Books published by publisher Abbeville Press

Originally commissioned by the Viennese music-hall impresario Emanuel Schikaneder, Mozart's Magic Flute has triumphed over these humble beginnings to become one of the most widely performed and best-loved operas in the international repertory. Over the centuries, Mozart's inspired whimsy and profoundly serious symbolism have been interpreted by artists as varied as Marc Chagall and David Hockney. Now, with elegant verve, Davide Pizzigoni translates Mozart's celebrated musical motifs into such charming visual motifs as quirky faces, extravagant shoes, and unexpected flowers. The new translation of the Schikaneder/Mozart libretto by poet and librettist J. D. McClatchy takes an equally fresh and amusing approach, as does his lighthearted but illuminating introduction. The inventive design of the book stages the opera on the page, giving each reader front-row seats at a dazzlingly original performance.

Describes some of the simple things that bring pleasure to everyday life, including activities such as collecting things, doodling, and counting cars while travelling, and sensory experiences such as the smell of freshly-cut grass or roasting chickens, watching clouds, and tasting fresh bread.Describes some of the pleasures of everyday life, including activities such as collecting things, doodling, and counting cars while travelling, and sensory experiences such as smelling freshly-cut grass, watching clouds, and tasting fresh bread

Those long summer days and weekends spent with our best friends can be among the happiest memories of childhood. But the art of making friends isn’t a skill that is taught in most schools. Teaching children how to be good friends and cultivate healthy friendships is the work of parents, teachers, coaches, ministers, and caring adults. In How to Be a Friend: A Book about Friendship . . . Just for Me!, author, Molly Wigand, introduces children to those values that make for good friendships—loyalty, trust, and honesty—and to how they can become a good friend to others.

Losing a grandparent is often a child’s first experience with grief. The ordeal can be as bewildering as it is painful. Explaining what happens from a child’s-eye view, the little elves in this book depict the difficult days before, after, and beyond a grandparent’s death. They explore the meaning of death and heaven, as well as how to stay close in spirit with a grandparent who has died. With ideas for action and questions for discussion, this creative guide will help you help your grieving child to create comforting memories and find closure.

Growing up in today's fast-paced world can be a land mine for kids. How do they know right and wrong when so much that surrounds them makes so many things seem relative? This book is designed to help children to be thinking in the right direction in terms of right and wrong, as well as give parents and other caring adults a valuable tool to help them in their care for children. With the colorful, helpful Abbey Elves as guides, the book steers children through the turbulent waters of wrong to the peace that comes from doing the right thing.