Books published by publisher Callaway Children's

From Hilary Knight, co-creator of the ever-popular Eloise series, and Charlotte Zolotow, a Caldecott Award-winning author, these two masterpieces of children's literature are relaunched in an unusual 2-in-1 flip-flop edition. Now, they appear for the first time in full color with water colors hand-applied to the original drawings by Hilary Knight himself. In When I Have a Little Girl, a little girl (reminiscent of the irrepressible Eloise) daydreams about when she will have a child of her own. She fantasizes that her daughter will be allowed to do all the things that she could never do. Like wearing a party dress to school every day. Or having a bath only once a week. In When I Have a Little Boy, a little boy imagines how he would behave if he had himself as a father. He gets away with a good deal more than he ever has. He stays up late to hobnob with the adults at his parents' parties. He eats ice cream sundaes all the time and sleeps in the yard whenever he wants. Intended to be read by parents and children together, both stories hold a tender message both about being a child and having a child of one's own.

Wizards, skeletons, spells, sorcerers, and dragons &Mac222;ll this second lavishly produced children's book by acclaimed New Yorker-cover artist Michael Roberts. In verse and in cutout collages, Roberts takes children on a mystical journey through the alphabet from "Abracadabra" to "Zombies." For each letter in the alphabet, Roberts composes a full-page image created with scissors and colored paper. Across from each image, Roberts contributes a poem, ranging from the epigrammatic to the mini-epic. The poem for the letter Y goes like this: I met a yeti in Tibet. Took him home to be a pet. Ate my friends and family. Think he's saving me for tea. Then there's the one about Mabel the witch, the sneezing dragon, Pumpkin Man, and eyeball stew.... Mumbo Jumbo tickles and chills older kids with its witty verse and helps younger children learn the alphabet by matching up letters and pictures.

Crispin is a dignified cat with an undignified lifestyle. He lives with a family that simply doesn't appreciate him. (He feels.) If he's not blamed for things that he didn't do, then he is treated like a toy. Or worse, ignored as if he were a piece of furniture. In this witty picture book, children will be amused by Crispin's arch tone of voice and amazed by the adventures he dreams up in his intrepid, albeit imaginary, quest for an independent life, away from his "tormenting" family. Along the way, children will also learn, together with Crispin, a valuable lesson about the importance of a family's love over more selfish desires. The watercolor collage paintings that run throughout are absolutely magnificent. In each scene Crispin's naughty but lovable character shines as he embroils himself in humorous shenanigans. Children will love picking out all of the details in his varied surroundings. Parents will be delighted that Crispin The Terrible is not only a thoroughly enjoyable book, but touches on a child's first feelings of independence; and, at heart, promotes the message of family love.

Counting up from one to ten is old news -- the real fun is in a countdown! With cool, super-bold illustrations, Start Your Engines takes kids on a joyride through their first numbers. The goofy animal characters, all busy getting their unique four-wheel contraptions ready for the race, engage the reader in their roadway high-jinks while the simple text coasts along with a delightful tongue-twisting twang.

All my life I'll think of you, I promise I will. I won't ever forget you.A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa and his lifelong friendship with a white lion.Bertie rescues an orphaned lion cub from the African veld. They are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion which ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten.