Most Popular Books by Chris Raschka

Two-time Caldecott Medalist and New York Times–bestselling picture book creator Chris Raschka pays tribute to one of the most quintessential events of childhood—getting new shoes—in this boldly illustrated and inspiring book for the youngest reader. When a young child discovers a hole in a sneaker, mother and child embark on a big childhood adventure—a trip to the store to pick out new shoes. From having feet measured and making a selection to finally showing off the new shoes to a friend, this momentous child moment is treated with respect, excitement, and page-turning energy in a wonderfully age-appropriate picture book. Caldecott Medalist and New York Times–bestselling picture book creator Chris Raschka joyfully captures the event from the child’s point of view. New Shoes is a preschool classic in the making.

A heartfelt and playful ode to the father-child relationship, by two-time Caldecott-medal-winning author Chris Raschka King and Jester, Boat and Captain, Mountain and Climber... fathers and children are all of these things and more in Chris Raschka''s tribute to this familial pair. Each stanza presents three scenarios in which the father and child''s roles are subtly balanced. The pairs vary between stanzas, coming together in a visit to an ice-cream truck. With minimal text and maximum emotion, the book encapsulates Raschka''s own passion and nostalgia for being a father to his [now-grown] son. Ages 3-5

Two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka celebrates the enduring bond between best friends--a young girl and her cat. Meow is an innovative and surprising tale of friendship, love, anger, hurt, kindness, and forgiveness. A must-have for the youngest reader and cat lovers everywhere. A girl and her cat, Marigold, are best friends. When the girl accidently steps on Marigold''s tail, the surprised and hurt cat runs for cover. But after some time apart and an apology, all is forgiven, and Marigold and the girl are friends again. Two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka introduces various renditions of the word "meow" throughout, each offering a collaborative, educational, and innovative way to interpret the story. With two compelling main characters, an entire rainbow of emotions, a playful text composed almost exclusively using only four letters (M E O W), and lively illustrations, Meow is ideal for visual literacy, beginning readers, very young children, social and emotional development, and for classroom story hours.

"Cualquier niano que haya tenido un juguete muy querido entenderaa la tristeza de Daisy, cuando, jugando, un perro maas grande rompe su pelota favorita. En un libro sin texto, Raschka explora solamente con imaagenes la alegraia y la tristeza de tener un juguete especial. Las ilustraciones impresionistas y su enternecedora historia hacen de este libro una obra especialmente interesante para los amantes de los perros, para los maestros y para los padres que, de cuando en cuando, afrontan situaciones en que sus hijos pierden algo ''especial''."--Casadellibro.

As Wormy Worm wiggles and woggles, it is hard to tell which end is front and which end is back. Full color.

Suppose you are a CITY. Yes, you, looking at this book. Who named you SANTA FE, or PORTLAND, or TOMBSTONE, or whatever your name is? This book invites you to a big party with lots and lots of relatives, near and far, from all over tha nation. These relatives will be glad to meet YOU!

If you are a bunny, try a taste, take a gander, snuffle a sniff, relish a sound, and share a hug. Everything around is waiting. If you are a boy, or a girl, or a dog, or a kitty do like our friend Bunny. And enjoy.

Simple words and illustrations detail some of the things that Doggy Dog is not, including a cat, a lamp shade, and a potato.

"Two very large things have just happened to Peachaloo Piccolozampa. First, she''s discovered a plot to ruin her favorite swimming hole and replace it with a golf course. Second, a wasp sting has given her the superpower to understand the truth behind what people say. Peachaloo knows a golf course is not the destiny for the grounds of the Ajax Mansion, a former monastery whose jump-roping denizens proclaimed it freely open to all. But the mansion''s new owner has other ideas--and has managed to bury the evidence of the Brothers and Sisters'' wishes. Now it''s up to Peachaloo to use her superpower to prove this villain a liar, star in the annual pageant, and somehow get her town back the way it''s supposed to be"--

"A picture book biography of Mary Lou Williams, an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote hundreds of compositions, recorded hundreds of songs, and wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and is an artist often overlooked in the canon of American music because of her gender and skin color"--

Snaily Snail is loved all the time, no matter what he is doing.

Sluggy Slug will not go because he is sluggy. Full color.

Two cats fall in love in a rose garden.

Die Geschichte einer Freundschaft zwischen einem farbigen und einem weissen Jungen, die sich vorsichtig einander annähern.

Un jour, Petit arbre fit un petit rêve. Petit arbre rêva qu''il était un arbre de Noël...

Retells the story of the Mozart opera, in which the noble Prince Tamino seeks the fair Pamina against a backdrop of the battle between darkness and light.

Un garçon seul en interpelle un autre qui s''ennuie. Il n''a pas d''ami. Alors pourquoi ne pas le devenir? Une caricature très simple et en peu de mots, de la naissance d''une amitié. [SDM].