Best Selling Books by Martin PROVENSEN

This endearing favorite, now back in print, celebrates the four seasons on the farm and reacquaints readers with some of their animal friends. Full-color illustrations.

Meet the animals of Maple Hill Farm and learn about their antics as they bring joy, laughter, and life to the people who live in a house that needs painting at the end of a road full of holes. Two dogs, five horses, a pig, some geese, lots of chickens, a few cows, a few goats, several sheep, and four special cats—these are the animals at Maple Hill Farm. With simple text that is both affectionate and wry, and irresistible illustrations that burst with personality, Alice and Martin Provensen bring their barnyard friends to life for the delight of animal lovers both young and old.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal, this stunningly illustrated book depicts Louis Bleriot''s historic first cross-Channel flight.

An easy-to-read description of the continuously changing seasons.

When the town decides to build a reservoir on their land, the residents of Shaker Lane decide to move away rather than fight to keep their homes.

Tells and illustrates what things are yellow, purple, blue, red, green, brown, orange, white, or black.

A little girl helps her beloved hen raise her chick.

A child who is curious asks questions.

The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen is the first-ever monograph on this beloved midcentury husband-and-wife illustration team. This award-winning pair created more than 40 beloved children''s books over the span of seven decades, many of which appeared on the New York Times,/iu003e Best Illustrated Books of the Year lists. From early favorites for Golden Books such as The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown, 1949, to their Caldecott-winning title The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, 1983, the Provensens'' books inspired generations of young readers. Original paintings for their beloved classics such as A Child''s Garden of Verses, 1951, The Iliad and the Odyssey, 1959, Myths and Legends, 1960 and many others, are beautifully reproduced and included here. This comprehensive volume showcases hundreds of their well-known illustrations, as well as many never-before-seen paintings, drawings, and exquisite sketchbooks from their travels around the world. An interview with their daughter Karen Provensen Mitchell illuminates their life and career and includes many personal photographs, quotes, speeches, and memorabilia from their archive. An introduction by Leonard S. Marcus, a leading historian in children''s literature, underscores the Provensen''s importance and influence as illustrators and authors. Additionally, noted publisher and close family friend Robert Gottlieb, provides a personal essay that shares many of his memories with this cherished couple. The Provensens'' colorful, inimitable artwork is a treasure trove that has influenced generations of children, designers, illustrators, historians, and all who cherish classic children''s books.

Follows Max, a pet cat who is both friend and hunter. Backmatter includes information about the real-life Max the cat who lived on Maple Hill Farm.

Describes life in a big city and on a farm near a village.

The story of Old Mother Hubbart who was trying to find something for her dog to eat.

An illustrated collection of forty fables whose instructive wit reflects the cgaracter if the man who originally told them.

A baby owl and three kittens receive a bit of extra help in growing up on Maple Hill Farm.

Four farm animals, each with a distinct and highly idiosyncractic personality, liven the days at Maple Hill Farm.

Lists some of the many animals that lay eggs with illustrations of what hatches from them.

Introduces young children to primary and secondary colors and other facts about the color spectrum.

I can draw Indians: Sweeney loved to draw. Most of all he liked to draw animals and Indians. One day, just as he was finishing a big picture of two chiefs of the Blackfoot tribe, one of the chiefs said, "How!" Now that had never happened before. One of the chiefs invited Sweeney to visit, so they hopped on the horse Sweeney had just drawn and rode to a village. There Sweeney met Little Beaver and the two boys were friends right away. They went to play in the woods and had great adventures.