Children's Books

Here, from China, is a gorgeous story about generosity and gratitude, adapted from a traditional Buddhist tale by Kailin Duan. Her illustration style evokes artwork contemporary to the story's origins more than a thousand years ago, found in the famous...

Sashiko literally means little stabs and is a type of Japanese embroidery used to strengthen material or clothing. The elegant textile art of sashiko is celebrated in this picture book about the embroidery style's origins as a way to strengthen the...

Discover a whole new world of dragons in this beautifully illustrated book on the scaliest of magical creatures. From every detail of their wings to the history of their treasure, you'll learn about famous dragons from around the world. The latest...

An uplifting message of hope for the future and pride in your history, inspired by a mother's experience of being the only Black child  in her classroom. Who do you see when you look in the mirror? Emphasizing the strength, creativity, and courage...

A timely and beautiful look at America’s rich history of immigration  and diversity, from acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold, the Coretta Scott  King and Caldecot Honor winning creator of Tar Beach. Vividly expressed in Faith Ringgold’s sumptuous...

With bright, whimsical art, this humorous guessing game and  visual puzzle from a legendary graphic designer will delight design fans  of all ages. Is that a table--or a cow? You won't  believe your eyes as this humorous guessing game and...

This wide, wonderful world contains many things. Some things are as big  as a family of bears; some are as small as a reflection in a puddle.  Some things are felt rather than seen. In between it all is . . . you. What kinds of things will you...

A pop-up book with flaps to lift, tabs to pull and plenty of surprises Do you prefer cats or dogs? Chocolate or vanilla ice-cream? The hen or  the egg? Mommy... or Daddy? These pages are packed with interactive tabs  that put children in the...

A pop-up book with flaps to lift, tabs to pull and plenty of surprises Can you keep a straight face? Straight eyebrows? Straight lips? A  straight... nose? These pages are packed with interactive tabs that  allow children to pull funny faces...

Geraldo Valério is an artist who loves birds, from majestic golden eagles and snowy owls to brilliant cardinals and jays to the tiniest of hummingbirds. Here he presents his favorites, with beautiful collage illustrations and brief descriptions that...

Did you know that without insects, humankind could not survive? This illustrated, fact-filled title explores the huge variety of insects, with a focus on what makes an insect an insect, the differences between the groups, and why insects are the most...

When Katherena and her mother move to a small town, Katherena feels lonely and out of place. But when she meets an elderly woman artist who lives next door, named Agnes––her world starts to change. Katherena and Agnes share the same passions for arts...

Gallop into the mythical world of this beautifully illustrated and  educational picture book adventure about love, magic, and art history,  inspired by the Unicorn Tapestries held by the Metropolitan Museum of  Art in New York and Cluny...

The story of a girl and a dog who discover how life transforms and expands with someone by your side. With lyrical text and stunning illustrations, this book illustrates the power of friendship in the face of change.  Can I Sit with You? takes...

Celebrates the myriad ways for kids to be smart—being empathic, artistic, athletic, and inquisitive.  A tender, funny, and exquisitely illustrated picture book celebrating all the unique and wonderful qualities that make children who they are. With...

A beautiful tale celebrating the invisible, protective, omnipresent love love between parents and children. From this award-winning creative duo comes a stunning celebration of the joy and comfort that love can bring—wherever we roam in the big, wild...

A green cloud and a white tree? Who is responsible for illustrating this book? True Colors begins innocently with two friends, their dog, and their kite, but each time the story gets started, more colors seem to go awry. The narrator implores the reader...

A beautiful fable about the nature of love, from beloved, award-winning picture book creators Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis. "What is love?" a young boy asks. "I can't answer that," his grandmother says, and so the boy goes out into the world to find out...

It's a freestanding globe! This read-aloud introduction to geography for young children folds back and creates a globe. Children are invited to identify and experience the Earth's amazing geography through rhyming verse and lush illustrations: from...

The remarkable story of how Gilbert Baker and his friends created the iconic Rainbow Flag in 1978 Flags are brilliant and clever works of art and design, and they bring people together under a common banner. This colorful story follows a group of...

Human rights belong to every single one of us, but they are often under threat. Developed in collaboration with Amnesty  International, Rise Up! encourages young people to engage in peaceful protest and stand up for freedom. Photographs of protest...

Many people would love to learn to draw for pleasure, but don't know where to start. Being faced with a blank page can be daunting - even for a professional artist. In Sketchbook Challenge, illustrator Molly Egan shares prompts and ideas to get you...

Walking his dog at dusk, one boy catches glimpses of the lives around him in this lovely ode to autumn evenings, exploring your neighborhood, and coming home. Before your city goes to sleep, you might head out for a walk, your dog at your side as you go...

This charming picture book builds bridges between You and Me and Everybody Else. Everybody feels the same, sometimes. Our wishes, dreams, thoughts, and feelings are personal to us but all experienced by others. Guided by a friendly page-hopping cat, You...

The influential art of Josef Albers is used to teach shapes in this stylish read-aloud board book, which takes children through Albers'  range of geometrics, one artwork per page, beginning with squares and returning to them as a familiar refrain...

A beautifully illustrated novel about a mouse, her friendship with Audubon’s apprentice, and her search for home Beneath the crackled and faded painting of a horse, underneath the worn and dusty floorboards of the dining room, lives Celeste, a mouse who...

A collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents—the Sea-Ringed  World, as the Aztecs called it—from the Andes all the way up to Alaska.  Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people...

Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies the faces around him and makes pictures of their lives. There’s the whiskered man with the crossword  puzzle; Milo imagines him playing solitaire in a cluttered...

There's a rainbow of ways to think about colors. Colors pop and shine.  Cool colors make us shiver, while warm colors heat us up. They can even express our moods, from feeling blue to being tickled pink. What Can Colors Do? introduces children to...

A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Art  highlights the achievements and stories of 50 notable women in the  arts. The artists range from well-known figures like painters Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keefe, to lesser-known...

Complete, paint or even draw with stickers in this unique & creative activity book! Your child will use the 50 different activity pages and 10 pages of textured stickers to let their imagination run wild! Sure to keep your child busy for hours. Made...

In the rural community of Gee’s Bend, African American women have been making quilts for generations. They use scraps of old overalls, aprons, and bleached cornmeal sacks—anything they can find. Their traditions have been passed down through...

How many women artists can you name? From  Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe, to Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and  Xenobia Bailey, this lushly illustrated alphabet picture book presents  both famous and underrepresented women in the fine arts...

Award-winning authors and artists Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv achieve a remarkable fusion of the scientific exploration of the  phenomenon of sound with a philosophic reflection on its nature that will appeal to inquisitive children looking...

With dragon numbers in rapid decline, time is running out to ensure the  survival of the species. Curatoria Draconis, also known as the Dragon Protector, is on a mission to find the rarest dragon on Earth: the Chinese Celestial Dragon. Aboard the...

Nature all around is round...Take  a spin through the seasons in this thoughtful and meditative picture book that explores roundness in the natural world. There are round  birds’ nests and eggs in the spring, round raindrops falling from...

In this tender board book, a kitten practices the basics of feline behavior over the course of a day. A single word of text per spread teaches readers “how to be a cat”—how to stretch, clean, pounce, feast—while the striking paper...

All children deserve to see themselves represented positively in the books they read. Meet 52 icons of color from the past and present in this celebration of inspirational achievement—a collection of stories about change-makers to encourage,...

An artful take on making faces! Fifty-two images of everyday and unique objects are the perfect springboards for creating hilarious, outrageous, one-of-a-kind faces. Kids will delight in adding eyes, noses, mouths, ears, hair, and more from six sticker...

The world is filled with many colors—just look around and see!  Would you like to come on an exciting, colorful journey with me?  From  the soft green grass to the glistening sapphire, to the juicy yellow  pear and the fallen crimson...

All aboard the Color Train! Join Mary Cassatt, Leonardo Da Vinci,  Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and the rest of the world's  most famous artists on a colorful train ride that teaches both essential  colors and iconic works of...

Take a beautifully illustrated journey -- with an adorable kiwi bird  as your guide -- through the vast and colorful world of birds, with its  tapestry of textures, sounds, and sights.  Even the kiwi chick -- who struggles to see at first...

By David Long Grab your magnifying glass and charge into battle with this  search-and-find history adventure packed with more than 200 things to  spot in each eye-boggling illustration. Meet history’s most  heroic knights as you travel...

There's a river outside my window. Where will it take me? So  begins the imaginary journey of a child inspired by the view outside her  bedroom window: a vast river winding through a towering city. A small  boat with a single white sail...

By Alisa Wismer The world is filled with all kinds of different art! In this book we're  going to take a closer look at modern art. From the bright colors to  bold and modern shapes, we'll learn about some of the most famous modern...

Edited by Sarah Jane Boyers Maya Angelou's poetry pairs  with Jean-Michel Basquiat's paintings to creates this gorgeous  celebration of fearlessness. Originally published in 1993, this picture  book will have a second life in a fresh,...

 By David Stabler Every great artist started out as a kid. Forget  the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless  masterpieces. When the world’s most celebrated artists were growing up,  they had regular-kid problems...

By Susie Hodge Why is Art Full of Naked People? is an irreverent and  informative primer that asks tricky questions about what makes art art.  What is with all the fruit? Why is art so weird nowadays? There are  questions about how art...

By Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober This imaginative board book features beautiful paintings by Claude Monet paired with playful, rhyming text. In A Picnic with Monet,  Monet's light-filled paintings take children on an enchanted  picnic in the...

By Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober Children can enter Edgar Degas's magical world of toe shoes, tutus and elegant ballerinas. Dancing with Degas is a fun introduction to art and an imaginative adventure all rolled into one!  Part of the Mini Masters...

By Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober Set against the backdrop of well-known works by the artist, Pablo  Picasso, rhyming text explores the expressions and activities of a variety of people, from a young girl catching a dove to a serious boy steering a...

By Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober Set against the backdrop of well-known works by the artist, Georges Seurat, rhyming text tells a story from the artwork.  Part of the Mini Masters series. Ages 0-4 Authors: Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober ...

By Sabrina Hahn Learn the alphabet through fine art! This brightly colored book will spark your child’s creativity and curiosity with a delightful alphabet featuring some of the world’s most iconic paintings.  With a fun rhyming scheme...

By Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober In Dreaming with Rousseau, the artist's vibrant paintings invite  readers on a journey to dreamlike jungles packed with playful monkeys, a  racing tiger, and other surprises. This unique book will enchant...

By  Julie Merberg This whimsically illustrated board book offers a delightful A-to-Z overview of modern design icons for the toddler set.  Parents  who appreciate architecture and modern design will get a kick out of  sharing their...

 By Mudpuppy Mudpuppy's Opposites With Frank Lloyd Wright board book entertains and  introduces children the concept of opposites. Using Wright's famous  works, colorful spreads illustrate hard and soft round and pointy, city  and...

By Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober With a narrative that will entertain art lovers of all ages, this new  board book is a fun way to introduce young children to fine art. The  little ones will love spending A Magical Day with Matisse in a...

Here’s the story of Sleeping Beauty, delightfully retold with cats,  dogs, and other animals instead of people. Colorful, chunky,  irresistible. Peter Lippman's bestselling Enchanted Castle is a  hit with kids and adults alike. You pick...

By Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober Mary Cassatt's dreamy paintings capture the allure of the day's quiet moments. From the beach to the bath, from a horse-drawn carriage to a windblown sailboat, these sweet images celebrate the warmth of families...

By Katy Friedland and Marla K. Shoemaker An art museum is a magical place. What will you find inside? This playful primer features 37 full-color illustrations of paintings, sculpture, tapestries, prints, photographs, and installations from the...

Galison (Author), Emily Kleinman (Author), Lydia Ortiz (Illustrator) The Little Feminist Board Book Set is comprised of colorful illustrated portraits of real women who have made historical impact on the world. Illustrations by Lydia Ortiz and words by...