Look up! From the Caldecott Medal–winning creator of the hat trilogy comes a new deadpan gem. There is a spot. It is a good spot. It is the perfect spot to stand. There is no reason to ever leave. But somewhere above there is also a rock. A rock from the sky. Here comes The Rock from the Sky, a hilarious meditation on the workings of friendship, fate, shared futuristic visions, and that funny feeling you get that there’s something off somewhere, but you just can’t put your finger on it. Merging broad visual suspense with wry wit, celebrated picture book creator Jon Klassen gives us a wholly original comedy for the ages.
A teenage boy in 1940s Italy becomes part of an underground railroad that helps Jews escape through the Alps, but when he is recruited to be the personal driver for a powerful Third Reich commander, he begins to spy for the Allies.
I Spy, Up in the Sky . . . The Stars! All stars are not the same. They are grouped according to color and size, and according to the pictures they make in the sky. In this delightful rhyming book, learn about star classes, follow the life cycle of a star, and find out about the animals and heroes that make up the clusters called constellations.
Poetry. "PORTABLE PLANET is a marvelous book. I've been following Shaffer's work for years and he is on a definitive upward spiral"-Jim Harrison. "Graced by the best from the past, the poet wanders. His poems will take you to places you need to visit"-Steve Sanfield. "Eric Paul Shaffer's poems carry us ever inward and out, where particular stones sprout wings, where solid ground is shaken by the nimble fingers of small gods, and the normal everyday ways of life stay blessedly themselves. These poems are portable, they're the exact same size as the hip pocket of your mind"-John Kain.
Have you lain in the grass and stared up at the clouds? Did you spot a dragon overhead or perhaps a puffy ice cream cone? Finding shapes in clouds is fun—and so is finding out about the different kinds of clouds. Why is one cloud tall and white while another is flat and gray? Which ones tell you when a storm is on the way? In this delightful rhyming book, find out which clouds are which and what their fancy names reveal about them.
Reflection Of takes the reader on a journey from coyotes to birds, from country roads to country churches, from the moon and stars to rain and rainbows, and from family to family love. It reflects the country life, as well as family life. The reader obtain a feeling as to what it is like to live in the country. It puts the reader in the author's shoes to experience life as the author lived it. The reader will wonder or smile as the poems reveal unique events about things that many people would not even consider to think about. Thomas Allen Frith looks at events and objects in a unique way. The poems tell stories about the author's life or life experiences. This select collection of poems covers poems from Thomas Allen Frith which were written during different periods of his life. Some are a re-creation of his earlier works which were destroyed several years earlier.
Before the end of WWII, Hitler charged a group of his most trusted and brilliant comrades with a mission-educate your progeny and then elevate them to positions of power throughout the world. Steeped in fact, and meticulously researched, Clouds Across the Sunis the story of just one of these children. From Naples, Florida, New York City, and Washington D.C. to Israel and then the killing grounds of Vilnius, Poland (Lithuania) this story is one of great romance, discovery, redemption, and enlightenment as Jotto Wells unravels the intrigue surrounding a plan to take over the government of the United States."