Chinese New Year is just days away when a legendary monster intent on devouring the city faces off against a feisty girl who must use her knowledge of the holiday’s customs to outsmart him, in Andrea Wang’s fun-filled holiday... Read More

Inspired by the folklore and traditions of the Inuit people, Nadia Sammurtok shares a magical tale that unites a kindhearted maiden who dances with butterflies and a lonely hunter, in "The Caterpillar Woman", a transformational story of... Read More

A music-box ballerina jumps and twirls with enthusiasm, in Penny Harrison’s Dance with Me. Creative and fluid, dreamlike illustrations from Gwynneth Jones help turn a little girl’s room into a field of flowers, a sandy seaside, and a... Read More

In a riotous celebration of color and emotion, Monica, a charming young artist who likes strawberry cake and black sheep, contemplates the best way to paint a smooch, in Rocio Bonilla’s "What Color is a Kiss?" A bit eccentric and a... Read More

Ruth Sanderson uses threads of Chinese and Norwegian folklore in "The Crystal Mountain", an alluring rendition of the “magic brocade,” this time set in fifteenth-century Europe. A stunning collection of intricate, textured paintings... Read More

When Grace’s day turns from bad to worse, she decides to leave it all behind, in Holly L. Niner’s sweetly uplifting "The Day I Ran Away". Alternating voices and fonts in adult orange and youthful purple relate Grace’s experiences... Read More

Walter Whippingdale’s awful day takes an unexpected turn for the better when he stumbles across an abundance of cash, in "Walter and the Wallet", by Billy Bloom. Rolling, rhyming four-line stanzas, accompanied by Tanya Leonello’s... Read More

Poetry lives, falls from the sky, floats on the sea, and tumbles from the heart, in "All the World a Poem", a flowing collection of verses from Gilles Tibo, translated from the original French by Erin Woods. Cut-paper-and-crayon collage... Read More