Books published by publisher Handprint

In the successful tradition of This Little Piggy Went to Market and Pat-a-Cake, here is a new Nursery Rhyme Play-Along Classic—a joy to read aloud, to feast the eyes, to chant together, and to use in interactive play. Illustrated with soft pencil drawings in tender shades of pastels, this is a beguiling book just right for babies, toddlers . . . and their parents!

When your pets are home alone, are you sure they're really there? Really?Put yourself in the position of a beloved pet whose family has just installed a new pet door to the backyard. But instead of the backyard, there's a teeming city populated entirely by pets. The stores, restaurants, and theaters, the public transportation, the museums, parks, and municipal services are run by a huge assortment of well-dressed cats, dogs, rabbits, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, ferrets, turtles, fish, and parrots. It is wonderful, but all too soon, it is time to go home. There is one very large problem -- how do you get there?In myriad, strikingly detailed and richly hued illustrations, sister-and-brother team Susanne Santoro Whayne and Christopher Santoro present a highly original, good- humored parallel universe for all young readers to visit, explore, enjoy, and then revisit.

A band of mice bringing cake to a party must navigate their way past strangers who want to nibble, munch, and gobble up their prize in this romp of a pop-up adventure. A huge helping of food, a generous dollop of humor, an enormous measure of fiendishly clever paper-engineering: David Pelham has discovered the recipe of success with more than one million copies of his food novelty titles sold worldwide-and even more well-satiated readers. Whether given as a birthday gift that hits the spot or snapped up as an impulse high-fun/lo-cal snack, A PIECE OF CAKE delivers satisfaction right to the last crumb.

PiggyWiggy imagines just waht he would do if he were a fire fighter: With faithful Teddy at his side, PiggyWiggy slides down the pole in the firehouse, climbs tall ladders, and drives a glorious red fire truck. But what would PiggyWiggy do in a real emergency? Isn't it wonderful that PiggyWigg knows how to call a real-life fearless fire fighter? Goodnight Piggywiggy showed this endearing young hero considering career options before drifting off to sleep. Fire Fighter PiggyWiggy shows him actually exploring one. In exuberant colors and a delightfully simple text, Christyan and Diane Fox give young readers a great sense of the fire fighter's world from the clothes to the firehouse to the irresistible red truck!

Whenever he is in the tub, PiggyWiggy, that inveterate planner of careers, likes to think about what he could do if only he were able to spend more time in the water. Could he become a long-distance swimmer? The pilot of a lifeboat? The captain of a submarine? Whatever it might be, young readers will see PiggyWiggy in action, for the generously oversized, pull-out pages graphically, colorfully, and energetically illustrate PiggyWiggy carrying out his dreams of the future.

Anyone can pour juice, bake a cake, and kiss away hurts—right? But maybe—just maybe—it’s not so easy when you are very small!Daddy pours juice without even thinking about it, Grandma bakes a cake effortlessly, and the next-door neighbor rides a bike as if he were born on one! Whatever is happening, our little heroine wants to join in and “do it too.” With caring support from her family and many friends, she not only finds she can do it too, but soon she is big enough to pass on loving encouragement of her own. The simple cadence of the text and the direct-to-the-heart art result in a book as warm and generous as its message.

Yo-ho-ho! The appealing little pig and his friends are swashbuckling through the seven seas!PiggyWiggy, who’s always exploring new career paths, now adds pirate to his adventures fighting fires and exploring outer space. He and his friends, including his beloved Teddy, don kerchiefs and eye patches, hoist the skull and crossbones, and set sail to a desert island, on the lookout for buried treasure. Will they find it? Of course they will—but young readers may have to redefine buried treasure!

Rosie is haunted by monster nightmares. Waking up in a pool of sweat, she is bound and determined to confront her fears. Her solution is so deft and clever, missing a deep knowledge of childhood, exuberant energy, and…a kiss, that it will leave young readers cheering and, more important, armed with some of the tools to tackle their own night monsters. Philip Waechter, the creator of the wonderfully all-too-human hero bear in Me!, now shows an equally keen and sensitive appreciation of the dilemmas of childhood. In Rosie he has created a feisty and courageous little heroine, who can stand proudly next to William Steig's Brave Irene and Kevin Henke's Lily.