Best Selling Books by Brian Wildsmith

This gem designed by Brian Wildsmith has long been a favorite alphabet book. His luscious palette of colors will excite any curious young reader.

This is the "big book" form of the story "Cat on the Mat". It uses simple, repetitive text, bold pictures and humour to help in the teaching of reading.

The shoe-maker is a poor man, but he is so happy that he sings all day long. His next-door neighbor, a rich man, is not so happy. He can't sleep because of all the singing. How can he stop the shoe-maker from making so much noise? Would a bag of gold do the job?

(paperback reissue of ISBN 0-19-272104-6)

The Woodpecker sleeps all night and works all day. In the tree next door, the Owl works all night and sleeps all day. The two of them don't like each other. They quarrel so much that all the other animals in the forest are upset. How can they sort this out?

(paperback reissue of ISBN 0-19-272255-7)

In this beautifully illustrated picture book, Brian Wildsmith tells the story of Mary, mother of Jesus, in a series of vivid scenes, framed with gold. We see the touching story of Mary's parents, the birth and childhood of Mary, her marriage to Joseph and the visit by the angel Gabriel. We travel with Mary to Bethlehem and witness the magic of the Christmas story. We join with Mary as she experiences the tragedy of the cross, and the joy of the resurrection. Finally we see her assumption, and her crowning as Queen of Heaven. This highly decorative picture book has been carefully, and lovingly, researched, and provides the reader with beautifully imagined domestic scenes of Mary as a child, a wife, and a mother. Brian Wildsmith is one of the most venerable figures in children's illustration today and celebrates forty years of publishing with OUP in 2002 - a truly remarkable achievement. His first book, "Brian Wildsmith's ABC", which was first published in 1962 is still in print today.

This is the story of how the donkey, the dog, the cat, and the cockerel all met one fine day. They became friends and went along the highway, singing together, to go and join the Bremen Town Band. But on the way they come to a forest and in that forest there was a house and in that house there were some robbers...Brian Wildsmith tells and illustrates the well-known tale by the Brothers Grimm in all the glowing colours of an early summer's day.