“Each remarkable, each bold, and each wildly different from the others . . . All of them are extraordinarily beautiful, extraordinarily well-made, and each of them prompted my five-year-old to shout ‘again, again!’” —Cory Doctorow (editor of Boing Boing and author of Little Brother) on the McSweeney’s McMullens picture book series
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here comes the cat !
lost sloth
by Frank Asch; illustrated by Vladimir Vagin
by J. Otto Seibold
Funny, whip-smart, and illustrated in mesmerizing detail, Here Comes the Cat! is a parable about fear, more relevant than ever, that follows in the great tradition of Chicken Little.
Sloth’s phone rings and rings. He races across the room to answer the call, but he’s a sloth, so it takes a while. The phone says he’s won an afternoon shopping spree! Can the sloth get to the store in time to claim his prize?
“Refreshing . . . A book whose execution is as good as its concept.” —School Library Journal price: $12.95 isbn: 978-1936365418
crabtree by Jon & Tucker Nichols
Alfred Crabtree has lost his false teeth. But don’t worry, he’ll find them if he can just get his things organized! Join Alfred on a romp through his far too many possessions and you’ll end up learning more about him than he knows about himself.
“Extraordinary beautiful . . . colorful, angular, pop-y, and very accessible, with loads of detail to pore over.” —Boing Boing
hang glider & mud mask
price: $16.95 isbn: 978-1-938073-35-9
by Brian McMullen & Jason Jägel
A Z-shaped book you can start reading from either side. Follow Hang Glider and Mud Mask as they fly down and climb up to meet each other halfway— on the surface of the earth and in the center of the book. “Wholly original . . . With imagery and palette as unusual as the format, it’s an odd—and oddly successful—journey.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) price: $14.95 isbn: 978-1-936-365-83-8
the night riders
“This book is fantastic in every way.”
by Matt Furie
—Maira Kalman
In Matt Furie’s glorious debut, a nocturnal frog and rat awake at midnight, share a salad of lettuce and bugs, and strike out on an epic dirtbike adventure toward the sunrise. “Stunning . . . The Night Riders is my favorite book of the year. It will soon enough be referred to as a classic, and I hope it spawns many sequels.” —50 Watts price: $17.95 (hardcover) $8.95 (softcover) isbn: 978-1-936365-56-2 (hardcover) 978-1-938073-24-4 (softcover)
price: $17.95 isbn: 978-1936365821
we need a horse
stories 1, 2, 3, 4
by Sheila Heti; paintings by Clare Rojas
by Eugene Ionesco; illustrated by Etienne Delessert Back in print for the first time since the 1970s, these illustrated stories by one of the twentieth century’s great playwrights make ideal bedtime reading for young children.
We Need a Horse is a timeless book for quiet moods, and makes good reading for anyone who likes to ask “Why?” “This meditation on connectedness... has a low-key Zen (or Samuel Beckett?) flavor that is somehow comforting and fun to follow.”
keep our secrets by Jordan Crane
A book printed with heat-sensitive, disappearing ink! “I was blown away. This book is amazing. Straight up wizardry.” —Brookline Booksmith price: $15.95 isbn: 978-1-936365-52-4
“Among the most imaginative picture books of the last decade.”
recipe
—Maurice Sendak
by Angela & Michaelanne Petrella; illustrated by Mike Bertino & Erin Althea
price: $19.95 isbn: 978-1936365517
—San Francisco Chronicle price: $16.95 isbn: 978-1936365401
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symphony city
Step aside, Mother—it’s Kristen’s turn to pick the recipe and make the dinner! There’s just one teensy problem: Kristen’s imagination is far more developed than her cooking skills. “The Petrella sisters are the Brontës of horsemeat-substitute-themed picture books.”
by Amy Martin
Winner of the 2012 Marion Vannett Ridgway Honor Award! “Dazzling cityscapes and 19 cats to count make this a captivating read for all ages.” —San Francisco Chronicle price: $17.95 isbn: 978-1-936365-39-5
benny’s brigade by Arthur Bradford; illustrated by Lisa Hanawalt
At recess one day, sisters Elsie and Theo spy a nut wiggling on the ground. Out pops Benny—the world’s smallest and most gentlemanly walrus. “Tiny walruses in nutshells, talking slugs — what’s not to like? ”
—Mac Barnett, New York Times bestselling author of books for children
—Jonathan H. Liu, Wired.com’s GeekDad
price: $17.95 isbn: 978-1-936365-84-5
price: $17.95 isbn: 978-1936365616
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NOVELS THE EXPEDITIONERS by S.S. Taylor; illustrated by Katherine Roy
MIDDLE GRADE
Sel ec ted 4 2 013 -1 for the et lu e b o n n Te x a s B r d Aw a Li s t Ma s te r
Computers have failed, electricity is extinct, and the race to discover new lands is underway! Brilliant explorer Alexander West has just died under mysterious circumstances, but not before smuggling half of a strange map to his intrepid children. “Full of kid power, clues, codes and maps, this will appeal to sophisticated readers who appreciate their adventure served with heaping helpings of cleverness.” —Kirkus Reviews price: $12.95 (softcover) isbn: 978-1-938073-71-7
MOMO ALL AGES
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by Michael Ende; translated by Lucas Zwirner; illustrated by Marcel Dzama The Neverending Story is Michael Ende’s best-known book, but Momo—published six years earlier—is the all-ages fantasy novel that first won him wide acclaim. “Here is a story so ingenious in its conception, so powerful in production that its message can safely slip unnoticed into the mind to linger after the splendid images begin to fade.” —The Times Literary Supplement (U.K.) price: $22.00 (hardcover) isbn: 978-1938073144
MERMAID IN CHELSEA CREEK by Michelle Tea; illustrated by Jason Polan
YOUNG ADULT
Everyone in the broken-down town of Chelsea, Massachusetts, has a story too worn to repeat. But there’s one story they all still tell: the one about the girl who will be able to take their twisted world and straighten it out. The girl who will bring the magic. “The story itself braids threads of ancient myths and lore with today’s world full of mixed emotions and environmental neglect. It blurs the line between fact and fiction gracefully, thereby making the impossible seem possible.” —Insatiable Readers price: $19.95 (hardcover) isbn: 978-1-938073-36-6