30 results for "Picture Books"

What you need to be warm

Gaiman, Neil
During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different memories to answer the question, 'what do you need to be warm?'
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023 32 pages

Waiting for the biblioburro: Esperando el biblioburro

Brown, Monica
Inspirado por los esfuerzos heroicos de Luis Soriano Bohórquez, el bibliotecario verdadero quien inició la Fundación Biblioburro. Ana ama las historias. Pero en su pequeño pueblo, hay pocos libros, y ella ya los ha leído todos. Una mañana, ¡Ana se despierta con el ¡tacatac! de cascos y la maravillosa imagen de dos burros cargando una biblioteca repleta de todos los libros que una niña pequeña pueda desear! Los premiados creadores de libros ilustrados Monica Brown y John Parra presentan a sus lectores la biblioteca móvil que viaja a través de montañas y valles para llevar el alfabetismo y la cultura a las zonas rurales de Colombia y a los niños que ansiosamente esperan al Biblioburro
Dragonfly Books 2016 32 pages

Elephants are not birds

St. Clair, Ashley
"Can a beak and wings make an elephant a bird? Kevin the Elephant has always loved to sing. When a vulture named Culture suggests that Kevin is actually a bird, he embarks on an adventure exploring reality, identity, and truth. Kids will love following Kevin's exploits and participating in The BRAVE Challenge, a collection of games and discussion questions to help children think through the topic of gender identity."--Cover
Brave Books 2021-07 47 pages

Looking at Lincoln

Kalman, Maira
A brief look at the life of United States president Abraham Lincoln. Celebrate Lincoln's remarkable life in a fresh and exciting way. In this picture book Lincoln's legacy is everywhere. But who was he, really? Among the many other things, we discover our sixteenth president was a man who believed in freedom for all, had a dog named Fido, loved Mozart, apples, and his wife's vanilla cake, and kept his notes in his hat.
Puffin Books 2017-01-03 48 pages

Explosion at the poem factory

Lukoff, Kyle
"Kilmer Watts makes his living teaching piano lessons, but when automatic pianos arrive in town, he realizes he's out of a job. He spots a "Help Wanted" sign at the poem factory and decides to investigate -- he's always been curious about how poems are made. The foreman explains that machines and assembly lines are used for poetry these days. So Kilmer learns how to operate the "meter meter" and empty the "cliché bins." He assembles a poem by picking out a rhyme scheme, sprinkling in some similes and adding alliteration. But one day the machines malfunction, and there is a dramatic explosion at the poem factory. How will poetry ever survive? Kyle Lukoff's funny story, rich in wordplay, is complemented by Mark Hoffmann's lively, quirky art. The backmatter includes definitions of poetic feet, types of poems (with illustrated examples) and a glossary of other terms."--
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2020 43 pages

Jefferson measures a moose

Rockliff, Mara
Thomas Jefferson was wild about numbers. He was constantly counting, measuring, and observing things that caught his interest. He loved sharing his discoveries and reading the discoveries of others. But when a famous Frenchman published a book about America, Jefferson was appalled: all the information in the book was wrong. The author insisted that America was a wretched, dismal place, where birds could not sing, dogs could not bark, and everything and everyone was puny and weak. Thomas Jefferson resolved to set the record straight - with numbers - and prove to the world that the new nation was worthy of investment.
Candlewick Press 2020-08-04 48 pages

The tale of the Mandarin duck: a modern fable

Midler, Bette
"How do you get people to appreciate what is right in front of them? In The Tale of the Mandarin Duck, it takes a mysterious, beautiful duck and a clear-eyed kid to point out the obvious! Bette Midler's distinctive voice joins striking photos of the real duck by Michiko Kakutani and charming black-and-white drawings by Joana Avillez. This book will have readers of all ages coming back to visit the fantastical interpretation of New York City and its odd ducks--both feathered and human."--Amazon.
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021-02-16 40 pages