Melissa Sweet

Award-winning artist Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America : the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Simple, lively text and up-close photos fully describe these hard-working insects-from what they look like to where they live to their importance in the world.

Once upon a time, in pencil school, a brave little red pencil sets out to write an exciting story with nouns and adverbs and everything--but first she has to face the ravenous pencil sharpener, the Wolf 3000.

Suggests a method of reading that begins with planting oneself beneath a tree and leads to a book party one hopes will never end.

Provides a compilation of more than fifty fun, silly, and teasing rhymes commonly heard in playgrounds and at recess.

"Begin with a question like an acorn waiting for spring. From this first stanza, readers are invited to pay attention—and to see that paying attention itself is poetry. Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido’s playful text and Melissa Sweet’s dynamic, inventive artwork are paired together to encourage readers to listen, feel, and discover the words that dance in the world around them—poems just waiting to be written down.

Rhyming text describes many different kinds of hugs.

There are many chairs in Baby Bear's house, but his favorite "chair" is his father's chest or lap, just before his father puts him to bed.

Presents an illustrated introduction to the life and work of artist Horace Pippin, describing his childhood love for drawing and the World War I injury that challenged his career.