Books published by publisher Lemniscaat USA

Getting dressed can be an adventure! After taking a bath, a boy must put on his clothes—but where are they? Children as well as adults will recognize the mystery of the lost sock. Author-illustrator Marijke ten Cate turns this universal theme into a lively hide-and-seek picture book. Each colorful spread is full of captivating characters at play. Look closely, and you will see clothes hidden among the jumble of images and objects. The illustrations are accompanied by a simple text (“Where is my yellow sock?” “Where is my red sweater?”). The more a child looks at the book, the more he or she will discover.

In this second book of the series, Lily and Trooper greet summer with a big "Hooray!" They jump on a bicycle and head for the beach, where they catch a fish. In a meadow they pick wildflowers and unwittingly attract a swarm of bees, sending them into a pond for shelter. By day's end they are so tired they stretch out on top of the covers and fall fast asleep.

In this third book of the series, Lily and Trooper discover the wonders of fall. As they wake up they see leaves fluttering by the window and realize that autumn pleasures await. First they jump in a pile of leaves. When it begins to rain, they turn an umbrella into a sailboat. Later they fly a kite and crash their wagon into a leaf pile. That night they fall asleep reading a story about a girl and her dog.

Giving outlines and suggesting images from Ingrid and Dieter Schubert's The Umbrella, The Umbrella Doodle Book is like having the Schubert's create art collaboratively with you. In The Umbrell,a a little dog finds an umbrella in the garden on a windy day. The moment the dog picks up the umbrella, it catches the wind and pulls the dog skywards. This is the start of a fantastic journey around the world. The wind carries the umbrella and the dog all over the world, from the desert to the sea, from the jungle to the North Pole. Now Ingrid & Dieter Schubert invite everyone to paint, draw and color with them and make their own Umbrella excursion. Can be combined with the picture book The Umbrella or used separately.

Autumn is in the air when Mouse sets out to gather nuts from the distant nut tree she has spotted from her hilltop home. The tree is far, far away--across the fields, meadows, and farms. Heedless of her friends' warnings about the dangers in her path, she makes her way to the tree. After a long blustery journey, Mouse is disappointed with what she finds. She makes her way home sadly, but when she gts there Gull is waiting for her with a pleasant surprise.

Everyone says Toby is cute. But Toby is tired of being cute. He wants to change his image. He starts with a pair of cool shades, but they don't seem to do the trick. He'll have to find other ways to look tough. When he nearly crashes his motorcycle right into the zebra crossing, Toby is struck by love at first sight. Will his tough-guy image help him win the heart of his girl?

Paper-over-board novelty book with a non-removeable ribbon that shows Oliver the egg on one side and Oliver the chick on the other in penultimate spread. "Oliver was an egg. There was nothing he could do about it. He could roll to one side. He could roll to the other. He could even stand on his head. But he was simply an egg and that was that. Until one day, everything changed because miracles happen."

Jack is moping about the house, waiting for a letter that will tell him whether he won the drawing contest. When he finally hears someone opening the mailbox, he rushes outside so fast that he doesn't even notice what a windy day it is. All he know is that he has not heard from the contest. the only thing in the mailbox is a letter from his aunt in Morocco. Jack strolls through town, brooding about his bad luck and paying no attention to anything around him. But a lot is going on. Jack won't know until later what a strange day it has been.