That's My Hat!

A boy’s hat blows away and a mischievous monkey absconds with it, taking the boy on an adventure through a pop-up city trying to track it down.  He frantically looks just about everywhere — the zoo, park, bakery, greengrocer’s stand, department store, museum and library.  In the end, he’s got to pull out a little ingenuity from his back pocket if he ever wants to see his hat again.  An absolutely charming, whimsical and playful three-dimensional tale.  Click here to watch a book trailer.

That’s My Hat! was created by one of our favorite teams, Anouck Boisrobert and Louis Rigaud, and published by Thames & Hudson.

Water Land

Water Land uses clever cut-outs and a relaxed palette of blues, yellows, ochres and some spots of red to show readers links between ten major bodies of water and landforms — bay, cape, strait and isthmus to name a few.  Included at the end are definitions and examples of each along with an expanding map where each of the bodies of water and landforms are marked.  Head over to this Instagram post and scroll right for a couple of videos of the book in action.

Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World was written and illustrated by Christy Hale and published by Roaring Brook Press.

Red Sky at Night

Almost everyone has a old weather adage from their childhood that they can remember grown-ups quoting.  Red Sky at Night is full of them — “clues in nature to predict the weather” that have been passed down through time and generations.  Elly MacKay’s art is a beautiful blend of paper and ink and she weaves this collection of weather aphorisms together with a lovely visual narrative about the day in the life of a family.  Her intensely hued soulful skies will stay with you.  The book’s back matter explains the origins of each of the aphorisms.

Does anyone out there have any weather folklore or wisdom from their childhood to share?  This saying from the book resonates with our grayish week here so far — “The more rain, the more rest.  Fair weather’s not always best.”

Red Sky at Night was written and illustrated by Elly MacKay and published by Tundra Books.

Travel Giveaway

Summer’s around the corner and we’re partnering with Cameron Books and Wee Society on a giveaway of this quintet of books that take you places:

Los Angeles Is…

The Great Chicken Escape

Kiki and Coco’s Guide to Paris

Go! My Adventure Journal

Kiki and Coco in Paris

This giveaway is open to US residents and ends Thursday, May 24, at 11:59 PM PDT.  Click over to this Instagram post to enter.

these colors are bananas

Three cheers for inventive and intelligent books about color.  This one asks young readers to notice the colors in the world around them.  It asks them to see things in more ways, other ways beyond the typical and beyond what they’re used to.  Frankly, we’re crazy about this new book and it for sure lives up to its name — it’s bananas.  And categorically brilliant.  While we search for more superlatives to describe our love for this book, check our Instagram Stories for a preview of it and its fantastic interactive feature.

These Colors Are Bananas was created by Tamara Shopsin and Jason Fulford and published by Phaidon in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art. It’ll be out soon on May 30.