Creative Editions Fall 2020 Catalog

Table of Contents
Recent Titles 3 Wilderness 11
Where Go the Boats? 4 Lights Out 12–13
Seashell 5 The World Below the Brine 14–15
Knowing the Name of a Bird 6–7 Classic Board Books 16–18
Virginia Was a Spy 8–9 Classic Picture Books 19–27
Me + Tree 10 Ordering Information 28
Cover illustration by Lisel Jane Ashlock from Seashell;

2 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us illustration above by Giovanni Manna from Wilderness
Creative Editions Recent Titles
Egg In the Garden Always, Jackie A Wish Is a Seed

Author: Amy Sky Koster Author: Kate Riggs Author: J. Patrick Lewis Author: Jessica Young
Artist: Lisel Jane Ashlock Artist: Monique Felix Artist: John Thompson Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli
978-1-56846-351-3 978-1-56846-335-3 978-1-56846-307-0 978-1-56846-338-4
Interest level: Age 2 and up Interest level: Age 2 and up Interest level: Age 8 and up Interest level: Age 6 and up
Trim size: 7" × 7" Trim size: 6½" × 10" Trim size: 9" × 11" Trim size: 8½" × 12"
$9.99 Casebound Board $9.99 Board • Page count: 12 $18.99 HC • Page count: 32 $18.99 HC • Page count: 32
Page count: 18 • Color illustrations Color illustrations Color illustrations Color illustrations
My Mastodon Yusra Swims Typewriter

Author: Barbara Lowell Author: Julie Abery Author/Artist: Yevgenia
Artist: Antonio Marinoni Artist: Sally Deng Nayberg
978-1-56846-327-8 978-1-56846-329-2 978-1-56846-344-5
Interest level: Age 8 and up Interest level: Age 6 and up Interest level: Age 8 and up
Trim size: 9" × 11" Trim size: 8¾" × 11¼" Trim size: 10¼" × 10¼"
$19.99 HC C • Page count: 32 $19.99 HC • Page count: 32 $19.99 HC • Page count: 32
Color illustrations Color illustrations Color illustrations
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Where Go the Boats? Known for such classic works as Treasure Island and The Strange Case
of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) was a
Boats set sail and float on, “Away down the river / A hundred miles or
popular Scottish poet, playwright, novelist, and historian.
more,” passing sandy shores and green trees, to be admired by others.
Readers will delight in this fold-out board book edition of Robert Louis Chris Sheban has illustrated a number of notable children’s books for
Stevenson’s classic children’s verse, accompanied here by wistful yet Creative Editions, including Beyond the Stars, What to Do with a Box, I
lighthearted artwork by Chris Sheban. Met a Dinosaur, and A Night on the Range. His work has been honored
with three gold and three silver medals from the Society of Illustrators.
He lives near Chicago.
978-1-56846-352-0
$9.99 Board
Interest level: Age 2 and up
Page count: 12
Trim size: 6½" × 10"
Color illustrations
Pub date: October 2020
*Also available: Beyond the Stars
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Seashell Amy Sky Koster is a children’s book author and editor who has written
many books for Disney and National Geographic. She lives in the San
Delicate and exotic, seashells come in so many beautiful patterns,
Francisco Bay area with her family. This is her second board book for
shapes, and textures, yet they can have surprising uses! Each page of this Creative Editions, after Egg. A third, Coral, will round out this nature-
engaging, casebound board book showcases a different type of shell as themed set.
the text pairs rhyming adjectives to make for a gentle read-aloud. All the
shells—including a sneaky outlier—are identified at the end. A freelance illustrator, Lisel Jane Ashlock celebrates the beauty of the
natural world in every project she undertakes. Her award-winning work
has been featured in magazines, books, ad campaigns, and elsewhere.
She lives in California.
978-1-56846-354-4
$9.99 Casebound Board
Page count: 18
Trim size: 7" × 7"
Color illustrations
Spotted shell. Dotted shell.
*Also available: Egg
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Knowing the Name of a Bird Jane Yolen is the Caldecott Award–winning author of hundreds of
books for children, including What to Do with a Box and Sing a Season
A bird is not defined simply by the name we call it—robin, hawk, pea-
Song, both published by Creative Editions. The Educational Book &
cock, swan. Nor can a bird be reduced to the exact blue of its neck, the Media Association honored her significant literary contributions with its
tint of its red breast, or how it builds a nest. Celebrating all the ways we 2018 Jeremiah Ludington Award.
identify and enjoy winged creatures, this ornithological ode posits that
only the birds themselves are able to give the truest expression of their Canadian artist Jori van der Linde is a graduate of Emily Carr
University of Art and Design. Her previous Creative Editions projects
natures—through their songs.
include Counting on Birds and Phrases of the Moon: Lunar Poems.
978-1-56846-349-0
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Bird
Knowing the Name of a BIRD

A bird is not defined simply by the name
we call it—
Page count: 32
Jane Yolen & Jori van der Linde robin, Hawk,
peacock,
Swan. Trim size: 9" × 11¾"
Nor can a bird be reduced to the exact
blue of its neck, the tint of its red breast,
or how it builds a nest. Celebrating all the

Color illustrations
ways we identify and enjoy winged crea-

Jane Yolen
tures, this ornithological ode posits that
only the birds themselves are able to give
the truest expression of their natures—

through their songs.
Jori van der Linde
*Also available: Sing a Season Song

Virginia Was a Spy Catherine Urdahl is a children’s book author. This is her first book for
Creative Editions. She lives near Minneapolis.
There was no one quite like Virginia Hall. As a girl, Virginia played the
roles of explorer, pirate, and animal collector. And when she grew up, Gary Kelley is an award-winning illustrator. His books include Next
Virginia was a spy! As an American agent working first for the Allies Year, The Navajo Code Talkers, and Harlem Hellfighters, all published by
during World War II and later for the CIA, Virginia had many aliases: Creative Editions. He lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
reporter, milkmaid, cheese-maker, Most Wanted. But who was Virginia,
really? At heart, she was a fighter and a hero. Inspired by true events, this
adventurous, illustrated biography brings to life the story of a one-of-a-
kind woman.
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$19.99 HC
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te. there was no one quite like Virginia Hall.
urer. As a young girl, Virginia played the roles of
explorer, pirate, and animal collector. And

Page count: 32
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Trim size: 9" × 12"

when she grew up, Virginia was a spy! As an
ver. American agent working first for the Allies
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during World War II and then for the CIA,
Color illustrations
Virginia had many aliases: she was a reporter,
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NTED. milkmaid, Most Wanted. But who was
neEr. Virginia, really? At heart, she was a fighter

and a hero. Inspired by true events, this
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adventurous, illustrated biography brings to life
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World War II Heroine
Virginia HalL
Catherine Urdahl
& Gary Kelley
*Also available: And the Soldiers Sang

Me + Tree Alexandria Giardino is a children’s book author whose works include
Ode to an Onion and The Good Song. This is her first book for Creative
A girl new to the city befriends an old tree at the playground. In sharing
Editions. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
their stories and revealing their joys and sorrows, they see into each
other’s lives, discovering, as all true friends do, that being seen and un- Twin sisters Anna and Elena Balbusso are award-winning Italian artists
derstood for oneself is one of the purest expressions of love. And friend- who have illustrated more than 40 books. Their work, known for its
ship, in all its forms, is a balm for healing, a force for wholeness. Renaissance sensibility, has been featured in numerous exhibitions and
galleries around the world, as well as recognized by such organizations
as the Society of Illustrators. This is their second book for Creative
Editions, following 2017’s Make the Earth Your Companion.
spine is 0.4133
978-1-56846-346-9
Me $18.99 HC
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Tree
Alexandria Giardino Anna+Elena Balbusso
A girl new to the city befriends

Page count: 32
an old tree at the playground. In Trim size: 8¾" × 12"
sharing their stories and revealing
their joys and sorrows, they see into Color illustrations

Me + Tree
each other’s lives, discovering, as
all true friends do, that being seen Pub date: October 2020
and understood for oneself is one of
Giardino
the purest expressions of love. And
friendship, in all its forms, is a balm

+
Balbusso Twins
for healing, a force for wholeness.
*Also available: Make the Earth

Your Companion

Wilderness Born in Scotland, John Muir (1838–1914) immigrated to the United
States in 1849. His extensive travels eventually led him to California,
John Muir dedicated the better part of his adult life to advocacy—
where he fell in love with the Yosemite Valley and also found a family
especially for the wild landscapes of the American West. More than 100 with wife Louisa Strentzel and their two daughters. Muir helped found
years after his death, the impulse to protect such irreplaceable natural the Sierra Club in 1892 and penned many letters, essays, and books.
wonders is still strong. Combining some of Muir’s most memorable and
inspirational words with evocative imagery, Wilderness reminds us of our Italian artist Giovanni Manna has created illustrations for more than 80
children’s books. His work has been featured in exhibitions throughout
shared responsibility and inescapable bond. We are global citizens. The
Italy and internationally. A longtime instructor of watercolor, he was
entire universe is home.
awarded the Andersen Prize for best Italian illustrator in 2003.
978-1-56846-347-6
$18.99 HC
Page count: 32
Trim size: 7¼" × 10"
Color illustrations
*Also available: A Year in the Woods

Lights Out A born storyteller, Marsha Diane Arnold is the author of many books
for children; this is her first title for Creative Editions. She makes her
At nightfall, Fox is ready for darkness, but there are lights everywhere:
home in Florida.
blinking lights, flashing lights, blazing lights, flickering lights. As Fox
and Beetle set out across the wide, wide world in search of the Dark of Susan Reagan, a lifelong resident of Ohio, is a children’s book illustrator
Night, they are joined by other desperate creatures. How and where will and fine artist. Her artwork is featured in the Creative Editions board
they ever find Night? This ode to true darkness is a clarion call to turn books You and Me and Simon Says Open the Book.
out the lights—so that all may see.
978-1-56846-340-7
$18.99 HC
Page count: 32
Little Fox peeks out from her den.
Beetle flits above her.
“Lights out!” she barks.

But the lights stay on.
Color illustrations
5
*Also available: The Good Ship

Crocodile

The World Below the Brine American poet Walt Whitman (1819–92) celebrated the wonder and
wildness of both nature and humanity, leaving a towering legacy to the
Below the brine, the salty waters of the sea, is a wonderland waiting to
world with such works as Leaves of Grass. “The World Below the Brine,”
be explored—its wide array of plants and creatures different but not first published in 1860, was later included in the revised edition of
wholly unlike those that can be found on land, in the world above. Leaves of Grass.
Nineteenth-century poet Walt Whitman’s classic verse employs the
language of his day to express a wonder that is timeless, while the James Christopher Carroll is an author, illustrator, and graphic
designer whose picture books include A Song, recently published by
surrealistic imagery of James Christopher Carroll’s art inspires readers
Creative Editions. He lives with his family in upstate New York.
to dive in for a closer look.
978-1-56846-361-2
$18.99 HC
Page count: 32
Color illustrations
*Also available: Afternoon on a Hill

Creative Editions Classic Board Books
board books
Beyond the Stars Fantasy and science com- Crowds of Creatures Six family groups of
bine in this board book that unfolds to reveal different kinds of animals introduce the concept
continuous artwork perfect for display. of collective nouns.
Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Chris Sheban Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi
978-1-56846-336-0 $8.99 Board 978-1-56846-301-8 $7.99 Board
Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 12 Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14
Trim size: 6½" × 10" Color illustrations Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations
Colors of Nature This illustrated conceptual Dig It! Six construction machines are intro-
board book encourages the association of certain duced by their defining features or functions.
colors with the seasons. Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Laszlo Kubinyi
Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Paolo Domeniconi 978-1-56846-237-0 $7.99 Board
978-1-56846-299-8 $8.99 Board Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14
Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations
Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations
Counting on Birds This illustrated con- Dot, Stripe, Squiggle Nine sea creatures
ceptual board book uses the growth cycle of bring the marine world to life in this innovative
songbirds to teach the numbers 1 to 10. introduction to patterns and shapes.
Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Jori van der Linde Author: Sarah Grace Tuttle
978-1-56846-300-1 $8.99 Board Artist: Miriam Nerlove
Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14 978-1-56846-325-4 $9.99 Board
Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 28
16 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Illustration by Monique Felix from In the Garden

Egg Compare and contrast 13 bird species’ eggs On the Farm Six common barnyard animals
in this artfully designed casebound board book. are introduced by their sounds.
Author: Amy Sky Koster Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi
Artist: Lisel Jane Ashlock 978-1-56846-272-1 $7.99 Board
Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations
How Fast Can You Go? Six modes of trans- A Seed Needs Sun A plant’s life cycle is
portation are introduced by their relative speeds. introduced by highlighting what it needs to
Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Nate Williams grow at each stage.
978-1-56846-253-0 $7.99 Board Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi
Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14
In the Garden Whimsy and science combine Shapes All Around Shapes All Around Geometric concepts
Shapes All Around
in this board book that unfolds to reveal a bur- and the natural world are connected through six
Kate Riggs
illustrated by Laëtitia Devernay
geoning garden environment. brightly colored shapes.

Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Monique Felix Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Laëtitia Devernay
Kate Riggs Laëtitia Devernay
Text copyright © 2018 by Kate Riggs Illustrations copyright © 2018 by Laëtitia Devernay
Designed by Rita Marshall Published in 2018 by Creative Editions
P.O. Box 227, Mankato, MN 56002 USA
Creative Editions is an imprint of The Creative Company www.thecreativecompany.us
All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced
978-1-56846-335-3 $9.99 Board 978-1-56846-317-9 $8.99 Board

by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Printed in China
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Riggs, Kate, author. / Devernay, Laëtitia, illustrator.
Title: Shapes all around / by Kate Riggs; illustrated by Laetitia Devernay.
Summary: In this illustrated board book, shapes stand in for the names of natural forms,
creating connections between mathematical concepts and the world around us.
Identifiers: LCCN TK / ISBN 978-1-56846-317-9
Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 12

Subjects: TK

Classification: TK TK—dc23
First edition 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Trim size: 6½" × 10" Color illustrations

ISBN 978-1-56846-317-9 U.S. $7.99
Jibber-Jabber Engaging the senses, the ono- Simon Says Open the Book This bedtime-
matopoeic sounds of 14 animals are introduced themed version of the beloved children’s game
in rhyming or alliterative pairs. leads to a sleep-inducing conclusion.
Author/Artist: Randall Enos Author: Emilia Zebrowska
978-1-56846-315-5 $8.99 Board Artist: Susan Reagan
. Let’s Go Outside Pairs of opposite words Sounds of the Forest Six different animals
Let’s Go Outside
Let’s Go Outside
Kate Riggs Monique Felix

are used in context as readers follow a puppy introduce the atmospheric sounds and actions
on a walk. of an African rainforest.
.
Kate Riggs Monique Felix
Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Monique Felix Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi
978-1-56846-316-2 $8.99 Board 978-1-56846-318-6 $8.99 Board
Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations Trim size: 7" × 7" Color illustrations

Spot, Spike, Spiral Nine extraordinary Under the Sea Common directional words
creatures bring to life more patterns and shapes are paired with ocean life to introduce creatures
of the animal kingdom. and their surroundings.
Author: Sarah Grace Tuttle Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Tom Leonard
Artist: Miriam Nerlove 978-1-56846-302-5 $8.99 Board
Taste the Clouds This illustrated conceptual Wake up, Weather! This illustrated conceptu-
board book encourages imaginative exploration al board book encourages imaginative exploration
of the senses. of weather phenomena.
Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Paolo Domeniconi Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Monique Felix
978-1-56846-285-1 $8.99 Board 978-1-56846-286-8 $8.99 Board
Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations Trim size: 6¼" × 8" Color illustrations
That’s Creepy! Six creepy-crawlies are intro- What to Do with a Box This poetic tribute
duced by the animals’ common traits or behaviors. takes the literal shape of a box to bring an imagi-
Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi native concept to life.
978-1-56846-236-3 $7.99 Board Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Chris Sheban
Time to Build Six common tools are intro- Wild Backyard Six backyard animals are
duced by their use in a construction project. introduced by what and how they eat in their
Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Laszlo Kubinyi microhabitats.
978-1-56846-271-4 $7.99 Board Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi
To the Rescue! Six helpful vehicles are You and Me This warm, poetic work encapsu-
introduced by action words, encouraging lates the balancing act of giving attention to both
kinetic learning. older and younger siblings.
Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Nate Williams Author: Rebecca Kai Dotlich
978-1-56846-288-2 $7.99 Board Artist: Susan Reagan

The Adventures of Pinocchio Will a misbe- Always, Jackie The unbelievable yet true story
having wooden puppet amend his wicked ways of a boy who met his idol and became his friend
in time to become a real boy? for life.
Author: Carlo Collodi Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: John Thompson
Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-307-0 $18.99 HC
978-1-56846-190-8 $35.00 HC Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32
Trim size: 8½" × 11¼" Color illustrations
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer An illu- And the Soldiers Sang Along the infamous
strated edition breathes new life into Mark Western Front, enemies are drawn together by
Twain’s most popular and widely read novel. song in the spirit of Christmas friendship.
Author: Mark Twain / Artist: C. F. Payne Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley
978-1-56846-268-4 $29.99 HC 978-1-56846-220-2 (HC) $19.99 HC
Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 296 978-0-89812-975-5 (PB) $9.99 PB
Trim size: 7½" × 10½" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32
Afternoon on a Hill Imaginative illustrations Bobo’s Smile What’s a clown to do when

conjure a sense of wonder and delight in this the circus shuts down and he loses the ability
celebration of nature. to smile? Bobo goes on a quest to regain his
Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay happiness.
Artist: Paolo Domeniconi Author/Artist: Seymour Chwast
978-1-56846-334-6 $14.99 HC 978-1-56846-221-9 $14.99 HC
Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 8" × 8" Color illustrations
All the World’s a Stage This poetry collec- The Cat Who Invented Bebop A feline
tion explores Shakespeare’s “Seven Ages of Man” saxophonist sets out for jazzy New York, where
to celebrate the theater of human existence. he makes his mark as a cool cat to remember.
Compiler: Lee Bennett Hopkins Author/Artist: Marshall Arisman
Artist: Guy Billout 978-1-56846-152-6 $17.95 HC
Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 40 Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations
Trim size: 10½" × 9½" Color illustrations
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Creative Editions Classic Picture Books
Cheyenne Medicine Hat A mustang mare Dark Fiddler An old gravedigger recounts to
leads a herd of wild horses on an adventurous his young apprentice the tall but true tale of Ital-
journey that unfolds into an uplifting story ian violinist Nicolo Paganini.
of survival. Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Gary Kelley
Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Gregory Manchess 978-1-56846-200-4 $17.95 HC
Trim size: 8¼" × 12¼" Color illustrations
Chicken Wants a Nap A fortunately- Dream Song An evocative poem conjures up

unfortunately tale of a barnyard chicken whose dream-inducing images of fairy-tale wonders in
search for a relaxing spot to nap is repeatedly this wistfully illustrated book.
thwarted––until the rain stops, and the worms Author: Walter de la Mare
come out. Artist: Monique Felix
Author: Tracy Marchini / Artist: Monique Felix 978-1-56846-337-7 $14.99 HC
A Christmas Carol Award-winning artist The Emily Sonnets Sonnets and biographi-
Roberto Innocenti vividly renders the beloved cal notes tell of the reclusive life and literary
Christmas tale in this revised edition. creativity of 19th-century American poet Emily
Author: Charles Dickens Dickinson.
Artist: Roberto Innocenti Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Gary Kelley
978-1-56846-278-3 $29.99 HC 978-1-56846-215-8 $19.99 HC
Trim size: 8⅜" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 8" × 11¼" Color illustrations
Cinderella The classic fairy tale is transplanted Erika’s Story A Jewish woman narrates how
CINDER ELLA
C I N D ER E L L A into the glamorous, stylized world of 1920s her mother was able to spare her from the hor-
CHAR LES PER RAU LT & R OBERTO INNOCENTI
London. rors of the Holocaust as an infant.

Author: Charles Perrault Author: Ruth Vander Zee
Artist: Roberto Innocenti Artist: Roberto Innocenti
978-0-89812-828-4
A GLAMOROUS, 1920s-era style
of illustration helps bring to life the
$7.99 PB 978-1-56846-176-2 (HC) $19.99 HC
classic tale of Cinderella, a poor but
beautiful young woman who wins the
heart of a prince with a little help from
her magical godmother. Inspired by one
Trim size: 7¾" × 11⅜" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 24
of its earliest tellings, from author
Charles Perrault’s 17th-century Tales of
Past Times, Roberto Innocenti’s vision of
this timeless story has won international
Trim size: 10" × 9½" Color illustrations

critical acclaim since its original publica-
tion in 1983.
CR EATIVE PAPER BACKS
ISBN 978-0-89812-828-4 U.S. $7.99
C HAR L ES PER RAU LT & R O BERTO I N NO C ENT I
The Creative Collection of American Etienne Delessert Memory Game This

Short Stories This beautifully illustrated an- classic game gets a fresh treatment with striking
thology spans more than 150 years to spotlight images taken from the books of Etienne Delessert.
17 gems. Artist: Etienne Delessert
Authors: various / Artist: Yan Nascimbene 978-1-56846-262-2 $14.99
978-1-56846-202-8 $28.95 HC Interest level: Age 4 and up Color illustrations
Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 272 Size: 3" × 3" × 6"
Trim size: 7¼" × 10¼" Color illustrations

The Forever Flowers A waylaid grouse dis- A Good Story In this modern parable that
covers the unexpected joys of quietude—and the encourages dreamers to keep on dreaming, an
difficulty of decision-making. acrobatic pig with a penchant for good stories
Author: Michael J. Rosen discovers that he is more than an accountant.
Artist: Sonja Danowski Author/Artist: Zack Rock
978-1-56846-273-8 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-280-6 $17.99 HC
Trim size: 8⅝" × 11¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 10" × 9" Color illustrations
The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea The Great North Woods A celebration of
A timid frog’s journey becomes a modern fairy nature in verse and exquisitely detailed illustra-
tale in this reissued 2014 edition of the 2007 tions, readers here experience a day from dawn
original. through dusk in the Great North Woods.
Author/Artist: Guy Billout Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Michael Rothman
978-1-56846-267-7 $16.99 HC 978-1-56846-275-2 $18.99 HC
Trim size: 9¼" × 8¼" Color illustrations Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations
Full Color No introduction to the colors of The Greatest Table Celebrate the simple and
the rainbow is quite like this one, here reissued unifying act of sharing a meal with this reminder
from a 2008 original in a smaller format. that all have a place at the communal table.
Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert Author: Michael J. Rosen
978-1-56846-266-0 $15.99 HC Artist: Becca Stadtlander
Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 32 978-1-56846-303-2 $19.99 HC
Trim size: 7¼" × 9¾" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32
The Girl in Red Depicting a city as a wilder- Harlem Hellfighters Black Americans from
ness, this modern take offers a twist on the old New York take both the fight and their music to
tale of an innocent girl in a red riding hood. the WWI battlefields of France.
Author: Aaron Frisch Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley
The Good Ship Crocodile A friendly Homer Henry Hudson’s Curio Museum
crocodile acts as a ferry to many stranded animal A mysterious adventurer travels the world for
neighbors, and his good deeds are repaid in full. treasures to add to his unique collection.
Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Monique Felix Author/Artist: Zack Rock
978-1-56846-238-7 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-260-8 $18.99 HC
Trim size: 9¾" × 9¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 10" × 10" Color illustrations

The House In this gorgeously illustrated title, I Still Hate to Read! In this follow-up to the
a country house is rediscovered and reborn at the acclaimed I Hate to Read!, a classroom assignment
turn of the 20th century. unveils a boy’s secret love for books.
Author: J. Patrick Lewis Author: Rita Marshall / Artist: Etienne Delessert
Trim size: 9" × 12½" Color illustrations
How to Draw with Your Funny Bone If— Rudyard Kipling’s encouraging sentiments
This artistic workbook encourages readers that inspired a nation are tenderly portrayed in
to experiment with their own types of visual this illustrated edition of the famous poem.
expression. Author: Rudyard Kipling
Author/Artist: Elwood H. Smith Artist: Giovanni Manna
978-1-56846-243-1 $17.99 HC 978-1-56846-259-2 $19.99 HC
Trim size: 8¾" × 10½" Color illustrations Trim size: 7¼" × 10" Color illustrations
The Hunter In this story of quiet reverence I’m Not a Pig in Underpants Follow a
for nature, a hunter sets out early one morn- series of delightful, poetic clues as a mysterious
ing; when he comes across the deer he has been animal narrator prompts readers to figure out
seeking, he does something unexpected. its identity.
Author: Jan Wahl / Artist: Tim Jessell Author/Artist: Elwood H. Smith
978-1-56846-297-4 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-229-5 $18.99 HC
Trim size: 11½" × 8½" Color illustrations Trim size: 8½" × 10½" Color illustrations
I Am Polar Bear Whatever its name, this It? In this modern fable of imaginative inquiry,
Arctic animal is deserving of human protection a boy befriends an “it,” reaching out to the other.
as it faces extinction in a changing world. Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert
Author: J. Patrick Lewis 978-1-56846-345-2 $19.99 HC
Artist: Miriam Nerlove Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32
978-1-56846-332-2 $18.99 HC Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations
I Met a Dinosaur After a visit to the Museum The Last Resort An artist’s quest to recover
of Natural History, a young girl begins to see the his imagination leads him to a remote seaside
creatures everywhere. hotel visited by some rather remarkable guests.
Author: Jan Wahl / Artist: Chris Sheban Author: J. Patrick Lewis
978-1-56846-233-2 $17.99 HC Artist: Roberto Innocenti
Trim size: 8⅝" × 11⅞" Color illustrations

Lineup for Yesterday Famous poet Ogden Make the Earth Your Companion As
Nash pays entertaining tribute to the greatest picturesque illustrations imbue the poetically
baseball players of the 1800s and early 1900s. inspired images with mysticism, readers are
Author: Ogden Nash / Artist: C. F. Payne reminded to treat the world around us with the
978-1-56846-212-7 $24.99 HC respect it deserves and the care it needs.
Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 56 Author: J. Patrick Lewis
Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations Artists: Anna & Elena Balbusso
978-1-56846-269-1 $18.99 HC
Trim size: 8¾" × 12" Color illustrations
Lineup for Yesterday Baseball Cards A Meeting in the Sky After World War II,
Nash’s classic odes to baseball greats of yore former enemies become friends for life as a result
are presented in a boxed set of full-color com- of a remarkable encounter.
memorative cards. Author: Rina Singh / Artist: Jordi Vila Delclòs
Author: Ogden Nash / Artist: C. F. Payne 978-1-56846-310-0 $19.99 HC
978-1-56846-249-3 $12.99 Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 32
Interest level: Age 4 and up Color illustrations Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations
Size: 6" × 4¼" × 1"
Lola Shapes the Sky Subtly portraying Michelangelo’s World Combining gorgeous
values of both inspiration and function, a photographs with sonnets by poet J. Patrick
cloud fights to be herself amidst criticism in Lewis, this picture book celebrates the Renais-
this allegorical tale. sance master.
Author: Wendy Greenley Author: J. Patrick Lewis
Artist: Paolo Domeniconi 978-1-56846-167-0 $17.95 HC
Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Trim size: 9" × 11" Color photographs
Trim size: 8½" × 10¾" Color illustrations and artwork
The Lonely Pine The Lonely Pine recounts The Million Stories of Marco Polo A
a calendar year in the Arctic life of the world’s scribe recounts to his young neighbor adventur-
northernmost tree. ous tales of the legendary explorer Marco Polo.
Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Etienne Delessert Author: Michael J. Rosen
978-1-56846-214-1 $17.99 HC Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli
Trim size: 11" × 7¾" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32
Trim size: 10¾" × 9¾" Color illustrations
The Long Tall Journey The story of a giraffe Mocha Dick In this spirited sea lore, a
that journeyed from Africa to France in the 19th 19th-century sperm whale becomes infamous for
century, told by the animal. retaliating against those who try to capture him.
Author: Jan Wahl / Artist: Laurent Gapaillard Author: Brian Heinz / Artist: Randall Enos
978-1-56846-230-1 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-242-4 $18.99 HC
Trim size: 9" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 8⅝" × 12" Color illustrations

Moon Theater Every night, the rising moon The Navajo Code Talkers The story of
takes center stage, surrounded by vigilant owls, how bilingual Navajo in the Marine Corps
howling dogs, and other supporting characters. helped the Allies win World War II by devising
Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert the ultimate code.
978-1-56846-208-0 $17.95 HC Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley
Trim size: 8½" × 11" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 32
Mouse Books In these wordless stories, mice The Necklace Master storyteller Guy de
transform books into canvases for their own mini Maupassant’s classic tale of vanity, honor, and
adventures. irony is illustrated like never before.
Author/Artist: Monique Felix Author: Guy de Maupassant
Interest level: Age 3 and up $12.99 HC each Artist: Gary Kelley
Trim size: 6¾" × 6¾" Page count: 32 978-1-56846-193-9 $19.95 HC
Color illustrations Interest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 48
The Alphabet 978-1-56846-226-4
The Boat 978-1-56846-252-3
The Colors 978-1-56846-234-9
The Numbers 978-1-56846-235-6
Next Year Through the drought and dust
The Opposites 978-1-56846-251-6
storms that ravage once-rich farmland during the
The Valentine 978-1-56846-247-9
Dust Bowl, a young boy and his family cling to
The Wind 978-1-56846-227-1
the hope that “next year” will be better.
Author: Ruth Vander Zee / Artist: Gary Kelley
978-1-56846-282-0 $18.99 HC
My Clementine A captain narrates the story A Night on the Range In this story of
of his beloved ship’s extraordinary 50-year life, Western dreaming, a wide-eyed cowpoke and his
from her exotic travels to her eventual resting faithful dog leave indoor comforts behind.
place at the bottom of the sea. Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Chris Sheban
Author/Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-205-9 (HC) $19.99 HC
978-1-56846-323-0 $18.99 HC 978-0-89812-829-1 (PB) $7.99 PB
Trim size: 9" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 10¾" × 9½" Color illustrations
My Mastodon A girl’s friendship with a A Number of Animals As a little chick

mastodon specimen in her family’s Philadelphia searches for its mother among barnyard animals,
museum is tested by impending loss. it involves readers in a simple counting exercise.
Author: Barbara Lowell Author: Kate Green
Artist: Antonio Marinoni Artist: Christopher Wormell
978-1-56846-327-8 $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-222-6 $15.99 HC
Trim size: 9" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations
24 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Spot illustration by Monique Felix from Mouse Books: The Colors
A Number of Animals Nesting Blocks The Riverbank Illustrations accompanying

This set of 10 graduated blocks can be stacked the final paragraph of On the Origin of Species
into a tower nearly 3 feet high. commemorate the 150th anniversary of the
Author: Kate Green book’s publication.
Artist: Christopher Wormell Author: Charles Darwin / Artist: Fabian Negrin
978-1-56846-248-6 $24.99 978-1-56846-207-3 $17.95 HC
Interest level: Age 6 months and up Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32
Size: 5¾" × 5¾" × 5¾" Trim size: 8⅞" × 10⅝" Color illustrations
Nutcracker This unabridged and reissued Rose Blanche One day, a young German girl
edition of Hoffmann’s classic tells of the dreaded follows a truck into the woods, where she discov-
Mouse King, the brave Nutcracker, and a com- ers a terrible secret.
passionate girl. Author: Christophe Gallaz
Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann Artist: Roberto Innocenti
Artist: Roberto Innocenti 978-1-56846-189-2 (HC) $19.99 HC
978-1-56846-313-1 $29.99 HC 978-0-89812-385-2 (PB) $10.99 PB
Trim size: 9½" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 8¼" × 11" Color illustrations
Phrases of the Moon Enhanced by luminous Ruby, Head High Inspired by Norman Rock-
illustrations, this musical ode to the moon glows well’s iconic painting, The Problem We All Live
with magic and mystery. With, this historic story tells of a little girl who
Author: J. Patrick Lewis changed the world.
Artist: Jori van der Linde Author: Irène Cohen-Janca
978-1-56846-311-7 $18.99 HC Artist: Marc Daniau
Trim size: 6½" × 12" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32
Trim size: 8" × 11¼" Color illustrations
Pirates at the Plate Teams of pirates and Sailing the Unknown Travel the uncharted
cowboys inject rowdy adventure into America’s world of the late 1700s with Captain Cook.
pastime in this exquisitely illustrated story. Author: Michael J. Rosen
Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Mark Summers Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli
978-1-56846-210-3 $17.99 HC 978-1-56846-216-5 (HC) $19.99 HC
Trim size: 8½" × 11¼" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 9 and up Page count: 40
Trim size: 11½" × 8⅝" Color illustrations
The Riddle Horse In this gentle riddle of a Seaside Lullaby The cycle of sleep is not
tale, a horse recounts its adventures and riders unlike the seasons by the sea in this gorgeously
throughout the long years of its life. illustrated and dreamy bedtime lullaby.
Author/Artist: Mark Summers Author/Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli
978-1-56846-291-2 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-328-5 $17.99 HC
Trim size: 9" × 9" Color illustrations Trim size: 10" × 10" Color illustrations

Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers Fourteen Storytime Clock This wall clock serves as a
of Marc Chagall’s works are here vividly repro- delightful aid to telling time and as a reminder
duced and accompanied by biographical poems. that any time can be a good time for reading.
Authors: J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen Artist: Etienne Delessert
978-1-56846-211-0 (HC) $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-263-9 $24.99
978-0-89812-974-8 (PB) $12.00 PB Interest level: Age 4 and up Size: 12" round
Trim size: 8" × 11¼" Reproductions
Sing a Season Song The cyclical nature Tuba Lessons A boy venturing through a
of the seasons takes center stage in this poetic forest on his way to a tuba lesson finds himself
tribute to the four periods of the year. giving a concert to an unexpected audience.
Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Lisel Jane Ashlock Author: T. C. Bartlett / Artist: Monique Felix
978-1-56846-255-4 $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-209-7 $17.95 HC
Interest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32 Interest level: All ages Page count: 32
Trim size: 8¼" × 12" Color illustrations Trim size: 10½" × 10½" Color illustrations
A Song Amidst all the noise and distraction, Typewriter A neglected Russian typewriter
listen for the beautiful song the world sings just with a yen for usefulness clicks, clacks, and rings
for you. to life with a new, young owner.
Author/Artist: James Christopher Carroll Author/Artist: Yevgenia Nayberg
978-1-56846-331-5 $19.99 HC 978-1-56846-344-5 $19.99 HC
Trim size: 9" × 11" Color illustrations Trim size: 10¼" × 10¼" Color illustrations
Spartacus the Spider When a little spider The Universe Is a Tree This international
finally devises a way to spin a mighty web, prey is anthology reveals that a tree’s roots not only
his for the catching, but what may be the cost? reach deep into the earth, but its branches also
Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert extend out into the universe, connecting us all.
978-1-56846-213-4 $17.95 HC Author/Artist: Laura Filippucci
Trim size: 8¾" × 12" Color illustrations Interest level: Age 12 and up Page count: 32
Trim size: 8¼" × 107⁄8" Color illustrations
The Stolen Smile In this reissued edition, The Velveteen Rabbit This reissued classic
readers travel back to 1911 Paris, where the Mona returns readers to the magical world of toys.
Lisa has gone missing. Author: Margery Williams Bianco
Author: J. Patrick Lewis / Artist: Gary Kelley Artist: Monique Felix
978-1-56846-281-3 $16.99 HC 978-0-89812-831-4 $8.99 PB
Trim size: 8" × 9¾" Color illustrations Trim size: 7¾" × 11³⁄8" Color illustrations

We Are Brothers In this moving coming-of- A Year in the Woods Excerpts from Thoreau’s
We AreBrothers
We Are Brothers Yves Nadon Jean Claverie
YVES NADON age story, warm pastel illustrations lend a timeless 1854 work Walden, which still serves as a guide
JEAN CLAVERIE
quality to youthful trepidation and triumphant

Every summer, two
brothers swim to the rock, and

to living fully and deliberately, are here accompa-
achievement.
one jumps off. But this summer, it’s
time for both of them to take the

nied by idealistic, wistful paintings.
leap. In this moving coming-of-age
Author: Yves Nadon / Artist: Jean Claverie

story, a younger brother discovers
newfound power, courage, and joy,

Author: Henry David Thoreau
$18.99 HC Artist: Giovanni Manna
thanks to the support of his older
978-1-56846-292-9
brother—and the persuasiveness of
his own imagination.

What to Do with a Box Celebrate the magi- Yusra Swims An inspiring, poetic biography
cal wonders of the common cardboard box, as of Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer Yusra
imagined by enterprising children. Mardini.
Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Chris Sheban Author: Julie Abery / Artist: Sally Deng
978-1-56846-289-9 $18.99 HC 978-1-56846-329-2 $19.99 HC
Trim size: 8¾" × 10½" Color illustrations Trim size: 8¾" × 11¼" Color illustrations
What to Do with a String Snag the spirit

of adventure, and lasso the limitless horizons of
imagination in this sequel to What to Do with
a Box.
Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: C. F. Payne
978-1-56846-322-3 $18.99 HC
Trim size: 8¾" × 10½" Color illustrations
Where Do I End and You Begin? This

rhythmic poem employs a thought-provoking
refrain to introduce the concept of intercon-
nectedness.
Author: Shulamith Oppenheim
Artist: Monique Felix
978-1-56846-274-5 $17.99 HC
Trim size: 9¾" × 9¾" Color illustrations
A Wish Is a Seed A poetic celebration of the

power and potential of hope, borne like a tiny
seed that drifts on the wind.
Author: Jessica Young
Artist: Maria Cristina Pritelli
978-1-56846-338-4 $18.99 HC
Trim size: 8½" × 12" Color illustrations
Illustration by Sally Deng from Yursa Swims www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 27

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Table of Contents

Recent Titles 3 Wilderness 11

Where Go the Boats? 4 Lights Out 12–13

Seashell 5 The World Below the Brine 14–15

Knowing the Name of a Bird 6–7 Classic Board Books 16–18

Virginia Was a Spy 8–9 Classic Picture Books 19–27

Me + Tree 10 Ordering Information 28

Cover illustration by Lisel Jane Ashlock from Seashell;

Egg In the Garden Always, Jackie A Wish Is a Seed

My Mastodon Yusra Swims Typewriter

Illustration above by Antonio Marinoni from My Mastodon www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 3

*Also available: Beyond the Stars

4 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us

Spotted shell. Dotted shell.

*Also available: Egg

www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 5

Interest level: Age 6 and up

or how it builds a nest. Celebrating all the

Pub date: October 2020

tures, this ornithological ode posits that

only the birds themselves are able to give

the truest expression of their natures—

*Also available: Sing a Season Song

www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 7

rer. Interest level: Age 8 and up

urer. As a young girl, Virginia played the roles of

explorer, pirate, and animal collector. And

Trim size: 9" × 12"

ver. American agent working first for the Allies

NTED. milkmaid, Most Wanted. But who was

neEr. Virginia, really? At heart, she was a fighter

Pub date: October 2020

maker. the story of a one-of-a-kind woman.

*Also available: And the Soldiers Sang

8 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us

A girl new to the city befriends

their joys and sorrows, they see into Color illustrations

each other’s lives, discovering, as

the purest expressions of love. And

friendship, in all its forms, is a balm

for healing, a force for wholeness.

*Also available: Make the Earth

10 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us

*Also available: A Year in the Woods

www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 11

out the lights—so that all may see.

Trim size: 11" × 9"

*Also available: The Good Ship

12 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us

*Also available: Afternoon on a Hill

www.thecreativecompany.us CREATIVE EDITIONS 15

16 CREATIVE EDITIONS www.thecreativecompany.us Illustration by Monique Felix from In the Garden

geoning garden environment. brightly colored shapes.

978-1-56846-335-3 $9.99 Board 978-1-56846-317-9 $8.99 Board

Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 12

Interest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14