My Beautiful Child
In their first collaboration, Lisa Desimini and her husband, artist Matt Mahurin, bring to life the heartfelt wishes and loving dreams all parents have for their own children.
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Farfallina & Marcel
Farfallina and Marcel, a caterpillar and a gosling respectively, are an unlikely pair yet are the best of friends. But when they are both separated for a long time, they each undergo a miraculous transformation. Will these friends find each other again? And if they do, will they have grown apart while growing up?
Cherries and Cherry Pits
No one can tell a story quite like Bidemmi. When she starts to draw, her imagination takes off. Enter her world, look at her pictures, and watch her stories grow and grow—just like the forest of cherry trees she imagines right on her own block.
The Vanishing Pumpkin
A 700-year-old woman and an 800-year-old man want to make a pumpkin pie for Halloween, but they can’t find their pumpkin. The ghoul on the fence may have taken it, or the rapscallion, the wicked varmint or the wizard. Children must discover the culprit in this picturebook.
Preaching to the Chickens
John wants to be a preacher when he grows up- a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm’s flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So he preaches to his
The Very Quiet Cricket
A little cricket has lost his song – he rubs his wings together and nothing happens. He sets off to find his voice and meets all kinds of creatures who make all kinds of noises, but still he can make no sound at all. One day he meets a special friend, another cricket and this
Winter World
From flying squirrels to grizzly bears, and from torpid turtles to insects with antifreeze, the animal kingdom relies on some staggering evolutionary innovations to survive winter. Unlike their human counterparts, who must alter the environment to accommodate physical limitations, animals are adaptable to an amazing range of conditions. Examining everything from food sources in the