In this biographical picture book, a girl loves all creatures—even busy, tickly spiders. Drawing on happy memories of her bucolic childhood and her tapestry-weaving mother, she becomes a writer, a sketch artist, and a sculptor. At... Read More

Josep Sucarrats’s radiant visual encyclopedia "Markets" introduces global markets and bazaars. A warm foreword by Spanish chef Ferran Adrià of El Bulli restaurant fame sets the stage for this encouraging exploration of markets around... Read More

Wispy watercolors and black sketchlike lines—hallmarks of the works of author/illustrator team Kobi Yamada and Elise Hurst—burst from the page in this beautiful reminder to find the exceptional in the everyday. A young girl... Read More

Grayscale illustrations scattered with sapphire blue depict the misunderstood journey of grief through a bear and his late friend. Bear’s best friend, a little bird, has died; Bear carves a beautiful box for him and cushions his friend... Read More

Onomatopoeic lines and bright bursting colors relay the story of a little beaver who wants to do more than merely chomp wood. She loves the rhythms of the world and cherishes her forest neighbors—but she also dreams in color and yearns... Read More

SumoKitty is back with his wise pal Kuma, the grand champion at a sumo training center. Kuma has settled into a teaching position; older now, SumoKitty wishes to “catnap more and chase mice less.” But when a puppy, Chanko-chan, is... Read More

The artistic historical picture book "Coney" tells the story of a beloved theme park. In Jeffrey Lindberg’s picture book "Coney", a girl and a rabbit have a hair-raising theme park adventure. In 1904, Selena is a rabbit who lives on... Read More

Evoking the classics with its jaunty, silly rhymes, this story follows a magical, playful menagerie whose members embrace their oddities and unique abilities, and do so with happy results. In addition to its circus-performing members,... Read More