Creative Editions Spring 2014

2014
Creative Editions The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea, by Guy Billout
SPRING
CREATIVE
Table of Contents
39
New Titles
If
Full Color
The Frog Who Wanted

to See the Sea
Mouse Books
67
Board Books
89
Recent Titles
1011
Classic Titles
1217
The Creative
Company Gifts
1819
Ordering Information
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One morning, feeling strangely courageous, the little

frog asked a seagull about the world beyond the cattails.
The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea, by Guy Billout
It takes a fair amount of courage to launch a new season, butlike the heroine of The
Frog Who Wanted to See the Seawe at Creative Editions have allowed our curiosity to
lead the way and hopped eagerly into the spring publishing season. Navigating the waters with
the help of innovative illustrators and thought-provoking authors from around the globe, we send
our picture books, board books, and gift items forth through the pages of our new catalog.
As they journey out into a world beyond the cattails, may our treasures impart to you a sense of
the delight we take in their making.
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If
Author
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by Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling spent the first half of his life shuttling between India, the country
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illustrated by Giovanni Manna
of his birth, and England, where he achieved literary fame. He became the first
Interest level: Age 6 and up
English recipient of a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, two years before he wrote
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If.
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When Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem If in 1909, he was addressing his 12-yearold son, John, who would die in battle a few short years later during World War I. The
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famous authors words soon inspired a nation, and the poem has twice been voted Great
Illustrator
Britains favorite. Italian illustrator Giovanni Manna melds the innocence of childhood
Giovanni Manna was born in Florence, Italy, and has made illustrations for more
with the encouraging sentiments expressed by Kiplings words in this tender portrayal of
fatherly advice.
than 80 books for children since 1995. He teaches watercolor at the International
School of Illustration in Sarmede and was awarded the Andersen Prize for best
Italian illustrator in 2003.
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Full Color
Author and Illustrator
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by Etienne Delessert
Etienne Delessert is a Swiss-American artist and author whose picture books
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have earned numerous honors, including two Graphics Prizes from the Bologna
The world of colors is one of the first that children come to know. But no introduction
Childrens Book Fair. His work has been presented in retrospectives at the Louvre
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is quite like Full Color, here reissued from Creative Editions 2008 original in a smaller
and at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Among his many childrens
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format suited for smaller hands. The strange, wonderful creatures of artist Etienne
book credits are I Hate to Read!, The Lonely Pine, Spartacus the Spider, and Moon
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Delessert present all the colors of the rainbow, identify the primary colors, and
Theater.
illustrate how three colors can make countless others. Mixing a dab of education with a
swirl of lighthearted illustrations, Full Color is a blend of pure fun!
The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea
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by Guy Billout
Guy Billouts unusual and often humorous illustrations were featured regularly
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in The Atlantic Monthly for 24 years and continue to appear in such prominent
periodicals as The New Yorker. He has also illustrated many picture books, including
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All the Worlds a Stage. He lives with his wife in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Trim size: 9-1/4 x 8-1/4
A timid frog, a small pond, and a big dream combine to create a modern fairy tale in
this reissued edition of The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea. In simple words and vivid
illustrations, French-American author and artist Guy Billout introduces readers to a
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curious frog named Alice who leaves her comfortable but unchanging surroundings to
embark on the adventure of a lifetimea journey to the sea, the greatest pond of all.
Mouse Books
The Boat & The Opposites
by Monique Felix
Creative Editions is proud to reissue two more cleverly

illustrated Mouse Books, which have charmed countless
browsers over the years. Watch as the pensive little rodent
uncovers a seascape in The Boat and how the opposing
viewpoints experienced by two seemingly different mice
bring them closer together in The Opposites.
Mouse Books: The Alphabet

A curious mouse eats its way into a book
and, while searching for letters, finds a
friend and makes a cozy nest.
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Mouse Books: The Colors

A bored little rodent experiments with
paints and discovers the joys of creating
colorful artwork.
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Mouse Books: The Numbers

A group of gnawing mice tunnel
through the pages of book, turning
scraps of paper into a counting lesson.
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Mouse Books: The Valentine

A lonely mouse turns an empty page
into a folded paper house with a heartshaped roof window and room for two.
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Mouse Books: The Wind

After a crafty rodent eats its way into
a book, it escapes the oppression of a
mighty breeze by harnessing its power.
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The Boat
Monique Felix is a renowned Swiss artist and author

who studied graphic arts at LEcole des Arts Appliqus
in Lausanne. She has since illustrated more than 40
acclaimed childrens books, including Creative Editions
The Opposites
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(The Boat)
978-1-56846-251-6
(The Opposites)
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The Rumor, The Velveteen Rabbit, and Tuba Lessons.
Among her many honors is the Octogone Prize from
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the International Center of Childrens Literature in
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France.
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How Fast Can You Go? & A Seed Needs Sun

by Kate Riggs
illustrated by Nate Williams (How Fast Can You Go?)
and Fiammetta Dogi (A Seed Needs Sun)
These durable titles offer up fun, foundational introductions

to transportation modes and a plants life cycle that are
sure to fascinate every early learner. Simple, rhythmical text
introduces each vehicle or part of the plant, highlighting the
vehicles modes of travel and the plants needs for enabling
growth. Detailed illustrations, meanwhile, provide colorful
views of developing transportation scenes and natural
environments.
Dig It!
In this illustrated nonfiction board book, simple,
rhythmical text introduces each construction machine
as its own character, highlighting the vehicles defining
features or functions. Meanwhile, colorful illustrations
bring the construction site to life.
Author: Kate Riggs
Illustrator: Laszlo Kubinyi
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Thats Creepy!
In this illustrated nonfiction board book, simple,
rhythmical text introduces each little creature as its own
character, highlighting the animals traits or behaviors.
Meanwhile, colorful illustrations bring the creepy-crawly
environment to life.
Author: Kate Riggs
Illustrator: Fiammetta Dogi
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Author
Kate Riggs is a Minnesota-based editor and author of childrens and
young adult nonfiction books. In 2012, her book Dolphins (Amazing
Animals) won a Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award.
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(How Fast Can You Go?)
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(A Seed Needs Sun)
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Illustrators
Nate Williams was born in the United States but now resides in Buenos
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Aires, Argentina, where his interests in digitally produced illustrations
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and hand lettering make him sought after by a varied clientele.
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How Fast Can You Go?
A Seed Needs Sun
Fiammetta Dogi is an Italian artist who specializes in childrens books.

Since receiving her education in graphic arts and illustration, her art has
appeared worldwide in numerous books, magazines, and advertisements.
Creative Editions Recent Titles
All the Worlds a Stage
A Glass
The Good Ship Crocodile
Creative Editions Recent Titles

All the Worlds a Stage
This collection explores the Seven Ages of Man as
referenced by Shakespeare, offering voices and perspectives
that are as varied as they are sage. Paired with conceptual
artwork, the poems laugh, cry, and sing to celebrate the
theater of human existence.
Compiler: Lee Bennett Hopkins / Illustrator: Guy Billout
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Page count: 40
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A Glass
Sometimes the most basic of objects can come to
represent so much more. In this autobiographical story,
readers will learn of one seemingly unbreakable glass and
of the shatterproof love between a parent and a child.
Author/Illustrator: Etienne Delessert
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Trim size: 9" x 9"
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Page count: 32
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The Good Ship Crocodile

A good-natured crocodile acts as a ferry to many stranded
animal neighbors, and his good deeds are repaid in full
when a shift to hot, dry weather leaves him vulnerable
instead. This charming story of friendship is sure to
inspire readers of all ages.
Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Illustrator: Monique Felix
978-1-56846-238-7
Trim size: 9-3/4" x 9-3/4"
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Page count: 32
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Im Not a Pig in Underpants

Follow a series of delightful, poetic clues as a mysterious
animal narrator leads readers past strutting storks in top
hats, a drumming spittlebug, and a bike-riding pig in
underpants to figure out its identity in this laugh-outloud story.
Author/Illustrator: Elwood H. Smith
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Page count: 40
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The One and Only 1, 2, 3 Book

A number 1 with a high opinion of itself must compete
for attentionconstantly searching for the solo spotlight
of a less-crowded spaceas the pages brim with numeric
activity in this humorous counting book from artist R. O.
Blechman.
Author/Illustrator: R. O. Blechman
978-1-56846-245-5
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Trim size: 11-5/8" x 9"
Page count: 24
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The One and Only 1, 2, 3 Book
Creative Editions Classic Titles
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Bobos Smile
Readers are in for a wildly imaginative ride in this
Whats a clown to do when the circus shuts down and
classic story of a misbehaving wooden puppet whose
he loses the ability to smile? In Bobos Smile, legendary
rebellious ways lead him into all sorts of dangerous
American illustrator Seymour Chwast traces a clowns
adventures. Will Pinocchio change his ways in time
globetrotting quest to regain happinessand rediscover
to become a real boy?
his purpose.
Author: Carlo Collodi / Illustrator: Roberto Innocenti
Author/Illustrator: Seymour Chwast
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Trim size: 8-1/2" x 11-1/4"
$35.00 HC
Page count: 192
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978-1-56846-221-9
Trim size: 8" x 8"
And the Soldiers Sang
The Cat Who Invented Bebop
Some of the fiercest combat of World War I was waged
A southern, saxophone-playing feline named Stringbean
along the infamous Western Front, where, during the
McCoy sets out for jazzy New York, where he makes his
Christmas of 1914, enemies came together in friendship.
mark as a cool cat to remember. The Special Edition includes
And the Soldiers Sang recounts this most unlikely and
an animated and narrated version of the story on DVD.
unforgettable truce.
Author/Illustrator: Marshall Arisman
Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Illustrator: Gary Kelley

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$19.99 HC
Page count: 32
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978-1-56846-152-6 (Regular Edition)

978-1-56846-168-7 (Special Edition)
Trim size: 8-1/2" x 11"
Regular Edition
The Life of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrations by Gary Kelley
$14.99 HC
Page count: 32
Color illustrations
$17.95 HC
$21.95 HC
Page count: 32
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Special Edition
Black Cat Bone
Cheyenne Medicine Hat
Legend credits his success to a midnight pact at a
Roaming across the rocky expanses and wide-open
dark crossroads, but what is the real story of Robert
vistas of the American West, a mustang mare named
Johnson? Poems, illustrations, and song lyrics
Medicine Hat leads a herd of wild horses on an
harmonize to tell of the myth-steeped rise and fall
adventurous journey that unfolds into an uplifting
of this fabled bluesman.
story of survival.
Author: Brian Heinz / Illustrator: Gregory Manchess
978-1-56846-194-6
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$24.95 HC
Page count: 48
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978-1-56846-181-6
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Trim size: 8-1/4" x 12-1/4"
Page count: 32
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All prices in this catalog reflect a 30% school and library discount from the list price
Creative Editions
Classic Titles
Classic Titles
Christmas Present
The Emily Sonnets
On a cold and snowy winters day, a homeless man and
Acclaimed writer Jane Yolen employs 15 sonnets,
his son take comfort in the words of Charles Dickenss
accompanied by brief biographical notes and the
A Christmas Carol and receive an early Christmas
captivating artwork of Gary Kelley, to tell of the reclusive
present of hope when they rescue a dog and make a
life and literary innovations of 19th-century American
new acquaintance.
poet Emily Dickinson.
Author: Jan Wahl / Illustrator: Michael McCurdy

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Trim size: 5" x 7"
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Page count: 64
Black-and-white
illustrations
Author: Jane Yolen / Illustrator: Gary Kelley

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Page count: 40
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Cinderella
Erikas Story
A glamorous, 1920s-era style of illustration helps bring
In this haunting true story, a Jewish woman recounts
to life the familiar 17th-century fairy tale of Cinderella,
how her mother was able to spare her from the horrors
a poor but beautiful young woman who wins the heart
of the Holocaust as an infant and how she was given the
of a prince with a little help from her magical godmother.
opportunity to create a new identity for herself.
Author: Charles Perrault / Illustrator: Roberto Innocenti
Author: Ruth Vander Zee / Illustrator: Roberto Innocenti
978-1-56846-130-4 (HC)
978-0-89812-828-4 (PB)
Trim size: 7-3/4" x 11"
$20.95 HC
$7.99 PB
Page count: 32
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Hardcover
Paperback
978-1-56846-176-2 (HC)
978-0-89812-891-8 (PB)
Trim size: 10" x 9-1/2"
$18.99 HC
$9.99 PB
Page count: 24
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Hardcover
Paperback
A Coachs Letter to His Son
Franklin the Fly
In this nostalgic tribute to Americas pastime and the
Franklin lives in a big city where he must constantly
bond between fathers and sons, words, sketches, and
fret over swatting hands and sticky flypaper. When
paintings combine to convey a coaching fathers
this mild-mannered fly escapes to spend an
lessons and regrets to his ball-playing son as he
uncomplicated day in the countryside, he discovers
reflects on the game and life.
the peaceful life he has been missing.
Author: Mel Allen / Illustrator: John Thompson
Author/Illustrator: R. O. Blechman
978-1-56846-134-2
Trim size: 7-1/4" x 11"
$19.95 HC
Page count: 32
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978-1-56846-148-9
Trim size: 7-1/4" x 10"
$17.95 HC
Page count: 40
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The Creative Collection of American Short Stories
Fun with Numbers
This beautifully illustrated anthology spans more than
Numbers are all around us, and the mischievous
a century and a half to spotlight 17 brief literary gems
illustrations that dance across the pages of this book
by some of Americas finest writersfrom Edgar
remind readers that there have been many ways of
Allan Poes horror classic The Black Cat to Rick
counting, measuring, and having fun with numbers
Basss hunting tale Elk.
throughout human history.
Authors: various / Illustrator: Yan Nascimbene

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Trim size: 7-1/4" x 10-1/4"
$28.95 HC
Page count: 272
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Author: Massin / Illustrators: Les Chats Pels

978-0-15200-962-5
Trim size: 9" x 13"
$17.00 HC
Page count: 40
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Dark Fiddler: The Life and Legend

of Nicolo Paganini
The Gardeners Apprentice
An old gravedigger recounts to his young apprentice
folk tale about a wise young man who becomes a
the tall but true tale of Italian violinist Nicolo Paganini,
gardeners apprentice with the help of his magical
a musician of such skill and legend that he enchanted
horse also serves as a teaching tool for all those who
Europe and made music that resonated beyond the tomb.
love plants.
Author: Aaron Frisch / Illustrator: Gary Kelley
Author: Eric Metaxas / Illustrator: Rodica Prato
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Trim size: 9" x 12"
$17.95 HC
Page count: 32
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This unique retelling of a traditional Romanian
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$15.00 HC
Page count: 64
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The Girl in Red
The Illustrated Treasury of Fairy Tales
With Roberto Innocentis brilliantly detailed illustrations
Ten beloved fairy tales are brought to life by world-
depicting a city as a wilderness, The Girl in Red offers a
renowned artists: Roberto Innocentis 1920s-style
modern takewith a twiston the centuries-old tale of
Cinderella, Etienne Delesserts whimsical Beauty &
an innocent girl in a red riding hood who meets a wicked
the Beast, John Howes spellbinding The Fisherman
wolf in the dark woods.
and his Wife, and more.
Author: Aaron Frisch / Illustrator: Roberto Innocenti
Authors: various / Illustrators: various
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$19.99 HC
Page count: 32
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978-1-56846-144-1
Trim size: 7-1/4" x 11"
$29.95 HC
Page count: 352
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photographs
The House
The Last Resort
In this gorgeously illustrated title, a country house is
On an afternoon like any other, an artists imagination
rediscovered and reborn at the turn of the 20th
disappears. His quest to recover it leads him to The
century. As 10 more decades pass, war ravages the
Last Resort, a remote seaside hotel visited by some
land, old ways are replaced by new technologies, and
most remarkable guests, in this fable about the power
a new family story unfolds.
of imagination.
Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Illustrator: Roberto Innocenti

978-1-56846-201-1
Trim size: 9" x 12-1/2"
$19.95 HC
Page count: 64
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Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Illustrator: Roberto Innocenti

978-1-56846-172-4
Trim size: 8-5/8" x 11-7/8"
$24.99 HC
Page count: 48
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$18.95 U.S.
$24.95 Canada
Hungry For Numbers
Hungry For Numbers

Etienne Delessert
Etienne Delessert
Hungry for Numbers
Lineup for Yesterday
From bananas and blueberries to sixes and sevens,
Famous poet Ogden Nash pays entertaining tribute
whimsical illustrations of fruit are paired with the
to the greatest baseball players of the 1800s and early
numbers 1 through 10 to create a delicious visual
1900s, encapsulating each in 4 clever lines. Creative
exercise in counting, making this a book children
Editions is proud to present this baseball classic in its
will be hungry to reread.
first publication as an illustrated book.
Author: Ogden Nash / Illustrator: C. F. Payne
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$19.95 HC
Page count: 32
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Trim size: 10-3/4" x 9-1/2"
$19.99 HC
Page count: 56
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I Hate to Read!
The Lonely Pine
Victor Dickens hates to read, and nothing can change
There is a treeline far to the north, a point on Earth at
his mind until one whimsical, wonderful night when a
which trees do not grow any closer to the North Pole.
little boy with a stubborn hatred of books discovers that
Trees become smaller and sparser until, finally, there are
printed words can take on lives of their own.
no more. The Lonely Pine recounts a year in the Arctic
Author: Rita Marshall / Illustrator: Etienne Delessert
life of the worlds northernmost tree.
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Trim size: 6-3/4" x 6-3/4"
$16.99 HC
Page count: 32
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Author: Aaron Frisch / Illustrator: Etienne Delessert

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Trim size: 11" x 7-3/4"
$17.99 HC
Page count: 32
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I Still Hate to Read!
Michelangelos World
Victor Dickens has everyone except his dog Page
Combining gorgeous photographs with sonnets by
convinced that he hates to read. But in this follow-up
poet J. Patrick Lewis, this picture book celebrates
to the acclaimed I Hate to Read!, will a classroom
Renaissance master Michelangelohis humble roots,
reading assignment finally unveil the boys secret
moody genius, and, most of all, his timeless statues,
passion for books?
paintings, and buildings.
Author: Rita Marshall / Illustrator: Etienne Delessert
Author: J. Patrick Lewis
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$19.95 HC
Page count: 32
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978-1-56846-167-0
Trim size: 9" x 11"
$17.95 HC
Page count: 40
Color photographs
and artwork

Moon Theater
Nutcracker
Every evening, the rising moon takes center stage in
A magical Christmas Evefeaturing a doll kingdom,
the theater of night. But before the sun exits and the
an evil Mouse King, a gallant Nutcracker, and an
lights dim, a young stagehand must complete a host of
imaginative young girlis brought to life by Roberto
preparations, including making stars sparkle and
Innocentis intricate artwork in this holiday classic.
appeasing monsters of the dark.
Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann

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Trim size: 8-1/2" x 11"
Illustrator: Roberto Innocenti
$17.95 HC
Page count: 32
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978-0-15100-227-6
Trim size: 10" x 11-3/8"
$35.00 HC
Page count: 136
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The Necklace
Ocean Deep
Master storyteller Guy de Maupassants classic tale of
In this beautifully illustrated tale from Yan
vanity, honor, and irony is brought to life like never
Nascimbene, a girl named Lcia is sent to a boarding
before through the vibrant illustrations of renowned
school. There, nothing can soothe her loneliness but
artist Gary Kelley, creating a delight for both the
her meeting with a quiet, solitary man who has a
mind and the eye.
secret hes willing to share.
Author: Guy de Maupassant / Illustrator: Gary Kelley

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Trim size: 8" x 13"
$19.95 HC
Page count: 48
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Author/Illustrator: Yan Nascimbene

978-1-56846-161-8
Trim size: 10-5/8" x 8-3/4"
$17.95 HC
Page count: 40
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Never Catch a Cold
Pirates at the Plate
Black-ink illustrations by famed French artist Andr
Teams of pirates and cowboys, including such notable
Franois help introduce various kinds of coldsand a
figures as a slugging Blackbeard and hard-throwing Wild
number of fantastical creatures that are now extinctin
Bill, inject rowdy adventure into Americas pastime in
this humorous narrative about the history of our most
this exquisitely illustrated story about baseball and the
common illness.
imagination of youth.
Author/Illustrator: Andr Franois
Author: Aaron Frisch / Illustrator: Mark Summers
978-1-56846-231-8
Trim size: 7-3/4" x 5-5/32"
$15.99 HC
Page count: 88
Black/white illustrations
978-1-56846-210-3
Trim size: 8-1/2" x 11-1/4"
$17.99 HC
Page count: 32
Color illustrations
A Night on the Range

In this story of Western dreaming, a wide-eyed cowpoke
and his faithful dog leave indoor comforts behind for
their first backyard sleep-out, encountering bandits, bears,
and worse!
Author: Aaron Frisch / Illustrator: Chris Sheban
978-1-56846-205-9 (HC)
978-0-89812-829-1 (PB)
Trim size: 10-3/4" x 9-1/2"
$19.99 HC
$7.99 PB
Page count: 32
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Hardcover
Paperback
A Number of Animals
As a little chick searches for its mother among barnyard
animals, it involves readers in a simple counting exercise
using the numbers one through ten, making A Number
of Animals a counting book that is as delightful as it is
effective.
Author: Kate Green / Illustrator: Christopher Wormell
978-1-56846-222-6
Trim size: 9" x 9"
$15.99 HC
Page count: 32
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The Riverbank
Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers
In 1859, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of
Marc Chagall was a wandering dreamer and a pioneering
Species, a book that changed the world of natural
painter. Fourteen of his works are here vividly reproduced
science. The Riverbank spotlights that ground-
and accompanied by biographical poems.
breaking books final paragraph to commemorate the
Authors: J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen
150th anniversary of its publication.
978-1-56846-211-0 (HC)
978-0-89812-974-8 (PB)
Trim size: 7-1/4" x 10-1/4"
Author: Charles Darwin / Illustrator: Fabian Negrin

978-1-56846-207-3
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$17.95 HC
Page count: 32
Color illustrations
$18.99 HC
$12.00 PB
Page count: 40
Color artwork reproductions
and historical photographs
Hardcover
Paperback
Rose Blanche
The Seven Dwarfs
A young German girl named Rose Blanche watches as the
A classic story is given a new twist in this book by
streets of her town fill with soldiers and tanks. Then, one
Etienne Delessert. Relive the narrative of Snow
day, she follows a truck into the woods, where she discovers
Whiteher days in the forest, her brush with death,
a terrible secret.
and, finally, her weddingfrom the perspective of
Author: Christophe Gallaz / Illustrator: Roberto Innocenti

978-1-56846-189-2 (HC)
978-0-89812-385-2 (PB)
Trim size: 8-1/8" x 11"
$19.99 HC
$10.99 PB
Page count: 32
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Hardcover
Stephane and his six dwarf brothers.

978-1-56846-139-7
Trim size: 8-3/8" x 11"
$17.95 HC
Page count: 32
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Paperback
The Rumor
Skywriting: Poems to Fly
Have you heard the news? A wolf is coming! Word travels
Skywriting: Poems to Fly applauds the history of
quickly through a village when a hungry beast is spotted
humankinds attempts at flight, combining poetry and
in the hills. The threat compels animal friends to warn
artwork to memorialize the jet-powered freedom of
one another and, in doing so, turn hearsay into an
the Bell Rocket Belt, the preposterous elegance of the
increasingly inaccurate rumor.
Minerva, and other aircraft.
Author/Illustrator: Monique Felix
Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Illustrator: Laszlo Kubinyi
978-1-56846-219-6
Trim size: 9-1/2" x 10-3/4"
$19.99 HC
Page count: 32
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978-1-56846-203-5
Trim size: 8" x 11"
$17.95 HC
Page count: 32
Color illustrations
Sailing the Unknown:

Around the World with Captain Cook
So Said Ben
A sailor boy named Nicholas travels the uncharted world
wisdom by publishing hundreds of proverbs. In So
of the late 1700s in this illustrated account of the historic
Said Ben, drawings spotlight 13 of these sensible
three-year voyage of the British vessel Endeavour and its
sayings, set alongside reflections on Franklins own
captain, James Cook.
life experiences.
Author: Michael J. Rosen
Author/Illustrator: Michael McCurdy
Illustrator: Maria Cristina Pritelli

978-1-56846-216-5
Trim size: 10" x 11-3/8"
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Page count: 40
Color illustrations
From 1732 to 1757, Benjamin Franklin shared his
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Page count: 32
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illustrations
Spartacus the Spider

Spartacus is a little spider with a big problembugs
that should be dinner fly right through his flimsy nets.
When he finally devises a way to spin a mighty web,
moths and flies are his for the catching, but what may
be the cost of his triumph?
978-1-56846-213-4
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Trim size: 8-3/4" x 12"
Page count: 32
Color illustrations

The Stolen Smile
The Velveteen Rabbit
Based on true events, The Stolen Smile recounts the
This reissued classic returns readers to the magical world
1911 theft of historys most famous portrait, Leonardo
of toysand to the story of a threadbare stuffed Rabbit
da Vincis Mona Lisa, through the dramatic illustrations
who dreams of being loved and taking actual hops.
of Gary Kelley and the spirited narration of the proud
Author: Margery Williams Bianco
thief himself.
Illustrator: Monique Felix
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Trim size: 7-3/4" x 11-3/8"
978-1-56846-192-2
Trim size: 9" x 11"
$18.95 HC
Page count: 40
Color illustrations
$19.99 HC
$8.99 PB
Page count: 40
Color illustrations
Hardcover
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Tall City, Wide Country
The Wicked Prince
Young readers are invited to pack their bags for a journey
A power-hungry prince ruthlessly conquers all nations
from a rural environment to an urban landscapejust
on Earth, but he finally learns defeat in a most humbling
by turning the book around. Light on words but big on
manner. French artist Georges Lemoine brings Hans
charm, this unique picture book is a trip worth taking!
Christian Andersens classic tale of ambition vividly to life.
Author/Illustrator: Seymour Chwast
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
978-1-56846-228-8
Trim size: 11" x 6"
$15.99 HC
Page count: 32
Color illustrations
Illustrator: Georges Lemoine

978-0-15200-958-8
Trim size: 8-1/2" x 12"
$18.00 HC
Page count: 40
Color illustrations
Tuba Lessons
The Yellow Train
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lesson finds himself giving a concert to an unexpected
horses or pushed up a mountain by the Yeti, the
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Yellow Train has had many adventures. Now its time
is an unforgettable celebration of music and friendship.
for a young boy named Theo to embark on a great
Author: T. C. Bartlett / Illustrator: Monique Felix
journey to learn the trains secrets.
978-1-56846-209-7 (HC)
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Author: Alistair Highet / Illustrator: Franois Roca
978-0-89812-522-1 (PB)
Interest level: All ages
Trim size: 10-1/2" x 10-1/2"
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Page count: 32
Color illustrations
978-1-56846-128-1
Trim size: 9" x 13"
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Page count: 40
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illustrated by Giovanni Manna

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Mouse Books: The Alphabet

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How Fast Can You Go? & A Seed Needs Sun

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