Happy Valentine's Day! My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall9780061915109, Greenwillow (HarperCollins), $16.99
Category: Genre: picture books
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: Steady Hands:Poems About Work by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy
#6 in the HMH Book of the Day series:Steady Hands: Poems About Workby Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy9780618903511, $16, ClarionThis hardcover picture book harkens back to the post I did earlier about picture books for adults (Part I is posted, Part II is coming soon). Published by Clarion Books just … Continue reading Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: Steady Hands:Poems About Work by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy
Picturebooks for Adults, Part I
Going through the slush pile a few weeks ago, I came across an artist who layers photographs and clipart pieces to create ethereal digital collage artwork. I wish I could show them to you, but unfortunately the artist doesn't have a website. While the project wasn't right for Houghton Mifflin, the illustrations were beautiful, and … Continue reading Picturebooks for Adults, Part I
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by David Catrow
#5 in the HMH Book of the Day series:I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by David Catrow9780152024888, $16Despite not knowing the tune to the song "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More," the new lyrics stand on their own as very funny, lively, interactive text, whether you're literally painting or just reading and … Continue reading Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by David Catrow
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: Sisters by David McPhail
#4 in the HMH Book of the Day series:Sistersby David McPhail9780152046590, $9.99Originally published in 1984, this delightful little book (apparently I have a preference for books with a small trim size) is perfect for the care package I'm sending to my sister at college. Published with a new jacket image and color illustrations for the … Continue reading Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: Sisters by David McPhail
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: Out of the Egg by Tina Matthews
Third in the HMH Book of the Day series is...Out of the Eggby Tina Matthews 9780618737413, $12.95A retelling of the Little Red Hen, Tina Matthews updates not only the illustrations, but the ending as well. The illustrations depict a mix of country and city elements complete with farm, apartment buildings, cars, computers, and telephone wires, … Continue reading Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: Out of the Egg by Tina Matthews
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub & Heckedy Peg by Audrey & Don Wood
Today will actually be a mini-ode to the author/illustrator genius of husband-and-wife team Audrey and Don Wood who publish a lot of work with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.King Bidgood's in the BathtubHardcover: 9780152427306, $17Paperback: 9780152054359, $7.99A Caldecott Honor-winner, this book is a true delight to both read and look through, as there is so much happening … Continue reading Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub & Heckedy Peg by Audrey & Don Wood
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: Guyku by Bob Raczka, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Introducing the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day series!This series is pretty self-indulgent for me, as it combines my intern life at HMH and one of my favorite blogging exercises - a picturebook series.First up in the series is a book coming out this fall:Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boysby Bob Raczka, illustrated … Continue reading Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book of the Day: Guyku by Bob Raczka, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Book Review: Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf, illustrated Robert Lawson
Wee Gillisby Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson0440845947, A Special Trumpet Edition (Penguin), © 1938, renewed © 1966 (OP)9781590172063, New York Review of Books (Random House), $15.95I found this book in a flea market in Madison, IN. Loving the Munro Leaf/Robert Lawsom combo (and the $1 price tag), I picked it up and read it … Continue reading Book Review: Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf, illustrated Robert Lawson
Fall 2010 Picturebook Highlights: Candlewick Press
Ready for another long post? Introducing Candlewick's Fall line for the Fall 2010 Picturebook Highlights round-up!Disclaimer before we begin: I have not seen these books with my own two eyes. As I'll soon be leaving the Odyssey Bookshop to pursue a career elsewhere in the children's book industry (more on that in a later post), … Continue reading Fall 2010 Picturebook Highlights: Candlewick Press
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