New Releases by David McLimans

This truly special alphabet book is filled with a stampede of wild animals, from Chinese Alligator to Grevy''s Zebra--and they''re all so rare, they''re endangered. David McLimans''s bold and playful illustrations transform each letter into a work of art, boldly rendered with animal characteristics, including scales, horns, and even insect wings. Once you take this eye-opening safari, you''ll never look at letters or animals the same way again. This zoological adventure--and winner of a Caldecott Honor medal--has been reformatted as a gifty board edition. The stunning black-and-white visuals are perfect for babies and younger children. Awards for Gone Wild A Caldecott Honor Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Book An ALA Notable Children''s Book

Breathing new life into traditional storytelling, David McLimans takes an exciting step into the world of folktales with another stunning visual feast. At the start of Big Turtle, the world only had two parts: the animals in the lower Water World and the people above in the Sky World. When Sky Girl falls to the sea, she is saved by two beautiful swans but is unable to return to her sky home. Big Turtle suggests building a new home for Sky Girl on his great shell using earth from the bottom of the sea, so Otter, Muskrat, and Beaver each attempt to reach the ocean''s bottom. Only little Toad is able to bring enough earth to the surface to place on Big Turtle''s back-creating a new world between the sea and sky for Sky Girl, who becomes the Earth''s first person.

Dive down to the depths of our planet''s oceans and see the stunning variety of creatures that call this watery environment home. These incredible marine animals and their ocean habitats are among our most precious and endangered resources. In a dazzling underwater adventure, Caldecott Honor-winning artist David McLimans uses fins, flippers, and tentacles to create numerical masterpieces. From the smallest tiger tail sea horse to the giant humpback whale, this aquatic menagerie will captivate readers of all ages as they count up to ten and back down again. McLimans also explores the powers of ten to showcase amazing ocean facts from one to one billion! Once you wet your feet with this eye-popping visual treat, your view of the ocean will be forever transformed.