Books published by publisher Pomegranate Press

In artist Charley Harper s Birducopia, a wealth of birds, animals, trees, and plants are ingeniously portrayed, creating a complete environment of a woodsy park. Each creature and plant is extracted from the larger painting and silhouetted on the pages of What s in the Woods? The accompanying rhyming text by Zoe Burke imagines a walk through the park, identifying the flora and fauna along the way. The journey ends with a foldout page of the complete image, with a key identifying all the animals and plants.The first in Pomegranate s series of Charley Harper Nature Discovery Books, What s in the Woods? offers a unique opportunity to learn about nature and to examine how an artist interprets its details, beauty, and wonder.

Edward Gorey's mordant masterpiece The Wuggly Ump charts the fate of three wholesome children whose happy days weaving chains of flowers are cut short when the mysterious Wuggly Ump hurtles from its den in search of tasty tots. Set to deceptively pleasant rhymes and illustrated in Gorey's inimitable style, this lighthearted and mildly unsettling cautionary tale has delighted legions of Gorey fans since its first publication in 1963. This brand-new edition is a faithful reproduction for old and new fans alike to treasure.

Celebrate the seasons with your feathered friends! Spot nesting blue jays in spring, and hoot hoot with an owl in winter. Artist Molly Hashimoto's bright bird prints and author Zoe Burke's rhyming text guide young birdwatchers through the year. A review section at the end of the book names each bird and helps little ones learn the seasons and months of the year.

It's a simple idea—no instruction manual required. But you'll be astounded seeing amazing designs take shape before your eyes as you move the blocks around in countless ways. Believe it or not, there are more than 2.8 trillion possible arrangements just with each block in the same position relative to the next! If you start changing the order of the blocks, rotating them, or (gasp!) stacking them, the possibilities must number in the gazillions! Clearly you could spend the rest of your life arranging and rearranging the blocks, although we don't really recommend you do that. We do, however, recommend unleashing your creativity with Design Blocks whenever the urge strikes. What superfabulous pattern will you make next?

The third book in Pomegranate's successful Nature Discovery Series, Charley Harper's What's in the Coral Reef? explores the abundance and variety of coral reef sea life. Zoe Burke's rhyming text introduces young readers to fifty different reef dwellers the Foureye Butterflyfish, Manta Ray, Staghorn Coral, Flamingo Tongue Snail, and more. All are depicted with colorful images taken from Harper's painting The Coral Reef, which illustrates various creatures inhabiting Caribbean reef preserves. The entire painting is reproduced on a foldout page at the end of the book, with a key identifying all the featured marine life.

Paul Heussenstamm’s vibrant sacred art incorporates principles of many religious traditions, among them Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity. His signature motif is the mandala, a mystic symbol that for him, “has opened the doorway into the symbolic language of the soul.”Mandalas, which are typically circular and geometric in form, often represent wholeness or unified energy. Mandalas have played a role in Eastern spiritual development for centuries and are widely favored as meditational focal points because of their balancing and calming effects.Heussenstamm (American, b. 1949) is a fourth-generation artist and a practitioner of the Eastern tradition of transmission, in which a painting travels through the artist. He is also a teacher, regularly holding mandala-painting workshops around the world and at his Laguna Beach, California, studio so that others may discover their spiritual path through art.

Following the success of Charley Harper s What s in the Woods?,Pomegranate continues the Nature Discovery Book series with this journey through a rain forest. Zoe Burke s rhyming text introduces young readers to thirty different species of rain-forest dwellers birds, butterflies, lizards, monkeys, and more. All are depicted with colorful images taken from Harper s painting Monteverde, illustrating the various creatures inhabiting Costa Rica s Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve. The entire painting is reproduced on a foldout page at the end of the book, with a key identifying all the featured creatures.Besides being fun to read, What s in the Rain Forest? provides a great opportunity for children to learn about nature while also seeing how an artist interprets its diversity and beauty.

From the Introduction: Carl Larsson (1853 1919) was a Swedish artist who painted many portraits and book illustrations, but he is remembered above all for the watercolor paintings he made of his wife and children at home. He could paint an empty room, or he might paint a room crowded with kids in fancy costumes. Carl's wife, Karin, was an artist too, and their house was full of flowers, books, and painted furniture designed by the two artists.You will find twenty-two of Carl Larsson's pictures in this coloring book. They are shown as small pictures on the inside front and back covers. When you color in the line drawings, you could copy the originals or you could try out some color combinations of your own. For instance, the white dress Martha Winslow is wearing in picture number 8 might be red when you're done coloring it! We've left the last page of this coloring book blank so that you can make a picture of your own maybe of your favorite room?One forty-eight page 8 1/2 x 11 inch book with twenty-two images to color. Each illustration is reproduced in a small, color version of the original artwork and as a full-page black line drawing. Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed. Published with Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.