![The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580891799.jpg?itok=dR4sRhJl)
Brother Theophane is unlike the other monks in the mountains of Mourne (Ireland). While most brothers scribe only in browns, Theophane adds color from nature to the manuscripts. Jewel-like illustration combines with rhyming text to celebrate history and individuality.
The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane
![The Extraordinary Mark Twain](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545125081.jpg?itok=V3RqhO8I)
Mark Twain’s daughter, Susy, writes a journal to set the record straight about her famous writer father. Cleverly formatted as a book within a book, illustrations, journal, and narration (in Susy’s voice) present a readable, engaging, and documented look at the writer and his family.
The Extraordinary Mark Twain
![Dear Tyrannosaurus Rex](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375856080.jpg?itok=3Uwn-a6r)
Erin loves dinosaurs and so describes all the fun they’ll have in a letter inviting a tyrannosaurus to her birthday party. The broad humor of the huge dinosaur playing party games and similar activities conveyed in comic illustration and understated text is sure to create giggles galore.
Dear Tyrannosaurus Rex
![Big Board Books Colors, ABC, Numbers](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0312502192.jpg?itok=dysCbkiJ)
Writing begins with a young child’s ability to see and hear letters and sounds. In a large, sturdy format, letters, numbers, and colors are introduced using full-color photographs and crisp graphics — just right to share with the youngest child.
Big Board Books Colors, ABC, Numbers
![Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0525478868.jpg?itok=CBUnWdlx)
J.M. Barrie was always a storyteller. Here his life and selections from his work — including Peter Pan — are presented in a handsomely illustrated and formatted book. Sources consulted as well as a selection of Barrie’s work are included.
Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan
![Underground Train](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440413257.jpg?itok=n5B_ICYu)
Underground Train
![Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1584691506.jpg?itok=tamxWv_Y)
Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond
![Jackson Jones and the Curse of the Outlaw Rose](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440421381.jpg?itok=sYFNEMHY)
Jackson Jones and the Curse of the Outlaw Rose
![Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440410665.jpg?itok=kTB-NNoy)
Jackson works to turn a community garden plot into a working business so he can buy the basketball he wanted for his 10th birthday. The fast-paced plot unfolds through Jackson’s lively, often humorous voice through to its satisfying conclusion.
Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns
![Grover G. Graham and Me](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0756915546.jpg?itok=gOo1NCdG)
Grover G. Graham and Me
![Bremen Town Musician](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0698400429.jpg?itok=29HhWhRm)
This is the classic tale of four beleaguered animals—a donkey who can no longer work, a hound who can no longer hunt, a cat who’s too old to chase mice, and a rooster who’s scheduled to become dinner—who decide to run off to be musicians in the town of Bremen. But they get more than they bargained for when they stumble upon a frightful gang of robbers.
Bremen Town Musician
![River of Words](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0802853021.jpg?itok=iM2RYAQu)
Though he practiced medicine, William Carlos Williams never stopped writing poetry. This picture book biography celebrates the amazing man who found a way to earn a living and to honor his calling to be a poet.
River of Words
![The Piano](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1584302429.jpg?itok=qdBhlxJu)
A young girl’s love for music leads her to a job in the home of an older woman who teaches her not only to play the piano but also to care for others.
The Piano
![Orani: My Father's Village](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374356572.jpg?itok=mHi2-C0C)
The author recalls childhood visits to Orani, her father’s island homeland, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea where old and young alike enjoy Sardinia’s beauty and activities.
Orani: My Father’s Village
![Mystery Bottle](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/078680999X.jpg?itok=nyFocqFF)
A map from a mysterious bottle magically transports a Brooklyn boy to share tea and talk with his grandfather in the Middle East.
Mystery Bottle
![My Great-Aunt Arizona](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064433749.jpg?itok=4s7vxgDB)
Arizona Houston Hughes, an Appalachian girl who dreams of seeing the world, grows up to become a teacher who inspires generations of schoolchildren.
My Great-Aunt Arizona
![Miz Berlin Walks](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0698118456.jpg?itok=Hjn3sd5Z)
Miz Berlin tells wonderful stories about how she caught crawdaddies the day the sky rained feathers or about the day the flood rose right to her front door as she and young Mary Alice walk together around the block.
Miz Berlin Walks
![Lola and the Rent-a-Cat](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1847801390.jpg?itok=A0iwExZz)
After her husband’s death, an old woman finds friendship when she rents an older cat via the Internet. A charming and quirky take on the sensitive subjects of bereavement and care of the elderly.
Lola and the Rent-a-Cat
![Gugu's House](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0618003894.jpg?itok=dwu659rd)
Set in Zimbabwe, Kukamba leaves the city to visit her grandmother, Gugu, in her small village. Gugu has painted her home with vivid colors and patterns, and has sculpted many animals including a larger-than-life zebra. She is an artist and she shares her secrets of mixing the colors for paint. The rains come and the village is overjoyed. Kukamba is upset because the paintings and sculptures have all washed away, but Gugu shows her that nature has emerged with her own colors after the rain.
Gugu’s House
![Grandpa's Face](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0698113810.jpg?itok=cQV8bJyP)
Tamika loves everything about her grandpa, especially his expressive face. But one day, when Tamika watches Grandpa rehearsing for a play, she sees a different face, one she has never seen before.
Grandpa’s Face
![Fishing with Dad](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/B0058M7RCY.jpg?itok=FJ9nqyFj)
A young man relives the pleasure of his childhood experiences while on a fishing trip with his son and father.
Fishing with Dad
![Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/002045600X.jpg?itok=7qHg5cGJ)
When a small, fat and bald old man announces he is a dragon, offering to defend the city of Wu against impending attack, everyone laughs at him but one young boy.
Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like
![Big Moon Tortilla](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/159078037X.jpg?itok=6cBKe6P5)
When Marta ruins her homework and breaks her glasses, Grandmother soothes her with an ancient story and one of her delicious tortillas. Set on the Papago reservation in southern Arizona, watercolor illustrations bring the desert setting and characters to life.
Big Moon Tortilla
![Verdi](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152010289.jpg?itok=UaL5TXxy)
Verdi, a python, discovers that no matter how old or green he becomes, he is still his fun-loving self.