A TOAST TO THIS YEAR’S STARS & AWARD-WINNERS

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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.

★ A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2023! ★ A New York Public Library Best Children's Book of 2023! ★ A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2023! ★ A Marginalian Favorite Book of 2023! ★ A 2024 USBBY Outstanding International Book! ★ Winner of the Prix Albertine Jeunesse 2025!

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 • HCJ

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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 • PB

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

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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!
★ A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2023! ★ A 2024 USBBY Outstanding International Book! ★ A Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of 2024!

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 • HC

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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.

A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2023! A Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of 2024! An Academy of American Poets' Featured Fall Book for Young Readers! A Bookstagang Best of 2023 Winner: Best Illustration!

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 • HCJ

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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.

✨ Praise for the picture book debut of NYT-Bestselling graphic novelist Leah Hayes! ✨

☀️ “A boy befriends the sun in a story that will fill readers with the deep warmth emanating from its two lead characters. I wasn’t prepared for this book and the affecting warmth of its wisdom.” —Cartoonist and illustrator R. Kikuo Johnson

☀️ "A beautiful exploration of the inner light in all of us." —Cartoonist and animator Dash Shaw

ISBN: 978-1-59270-390-6

7.22” (W) X 9.35” (H) • 64 Pages • HCJ

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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 • HC

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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.

A Moonbow Best Children’s Book of 2023! Selected for A Room of One’s Own’s Holiday Catalog!

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 • HCJ

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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 • HC