Most Popular Books by J. Patrick Lewis

The topic about witchcraft is vast with details that may discourage someone with problems. If you go to the doctor and you are told that you have flu, you will not appreciate the doctor telling you about other strings of flu viruses or how it was discovered. At that moment in time, you just want the doctor to prescribe some appropriate medications for you and let you go back home to sleep. This is comparable to the history of witchcraft which dates back to the beginning of human creation. Therefore, it is part of nature; a form of manipulation which fits with cruel intentions. There is no community or society that does not have some dark history related to this matter. It is also part of spiritual and temporal affairs, even to the highest echelon of the society....

Traditional Chinese edition of The House by J. Patrick Lewis and illustrated by Roberto Innocenti. Innocenti is the recipient of the biannual Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2008. In Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

An illustrated narrative poem about the life and achievements of the renowned Italian astronomer whose work changed the course of science.

Two snowflakes named Crystal and Ivory travel on Santa''s sleigh and make their way through the wintry sky until they become part of a snowboy in Central Park.

Three children visit the haunted house of Boo Scoggins on Halloween and experience scary sights and sounds.

From the Children’s Poet Laureate comes a year-round ode to wacky holidays just begging to be celebrated. Nobody should ever forget Ewe on Ohio Sheep Day (July 14). No mata mata how hard they may try on World Turtle Day (May 23). If you’ve never heard of Dragon Appreciation Day, International Cephalopod Awareness Day, or Yell “Fudge!” at the Cobras in North America Day, it’s not because they don’t exist, it’s simply that they needed someone to spread the word. Luckily, the fantastically zany poems of J. Patrick Lewis and Anna Raff’s equally hilarious illustrations have memorialized these holidays forever. So get out your calendars — from Happy Mew Year for Cats Day to Chocolate-Covered Anything Day, World Rat Day (April 4) calls for a year-round celebration.

A collection of humorous poems that describe where various animals would reside, if they could decide. Full-color illustrations.

A collection of poetry that celebrates monuments throughout the world, including Stonehenge, Versailles, Machu Picchu, the Eiffel Tower, and Mount Rushmore.

Retells in verse the story of Noah''s ark which saves two of every kind of animal while a flood purges the earth.

in this wonderful new retelling of the Nativity story, all creatures great and small--from the majestic camels of the desert to the meekest dormouse--experience the wonder and joy of the coming Baby Jesus. Full color.

In wonderfully evocative poems, the authors explore castles of history and fantasy that have facinated people for hundreds of years--Bunratty, Hearst, Tower of London, Himeji, Bran, and Olavinlinna.

"Lewis''s poetics are perfectly complemented by Kelley''s evocative pastel illustrations, which both inspire and unsettle." –New York Times They went by many names, but the world came to know them best as the Harlem Hellfighters. Two thousand strong, these black Americans from New York picked up brass instruments—under the leadership of famed bandleader and lieutenant James Reese Europe—to take the musical sound of Harlem into the heart of war. From the creators of the 2012 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor Book, And the Soldiers Sang, this remarkable narrative nonfiction rendering of WWI -- and American -- history uses free-verse poetry and captivating art to tell century-old story of hellish combat, racist times, rare courage, and inspired music.

Contains poems about the world''s extinct animals.

A collection of seventy-five poems designed to help teachers enhance their history, geography, science, and math units.

To do something with seven fingers is a Yiddish expression meaning to do something well or adroitly. Marc Chagall was a Russian Jew and a wandering dreamer. From his humble hometown of Vitebsk, Belarus, he went out to take in the world the grandeur of St. Petersburg, the romance of Paris, the freedom of New York. Through wars, Nazi persecution, and the passing of nine decades, he found love, pioneered techniques in modernism, and painted. Above all, he painted. Fourteen of Chagall s works are here vividly reproduced and accompanied by the poems of notable children s writers J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen in this colorful celebration of a most remarkable artist.

When the Queen of Trouble cannot sleep because all the beds she tries are uncomfortable, Isabella Abnormella saves the day by inventing the waterbed.

Did you know that Earth''s harshest deserts are home to a wide variety of animals? Meet roadrunners, sidewinders, and more in the pages of My Home in the Desert.

At the command of the Queen of Catmandoo, the crew of cats aboard "The Frisky Dog" set sail to find sticky-goo buns.

Un illustrateur, qui n''est autre que Roberto Innocenti, part à la recherche de son imagination perdue et se retrouve devant une étrange auberge battue par les flots. Les clients ont tous quelque chose de particulier, mais en même temps un air qui nous est familier : marin à jambe de bois, chevalier à la triste figure, sirène cachant sous ses dentelles une queue de poisson... Il s''agit bien sûr de quelques-uns des plus célèbres héros littéraires de notre enfance, et tous semblent en quête d''une partie d''eux-mêmes.

A cow''s magic milk restores youth to her owners and brings back the happiness they had tragically lost.