Describes the secret activities of the Caretakers of Wonder, who perform such magical tasks as putting up new stars, keeping the night buttoned up against the cold, and mending old clouds, all while we sleep....
If tomorrow morning the sky falls...have clouds for breakfast. If you have butterflies in your stomach...ask them into your heart....such are the unconventional solutions offered to lifes problems in If Youre Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Ra...
In this unique volume, some of the best work of L. Leslie Brooke, Randolph Caldecott, Kate Greenaway, John Lawson, Arthur Rackham and many more appear together in 55 full-color and 34 black-and-white pieces....
The illustration for each letter is taken from a book by one of twenty-eight different artists who flourished between 1874 and 1926. Brief biographies of each illustrator (Boutet de Monvel, Crane, Willebeek Le Mair, Dulac, Parrish, Brooke, Rackham, e...
Presents three fairy tales about princesses: Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. Author's notes present historical background on these tales, which occur in many countries. Profusely illustrated with the works of more than twenty-five illust...
Every summer at the North Valley carnival, after they have spent the day giving rides to the older children, the animals on Shawnee Bill's Enchanted Five-Ride Carousel come to life in the darkness and bring delight to the babes who are home in their ...
As readers make their way through the diverse shops along the main street of Little Animal Town, they use their mathematical skills of addition, subtraction, and multiplication to find out how many bears are needed to run the local bakery...
Young children will love the surprises that the amazing Numbertown clock has in store for them, as each hour introduces a new character emerging from the clock's doors, building up to a stunning array by the stroke of midnight....
On a boring New Year's Day, the Santa Cows whisk the Schwartz family away on a tour of the Santa Cow Movie Studio, complete with screenings of such famous films as "Cowsablanca" and "It's an Udderful Life"...
Taffy’s all set for a warm and cozy Christmas with her family, but then she’s notified on Christmas Eve that they’ve got to move out of their house by midnight. Don’t worry! Taffy, her two daughters, and their twelve animals -- an unusual and...
'Tis the night before Christmas and Elwood and his family are snug at home enjoying video games, TV, and a microwave meal. Suddenly, a strange mooing comes to their ears. Flinging open the shutters, they're amazed to discover a sky full of udders! Do...
Fill the holidays with joyous song! In the tradition of Chronicle Book's Classic Illustrated Edition of The Night Before Christmas comes another charming book to help you sing in the holidays. With illustrations garnered from one of the world's most ...
"If you're at the end of your rope...untie the knot in your heart." Such are the delightfully unconventional solutions offered in this long-awaited follow-up to the perennial If You re Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow, which has sold ov...
If tomorrow morning the sky falls . . . have clouds for breakfast.If you have butterflies in your stomach . . . ask them into your heart.Clouds for breakfast and butterflies in your heartthese are the unconventional solutions to life's problems offer...
This collection of stories and rhymes brings together some of the most beloved animals of childhood: Peter Rabbit, Winnie-the-Pooh, the Owl and the Pussycat, the Billy Goats Gruff, Mary's little lamb, the Runaway Bunny, and many others. Illustrated b...
For more than a hundred years, the vivid stories of the American West have thrilled and enthralled audiences both young and old, and captured the imaginations of generations. Here are the adventures of outlaws and gunslingers, explorers and settlers,...