Most Popular Books by Christian Birmingham

Few tales bespeak the holidays as vividly as Dickens'' classic story of Jacob Marley, Tiny Tim, and the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future. Here it is presented in a gorgeous keepsake Running Press Miniature Edition™, sumptuously illustrated by award-winning British artist Christian Birmingham.

Christian Birmingham''s stunning new colour edition of Anna Sewell''s classic tale is complete and unabridged, and the narrative voice of Black Beauty as fresh as the day the story was first published in 1877. This enchanting story of the bravery of a horse in Victorian Britain has captivated and enthralled so many generations of readers. Step back in time and see the world through Black Beauty''s gentle and patient eyes, as he enjoys the pleasures and the hardships that fell to horses living in the nineteenth century. Meet the compassionate heroes and hard-hearted rascals whom Beauty encounters during his life and, above all, experience what it is to be a horse - to gallop on the soft grass and to hear a kind word in a moment of great need. It is truly a story you will never forget.

Award-winning artist Christian Birmingham''s luminous and dream-like pastels are at their most arresting in this tale of the arrival of a newborn baby, gently evoking the joy of parents and grandparents, and the complex emotions such an event can arouse in an older sibling.

Hot on the heels of the first Book of Useless Information, the Official Useless Information Society brings you another compendium of everything you never needed to know. Were you aware, for example, that dynamite contains monkey nuts as an ingredient? Or what percentage of the world''s population is drunk at any one time? The vital statistics of a groundhog? Or the odds of being killed by a tornado? If the irredeemably pointless interests you, then this book is for you.

With 26 heavy, sepia-tone paper cards, eye-catching foil accents, and Christian Birmingham’s beloved illustrations, these are cards sure to be treasured well beyond the Christmas season.

After ten years in print and more than 1 million copies sold, our bestselling holiday classic returns in this special edition. Clement C. Moore''s American holiday poem comes to life in a splendid volume that''s rich with old-fashioned charm. Christian Birmingham''s original, full-color artwork, which includes an extraordinary panorama of Santa Claus and his flying reindeer, and charcoal pencil drawings are exciting and evocative.

Welcome a new holiday tradition into your home with this merrily illustrated compendium of classic stories, poems, and carols. Read aloud such favorites as Clement C. Moore''s The Night Before Christmas, Louisa May Alcott''s "A Merry Christmas, " the holiday fable of "The Little Blue Dishes, " and the Biblical text of the very first Christmas in Bethlehem.

A classic translation of one of the world''s greatest fairy tales lavishily illustrated with a sumptuous, wintry feel.

Introduces the life and work of Louis Pasteur, the French chemist who founded the science of microbiology, and made possible many advances in medicine, public health and hygiene. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.