When winter is at its coldest and darkest, take heart! Every day the sun shines longer, Spring is on its way! All winter, the days grow a little bit longer, The nights grow a little bit shorter, until the day becomes exactly as long as the night. On that day we say... HAPPY SPRINGTIME! This bright, bouncy, and deliriously colorful picture book is an ode to the joys of spring, encouraging everyone who waits out the slow lengthening of days through the end of winter. From earmuffed crossing guards to sweater wearing dogs, from painters of flowers to planters of seeds, Happy Springtime! celebrates the burst of life following the thaw of winter. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honoree Kate McMullan's jubilant love-letter to this exciting time of year is the perfect book to bring in the season of birth and renewal, especially when accompanied by the riotous watercolor illustrations of Sujean Rim.
A cozy book of gnomes (and gnomes), just in time for the holidays Kirsten Sevig grew up hearing about little gnomes in great Nordic folktales. When she realized that a “gnome” was also another word for a proverb, she brought the two together. The result is a charming collection of Scandinavian wisdom accented by whimsical illustrations. There are gnome women chopping wood (“chop your own wood and it will warm you twice”), men surreptitiously knitting (“two balls of yarn are better than one”), and gnome kids making snow angels, skiing, and more. In The Little Winter Book of Gnomes, Sevig invites readers into a cozy wonderland of her own prolific imagination. With recipes for holiday favorites like mulled cider and gingerbread, this book is the perfect gift to inspire readers to take joy in all of winter’s little happy-makers.
The #1 New York Times Bestseller Beep Beep Beep It's time for sleep. Say goodnight with Little Blue Truck and friends A storm is brewing and Little Blue Truck and his good friend Toad are hurrying home for bed. But who can sleep with all that racket? It's not long before other friends show up seeking safety from the storm. Thunder and lightning sure can be scary, but it's easy to be brave together. When the clouds roll on and the sky is clear, it's all aboard for a bedtime ride Beep Beep Shhh . . .
With the arrival of spring, wild geese nest and hatch eggs for the reader to count in this bilingual story that introduces Chinese numbers and other common words.
Explore a brightly colored world bursting with spring flowers and adorable baby animals in this Where’s Waldo? for the next generation. Keep kids busy for hours as they search for hidden treasures in this book from internet sensation Gergely Dudás. Bear is tired of the cold, dark winter—he’s going out to hunt for spring! He puts on his rain boots and splashes his way across town, searching for frogs at the pond, baby chicks at the botanical garden, and grasshoppers in the meadow. Can YOU help Bear find springtime treasures? In this charming seek-and-find, readers of all ages will discover an illustrated wonderland that's irresistible—and irresistibly challenging—and will return to it again and again.
Eleri Fowler, the illustrator of Joyous Blooms to Color and My Mother, My Heart, returns with a coloring book all about the lively pleasures of spring. Bold Springtime to Color is full of sweet things that remind us of the sunny, revitalizing season. Beautiful pen-and-ink designs, including early blooms, delicately patterned butterflies, and inspirational quotes from some of your favorite writers, all are waiting for your creative touch. Bold Springtime to Color’s large, 10x10 interior has 96 black-and-white pages printed on heavy paper stock, good for colored pencils and most markers. A perfect gift for loved ones, this sturdy and brilliantly illustrated coloring book will delight. The tens of thousands of fans of Eleri Fowler's Joyous Blooms to Color have embraced it with such words as "beautiful," "a keepsake," "a delightful escape from reality," and much more. Bold Springtime to Color is sure to earn the same sort of praise.
A little bunny keeps runningaway from his mother in an imaginative and imaginary game of verbal hide-and-seek; children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time. The Runaway Bunny, first published in 1942 and never out of print, has indeed become a classic. Generations of readers have fallen in love with the gentle magic of its reassuring words and loving pictures.