Cat has a passion for painting. When she sees an advertisement to join an art club, she jumps at the chance to find painting partners—other cats like her. However when she arrives at the club, it is filled with barking dogs. What will panicked Cat do to turn this into a purr-fect place to paint?
As the reader experiences the sights, sounds, and activities of each season through the author’s poetic words, the illustrations celebrate the joys of fatherhood by showing African American dads and their kids enjoying the year together.
A snowstorm is brewing. Father squirrel must find a place for his family to stay warm, but another animal is hiding out in every place he finds. Then he discovers the perfect place―a glove that someon
Sékou, the chief’s son, returns from the market with an unusual treasure for the villagers—an umbrella! What are all the things they can do with it? This picture book from Africa will spark young readers’ imagination.
In a sleepy town in Southern France stands a mysterious structure. Is it a fortress? A giant labyrinth? The castle of a long-forgotten king? It is, in fact, the work of one man, Ferdinand Cheval, who shaped a palace over the course of 33 years with nothing but his bare hands, his will, and a few tools. This is the story of how and why his palace came to be.
The baby animals in the Black Mushroom Forest are afraid of the dark and their mothers are desperate for help. When a special elephant arrives with a unique talent—he can eat the dark night—they see a
It's Chinese New Year and Grandma has a special present for her family: a rooster to make into delicious soup! But when her granddaughter, Xiaoyue, meets the rooster, she begs to keep him as a pet. To
Little Sun enjoys winning games against peacock and rabbit and boasting about it. But when Shade challenges him to a game of hide-and-seek, has he met his match?
Karen Chin is hunting for treasure. But she's not interested in gold or jewels…she's interested in poo. Fossilized dinosaur poo, specifically. What can she learn from this prehistoric feces? Follow the clues and see where Karen's curiosity takes her as she searches for answers about how dinosaurs lived and what the world looked like long ago.Interview with Dr. Karen Chin:"I was always fascinated by science," says paleoecologist Dr. Karen Chin. As a child, her father taught her how to garden and the "miracle of growth" amazed her."I still garden a lot and I have a huge collection of indoor plants as well," she says.But the rest of her scientific pursuits look a little different these days. Now a paleoecologist and a professor and curator of paleontology at the University of Colorado, Dr. Chin studies extinct organisms and is one of the world's leading experts in coprolites, aka, fossilized feces of prehistoric animals or, more colloquially, really old poop!"I became fascinated with how
This brilliantly crafted wordless book tells two stories simultaneously. On the top a boy leaves his home to go about his daily tasks and obligations. On the bottom, his dog waits at home--having his