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.

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

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

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.

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.

A child who is curious asks questions.

This large-format, high-page-count monograph is the definitive tome on the work of the prolific Provensen husband-and-wife team. The book includes many never-before-seen sketches and development work for many of their books; exquisite drawings from their extensive travel journals; and many personal paintings, illustrations, photographs, and artifacts. The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen is the first-ever monograph on this beloved mid-century 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 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. This beautiful volume showcases hundreds of their well-known illustrations, their signature design for Kellogg''s Tony the Tiger mascot, 1952, as well as many never-before-seen paintings, ideations, travel sketchbooks, and ephemera. The Provensens'' colorful, inimitable artwork is a treasure trove for designers, illustrators, literary historians, and all who cherish classic children''s books. FIRST MONOGRAPH: This is the first-ever, long-overdue monograph on this influential and revered husband-and-wife illustration team. UNIQUE VIEWPOINT: Their mid-century hand-drawn style is vintage and charming and has influenced a generation of illustrators and designers. IDEAL GIFT/COVETABLE OBJECT: This is an ideal gift for fans of mid-century modern design and illustration, art-book collectors, and anyone looking for the perfect coffee-table book. VINTAGE: There has been a resurgence of appreciation of hand-done illustration as opposed to art produced digitally. This book is a nostalgic look-back at classic, vintage, and beloved children''s books and two of the premier illustrators of the genre. MERCH/DISPLAY OPPORTUNITIES: Colorful, whimsical, and charming, this is an ideal book for retailers to merchandise. Perfect for: Illustrated children''s book collectors and fans, design enthusiasts, illustrators, art students, fans of mid-century modernism, book collectors, art aficionados, aesthetes

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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