A Caldecott Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
A breathtakingly beautiful and luminescent book that is pitch-perfect for anyone of any age who has experienced any type of loss or disappointment, from New York Times–bestselling picture book creator Brian Lies.
New York Times–bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies has created a beautiful, accessible, and deeply personal story about friendship, loss, and renewal. The Rough Patch was awarded a Caldecott Honor and features stunning paintings from the award-winning creator of Bats at the Beach. 
Evan and his dog do everything together, from eating ice cream to caring for their prize-winning garden, which grows big and beautiful. One day the unthinkable happens: Evan’s dog dies. Heartbroken, Evan destroys the garden and everything in it. The ground becomes overgrown with prickly weeds and thorns, and Evan embraces the chaos.
But beauty grows in the darkest of places, and when a twisting vine turns into an immense pumpkin, Evan is drawn out of his isolation and back to the county fair, where friendships—old and new—await.
A deeply hopeful and positive book, The Rough Patch was awarded a Caldecott Honor and is a story about love, loss, and hope, and the healing power of friendship and nature. “Weepy and wonderful.”—Wall Street Journal

The Rough Patch: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

Children's Books

Lies, Brian

Animals

Greenwillow Books

In this symphonious companion to Brian Lies’s best-selling Bat Book series, strike up the band, celebrate, and share music! For fans of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and the Llama Llama series.\nThe look on our faces is easy to read: 
a little night music is just what we need!\nA late-spring night sky fills with bats flocking to a theater already echoing and booming with delightful sounds of music—bat music! 
Join this one-of-a-kind music festival as the bats celebrate the rhythm of the night and the positive power of music. Brian Lies’s bats and their dazzling, dizzying world will lift everyone’s spirits with joyous noise and cheer.

Bats in the Band (A Bat Book)

Clarion Books

Product Description \nLittle Bat is excited about his first night in school! Readers will love to see him spread his wings in this sweet, inspiring picture book from New York Times best-selling and Caldecott Honor–winning Brian Lies. Perfect for fans of We Don't Eat Our Classmates and The King of Kindergarten.\nLittle Bat can't wait for his first night of school. He is excited about 
everything: his new school supplies, learning amazing things, and making new friends. \nBut when he finally arrives, his world turns upside down.\nAny little bat who's tried something new or gone somewhere they've never been before knows that first times can be scary. With the help of Little Bat and his adorable classmates, readers will see that spreading your wings is easy when you listen, act with kindness, and take a chance on new friends.\nWith his signature, gorgeous artwork, 
New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Honor winner Brian Lies brings his expressive bats back for the youngest readers. \nFrom School Library Journal 
PreS-Gr 2-Lies has an endearing story perfect for the start of the school year. Bats have previously been the featured characters in a number of other titles by Lies (at the beach and the library), but the focus of this title is on Little Bat and his excitement to meet other bats and start Night School. When he arrives in class, he is welcomed by his raccoon teacher but he is excluded from play by the other bats, and retreats to cubbies to hide. In the cubbies he meets shy Ophelia, a young possum, and together they bravely join the class of other nocturnal animals and quickly settle into familiar routines and activities of the school "day." Young children will enjoy the similarities between their school experiences and Little Bat's and will laugh as Little Bat and his friends engage in imaginative play and form a classroom community. The illustrations are full of emotion and detail without being overwhelming. This will make a wonderful start of the year story to share to discuss inclusion, having a growth mindset, and making new friends. VERDICT Warm and engaging illustrations and a charming main character make this a winning and comforting title for a new school year audience.-John Scott, formerly at Friends Sch. of Baltimoreα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. 
 Review 
"Brian Lies’ illustrations are infused with personality, and his straightforward text and witty asides convey an important message with lightness and humor."— 
BookPage\n"The ups and downs of the classroom are captured with delicacy and sensitivity, a useful model of the changing social dynamics that can turn strangers to playmates and new adults into trusted teachers."— 
Kirkus Reviews\n"The pages find a grin in every new school experience.... Lies creates artwork with remarkable detail, polish, humor, and inventiveness, and it should bring young readers flying."— 
Publishers Weekly\n"Lies' signature illustrations are beautifully executed and filled with details.... [An] engaging tale about attending school for the first time and learning to fit in."— 
Booklist\n"Warm and engaging illustrations and a charming main character make this a winning and comforting title for a new school year audience."— 
School Library Journal\n" 
Little Bat in Night School is fueled by disarming humor rooted in the universal queasiness about facing the unknown.... Amusing and reassuring."—Shelf Awareness 
 About the Author \nBrian Lies is the Caldecott honor-winning author-illustrator of New York Times bestsellers Bats at the Beach, Bats at the Library, Bats at the Ballgame, and Bats in the Band. He has written and illustrated more than twenty books for children. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Brian lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts with his family. www.BrianLies.com

Little Bat in Night School

Little Bat has never stayed up all day before! How does the world look when he's normally asleep? This sweet, sunny picture book from New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Honor–winning Brian Lies is a charming story of new experiences and new friends. 
Little Bat always goes to sleep at the end of the night. But what if he stayed up all day? He's excited to see how everything looks in the sun! 
It turns out the world is a much different place during the day, when Little Bat is normally sleeping. It's hot, bright, and noisy. Luckily, Rusty the Squirrel is willing to show Little Bat around. But when these new, fast friends separate at the end of the day, how will they stay in touch when one is usually awake while the other is asleep? 
With his signature gorgeous artwork, New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Honor winner Brian Lies brings his expressive bats back for the youngest readers.

Little Bat Up All Day

Hamlet and the Enormous Chinese Dragon Kite

Despite the worries of his porcupine friend Quince, Hamlet the pig tries flying an enormous red dragon kite and has an aerial adventure

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

The look on our faces is easy to read: a little night music is just what we need! A late-spring night sky fills with bats flocking to a theater, already echoing and booming with delightful sounds of music. Bat music—plunky banjoes, bat-a-tat drums, improvised instruments, country ballads, and the sweet cries of a bat with the blues. Join this one-of-a-kind music festival as the bats celebrate the rhythm of the night, and the positive power of music. Brian Lies’s newest celebration of bats and their dazzling, dizzying world will lift everyone’s spirits with joyous noise and cheer!

Houghton Mifflin Company Another inky evening’s here— The air is cool and calm and clear. Can it be true? Oh, can it be? Yes!—Bat Night at the library! Join the free-for-all fun at the public library with these book-loving bats! Shape shadows on walls, frolic in the water fountain, and roam the book-filled halls until it’s time for everyone, young and old, to settle down into the enchantment of story time. Brian Lies’ joyful critters and their nocturnal celebration cast library visits in a new light. Even the youngest of readers will want to join the batty book-fest!

Bats at the Library (A Bat Book)

From seemingly mundane tasks such as grocery shopping to more active pursuits like a romp at the park and fort-building, a loving and playful father alligator shows his gator kids that the simplest pleasures done together can make for an incredibly fun day. Presented by New York Times bestselling author Brian Lies (Bats at the Beach), this heartwarming story demonstrates a series of very special ways children can connect with their fathers and should appeal to parents and little readers everywhere.

Gator Dad

A beautiful box of New York Times best-selling Bats books. Includes three captivating stories about the nighttime exploits of a crew of nocturnal adventurers—Bats at the Beach, Bats at the Library, and Bats at the Ballgame. With gorgeous illustrations to pore over and lyrical, rhyming text to read aloud, these books are made for repeat performances. Includes a sheet of stickers.

Box of Bats Gift Set

Quick, call out! Tell all you can reach: the night is just perfect for bats at the beach! So pack your buckets, banjos, and blankets—don’t forget the moon-tan lotion—and wing with this bunch of fuzzy bats to where foamy sea and soft sand meet. Brian Lies’s enchanting art and cheery beachside verse will inspire bedtime imaginations again and again. Come visit a bedazzling world of moonlight, firelight, and . . . bats!

Bats at the Beach (A Bat Book)

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The Rough Patch: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

Bats in the Band (A Bat Book)

Little Bat in Night School

Little Bat Up All Day

Hamlet and the Enormous Chinese Dragon Kite

Bats in the Band (A Bat Book)

Bats at the Library (A Bat Book)

Gator Dad

Box of Bats Gift Set

Bats at the Beach (A Bat Book)