Introduce brilliant babies to the mysterious poetry of Edgar Allan Poe through his poem "The Raven." Little Poet Edgar Allan Poe: Nevermore! introduces toddlers to Poe's renowned poem "The Raven." Exploring love, loss, and grief, Kate Coombs' tender story, Poe's own lyrical words, and Carme Lemniscates' charming, cheeky, and adorable art will teach your child to Be Creative and Be Brilliant and familiarize them with a great American poet. "Nevermore," quoth the raven!
Introduce clever babies to classic poets with Gibbs Smith's new Little Poet series. Avid gardener and poet Emily Dickinson collected 424 pressed flower specimens and wrote nearly 1800 poems in her lifetime, with nature and plants inspiring many of her beloved works. Lines and couplets from Dickinson's poems paired with Carme Lemniscates' gorgeous illustrations bring In Emily's Garden to life, letting toddlers take a stroll in Emily's garden of verses. See the flowers, birds, butterflies, and bees through Emily's eyes, and foster a love of gardens and poems alike.
Introduce clever babies to classic poets with Gibbs Smith's new Little Poet series. "I do love nothing in the world so well as you." Little Poet William Shakespeare: I Love You pairs loving lines from The Bard's famous plays and sonnets with engaging illustrations by Carme Lemniscates, letting parents, grandparents, and other readers tell toddlers how loved they are in Shakespeare's own words.
Give little ones a perfect start with BabyLit--charming books that create precious bonding moments while introducing classics and building essential skills that plant seeds for lifelong learning and literary appreciation. Best Board Books, 2025 theSkimm Good For You Awards Adams and Oliver team up again to teach literary-minded tots the importance of friendship in A Little Princess: A BabyLit(R) Friendship Primer. Each page introduces Sarah's friends with text from the original novel, A Little Princess, showing little ones that friends can be found in surprising places.
Give little ones a perfect start with BabyLit--charming books that create precious bonding moments while introducing classics and building essential skills that plant seeds for lifelong learning and literary appreciation. Best Board Books, 2025 theSkimm Good For You Awards BabyLit(R) is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature, and little ones will love Little Women: A BabyLit(R) Playtime Primer. With clever, simple text by Jennifer Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar's Alison Oliver, these books are a must for every savvy parent's nursery library. Collect all twenty-four classic literature-inspired BabyLit primers!
Introduce your little ones to the importance of acceptance and how everyone deserves to belong! In the deep, dark forest, there exists a community of cats. And, within that community, there sits Luna, a black cat ostracized by the others due to superstitious beliefs. Aided by her trusty companion, Toad, Luna goes on a mission to not only find her forever home, but also her power, realizing along the way that black cats are magic. Written and illustrated by the ever-so-lovely Heidi Moreno, a cat enthusiast herself, this hardcover book focuses on the importance of acceptance and how crucial it is to always welcome others and offer a sense of belonging. Parents will adore this fall-festive bilingual English-Spanish hardcover due to how it tackles superstitious beliefs and proves them wrong, but also in how it teaches the greater lesson that everyone, no matter the color of their fur, is capable of being loved and deserves to belong and take up space.
Imaginary creatures from the land, forests, and underwater introduce toddlers to characters of folklore and literature, where monsters were born. These hobgoblins and other imaginary creatures are too cute to be scary! Names like Quinotar, ogre, and rougarou, along with the more common vampire, witch, and Yeti will be as fun to say as the pictures are to point at. Ideal for reading aloud to a toddler. Illustrator Greg Paprocki's popular BabyLit alphabet board books feature his classically retro mid-century art style that's proven to be a hit with both toddlers and adults.
The spirited adventure of a young Parisian girl in the fifteenth century who learns the art of illuminating manuscripts from her father.
This delightful book, brought to life by the finely detailed, evocative art of a renowned children's artists, was inspired by an illuminated manuscript in the collection of the Getty Museum.
Paris in the 1400s. A young girl named Marguerite delights in assisting her father, Jacques, in his craft: illuminating manuscripts for the nobility of France. His current commission is a splendid book of hours for his patron, Lady Isabelle, but will he be able to finish it in time for Lady Isabelle's name day?
In this richly illustrated tale, Marguerite comes to her father's aid. She journeys all over Paris buying goose feathers for quills, eggs for mixing paints, dried plants and ground minerals for pigments. Then she expertly finishes the illumination of Lady Isabelle's book, to the delight of her father and his patron.
Little Master Melville teaches little ones the language of the sea, from ships and sailors to squawking gulls and moody good captains. Best Board Books, 2025 theSkimm Good For You Awards Little Master Melville teaches little ones the language of the sea in Moby-Dick: An Ocean Primer. From ships and sailors to squawking gulls and moody good captains, Alison Oliver's brilliant illustrations and Jennifer Adams' clever, simple text will make a sea dog out of any young shipmate.
Mythological monsters from around the world spring to life in a striking follow-up to My First Pop-Up Dinosaurs. The fearsome ushi-oni haunts the coast of Japan. Greece's three-headed Cerberus stands guard at the gates of Hades. Scandinavia's huge, wolflike Fenrir devours everyone in its path. Open the pages of this first pop-up book and unleash fifteen incredible monsters . . . if you dare. From the award-winning creator of My First Pop-Up Dinosaurs comes a second pop-up treasury featuring everything from North America's peculiar jackalope to the brilliant, luck-bearing Sarimanok of the Philippines, from the fiercely majestic griffin of Egypt to the spellbinding firebird of Russia. Owen Davey's stylized illustrations, with their crisp patterns and bold shapes, make this exploration of mythological monsters an enchanting adventure for anyone who loves the fantastical.