When the wind blows through Alligator Acres, in a far corner of Crawdad County, it is sure to carry a story with it. This is one of those stories -- the tale of Eloise, the gentle zebra. Eloise was just a bit too big to join in the jamming down at the juke joint, the one where Corndog Willie and the Slackjaws were playing up a storm. She's fortunate to have such good friends as gracious Cecil, the 'gator, and Woo, the considerate armadillo, who set matters right. Musician and philosopher Doug Anderson and artist Sara Anderson have collaborated in a lyrical ballad of community which celebrates friendship and loyalty, and echoes the energy, rhythm, and twang of a bayou Zydeco band. A strong sense of place is conveyed in the bold composition and spry language which meld with the deep greens and blues of the bayou.

Too Big to Dance

Children's Books

Doug Anderson

Sara Anderson (Illustrator)

Animals

Handprint Books

It's a book...it's a doll...it's a toy...it's the perfect while-away-the-hours activity for little girls. 
All the fun of dress-up paper dolls and none of the work -- open the page, drop in the fabric, and shut the page: Presto-chango! A fully dressed wooden doll. The fabulously successful Woodkins® doll makes her first appearance in book form. 
This title makes for a terrific package at a take-me-home-now price: A real wooden doll, attachable by Velcro™ dots to three play scenes, 12 pages of art and text, a pull-out drawer containing 11 pieces of fabricincluding metallic glitter pieces and belts, all printed on high-quality paperboardwith a handle in the spine to make this a great take-along activity. And of course, this title sports a satisfying story about Kirsty, one of the most favorite Woodkins® characters. The original Woodkins® dolls have been accorded every major prize in the toy industry, including the Oppenheim Best Toy Award and the Parenting Magazine Toy of the Year and are certain to shine just as bright in this fun-filled format.

Kirsty's Big Adventure (Woodkins)

Bentley, Dawn

Literature & Fiction

This oversized board book traces a city across the span of a day -- filled with the people, traffic, parks, streets, stores, and buildings that make up the town. The breadth of the urban experience may all be found here: from the bicyclist lazily gliding through the park to the raucous swooshhhhh of traffic; from the clanging crash of construction work to the quiet of a sweeping streetscape as seen from a high-floor apartment building. Vibrant colors that zing with the heat rising from a steaming sidewalk are perfectly matched to a syncopated, sound-filled, chant-again-and-again text. Ingeniously die-cut pages reinforce the experience of the city skyline in a stylish book that represents a tour-de-force performance by Sara Anderson.

Noisy City Day

Anderson, Sara

Start at the tips of the foamy waves, where the sun glints off the water, and go down to the depths of the sea, where the eel's phosphorescence glows in the dark with otherworldly intensity. Below the waves, there are to be seen, among a myriad of living creatures, the octopus, the snail, and the angelfish. Deeper still are the whales, the lobsters, and the sticklebacks. Resting on the floor are barnacles, pompanos, and eels. Returning to the surface, there are still more magnificently depicted examples of sea life—until the sunny beach and golden sand beckon. 
A journey through the ocean is imaginatively plumbed in words and pictures. Informative, clear, and graphically lovely, readers of all ages who dive into this book will never look at the sea in quite the same way.

Octopus Oyster Hermit Crab Snail: A Poem of the Sea

Foil, foil, everywhere—on the cover, on the spine, even on the edges! This sparkly book is trimmed with fabric cut out in the shape of an irresistible, child-friendly critter. Best of all, the animal's specially treated real cloth limbs and wings shimmer in the light with an iridescent brilliance. Holographic foil lends an extra shine to the cover, while the story inside is a friendly adventure—simple, bright, and bold. This is a truly special board book with a dazzling difference!

Glitterbug

SmartInk Books

Webber, Vanessa

Glitterbutterfly

Foil, foil, everywhereon the cover, on the spine, even on the edges! This sparkly book is trimmed with fabric cut out in the shape of an irresistible, child-friendly critter. Best of all, the animal's specially treated real cloth limbs and wings shimmer in the light with an iridescent brilliance. Holographic foil lends an extra shine to the cover, while the story inside is a friendly adventuresimple, bright, and bold. This is a truly special board book with a dazzling difference!

Glitterfish

<div>Foil, foil, everywhereon the cover, on the spine, even on the edges! This sparkly book is trimmed with fabric cut out in the shape of an irresistible, child-friendly critter. Best of all, the animal's specially treated real cloth limbs and wings shimmer in the light with an iridescent brilliance. Holographic foil lends an extra shine to the cover, while the story inside is a friendly adventuresimple, bright, and bold. This is a truly special board book with a dazzling difference!</div>

Glitterturtle

From the early morning fruit vendors hawking their wares to a quiet morning spent savoring a cup of hot chocolate, from the glistening, silvery salmon announced by a fishmonger's bellow to the silent halls as they're hosed down one last time by the night workers, the full experience of a farmer's market is reflected in Sara Anderson's signature cut-paper style and pitch-perfect voice. 
Set in the halls of Seattle's fabled Pike Place Market, a place Sara Anderson has shopped and loved for almost a quarter of a century, the book vividly recreates the cacophony, variety, joy, and life that can be found in every market across the land.

A Day at the Market

Science, Nature & How It Works

Colors

Dazzling in its simplicity, exuberant in its palette, Sara Anderson's landmark board book still bursts with a freshness and energy twenty years after it was first published. It's unique graduated page design encourages the youngest child to discover the joy of color, to see the pages grow in size as the patterns of color appear. Colors shows a clarity and assurance perhaps reminiscent of the most jubilant of Matisse's cut paper collage. This is a book which is entirely in its element in a museum shop, but is most at home on the floor or a lap, being paged through, over and over, by young toddlers.

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