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An irresistible, nostalgic, insightful-and "consistently
intelligent and funny" (The New York Times Book Review)-ramble
through classic children's literature from Vanity Fair contributing
editor (and father of two) Bruce Handy. The dour New England
Primer, thought to be the first American children's book, was first
published in Boston in 1690. Offering children gems of advice such
as "Strive to learn" and "Be not a dunce," it was no fun at all. So
how did we get from there to "Let the wild rumpus start"? And now
that we're living in a golden age of children's literature, what
can adults get out of reading Where the Wild Things Are and
Goodnight Moon, or Charlotte's Web and Little House on the Prairie?
A "delightful excursion" (The Wall Street Journal), Wild Things
revisits the classics of every American childhood, from fairy tales
to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and explores the back stories of
their creators, using context and biography to understand how some
of the most insightful, creative, and witty authors and
illustrators of their times created their often deeply personal
masterpieces. Along the way, Handy learns what The Cat in the Hat
says about anarchy and absentee parenting, which themes are shared
by The Runaway Bunny and Portnoy's Complaint, and why Ramona Quimby
is as true an American icon as Tom Sawyer or Jay Gatsby. It's a
profound, eye-opening experience to re-encounter books that you
once treasured decades ago. A clear-eyed love letter to the
greatest children's books and authors from Louisa May Alcott and L.
Frank Baum to Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss, Mildred D. Taylor, and E.B.
White, Wild Things is "a spirited, perceptive, and just outright
funny account that will surely leave its readers with a new
appreciation for childhood favorites" (Publishers Weekly).
In this fantastical picture book perfect for fans of Aaron Becker's
Journey, a human child and a child from another planet discover
that no matter where you live or what your books are like,
reading�and sharing�are universal. A cosmic celebration of the
joy of sharing books and having new experiences awaits readers in
this captivating wordless picture book for ages 3 to 6. A child
busy reading in a treehouse spots a family who seems to have just
arrived on Earth for a picnic. The youngest member of the alien
family holds a mind-bendingly strange object. Could it be a book
from outer space? At the end of this gorgeously illustrated tale,
each child returns home with a book from far away to remember a
kind stranger. Sure to take its place among gently fantastical
favorites like Sophie Blackall's If You Come to Earth and Carson
Ellis's Du Iz Tak?, this picture book will enchant and delight
curious kids and book lovers everywhere.
This thought-provoking, Â playful picture book from NYT Best
Children's Book author Bruce Handy and Ezra Jack Keats Award
winning illustrator Ashleigh Corrin plays with the idea of how life
would be if certain of the things we love most were no longer here.
What if one day, all the birds flew away? Mornings would be
quieter. Skies would be plainer. Worms could relax. What if there
were no more bugs? What if there ceased to be day and
night? By asking how our world would change if it lacked
birds, water, or people, and how we would feel about that, this
playful text from Bruce Handy (The Happiness of a Dog with a
Ball in Its Mouth), accompanied by joyful art from Ashleigh Corrin
(Layla's Happiness), invites readers to celebrate the beauty
and wonder of existence, and all that makes our world what it is.
So often, our gaze is on the future, on that better world to come,
but what if the world as it is—with light and water, salt,
earth, and animals, plants and insects, air and
stars and French fries—is sufficient, and it is only
us who have not known how to cherish it, or to love it all well
enough? This book reminds us that all we need is here, if only we
attend!Â
A New York Times Best Children's Book of 2021 Is there any creature
in the world happier than a dog with a ball in its mouth? Maybe a
cat in the sun? Or a kid eating ice cream? This gentle book, with
its soft and evocative colored pencil illustrations, is
philosophical in its approach to the millions of forms that
happiness can take, as well as the contrasting disappointments and
sorrows that we encounter as we navigate our lives. Starting from
the happiness of waking up into a brand-new day, the book goes on
to explore the kinds of relationships and contrasts that play out
between our feelings and experiences. These contrasts play out
beautifully across the page from left to right, and across a couple
of long gatefold pages. Whether it's the nervousness of a beginning
paired with the happiness of a middle; the indignity of a cut
against the happiness of a scab; the boredom of nothing to do
contrasted with the happiness of nothing to do; or the divide of
mine against the happiness of our, these pages challenge the reader
to think about daily activities and experiences and the feelings
they conjure. They also lead us to think about the substance of our
happiness, and what the ingredients of it might be. Written with
subtlety and nuance and illustrated in pencil, pen and watercolor
with great tenderness, The Happiness of a Dog with a Ball in its
Mouth is a gentle, fun, and philosophical read, with which one can
start and end the day.
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