swallows and scolding seagulls, a mosquito who wakes up one morning as an elephant, a little apple tree determined to bloom and a mountain that finally moves, after a million years, at least. These and many more delightful images​ await in the wonderful world of Inger Hagerup’s poems.

Following Little Parsley, this new Hagerup volume was first published in Norway in 1971. At the time, it was a literary scandal for offering free verse to children, who were best suited, as the critics claimed, to the orderly rhymes of established poetic forms. Time and the inherently free and wild forms of youthful imagination have proven the critics completely wrong. Gorgeously illustrated by Paul René Gauguin, with his most antic line, as well as hand lettered, and playfully translated by Beck Crook, this collection of Hagerup poems is pure pleasure.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-277-0

6.625" (W) x 9.5" (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: December 3, 2019

Written by Jean-Pierre Siméon
Illustrated by Olivier Tallec
Translated from French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

What is a poem?

Arthur’s beloved fish, Leon, languishes in his bowl—he is suffering from boredom. “Hurry,” his mother says, “give him a poem!” Unsure of what a poem is, Arthur goes and looks for one in the pantry, in the closet, under his bed. Eventually he asks his neighbors, each of whom gives him a different response. In the end, Arthur tells Leon everything he has learned, finding that he might just be a poet after all.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-067-7
10.2" (W) x 10.2" (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: March 1, 2007

Written by Aracelis Girmay & Ariana Fields

Illustrated by Ariana Fields

“What do you know?” Love asks this of honeybees, a historian, fruit bats, a farmer, and a rock. With each poetic, wholly distinctive response to Love’s question, one thing is consistently reaffirmed—the unique wisdom possessed by all that is alive. This respect for the singular contributions we each can make was deeply integral to the creation process of this book itself. A collaboration between two sisters, both of whom wrote it, one of whom illustrated it, this illustrated poem holds space for mystery, wonder, and surprise, and for the elaboration of more questions through which to see and feel the world.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-321-0

11.4” (W) x 9.5” (H) • 52 Pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: September 7, 2021

Written by Lee Eun-hee

Illustrated by Yoon Mi-sook

Translated by Asuka Minamoto

Graphically gorgeous, with sweetness and flair, this is a book to get any kid hooked on the wonders of the water cycle!

A long, long time ago, when the earth was extremely hot, a huge amount of vapor was released, creating clouds. As the clouds got bigger and heavier, it started to rain. Three of those raindrops were brothers who came down to cool the hot earth and traveled, as water does, to every corner of the earth, including apartment building pipes and muddy rivers. Written by a scientist, this is a great book for all curious children and budding young explorers.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-323-4

8 7⁄8” (W) x 9 1⁄4” (H) • 40 pages • Hardcover of Jacket

Ages: 4-8

Publication Date: November 30, 2021

Written and illustrated by Monika Vaicenavičiene

What is a river? It’s water, the source of life. It’s also a journey, visiting mountains, cities, and oceans. It’s a home; it’s shelter. It’s energy, giving away its force to humans for power and industry. It’s a meeting place; a memory; a place to wash, to find food, to dream; it’s a word. Such is a river.

As informative as it is lyrical, this is a visually stunning work of narrative nonfiction. Spanning science, history, geography, and myth, What Is A River? leads its readers to look at the natural world with attention, from a perspective infused with wonder, intimacy, and love.

ISBN: 978-1-59270-279-4

11” (W) x 11” (H) • 48 pages • Hardcover with Jacket

Ages: 7-10

Publication Date: March 30, 2021