Books published by publisher Handprint

This lively board book marks the debut of Handprint's Nursery Play-Along Classics. This just-right-for-lap-time title features not only whimsical illustration and full text of a nursery favorite, but also an engaging picture-story expanding on the verse, and clear visual instructions to allow a parent to actively share the material in delightful, playful interludes with young listeners. Our earliest awareness of language often comes from chanting beloved nursery rhymes. Equally important, they provide hours of fun—to recite, to act out, to extend into imaginative stories. The Nursery Play-Along Classics, illuminated in soft pencil and pastel hues, are the perfect and most enjoyable way to introduce these essential texts to babies and young toddlers.

Who's that scratching at the door? Is it a naughty red monkey? A tall orange giraffe? Maybe it's a scary yellow lion... A menagerie of colorful animals come knocking on a little boy's door but none makes a suitable playmate--the blue birds are just too noisy, the white mouse is just too tiny--until a sniffy, licky, cuddly puppy appears. Following the success of Do Crocodiles Moo? and Are Chicken Stripy?, Amanda Leslie has created another bright and bold book that doubles as a riotous question-and-answer game. Colors, animal names, simple adjectives, and lots of animal noises add to the fun this book, which children will revisit again and again.

PiggyWiggy’s latest exploits span all seven continents as he travels to sites remote and exotic, spectacular and dangerous—and always hilarious. From the depths of the jungle to the top of Mount Everest, PiggyWiggy sets out to explore all the things he might do on his whirlwind tour. Of course, all of his favorite toys are in tow—especially the always faithful Teddy—in bright, appealing scenes that unfold for the reader in every direction. A wonderful companion to Goodnight PiggyWiggy and Bathtime PiggyWiggy.

Who but this author and artist could see a rhinoceros in a train locomotive or a kangaroo in a baby carriage? With perfect accord this creative team from very different parts of the world see the possibility of animals in stripes, spots, dots, and rows. With quirky energy and electric imagination, a gifted poet and a brilliant artist cast a sharp eye on design and transportation in a new pair of Animagicals titles. In each book, twelve poems pose riddles that are answered in twelve full-page, fold-out paintings of animals, each portrayed with humor, empathy, and sensitivity. Whether it's comparing a dragonfly with helicopter in the On the Go, or describing the titles on a turtle's shell in Patterns, Animagicals engage the mind and delight the eye of both children and adults.

History homework getting you down? Too much to learn? Names? Dates? Important events? Hang in there! Help is on the way! Adroitly reducing reams of boring data about our nation’s past to a generous selection of over-the-top verses, Carol Diggory Shields presents our history with incisive hilarity. Here, for example, is her wry interpretation of the Louisiana Purchase: Tom Jefferson went shopping for a city one fine day Something in the South with a harbor or a bay, “Voila!” said the French, “The city of your dreams! For only 15 million, we will sell you New Orleans.” Nutritionally balanced, guaranteed pure, 100% refreshing, and cleverly distilled future BrainJuice topics will include biography, literature, and geography.

Karen Baicker's can-do heroine is back. This time, instead of figuring out what she has to learn, as she did in I Can Do It Too!, she is teaching her young sibling everything she thinks he needs to know. From banging a spoon on the back of a pan for music to march by to spitting straight into the sink when it is tooth-brushing time, the big sister is very busy—so busy that it takes a while for her to realize that her little brother can do something she cannot! Ken Wilson-Max's vivid, posterlike illustrations and Karen Baicker's simple, family-friendly poetry make this reading pleasure for toddlers, their older siblings, and the grown-ups who love them.

Peering through the die-cut, mouse-sized holes, young readers will find themselves in a madcap world in which a mouse wants some cheese and a cat wants the mouse. In staccato rhyming couplets and pictures that seem to move at the speed of a hungry cat chasing a clever mouse through the house, children will find this fresh and funny version of a near-classic story, one they will look at and laugh over again and again.

PiggyWiggy, the energetic young hero of Goodnight PiggyWiggy and Fire Fighter Piggywiggy, now appears in a pair of bright, engaging board books! The fun continues when PiggyWiggy decides to make Teddy laugh. He dresses up in a pair of baggy Red trousers, a crazy Purple hat, and a pair of long Orange suspenders. What is PiggyWiggy dressing up to be? Colors and numbers, as seen through the exploits of this endearing young pig, have never been so much fun! Young readers will absorb them as effortlessly as they have taken PiggyWiggy into their hearts.

Tickle, tickle, tickle! Tickle Teddy’s nose.Tickle, tickle, tickle! Tickle paws and toes. Fur, leather, satin, and felt of the highest quality are featured on every spread, resulting in a really special tactile book. David Ellwand’s signature photographs showcase classic teddy bears with animation and humor.Bold-colored backgrounds, an oversized format, and extra sturdy board make for a striking present with real durability and value for the money.

A fabulous felt read-and-play kit!Humpty Dumpty falls off the wall, the dish runs away with the spoon, and Little Miss Muffet is afraid of a spider. All these favorite nursery rhymes and more are portrayed with a cutting edge in Sara Anderson’s vivid, color-saturated cut-paper collages.A felt play kit like no other, comprising a board book, 35 full-color easy-to-stow-and-keep felt pieces, and a generous foldout felt playboard. A game-board wheel adds to the fun, allowing the reader to choose which nursery rhyme to read next.

Mysteriously arresting images and delightfully intriguing verse - compel readers to open the flap to reveal... an Animagical. Award-winning, best-selling poet Carol Diggory Shields matches talents with a young artist who casts a unique eye on the world, Svetlan Junakovic. The results are exuberantly witty, astonishingly unexpected, and always wonderful. Each title sports twelve spreads, twelve verses with an Ogden Nash-like whimsy, and twelve visual surprises. Deceptively simple and devilishly complex-these are books that everyone from toddlers to adults can crow about.