Most Popular Books by Christian Birmingham

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.

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.

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.

Wombat loves digging deep holes and thinking deep thoughts, but nobody thinks much of that until danger threatens the bush and the small wombat comes up with a great big idea... One day Wombat digs the deepest hole he''s ever dug and crawls into the cool darkness to think. But when he climbs out again, he can''t see his mother anywhere. He is all alone. As he wanders through the great outback looking for her, Wombat meets all kinds of wonderful creatures - Kookaburra, Wallaby, Possum, Emu, Boy and Koala. None of them think very much of him, though. But when a fire sweeps through the bush, it is Wombat''s skills which save the day, and afterwards everyone races off to find his mum and bring her back to him. AGES 4-8

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.

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.

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.

En observant un cygne jour après jour, un jeune garçon découvrira tous les secrets, et partagera les bonheurs et les drames de la vie sauvage. Un texte sur les relations entre les animaux et les hommes.

Wombat adore creuser des trous. Un jour, il creuse le trou le plus profond qu''il ait jamais creusé et s''y réfugie pour penser. Mais quand il en ressort, un peu plus tard, sa maman a disparu. Le voici tout seul. Il part donc à sa recherche dans l''intérieur du pays et, chemin faisant, rencontre toutes sortes de créatures extraordinaires : un kookaburra, un wallaby, un opossum, un émeu, un jeune garçon et un koala. Pour eux, un petit wombat n''a rien d''intéressant, jusqu''au moment où un danger menace la forêt...

Voici l''histoire classique de cette nuit magique que les enfants du monde entier attendent toujours avec excitation et émerveillement. Les illustrations délicates qui l''accompagnent évoquent parfaitement la chaleur et la joie particulières à cette époque de l''année et redonnent au texte éternel de Clément C. Moore une nouvelle jeunesse.

Seit Nora ein Geschwisterchen bekommen hat, ist nichts mehr so wie früher. Niemand kümmert sich um sie. Und als Papa sie auch noch ausschimpft, weil sie mit der Gartenschere Blumen für das Baby schneiden wollte, bricht Nora in Tränen aus.