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"'One day last spring, Louis, a butcher, turned into a fish. Silvery scales. Big lips. A tail. A salmon'...Yorinks and Egielski work together as if they were one. Their joint pacing and a variety of verbal and visual viewpoints make Louis the Fish an outstanding and refreshingly unusual picture book." --Starred, School Library Journal
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Mel, an ordinary kid from New Jersey, is walking down the street one day when he trips and lands in another dimension. A pointy dimension! There are pointy dogs, pointy clouds, pointy cars, pointy houses—everything is pointy. When Mel finds his way back home and reports his astonishing discovery, his parents are skeptical. Even his friends don’t believe him. Mel is about to give up, but his next visit to the pointy dimension leads to a topsy-turvy climax and total vindication for our hero. With this hilarious picture book, the matchless team of Yorinks and Egielski makes a triumphant return....
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When Tony falls asleep without finishing his homework, his unruly school tools come to life to get the job done. Pencil and Pen get the story started, along with Eraser, but when Fountain Pen joins in, all ink breaks loose! A little creativity goes a long way, as Tony?s homework turns into a wacky tale about the Planet Splotch. Tony might not be able to hand in this particular assignment, but it deserves an A+ for originality. This imaginative story captures every kid?s wildest dream?homework that does itself! ...
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A trip to the moon with the author of a Caldecott Award winning book! "Quack quack quack quack quack!" That's Quack for "This is a great read-aloud!" This charming and unique book is written in quack--the international language of ducks--by author Arthur Yorinks and illustrated with quilts by textile artist Adrienne Yorinks. Quack! tells the story of a young duck who builds a rocket ship and blasts off for a trip to the moon. But as soon as he leaves, his friends start to miss him. Far away in outer space, he misses them, too. How will he ever get home? Why, with a quack-quack here and a quack-quack there, of course. Children love to imitate animal sounds, and Quack! will quack them up....
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A city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well....
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When Tony falls asleep without finishing his homework, his unruly school tools come to life to get the job done. Pencil and Pen get the story started, along with Eraser, but when Fountain Pen joins in, all ink breaks loose! A little creativity goes a long way, as Tony?s homework turns into a wacky tale about the Planet Splotch. Tony might not be able to hand in this particular assignment, but it deserves an A+ for originality. This imaginative story captures every kid?s wildest dream?homework that does itself! ...
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A creator of the bestselling Mommy? and an acclaimed illustrator will BEWITCH READERS!
Who wants to be a witch’s child?
When a witch wishes to have a child of her own, she creates one from straw and names her Rosalie. But when the witch tries to coax the straw girl into life, she is thwarted at every turn, until finally she abandons her inanimate creation.
Then one day while the witch is away, a young girl wanders into the witch’s house. She befriends Rosalie, but she tarries too long. The witch is coming home! Who will save this young girl?
The haunting and bewitching illustrations by inspired artist Jos. A. Smith dramatically bring to life this poignant and spine-tingling story by Arthur Yorinks.
Praise for Jos. A. Smith
“[Smith’s] watercolor art, embellished with pencil, watercolor pencil, and pen and ink, is dramatic and a perfect complement to the vivid prose . . .” —Kirkus
“Smith’s watercolors masterfully portray all of the characters and scenes . . .” —School Library Journal
Praise for Arthur Yorinks
Author of a Caldecott Award–winning book
“Yorinks moves it all along at a good pace . . . children will enjoy . . .” —School Library Journal
“Yorinks’s droll storytelling talents are perfect . . .” —Publishers Weekly...
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A city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well....
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