Books with title Play Outside!

An energetic toddler thinks up some very exciting things to do. “Can I drive the car?” What does mommy think of these ideas? A simple, gentle, and loving dialogue between a toddler and his mother follows with warm and colorful illustrations and questions and answers that capture toddlers’ attention. Mathew Price was a children’s bookseller before launching as a packager in 1983 and as a publisher in 1998. He is the author of many books for young people including Peekaboo! (Random House). Atsuko Morozumi is the illustrator of The Reindeer Christmas and many children’s favorites, including One Gorilla, which was an American Bookseller Pick of the List and a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book.

10-year-old Lee lives with her family and about a hundred thousand others in a dome that keeps them safe from all the dangers of the Outside. Usually, every day in the dome is pretty much exactly like all the others, but lately, Lee has been feeling restless and unsettled in a way she has never experienced before. Finding out that she is about to become a big sister adds to the disturbances of her usually strict routines, and one night, Lee sees something she was not supposed to. A yearning for something different leads to Lee being forced to spend an entire day in the dangerous and toxic Outside. Can she survive all alone in the wilderness? And what would be worse, being all alone or discovering that she is in fact not alone at all?

Like the garden it portrays, Outside is a baroque wonderland waiting to be explored, a shimmery place of texture, luminosity and colour where time stands still and memories are born. Two internationally acclaimed creators-author Libby Hathorn and artist Ritva Voutila have coupled their dazzling imaginative powers to capture the wonder of childhood in this homage to the magic of a garden.

Like the garden it portrays, Outside is a Baroque wonderland waiting to be explored, a shimmery place of texture, luminosity, and color, where time stands still and memories are born. Two internationally acclaimed creators—author Libby Hathorn and artist Ritva Voutila—have coupled their dazzling imaginative powers to capture the wonder of childhood in this homage to the magic of a garden. Outside is a dazzling wonderland waiting to be explored. It takes the reader on a lyrical, magical journey which captures the sense of wonder that children feel while discovering the simple beauty of the outside world around them.

Fifteen-year-old Elijah Spalding can't drive a car, but, by quirk of law, he can fly an air car, specifically, the rare 2057 T-Bird air car. When Elijah learns that there is a pristine '57 T-Bird air car in the forbidden land of Elisia, he finds a way to slip through the electronic curtain put in place 100 years ago to wall off the Elisians from the civilized world. After an accident leaves him stranded in Elisia, Elijah struggles with his identity as an outsider, both literally and emotionally, as he helps a young Elisian princess save her kingdom.