New Releases by Bob Raczka

Two flakes play. / Four flakes sashay. / Eight flakes twirl. / Sixteen flakes swirl. Experience a snowstorm that brings together playful rhyming verse with the power of exponential growth! Bob Raczka''s clever rhymes come to life in the dynamic illustrations of Bryony Clarkson. The artwork includes the precise number of snowflakes mentioned in the text, starting with 2 and ending with an astonishing 16,384!

An empowering reflection on the many things we are and the ways we relate to the world. You are a living thing. You breathe. You eat. You Sleep. You work and play. You have dreams and fears. You have thoughts and memories. You are. What makes you you? So much goes into who you are, and you are so many different things: A child, an animal, a body of water, a friend, a mystery, one-of-a-kind, a miracle. You are and could be so many things, but whatever you choose to do, it’s your life to write, you are a story. Poet Bob Raczka’s You are a Story highlights all of the nuance and potential of a growing person’s identity, delighting in the things that make us special and connect us to others. Text and illustrations replete with inventive imagery and appealing metaphors show how we all live as individuals and citizens of the world.

A misunderstood wolf writes poems about his forest home and friends in this breathtaking picture book Black Bear-ies Cute black fruit snack. Tiny. Shiny. Pick some, lick thumbs. Cub grub. The Poet Wolf loves to write pithy verse in the pine forest, but his forest friends see not a poet, but a hungry wolf. That is, until they listen to his lovely poems about life in the woods and discover that behind this apex predator is a sensitive soul who prefers to eat not his furry fellow creatures, but crisp pears.

A cautionary tale using words made up of only the five letters in the title (B, E, W, A, and R). Can a bear and a bee become friends? Abe and Bree aren''t supposed to get along. When they meet, they panic. Abe swats! Bree stings! Now they''re both hurt. Together they figure out how to find friendship despite differences and preconceived notions. This rare-bear, wee-bee tale helps to create a web of understanding with unique language and a clever structure.

Niko loves to draw his world: the ring-a-ling of the ice cream truck, the warmth of sun on his face. But no one appreciates his art. Until one day, Niko meets Iris . . . This imaginative and tender story explores the creative process, abstract art, friendship, and the universal desire to feel understood. A Junior Library Guild selection, Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book, Children''s Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children''s Book of the Year, Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books, Cooperative Children''s Book Center Choice, Midwest Connections Pick, NCTE Notable Children''s Book in the Language Arts, and New York Public Library Best Book for Kids

Storyteller and street photographer Jane Goodrich creates an exciting, kid-centric portraits. The end result is a fresh, moving homage to all who use New York City as their playground. · Shows children how the city''s streets, structures, and landmarks can providea unique playspace · Includes text from veteran children''s author Bob Raczka · Playful urban romp that shows the pleasures of city living are not just forgrown-ups

Who says words need to be concrete? This collection shapes poems in surprising and delightful ways. Concrete poetry is a perennially popular poetic form because they are fun to look at. But by using the arrangement of the words on the page to convey the meaning of the poem, concrete or shape poems are also easy to write! From the author of the incredibly inventive Lemonade: And Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word comes another clever collection that shows kids how to look at words and poetry in a whole new way.

A spoonful of poetry helps the mockery go down! This collection of presidential poems is historical and hysterical. The clerihew is a simple poetic form specifically invented to make fun of famous people—and who is more famous than the misbehaving presidents of the United States? Here are forty-three poems teasing the commander-in-chief that are fun to read aloud and even more fun to write yourself. From the author of the incredibly inventive Lemonade: And Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word comes a new collection filled with zingers, humdingers, and Presidential Misadventures.

It had been only twenty-four hours since Mighty Casey struck out, plunging fans of the Mudville team into gloom and despair. But a new game day dawned, and Casey once again proved his might with a homer in the eighth. The Mudville nine took a one-run lead, but in the bottom of the ninth, their hurler walked three straight. Bases loaded and the starting pitcher spent, the Mudville manager was not bullish about his bullpen. With the game on the line, he called for rookie Joy Armstrong to take the mound. Could she bring joy to Mudville again—and prove that a girl can play ball as well as any boy?

Fall is all mixed up in this silly book from Bob Raczka! Can you find his mistakes in the words and pictures?

Part anagram, part rebus, part riddle - this brand new poetic form turns word puzzles into poetry.

Explores works done by artists, including Picasso, Albrecht Durer, and Michelangelo Buonarroti, as children.

The wind and I play tug-of-war with my new kite. The wind is winning. When you’re a guy, nature is one big playground—no matter what the season. There are puddles to splash in the spring, pine trees to climb in the summer, maple seeds to catch in the fall, and icicles to swordfight with in the winter. Nature also has a way of making a guy appreciate important stuff—like how many rocks it takes to dam up a stream, or how much snow equals a day off from school. So what kind of poetry best captures these special moments, at a length that lets guys get right back to tree-climbing and kite-flying? Why, guyku, of course!

These eighteen paintings by Raczka cover a wide range of times, places, and artistic styles.

In this innovative look at seven paintings by Jan Vermeer, author Bob Raczka takes on the role of interviewer and the people in the paintings become his willing subjects. From The Milkmaid to The Geographer, Raczka teases out fascinating details about these gorgeous works of art and their mysterious creator. As you might imagine, after more than three hundred years of silence, the characters inside these paintings have much to share.

A book that celebrates all things summer—from playing at the park to swimming at the pool to catching fireflies. Children will delight in the rhymes that captures summertime fun.

Learn about fourteen different artists and their different styles.

No matter how you feel about winter, you are sure to enjoy Bob Raczka''s tribute to the season''s activities, tastes, and sounds. The simple rhymes using "y" words will encourage children to come up with their own words to describe the season.

Uses reproductions of paintings and photographs, along with statements about America, to introduce young readers to American ideals and landscapes.

Presents a collection of artwork by various artists showing people reading.

Presents thirteen works of art from different countries around the world, giving facts about the life of each individual artist and his unique style.

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It''s hard when summer ends, but the hearty season that follows overflows with holidays, sports, and fun. In this companion to Spring Things, the author and illustrator pay tribute to fall.

Learn the alphabet by looking at unusual sculptures.

Nature is busy budding and flowering; baby animals are being born; gardeners are planting; and everywhere children are running and playing. In rhyming text, the author celebrates Spring.

Invites the reader to look at twenty-six paintings from different eras and styles presented in pairs. Each pair lends itself to a story the reader can discover by looking at the paintings in a new way.

Presents fourteen famous artists'' self-portraits illustrating their different styles and views of themselves.

Offers young readers an in-depth guide to viewing and appreciating art through the use of all of the five senses, enhanced with color reproductions, illustrations, and painter profiles.

Rhyming text and photographs show that art is much more than just what can be hung on a wall or set on a pedestal.

Offering the message that no two people see the world in the same way, simple rhymed text and examples of various modern painters'' works point out the particular lens through which each of the artists viewed an object.