Books in Magical Animals series

Wouldn't your child be comforted at night knowing that the sounds and creaks he/she hears in the dark are just friendly animals playing (instead of scary monsters)? Animals Under the Bed! is a story about stuffed animals that come to life and take on friendly personalities of their own at night. It's a premium quality, 30-page, color, hard cover book filled with hand-painted acrylic and watercolor illustrations by graphic artist, Meg Smiley.The story begins by describing a magical place inside of your child's room ("just under your bed -in reach of your broom!") where his/her stuffed animals play, make friends, and have fun while your child is sleeping! In a rhyming, playful narrative, it goes on to describe the uniquely admirable qualities of each animal and their relationships with each other. You and your child are bound to relate to these sweet creatures as you read about how goofy, loving, mischievous, playful, smart, and brave they are. By the end of the book, your child can dream about magical, friendly animals, not monsters, playing under his/her bed at night!

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.

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.