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Night after night, a father spins a new, fantastical bedtime story for his daughter from the other end of the telephone.

A six-year-old boy loves nothing more than spending time with Luis, his immigrant grandfather, who teaches the boy about birds, plants, and the natural world.

A beautiful, sensitive picture book about being able to say goodbye to those we love, while holding them in memory.

Bear and Wolf become unlikely companions one winter's evening when they discover each other out walking in the falling snow.

An expansive collection of love letters to books, libraries, and reading, from a wonderfully eclectic array of thinkers and creators.

A stirring, beautiful picture book about the comfort and happiness that arrive when we no longer feel entirely alone.A long, long time ago, in a far, far corner of the universe, there lived a lonely little star. One day, a comet appearsis this finally the star's chance to make a friend?Inspired by Halley's comet, this picture book is about the moments of connectionhowever brief or rarethat give us the joy and hope to shine bright across the vast universe.

A bear cub sets out to discover the world—with a little encouragement from a nearby parent—in this charming picture book from the author-illustrator of New York Times Best Illustrated Book Bear Despair.The best way to explore the world is on all fours! With its four little feet, a curious bear cub dances across pebbles, feels the tickling grass, splishes and splashes in puddles—so delightful are the cub's encounters that even prickly weeds or a little tumble are just part of the adventure! From sensory experience to sensory experience, the bear cub goes on a journey of discovery and surprise that leads it far away from where it started. Perhaps even too far away? Help!! But the moment of panic is soon resolved when the cub is lifted up by two loving arms, into a big hug from a parent.From acclaimed illustrator Gaëtan Dorémus, a charming and playful, brightly colored picture book about exploration, play, growing independence, and parental comfort and support.

A blackout leads two teens to discover the intimacy and vulnerability that can only be shared in darkness, in this fully illustrated YA novella from celebrated Angolan author Ondjaki.

A beautiful meditation on going to the park to play¿which extends into a reflection on life itself¿from Booker-longlisted Sara Stridsberg and the inimitable Beatrice Alemagna.

From NYT Best Children's Book author Bruce Handy, a luminous picture book that invites careful observation of light and shadow in the natural world, as well as in our own emotional landscape.

A boy's usual routine is shaken up by the sudden appearance of a bear in this award-winning Danish picture book about embracing surprise, adapting to change, and welcoming new friendships.

Magic gives three children the power to change their appearance and reinvent a world, but soon a a fierce young Huntress and a mechanical lion-dragon named Clinker are hunting them down and will not rest until every magician is vanquished.

Despite his best intentions, Giovanni cannot help but get distracted by the interesting world around him.

"Bernardo the frog loves dawn, and the birdsong that carries the woods into each new day. But it's the very beauty of birdsong that also highlights for him the insufficiency of his own croaking voice, and this makes him sad."--

"Between 1955 and 1958, children across Italy sent in their questions to a newspaper column for Gianni Rodari, these works are his answers, with facts in the form of rhymes, short stories, and poems."--

The sun shows a young boy the world from her perspective, while he shares his hopes and dreams with her, and he returns home knowing that an inner cosmic light lies within him.

"e;Burgess describes Haring discovering Robert Henri's The Art Spirit in college (';He felt as if the book was speaking directly to him'), encountering the large paintings of Pierre Alechinsky (he was ';blown away'), and recognizing a common impulse in dancers at the West Village's Paradise Garage (';For Keith, drawing and painting were like dancing. He called it ';mind-to-hand flow''). Cochran uses a thick black line to suggest Haring's creations, and renders figures in a Haring-esque style without seeming gimmicky. Of interest to young readers are Haring's frequent efforts to involve children in mural-making projects. The story, including a respectful acknowledgement of Haring's death from AIDS, makes the subject seem immediate and realand presents a compelling vision of answering the call to create."e; Starred Review, Publishers WeeklyI would love to be a teacher because I love children and I think that not enough people respect children or understand how important they are. I have done many projects with children of all ages. Keith HaringTruly devoted to the idea of public art, Haring created murals wherever he went.From Matthew Burgess, the much-acclaimed author of Enormous Smallness, comes Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring. Often seen drawing in white chalk on the matte black paper of unused advertising space in the subway, Haring's iconic pop art and graffiti-like style transformed the New York City underground in the 1980s. A member of the LGBTQ community, Haring died tragically at the age of thirty-one from AIDS-related complications. Illustrated in paint by Josh Cochran, himself a specialist in bright, dense, conceptual drawings, this honest, celebratory book honors Haring's life and art, along with his very special connection with kids.

Visually stunning, tactile, and mesmerizing, this graphic novel is a debut at the summit from a self-taught Argentinian visionary.Lorenzo isn't happy about moving. But in his new room, he finds an old desk with what seems likes hundreds of drawers. Each even has its own smell! Deep inside the desk, he finds a book and begins to read. When he looks up, he sees all kinds of curious things. Has the book come to life? Or is it something else? This is a graphic novel about observation, imagination, and the many incredible lenses through which everyday experience might be perceived if you read.Guillermo Decurgez, ';Decur,' was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1981. He is a self-taught cartoonist and illustrator, and the author of Merci!, Pip cuc, Semillas 1, and Mi cajn favorito. His work has been published in the newspapers La Nacin and La Posta Hoy, and in the magazines Orsai, Fierro, free lyrics, Ineditadas, and . He has also illustrated ';Cents del globe 3,' the board game ';The Switcher,' the ';Mrs. Holle' stories, ';El poroto mgico,' ';The almost perfect crime,' and ';Ivan, the Fool.' His paintings have been exhibited in France, Spain, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, La Rioja, Buenos Aires, and Rosario. Decur's English-language graphic novel debut, When You Look Up, will published in 2020 from Enchanted Lion Books.

Marcus' joy over his new pair of shoes reminds his grandfather of an old story about a boy named Ariba who has the most unusual relationship with an extraordinary pair of shoes. Because no matter how many times Ariba tries to get rid of his shoes, they always seem to find their way back to him. After all, why would shoes caked, baked and layered with stories ever want to find a new owner? For in life, just as we claim a few precious things as our own, there are also those rare things that claim us.

This thought-provoking,  playful picture book from NYT Best Children's Book author Bruce Handy and Ezra Jack Keats Award winning illustrator Ashleigh Corrin plays with the idea of how life would be if certain of the things we love most were no longer here.What if one day, all the birds flew away? Mornings would be quieter. Skies would be plainer. Worms could relax. What if there were no more bugs? What if there ceased to be day and night? By asking how our world would change if it lacked birds, water, or people, and how we would feel about that, this playful text from Bruce Handy (The Happiness of a Dog with a Ball in Its Mouth), accompanied by joyful art from Ashleigh Corrin (Layla's Happiness), invites readers to celebrate the beauty and wonder of existence, and all that makes our world what it is. So often, our gaze is on the future, on that better world to come, but what if the world as it is—with light and water, salt, earth, and animals, plants and insects, air and stars and French fries—is sufficient, and it is only us who have not known how to cherish it, or to love it all well enough? This book reminds us that all we need is here, if only we attend!

In this dark, genre-defying picture-book adaptation of Snow White, acclaimed artist Beatrice Alemagna tells the story from the point of view of the jealous stepmother queen, to complicate the question of goodness and set into high relief the shadow side, with its capacity for evil, of human life.Shortlisted for the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative's Translated Young Adult Book Prize!Once upon a time, a child was born with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony: the princess Snow White. She is possessed of beauty and innocence, but there in the shadows lurks a queen who will remarry her widower father, a queen who is as empty and envious, as narcissistic and fractured as is every life that gets stuck in the endless reflecting pool or mirror of the self. Void of love, it is hatred that animates her. But like all true fairy tales, this story doesn't ask us to judge and condemn the queen and her hatred, but rather to consider the kinds of behaviors and situations that invite evil, and where true innocence or goodness might lie. Following the first-person account of the queen, this picture book for older readers illuminates her blinding obsession and insatiable jealousy, right up to the point of her violent undoing.This large format picture book is made up of a repeating pattern of text and image: each double spread of text is followed by four striking full-spread paintings, which are as riveting as they are unsettling. A bold adaptation of the Grimm's original text, this version of Snow White brilliantly puts us all in touch with the messy, shadowed, fraught, and fragile inwardness we each possess. This is the second book to appear under Unruly, an imprint of picture books for older readers, and will include an author's note and a short note to readers about how it continues to build this experimental framework of visually complex, sophisticated picture books for teens and adults.

From the superb, creative duo behind Drawing on Walls, A Story of Keith Haring comes this heartfelt story about the loss of a beloved grandparent that yet centers enthusiasm, adventure, and an ebullient creativity rarely seen in books about loss. Some letters can’t be delivered in the usual way… but Sylvester has a plan: if it's couriered by some energetic parachutists, a train speeding through the jungle, and a river packed with piranhas and pink dolphins, his letter is sure to reach its final destination.What makes this letter so important?  Well, Sylvester wrote it for his beloved G.G. (Greatest Grandma), whom he's missing, and it's filled with happy memories and loads of love. G.G. may be gone, but she’s still Sylvester’s favorite person—the most pickle-loving and fun person he knows! This is a gorgeously illustrated picture book (evincing special, bold colors) about how love, humor, and imagination connect us to each other across life and death, and serve to keep alive the spirit of those who are no longer with us.