"SENSE is the song you sing out into the world, and the song the world sings back to you." "With these words, Chiro's mother sends Chiro off into the night alone for the first time. It's an adventure, but how he will find his way? And how will he find his way home? It's easy as long as he uses his good sense." (This description has been quoted directly from the back cover of the book.) Ages 4 - 8

Nightsong

Ari Berk

NightSong

Scholastic. Inc.

Are there giants among us? Find their story writ large in a lavish exploration touching on folklore and myth, truth and whimsy. Ancient Greece had its Titans, the Celts their Green Knight, the Bible Goliath — and for those who know where to look, signs of these legendary hulking creatures still abound. Now comes a hugely engrossing chronicle of giants since antiquity, from their role in forming mountains and causing earthquakes to the mysteries of their sacks (watch out for hitchhiking humans); from their means of employment (how did the Druids built Stonehenge?) to an extensive map of places around the world where giants may likely be found. Exhaustive and lushly illustrated, this enormously valuable resource is sure to fascinate all who open its covers. Special features include: * sundry flaps, booklets, and gatefolds * a lavish foiled and embossed cover * an elegant tassel dangling from the spine

The Secret History of Giants: Or The Codex Giganticum

Children's Books

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

CANDLEWICK PRESS +

From the loremaster who brought us THE SECRET HISTORY OF GIANTS comes an intriguing new chronicle revealing the mysterious ways of merfolk. Since ancient times, seafarers and coast-dwellers the world over have reported encounters with merpeople. Variously known as Finfolk, Dinny Mara, Nereids, Blue Men, and Merrymaids, merfolk have been the source of both gifts and disasters for humankind. Now a lavishly illustrated resource offers insight into the lives, origins, language, and magic of these elusive peoples. Like a siren’s song, this fascinating tome is sure to enthrall all who fall under its spell. Special features include: — paper novelties — including sundry flaps, booklets, and gatefolds — a lavish cover with foil, embossing, and glittery jewels

The Secret History of Mermaids

Animals

Candlewick

A lavish, interactive introduction to the great poet’s life, his work and the times he lived in. In this enthralling scrapbook that William Shakespeare compiled for his daughter, he looks back on his life as he retires from the theatre. Discover late-sixteenth- and early-seventeenth centurystories of love, war, kings and queens, fellow playwrights and actors, explorers and life in London.

William Shakespeare: His Life and Times (Historical Notebooks)

Kristen McDermott

Biographies

Templar

Professor Ari Berk returns to reveal another trove of magical history to his avid readers: the history of the humble hobgoblin. Every house holds a mystery. Behind the door, beside the stove, under the stairs, along the roads -- Hobgoblins have been the helpful housemates, neighbors, and friends of humans for thousands of years. But beware! When humans forget their obligations to the Secret Folk and break the Laws of Hospitality, even the friendliest Hobgoblin may turn tricksy. Here find tellings of domestic Brownies, Lobs-Lie-By-The-Fire, Roman Lars, Japanese Tsukumogami, medieval Portunes, playful pixies, orderly Tomten, and the famous Robin Goodfellow, as well as grimmer folk: wandering Willow O' The Wisps, wrathful Red Caps, and bold Boggarts. Join the Order of the Golden Quills as it presents the secret history and long lost lore of the Hobgoblins who dwell in that most mysterious of all lands: home. Richly illustrated (by Alan Lee, Larry MacDougall, Gary Chalk, Virginia Lee, Fernando Molinari and Douglas Carrel), this folkloric volume includes special features such as several mini-booklet flaps, a gatefold, and a lavish cover with embossing and foil.

The Secret History of Hobgoblins

The fantasy artist interprets the runes of Celtic origin, diving headlong into the fertile land of myth and lore about faeries, elves, and creatures of the forest, collecting these stories into a single compelling volume that is sprinkled generously with beautiful illustrations depicting the many creatures of Celtic mythology. 50,000 first printing.

The Runes of Elfland

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Harry N. Abrams

The illustrator of the popular Pressed Fairy albums and the author of The Runes of Elfland share their collaborative "investigations" into the maleficent world of goblins, in a nonsensical volume that profiles common goblin traits and offers advice on what to do if one's home becomes goblin infested. 50,000 first printing.

Goblins! A Survival Guide and Fiasco in Four Parts

Humor & Entertainment

Pop Culture

The Cottington Archive reluctantly announces that more information about the infamous Lady Cottington has surfaced: a scrapbook compiled by the fairy smasher herself of her correspondence with luminaries such as Queen Victoria, Annie Oakley, Igor Stravinsky, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Andrew Lang, P.T. Barnum, and more. All about fairies, these hilarious letters contain everything from wisdom to suggestions to chastisement. Lady Cottington has made notes in the margins not to mention smashed fairies throughout (will she EVER STOP this nasty habit?!). And the fairies...ah the fairies...they too have done their part, sprinkling magic and mayhem throughout. Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Letters, a facsimile reproduction of Lady Cottington's original volume, combines the nutty artistry of the first two Lady Cottington books with delightful novelty components. Containing "actual" letters, invoices for "spiritual services," a fairy Valentine, an invitation from Alice Liddell to tea, and more, this newest interactive addition to the Lady Cottington series is the most innovative to date.

Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Letters

Humor

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Originally conceived by the publisher as a "simple goblin calendar with which to shamelessly exploit another masterpiece of popular culture by Froud and Berk," (and without including any of the "usual problems" that often attend their continuing researches into the goblin world), the plan has gone horribly awry. Nearly completed, the proofs of the calendar - needing only Mr. Froud's final approval but left untouched in his studio while he enjoyed a brief but necessary mental health sabbatical in the locked attic of a local Dartmouth fish restaurant - were grabbed by the goblins. Taking it upon themselves to make "improvements," the little blighters transformed what would certainly have been an inoffensive and tasteful wall calendar into an absurd and grotesque "Almanac of Goblin Delights." Swiping Froud's FedEx number, the goblins shipped the proofs back to the publisher marked Ready To Print!" With Goblin holidays and festivals, plus the more obscure goblin "entries" translated and interpreted at the last minute by renowned "Goblinologist" Ari Berk, Abrams Goblins! 2006 calendar is sure to delight and disgust mortals everywhere.

Goblins 2006 Wall Calendar

Brian Froud

Literature & Fiction

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