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- first of a two-volume set, Pickles Tails Vol. I collects the beloved Pickles' family cat and dog, Muffin and Roscoe, in their featured strips from 1990 - 2007. (Pickles Tails Vol. II will contain strips from 2008-2019) - Hardcover - Full-color - syndicated worldwide in over 900 papers and online - syndicated by Washington Post Writers Group - Brian Crane draws his Pickles strip daily, and has since 1990
Simple, quick, tasty, and contemporary recipes to fit the millennial lifestyle Is avocado toast your primary food group? Do you own a small family of succulents? Do you suck at cooking, but thrive at brunch? Well, you might be a millennial that would like this cookbook. Inside, you'll get more than 30 simple recipes that any 20-something can easily make and love. Buy now! Or don't. No pressure.
A sweet ode to dreams of all kinds. If you are the squirrel, I am the tree. If you are the traveler, I am the sea. If you are the writer, I am the nook. If you are the reader, I am the book. In simple poetic language, a child is reassured that no matter what or where they are, they will never be alone.
Big Bear. Little Bear. Big Bear¿s boots. Little Bear¿s boots. Big Bear¿s bed. Little Bear¿s bed. This simple and sweet board book, featuring bold primary-colored art, compares Big Bear and Little Bear and the big and little everyday objects¿boots, teacups, chairs, beds, and more¿they each use in their lives together as parent and child.
A breathtaking collection of work celebrating 125 years of San Franciscös legendary museumThe de Young is San Franciscös oldest art museum, treasured in a unique verdant setting. Beginning as the Golden Gate Park Memorial Museum in 1895, the museum has been a valued center of world art and culture, serving the Bay Area and, increasingly, national and international visitors and scholars. A city museum since 1924, it joined the Legion of Honor in 1972 to become part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, together preserving and exhibiting the most widely inclusive art collections in the city. Over the years, the de Young buildings changed in telling ways, transforming to protect and present a continuously expanding array of objects and their histories.Published to mark the 125th anniversary of the de Young, this volume offers a new path to artworks from across its departmental disciplines: art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; American art; contemporary art and programming; costume and textiles; and works on paper. Poetic themes, curatorial insights, brief institutional histories, and an expanded historical timeline are accompanied by lavish new photography, presenting this beloved museum to audiences today. de Young 125 features a selection of 125 works from around the world that span more than two millennia and convey a shared human experience and creative achievement.
A delicious and fortifying picture book inspired by the author¿s family, featuring the Mexican tradition of holiday tamale-making¿What is the recipe?¿ I ask. Abuela laughs. ¿It is in my heart, Rosie. I use mis ojos, my eyes, to measure. Mis manos, my hands, to feel. Mi boca, my mouth, to taste. My abuela gave it to me, and I am giving it to you.¿ Each year on Christmas Eve, Rosie¿s abuela, mamá, tía, sister, and cousins all gather together in Abueläs kitchen to make tamales¿cleaning corn husks, chopping onions and garlic, roasting chilis, kneading cornmeal dough, seasoning the filling, and folding it all¿and tell stories. Rosie learns from her abuela not only how to make a delicious tamale, but how to make a delicious life, one filled with love, plenty of spice, and family.
Inspired by the classic Tiffany¿s primer on manners for teens and featuring a familiar cast of characters, Terrific Table Manners is a modern take on table etiquette that follows the course of a proper dinner-party meal. Young readers will learn essential amenities such as sending the invite and RSVP, the use for all of those different forks, how to politely sip soup and engage in delightful (not dreadful) conversation, when to graciously dismiss yourself, and writing thank-you notes. Sharing a meal has never been this exciting and funny.
Even the future president of the United States has to wash up, put his toys away, settle down, and go to bedGo to bed, Ted! It¿s time for little Theodore Roosevelt, the future president, to take a bath, quit playing, and put away his toys. Time to stop rough-riding the bed, keep his nightclothes on, and dream big. It¿s tough going to bed every night¿for presidents and kids alike.
Owl just wants some peace and quiet to read his books¿alone. But when the forest youngsters ruffle his feathers, he enlists the local bookshop owner to send him handpicked books to help cope with the chaos and the mess. It¿s not long before Owl discovers Squirrel, and learns that just as important as solitude is, so is companionship and community. Told entirely in letters, this charming picture book celebrates books and bookshops, letter writing and love.
A picture book biography about an ordinary New York City couple and their extraordinary collection of artIn the heart of Manhattan lived a librarian and a postal clerk who loved art so much that they collected it. Over the years, Dorothy and Herbert brought home hundreds of works of art¿from little-known SoHo artists to luminaries such as Chuck Close and Christo and Jeanne-Claude¿to their small, empty-walled apartment, much to the curiosity and delight of their eight cats and tank of fish. Their passion for art and support of artists was so impressive, Dorothy and Herbert became famous themselves. And when they gifted their extraordinary collection to the National Gallery of Art, their art became ours, inspiring new generations of artists.
A picture book of haiku-inspired poems celebrating the four seasonsBeautiful day!Teach me, too, how to fly,mother swallow! In simple, poetic verse, a child observes their world from spring to summer, and autumn through winter, in this gentle ode to the seasons, accompanied by exquisite illustrations.
A comprehensive survey of Arnold Genthe's legendary photography of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fireWhen disaster struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906, photographer Arnold Genthe grabbed a pocket camera and ventured out to document the destruction. Now, over a century later, the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts presents the definitive collection of Genthe's historic photographs. For the first time ever, this important body of work is shown in its entirety with newly printed photographs from ultra-high-resolution scans created from the original negatives, an overview of Genthe's life, a mapping of his journey on that day, and a look at the aftermath of the disaster.
A stunning monograph, depicting the real, unstaged, natural beauty of Californiäs wine industry by a photographer and wine industry insider Behind the polish and the glamour of the tasting room is an industry notable for its complex labor challenges and its constant duel against unforgiving natural conditions. Longtime Napa-based photographer Jimmy Hayes, who has been documenting the California wine industry since 2014, offers an intimate look at the demanding reality and rugged beauty of winemaking. Hayes¿s structural, minimal, and poignant photographs present unromanticized, unscripted beauty and quietly magnificent details from an insider¿s vantage point. To work with wine is to work hard, with one¿s whole body, mind, and heart¿and it¿s in those messy moments where the real beauty lies.
A blackout poetry version of the classic fairy tale "The Little Mermaid," offering a new, spare, and lovely tale of empowerment, body acceptance, and knowing where you belongYou know the story of the Little Mermaid¿the girl who traded her tail for legs, her beloved sea for sand, to land the prince. Or do you? In this refreshingly subversive blackout poetry version of the classic fairy tale, a new and empowering message emerges from the depths: our girl pines for land and that prince, but this daughter of water discovers she loves the sea and her body¿mermaid tail and all¿more.
A little tree, guided by her family circle and forest friends, can't wait to grow tall and strong Little Sap can't wait to grow tall and strong just like her mother and touch the sky. But growing takes time. Luckily for Little Sap, she has her family circle close by and a forest of friends, above and below ground, to help guide her up.
Lyrical account of the day President Obama sang with a grieving nation following the 2015 shooting in a black church in Charleston, South Carolina When nine people were killed in a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, the nation grieved as one, and when President Barack Obama sang "Amazing Grace” during his eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney, it was acknowledged as one of the most powerful moments of his presidency. Singer/songwriter Zoe Mulford was so moved that she wrote the song "The President Sang Amazing Grace,” which was then illustrated by filmmaker and painter Jeff Scher for a video that has been viewed countless times. This book presents the lyrics to the song, Scher's paintings, excerpts from Obama's eulogy, biographies of those who were killed, historical context, and sheet music.
Age range 5 to 7An artistic picture book about an autumn leaf's journey that beautifully evokes the season A lone autumn leaf falls and flies away on a breeze. It travels up and over the world and down again--where it finally lands on the page of a little girl's open book and becomes a keepsake.
This charming book is a story about a boy nicknamed Sparky and his beloved dog, Spike. Spike is the most amazing dog ever. He inspires Sparky to draw. Someday, Sparky will be an artist. Based on the childhood of Charles Schulz, creator of the world-renowned Peanuts comic, and the dog who inspired the most beloved dog of all—Snoopy—this book will resonate with children everywhere. Sparky & Spike includes a biographical note, as well as archival photographs of Sparky and Spike and a letter Charles Schulz wrote to the book's illustrator, Dan Andreasen, when Andreasen was a boy.
In this new book illustrated by award-winning artist and designer Gillingham, a boy gathers a bunch of flowers for a beautiful bouquet for his mother in this simple and sweet story that features a counting element: 10 to 1. Full color.
In this large-format alphabet book, the letters of the English language come alive through the artwork of Austin-based fine artist Halfmann. Children will learn and marvel as their ABCs become members of the animal kingdom, and adults will appreciate the beauty of this gorgeously rendered wordless picture book. Full color.
Illustrations and easy to read text portray a variety of vessels, from houseboats to dredgers, through the course of a busy day on the bay.
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal many ways to show love as a mother owl promises to play with, teach, protect, and care for her baby from sunset to sunrise.
The waterfront is where it all began for San Francisco. It’s where untold numbers of adventurers and fortune-hunters first stepped foot upon the land that embodied possibility. It’s where ships from around the world, carrying sea-faring gold seekers, maritime traders, free-spirited mavericks, and hopeful immigrants, came to anchor. And it’s where the unconventional, opportunistic, and indefatigable embarked. Misfits, Merchants & Mayhem: Tales from San Francisco’s Historic Waterfront, 1849–1934 shares the stories of exceptional newcomers and outliers, whose intrepid spirits helped to transform a small port into one of the most beautiful, unpredictable, and beloved cities in the world.Lee Bruno explores nearly a century of waterfront history, ranging from the Gold Rush to the Jazz Age, telling the tales of the enterprising entrepreneurs, reckless financiers, tireless reformers, visionary architects and city planners, and bohemian artists, musicians, and poets who all heeded the call of promise. With more than 100 historical images, Misfits, Merchants & Mayhem celebrates the famous (and infamous) characters whose charismatic personalities and perseverance created the institutions, businesses, and cultural fabric of San Francisco.
A stylish board book primer featuring the sights and delights of Los Angeles in simple rhyme and gorgeous illustrations. Full color.
A wordless take on the classic tale, Little Red Riding Hood, in which the Big Bad Wolf and other woodland creatures are planning something surprising.
Presents the characters, settings, and computer art of the film, and includes storyboards and commentary from the film's crators.
Smarty Marty's Got Game is an inspirational baseball story that touches all ages and crosses multiple generations. Best-selling author Amy Gutierrez, the San Francisco Giants in-game reporter for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, adds to her heart-warming story with this easy and instructional big league scorebook.
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