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Creative Editions Recent Titles

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Illustra-tor C. F. Payne breathes new life into the cast ofcharacters Mark Twain so memorably created inthis, Creative Editions’ rst publication of Twain’smost popular and widely read novel.

Author: Mark Twain / Artist: C. F. Payne978-1-56846-268-4 $29.99 HCInterest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 296Trim size: 7-1/2" x 10-1/2" Color illustrations

The Long Tall Journey Based on the true stof a giraffe that journeyed from Africa to Francin the 19th century, setting off a European crazefor all things giraffe-inspired, this tale imagines

journey from the animal’s perspective. Author: Jan Wahl / Artist: Laurent Gapaillard978-1-56846-230-1 $18.99 HCInterest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 40Trim size: 9" x 12" Color illustrati

Sing a Season Song Each season is celebrafor many different reasons, but one never failsroll right into the next. The cyclical nature of thseasons is conveyed in this poetic tribute to thecharacteristics of the four periods of the year.

Author: Jane Yolen / Artist: Lisel Jane Ashlock978-1-56846-255-4 $18.99 HCInterest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32Trim size: 8-1/4" × 12" Color illustratio

Where Do I End and You Begin? From anmals and plants to natural phenomena and sensorimages, this rhythmic poem employs a thought-pvoking refrain to introduce the concept of interconectedness and the value of unity.

Author: Shulamith Oppenheim Artist: Monique Felix978-1-56846-274-5 $17.99 HCInterest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32Trim size: 9-3/4" × 9-3/4" Color illustratio

A Christmas Carol From the bustling, snowystreets of 19th-century London to the ghostlyapparitions of Christmases past and future, award-

winning artist Roberto Innocenti vividly rendersCharles Dickens’s beloved Christmas tale.

Author: Charles Dickens / Artist: Roberto Innocenti978-1-56846-278-3 $29.99 HCInterest level: Age 10 and up Page count: 152Trim size: 8-3/8" × 12" Color illustrations

Doctor Dolittle Based on Hugh Lofting’sTheStory of Doctor Dolittle , iconic American artistSeymour Chwast reinterprets the 1920s tale for a21st-century, graphic-novel-inuenced audience.

Author/Artist: Seymour Chwast978-1-56846-258-5 $18.99 HCInterest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 32Trim size: 9" x 12" Color illustrations

Illustration by C. F. Payne from The Adventures o f Tom Sawyer


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What to Do with a Box

If you give a child a box, who can tell what will happen next? It maybecome a library or a boat. It could set the scene for a fairy tale or a wildexpedition. The most wonderful thing is its seemingly endless capacityfor magical adventure, a feature imaginatively captured in cardboard-esque art by Chris Sheban and rhythmically celebrated in this poetictribute by renowned children’s author Jane Yolen.

978-1-56846-289-9$17.99 HC

Interest level: Age 6 and upPage count: 32Trim size: 8-3/4" × 10-3/4 "Color illustrations

*Also available:Sing a Season Song ,I Met a Dinosaur

Jane Yolen has been called “the Hans Christian Andersen of America”

due to her signicant contributions to children’s literature, especially heroriginal and collected fairy tales. She has written more than 300 books,including the Caldecott Medal-winningOwl Moon, and earned numeroushonors. She lives in Massachusetts and Scotland.

Chris Sheban has illustrated eight children’s books, including A Nighton the Range , The Shoe Tree of Chagrin, and Red Fox at McCloskey’s Farm.His work has been honored with three gold and three silver medals fromthe Society of Illustrators. He lives near Chicago, Illinois.


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Wake up, Weather!

How does Weather start and end its day? What happens in between?Venturing off the beaten path of nonction board books, Wake up,Weather!encourages the youngest of readers to expand their imagina-tions by thinking of how common weather phenomena might becharacterized by actions, from fog creeping through streets to wind

whispering through trees.

978-1-56846-286-8$8.99 Board

Interest level: Age 2 and upPage count: 14Trim size: 6-1/4" × 8"Color illustrations

*Also available:Where Do I Endand You Begin?

Rita Marshall is an author and one of the most distinguished designersand art directors in children’s publishing. Her work has earned widecritical acclaim as well as gold and silver medals from the Society ofIllustrators and the New York Art Directors Club.

Monique Felix is a renowned Swiss artist and author who studiedgraphic arts at L’Ecole des Arts Appliqués in Lausanne. She has sinceillustrated more than 40 acclaimed children’s books, including CreativeEditions’The Rumor , The Velveteen Rabbit , Tuba Lessons , and BearDance . Among her many honors is the Octogone Prize from the Interna-tional Center of Children’s Literature in France.


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Creative Editions Classic Titles

A Number of Animals As a little chicksearches for its mother among barnyard animals,it involves readers in a simple counting exercise.

Author: Kate Green / Artist: Christopher Wormell978-1-56846-222-6 $15.99 HCInterest level: Age 3 and up Page count: 32Trim size: 9" x 9" Color illustrations

A Number of Animals Nesting Blocks Thisset of 10 graduated blocks can be stacked into atower nearly 3 feet high.

Author: Kate Green / Artist: Christopher Wormell978-1-56846-248-6 $24.99Interest level: Size: 5-3/4" xAge 6 months and up 5-3/4" x 5-3/4"

Nutcracker A magical Christmas Eve is broughtto life by Roberto Innocenti’s intricate artwork inthis holiday classic.

Author: E.T.A. Hoffmann / Artist: Roberto Innocenti978-0-15100-227-6 $35.00 HCInterest level: Age 8 and up Page count: 136Trim size: 10" x 11-3/8" Color illustrations

The One and Only 1, 2, 3 Book A numb1 with a high opinion of itself must compete fattention as the pages brim with numeric activ

Author/Artist: R. O. Blechman978-1-56846-245-5 $15.99 HCInterest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 24Trim size: 11-5/8" x 9" Color illustratio

Pirates at the Plate Teams of pirates andcowboys inject rowdy adventure into Americapastime in this exquisitely illustrated story.

Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Mark Summers978-1-56846-210-3 $17.99 HCInterest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32Trim size: 8-1/2" x 11-1/4" Color illustration

On the Farm In this illustrated nonctionboard book, six common barnyard animals areintroduced by their sounds.

Author: Kate Riggs / Artist: Fiammetta Dogi978-1-56846-272-1 $7.99 BoardInterest level: Age 2 and up Page count: 14Trim size: 7" x 7" Color illustratio

Never Catch a Cold Black-ink illustrationsintroduce various kinds of colds—and a numberof extinct fantastical creatures—in this “history.”Author/Artist: André François978-1-56846-231-8 $15.99 HCInterest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 88Trim size: 7-3/4" x 5-5/32" Black/white

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Night Circus One fall evening, a man is en-tranced by a strange circus processing along a roadnear his house.Author/Artist: Etienne Delessert 978-1-56846-277-6 $19.99 HCInterest level: Age 6 and up Page count: 32Trim size: 10-1/2" x 11-1/2" Color illustrations

A Night on the Range In this story ofWestern dreaming, a wide-eyed cowpoke and hisfaithful dog leave indoor comforts behind.Author: Aaron Frisch / Artist: Chris Sheban978-1-56846-205-9 (HC) $19.99 HC978-0-89812-829-1 (PB) $7.99 PBInterest level: Age 4 and up Page count: 32Trim size: 10-3/4" x 9-1/2" Color illustrations

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The Creative Company Gifts

978-1-56846-249-3$12.99

Interest level: Age 4 and upSize: 6" x 4-1/4" x 1"Color illustrations

978-1-56846-248-6$24.99

Interest level:Age 6 months and upSize: 5-3/4" x 5-3/4" x 5-3/4"

978-1-56846-262-2$14.99

Interest level: Age 4 and upSize: 3" x 3" x 6"Color illustrations

978-1-56846-263-9$24.99

Interest level: Age 4 and upSize: 12" round

Storytime Clock

Any time is story time. Featuring artwork from re-nowned illustrator Etienne Delessert, this attractive wallclock will accent any number of rooms—from a child’sbedroom or nursery to a library or classroom. It servesas a delightful aid to telling time and as a reminder thatany time can be a good time for reading.

Etienne Delessert Memory Game

This classic family game for children and adults getsa fresh treatment with striking images taken from thebooks of Etienne Delessert. Lay the tiles face down, andtake turns ipping over any two to test your powers ofobservation and memory. The player who can nd themost pairs wins!

A Number of Animals Nesting Blocks

Christopher Wormell’s bold block prints are featuredon a set of 10 counting nesting blocks that makes for alovely gift and an engaging toy. Follow one yellow chickas it explores the farmyard in search of its mother, meet-ing different animals on each block—from 2 horses and3 cows all the way to 10 “chirping and cheeping” chicks.The sturdy outer gift box opens to reveal 10 graduatedblocks that can be stacked into a tower nearly 3 feet high.

Lineup for Yesterday Baseball CardsIn 1949, SPORT magazine published “Lineup for

Yesterday,” a collection of poems by Ogden Nash. In it,the famous wordsmith paid entertaining tribute to 24legends of the diamond, encapsulating each in just 4clever lines. Creative Editions is proud to present Nash’sclassic odes in a boxed set of full-color commemorativecards—the perfect gift for baseball fans of all ages.

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