Illusions in Art: Animals - Available for PreOrder (Candlewick Press 2023)
Look closely. What do you see? Find two animals on each page in this clever, stylish exploration of negative and positive space for the very young. Colorful spreads invite children in with a rhyme that contains a clue, while the bold, graphic design steers the eye to a negative space revealing a hidden familiar animal.
Black-and-white spreads at the end depict the same animals again, further clarifying the concept of positive and negative space. Fun and enticing for even the youngest children and a delight for art-oriented parents. This interactive seek-and-find book of illusions begs for many repeat sharings.
Illusions in Art: Food - Available for PreOrder (Candlewick Press 2023)
Could that be two orange slices tucked inside the curves of the pretzel? And what fruit is nestling inside a pitcher's handle? Colorful spreads invite children in with a rhyme that contains a clue, while the bold, graphic design steers the eye to a negative space revealing a hidden familiar food.
Black-and-white spreads at the end depict the same foods again, further clarifying the concept of positive and negative space. Fun and enticing for even the youngest children and a delight for art-oriented parents. This interactive seek-and-find book of illusions begs for many repeat sharings.
Could that be two orange slices tucked inside the curves of the pretzel? And what fruit is nestling inside a pitcher's handle? Colorful spreads invite children in with a rhyme that contains a clue, while the bold, graphic design steers the eye to a negative space revealing a hidden familiar food.
Black-and-white spreads at the end depict the same foods again, further clarifying the concept of positive and negative space. Fun and enticing for even the youngest children and a delight for art-oriented parents. This interactive seek-and-find book of illusions begs for many repeat sharings.
123 Zoom - Available now (Little Simon/S&S 2022)
Kids will learn to count and write numbers in this fun, colorful, and interactive novelty book. Stylistic in design, this playful format invites youngest readers to zoom on trains, submarines, spaceships, and a variety of things that go!
Each spread with cut-out layers and glossy paths features a different mode of transportation for a hands-on exploration of numbers and vehicles. Count, touch, and trace from one to ten, whether it's one plane on the runway, two dump trucks on the construction site, or ten bicycles on a bike path. Then fly, sail, race, and count backwards through clouds, ocean, and land to find hidden surprises.
Kids will learn to count and write numbers in this fun, colorful, and interactive novelty book. Stylistic in design, this playful format invites youngest readers to zoom on trains, submarines, spaceships, and a variety of things that go!
Each spread with cut-out layers and glossy paths features a different mode of transportation for a hands-on exploration of numbers and vehicles. Count, touch, and trace from one to ten, whether it's one plane on the runway, two dump trucks on the construction site, or ten bicycles on a bike path. Then fly, sail, race, and count backwards through clouds, ocean, and land to find hidden surprises.
ABC ROAR (Little Simon/S&S 2022)
Kids will learn animal names and write the letters of the alphabet in this fun, colorful, and interactive novelty book. Stylistic in design, this playful format invites youngest readers to roar through ABC animals, from armadillo to zebra shark!
Each spread with cut-out layers and glossy paths features a different creature living in their environment for a hands-on exploration of letters and animals. Touch and trace letters from A-Z, whether it's a bear fishing in the stream, dolphins splashing in the ocean, or a leopard roaring from the trees above.
Kids will learn animal names and write the letters of the alphabet in this fun, colorful, and interactive novelty book. Stylistic in design, this playful format invites youngest readers to roar through ABC animals, from armadillo to zebra shark!
Each spread with cut-out layers and glossy paths features a different creature living in their environment for a hands-on exploration of letters and animals. Touch and trace letters from A-Z, whether it's a bear fishing in the stream, dolphins splashing in the ocean, or a leopard roaring from the trees above.
Celebrate the bright colors of spring with this hands-on color-play novelty board book! Join Chiêu Anh Urban in this inventively visual experience that allows readers to mix and match the colors of vibrant flowers right before their eyes. Turn the wheels to create and change the bold colors of spring in this deceptively simple and thoughtfully layered novelty book that teachers the joy and wonder of color. Check out Color Wonder Winter is Here! for more color-mixing fun (coming in 2018).
"I've never seen the concept of mixing colors done as inventively as you'll find here... A smart board book if ever I saw one."
School Library Journal, Elizabeth Bird, July 2017
Celebrate the cool colors of winter with this hands-on color-play novelty board book with color transforming turn-wheels! Join in this inventively visual experience that allows readers to mix and match the colors of a winter wonderland right before their eyes. Check out Color Wonder Hooray for Spring! for more color mixing fun.
Quiet as a Mouse: And Other Animal Idioms (Sterling, 2018)
Are you hungry as a bear? Sly as a fox? Stubborn as a mule? Introducing ANIMAL IDIOMS! This entertaining die-cut board book, featuring colorful, adorable art, introduces children to some fun animal idioms. Like a guessing game, each image shows just a part of the creature, with an accompanying rhyme that hints at its identity. Kids turn the page... and see which friendly animal fits the bill.
"It's a visually dramatic and playful exploration of animals and language - especially the final scene featuring a very happy clam with mirrored sunglasses."
Publishers Weekly, November 2017
Away We Go! A Shape and Seek Book (Scholastic, Cartwheel, 2013)
Filled with planes, trains, and automobiles, AWAY WE GO! teaches basic shapes through bold designs and inventive die-cuts on every page. Triangles become sailboats and hearts become airplanes as each spread reveals a different mode of transportation made from bright colors and geometric shapes. The creative challenge of this board book is to find the vehicles in the shapes and to find the shapes in the vehicles. With special search-and-find shape-based games throughout, children will love learning and searching for basic shapes in this clever collection of things that go!
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Raindrops: A Shower of Colors (Sterling, 2010)
Look - a rainbow of colors is showering down on the animals! This very simple, beautiful, and innovative concept book shows children how primary colors magically blend to create secondary ones. Die-cut raindrops with a see-through shaded acetate appear throughout; when the acetates are layered on top of each other, a new color emerges! So it's easy to see - and understand - how blue and red make purple; red and yellow make orange; blue and yellow make green... and how, all together, they create a gorgeous rainbow!
We LOVE this book! It's been great to help my children learn their colors. You are an amazing talent!
ReplyDeleteWonderful. Thank you! :)
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