New Releases by Steven Kellogg

Pinkerton doesn't understand his owner’s commands. When told to come, he jumps out the window. When asked to fetch, he destroys the slippers instead. Pinkerton’s desperate owners take him to obedience school, but he flunks out in record time. Then one night a burglar breaks into their house, and Pinkerton is able to put his bad habits to good use. This silly charmer of a story was included on the Booklist and Horn Book best of the year lists and inspired four sequels about the impossibly clueless but irresistibly sweet Pinkerton. Now, in honor of its 35th anniversary, Steven Kellogg has updated the art and text (most notably removing the gun that appeared in the original edition), and has written an introductory note about the book’s history.

"Eric Carle, Nick Bruel, Lucy Cousins, Susan Jeffers, Steven Kellogg, Jon Klassen, Tom Lichtenheld, Peter McCarty, Chris Raschka, Peter Sis, Lane Smith, Erin Stead, Rosemary Wells and Mo Willems. Everybody has a favorite animal. Some like little white dogs or big black cats or hoppy brown bunnies best. Others prefer squishy snails or tall giraffes or sleek black panthers. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, 14 children''s book artists share their favorite animals and why they love them"--

Kathy feels lonely and betrayed when her best friend goes away for the summer and has a wonderful time.

A young llama asks his friends if their mamas are llamas and finds out, in rhyme, that their mothers are other types of animals.

For more than thirty years, Steven Kellogg has been delighting young readers with his bright, lively books full of feisty imagination and silliness --and always perfectly expressing children''s thoughts and dreams. As his friend Helen Hunt says in her introduction to this treasury, Steven''s books "give voice and bring humor to the mischievous in all of us." Because of that, Steven Kellogg has become one of our most loved picture book creators. For the first time, here is a treasury of Steven''s books, including many of his bestsellers (The Mysterious Tadpole, The Island of the Skog, Jimmy''s Boa, Best Friends and others) and several little-known books that have been unavailable for many years. In all, eleven books are included--eleven gems to pore over again and again. And as an added bonus, there is also a biographical profile of Steven, complete with many photos and even some never-before-seen sketches. This is a compendium for every child--those who already love Steven Kellogg''s books, and those who are soon to love them.

Pinkerton seems lonely. So his young owner goes to the pet show to find him a friend. She returns with a kitten named Rose, who could be the ideal playmate for Pinkerton. But Rose has ideas of her own. She wants to be a Great Dane, and suddenly Pinkerton decides to start acting like a kitten. So Pinkerton, Rose and their owners go back to the pet show to seek professional advice, but what results is a crazy and comical adventure! "A zesty tale that is delivered with splendid flourish . . . Funny and well-paced [with] dexterous illustrations." (Booklist, starred review)

Pinkerton is teething and nothing is safe! When his owner sneaks him into the dinosaur museum, can Pinkerton resist chomping on that great big dino-bone? Full-color illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Pinkerton goes fox hunting with the Hunting Academy, but gets distracted easily when a bird and hot air balloons drift by overhead. Full-color illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

A young man believes his sweetheart and her family are the three silliest people in the world until he meets three others who are even sillier.

A little boy tries to think of all sorts of methods that would help him grow bigger than his bossy older brother.

A variation on the familiar song, "This Old Man", in which an increasing number of dogs look for treats.

As a student at Madame Pestilence''s Academy, Gloria must prove that she has what it takes to become a Christmas Witch by bringing peace to a planet occupied by two feuding factions. Reprint.

Who told the best tall tales of all time? This exuberant book, based on a nineteenth-century American folk song, provides more than a clue. After all, there aren't many yarn spinners who could lay claim to building the Pharaoh's pyramids, marrying Queen Elizabeth in Milwaukee, driving cattle from Texas to Seattle with the great Pecos Bill, or playing hopscotch on the moon. In fact, this tale is so irresistibly tall that when you're through, you just may want to top it with a few whoppers of your own. Steven Kellogg has combined the traditional stanzas with his own rib-tickling verse and sparkling illustrations. Complete with the easily played melody, this is a tale that will delight readers for about a million years ... or maybe two!

Gloria must prove that she has what it takes to become a Christmas Witch by bringing peace to a planet occupied by two feuding factions. Full color.

A humorous adaptation of the classic tale of chain-reaction panic.

Sally Ann, wife of Davy Crockett, fears nothing--and proves it when braggart Mike Fink tries to scare her.

Angry because she thinks her friends no longer want to play with her, Kim imagines ways of gaining revenge.

Quién cavó los Grandes Lagos? Quién excavó el Gran Cañon? Paul Bunyan, por supuesto, el mejor, más rápido y divertido leñador estadounidense, y el héroe favorito de historias fantásticas.

When her can of blue paint mysteriously disappears, Belinda is determined to find out which one of the children took it.

Un petit lama demande ̉ceux qu''il rencontre (chauve-souris, cygne, veau, phoque, etc.) si leur maman est un lama? Un texte court, ťoff ̌des illustrations de Kellogg. [SDM].

Arnold just wants a pet. But after trying to bring home a dog and a cat, his imagination runs wild with all of the pets he could bring home, even a dinosaur! But what he really needs is a friend, and guess who just moved down the street.

An incorrigible liar finds that when she needs help the most no one will believe what she has to say.

Kathy feels lonely and betrayed when her best friend goes away for the summer and has a wonderful time. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Chicken Little and his feathered friends, alarmed that the sky seems to be falling, are easy prey for hungry Foxy Loxy when he poses as a police officer in hopes of tricking them into his truck.

Ce récit raconte avec humour une amitié entre un enfant et un animal, sorte de monstre charmant, reçu en cadeau d''anniversaire. Cet ouvrage figure dans la liste 2007 littérature pour le cycle 2

A collection of children's books on the subject of apples and fall.

Gerade als sich Fuchsi-Luchsi auf Hühnchen-Klein stürzen wollte, fiel eine Eichel auf Hühnchen-Kleins Kopf. Damit beginnt eine Kette von Ereignissen, an deren Ende Fuchsi-Luchsi schliesslich den Kürzeren zieht. (ab 5)

Kathy se sent trahie par sa grande amie Louise qui s'amuse sans elle dans une colonie de vacances. L'arrivée d'un nouveau voisin trompe son ennui. Ce dernier lui assure un chiot de sa chienne. Kathy se promet de ne pas le partager avec sa copine. Mais sonnent l'heure de la réconciliation et l'heure de Sarah de mettre bas. Un seul chiot dont Louise hérite au grand désespoir de Kathy. Tout s'arrange, l'amitié n'est-elle pas le partage? Kellogg aborde son thème avec une originalité qui lui est propre. Il l'oriente sans moraliser, avec une touche d'humour sur un fond de réalisme.

Who was the largest baby ever born in the state of Maine? Who dug the Great Lakes? Who gouged out the Grand Canyon? Why, Paul Bunyan, of course, America's finest, fastest, funniest lumberman and favorite tall-tale hero.