Christmas in the 400-year-old city of Santa Fe is a rich cultural feast of Spanish, Anglo, and Native American traditions. Through stories and color photos, Christmas in Santa Fe illustrates those tra
Like most kids, twins Benedict and Scholastica spent their childhoods climbing trees, racing, and even bickering. Then their lives took extraordinary turns as they entered adulthood. Scholastica cared
Mister Frog has slept through Christmas every year and is determined to celebrate this one with his three best friends. But when he takes a short nap that turns into a very long sleep, he wakes up lat
Love the world around you with this wonderful heart-shaped board book! Simple text and Tomie dePaola?s classic illustrations honor the little things in life, like the wind, the trees, the birds, and t
One of Tomie's most popular young picture books, this charming story about Cookie the cat makes a perfect board book. With its bright watercolor illustrations and one sentence of text per page, toddle
The book you are about to read is destined to be the first, middle, and maybe even the last word on nonfiction writing for young, young children. It is certainly a text that you will return to over an
Presenting a delightful collection of children's favorite Mother Goose rhymes, illustrated with full-color paintings by Tomie dePaola. Young readers and their parents will enjoy meeting up with famili
Poor Coyote! How?d he get bonked by a rock-hard fruit underneath the jicara tree? Who tricked him into whacking a wasps? nest with a stick? And why is he always howling at the moon? Because of Rabbit,
This entertaining volume sheds light on the life of England's King George III. It begins when he was a bashful boy who blushed easily, goes on to his early days as king, and finally examines his role
A seven-hundred-year-old woman and an eight-hundred-year-old man question a ghoul, a rapscallion, a varmint, and a wizard in their search for a missing Halloween pumpkin
A pioneer mother lovingly stitches a beautiful quilt which warms and comforts her daughter Abigail; many years later another mother mends and patches it for her little girl.
Small children discover the world around them and their relationship to all the wonders in that world in a colorful board book that emphasizes respect for the natural world.
When King Balash's precious diamond is stolen, the grief-stricken king can no longer rule, and the country falls into chaos, until a clever young boy comes up with a scheme to bring the jewel's radian
Introduces the ten most common types of clouds, the myths that have been inspired by their shapes, and what they can tell about coming weather changes.
A portrait of America in 1787 focuses on the diverse personalities and viewpoints of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention and explores the complex issues facing the delegates and the young n
From the creator of Strega Nona, the perfect stocking stuffer version of a beloved Christmas tale.Award-winning artist Tomie dePaola brings the beloved holiday poem to life, depicting a New England fa
Illustrations and simple, poetic text describe the ways various animals communicate, such as hooting owls, squealing pigs, mooing cows, and buzzing bees. Reprint.
Debut picture book author Cheryl B. Klein and Caldecott Honor winner Tomie dePaola sweetly capture a baby bird’s journey to first flight.Wings! Clings. Flings… With a cleverly simple rhym
A wonderful collection of Mexican folktales, enhanced with robust illustrations by a Caldecott award-winning artist, is filled with insight and wisdom that recaptures the legends of the great tribes o
Since this nursery rhyme first appeared in 1830, children have loved it.? When Tomie dePaola discovered that Hale had been born near his New Hampshire home, he knew he wanted to illustrate this perenn
Now in a board book format, this delightful poem with charming folk-art style pictures from renowned illustrator Tomie dePaola is a perfect first book for sharing with young children. "The sound
The yellow dress Erandi wants for her birthday will look beautiful with her long, thick braids. But Mama's fishing net is full of holes, and there isn't enough money to buy both a new net and a birthd
This wonderful collection of Mexican folktales recaptures the legends of the great tribes of Mexico. With robust illustrations by Caldecott award–winning Tomie DePaola, The Eagle and the Rainbow share
The popular Christmas poem is embellished with the watercolor-and-ink artwork of an internationally recognized illustrator who sets his pictures in the 1840s and uses borders based on designs from New
This enticing introduction to art appreciation for children looks at art history, themes in art, and art techniques--from cave paintings to modern art.Art and How It Works looks at the history of art
Through original artwork by the renowned artist Tomie dePaola-a longtime aficionado of Frida Kahlo's work-as well as beautiful reproductions of Kahlo's paintings, this latest Smart About book explore
Tomie dePaola’s Strega Nona has been loved by generations of children’s book readers, but they’ve never seen her like this! In six spreads of pop-up magnificence, paper engineered by the renowned #1 N
A timeless story inspired by the Book of Job and illustrated by the legendary Tomie dePaola—now reissued as a board bookOriginally published in 1987 and now available as a board book for the first tim
The knock-knock joke: a kid classic. So many funny, punny punchlines. It was just screaming for its own book. To do this classic joke justice, we decided to gather fourteen of the best-known and most
