Books with author Carson Ellis

A 2017 Caldecott Honor BookThe creator of Home turns a droll eye to the natural world, with gorgeous art and a playful invented language.Du iz tak? What is that? As a tiny shoot unfurls, two damselflies peer at it in wonder. When the plant grows taller and sprouts leaves, some young beetles arrive to gander, and soon—with the help of a pill bug named Icky—they wrangle a ladder and build a tree fort. But this is the wild world, after all, and something horrible is waiting to swoop down—booby voobeck!—only to be carried off in turn. Su! With exquisitely detailed illustrations and tragicomic flair, Carson Ellis invites readers to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in even the humblest backyard. Su!

Influential artist Carson Ellis makes her solo picture-book debut with a whimsical tribute to the many possibilities of home.Home might be a house in the country, an apartment in the city, or even a shoe. Home may be on the road or the sea, in the realm of myth, or in the artist’s own studio. A meditation on the concept of home and a visual treat that invites many return visits, this loving look at the places where people live marks the picture-book debut of Carson Ellis, acclaimed illustrator of the Wildwood series and artist for the indie band the Decemberists.

The creator of Home explores the astonishing changes in a garden, where insects talk their own mysterious language.In her follow-up to the internationally acclaimed Home, Carson Ellis invites readers to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in the natural world ... even the humblest back garden! With gorgeous, exquisitely-detailed illustration that will appear to children and art-lovers alike, and a wonderfully playful invented language, we soon find ourselves speaking "Bug" ... Du iz tak? What is that?

Du Iz TakThe creator of Home explores the astonishing changes in a garden, where insects talk their own mysterious language. In her follow-up to the internationally acclaimed Home, Carson Ellis invites readers to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in the natural world ...even the humblest back garden! With gorgeous, exquisitely-detailed illustration that will appear to children and art-lovers alike, and a wonderfully playful invented language, we soon find ourselves speaking "Bug" ...Du iz tak? What is that

"Mary-Kate and Ashley -- I dare you to go into the haunted house!" It was Halloween, and our friend Patty was trying to scare us. Ashley and I didn't believe in ghosts, so we took Patty's dare. But when we went into the haunted house -- we saw a ghost with our very own eyes! There was no time to investigate. We had another mystery on our hands. A case of robbery -- where all the suspects were our friends! But then the clues in our new case led us right back to the haunted house! Were our two mysteries turning into one?

Ashley and I were on a ski vacation, and we couldn't wait to hit the slopes -- until we heard the scary legend of Ski Mountain. According to the story, a monster snatched a boy right off the ski slopes! The boy was never seen again.But it was just a story. Or that's what we thought.Until our ski lift stopped mysterious in midair...And the tree outside our cabin was ripped apart...And we found giant footprints in the snow.We were on the case. Was there really a Ski Mountain monster? We were about to find out -- one way or another!