New Releases by Mary Engelbreit

You better watch out; you better not cry; better not pout; I'm telling you why: because Mary Engelbreit's new Christmas Classics Poster Book is here! Inside this third edition poster book, you'll find 12 classic Mary Engelbreit Christmas images, focused on the joy of this grand and glorious holiday, and sized at 11 x 14 -- a standard frame size -- they're perfect for decorating any room in the house or even the classroom! Again you'll find on the back of each poster a personal insight from Mary explaining her inspiration for the drawing. This classic Christmas collection is sure to bring a twinkling to the eye of every Mary Engelbreit fan! Images included are: -- Santa Marches On -- Good List -- Santa and the Snowboys -- Christmasville -- Open Your Heart -- Peace on Earth -- Believe -- Better Not Pout -- Merrily, Merrily -- Nature Is Full of Genius -- Animals Christmas -- Don't Waste the Miracle

Illustrates a poem by Ernestine Schunan-Heink.

The Classroom Collection focuses on reading, writing, and learning. Inside this edition you'll find 12 education-themed prints perfect for the classroom, a student's bedroom, or any room. As with the original edition, an inscription on the back of each poster offers a personal insight from Mary explaining her inspiration for the drawing. This is a perfect purchase for teachers or any Mary Engelbreit fan.

What better way to display your special photos than in a Mary Engelbreit photo album? This new, delicate design with 48 pages of archival-quality paper is sure to make displaying your photos a delight. Each page can hold up to two 4 x 6 photos, three 3 x 5 photos or one 5 x 7 photo.

Engelbreit's fresh ideas on fabric combinations are explored in this volume of easy-to-implement ideas and revolutionary decor makeovers. 110+ color photos present inspiring rooms and practical ideas.

A collection of home decorating projects and craft ideas offers detailed instructions for more than forty projects for bedrooms, guest rooms, kitchens, porches, patios, and gardens.

In Sweetest Heart, Mary Engelbreit gathers her charming illustrations together to pay homage to the most powerful of human emotions-love. With its soft-pink slipcase, a personal valentine in its own envelope at the front of the book, and special gatefold insert, Sweetest Heart is a wonderful keepsake.

Illustrates various ways to showcase rare books, souvenier tumblers, unusual clocks, original artwork, and other collectibles around the home.

Let Mary Engelbreit's touching Christmas art work lead you to believe in the magic of this special time of year.

The famous artist presents 30 different ready-to-color designs that can be completed with crayons, markers, and colored pencils. When the fun is over, the book's cover fastens with a Velcro binder to become a portfolio.

The warmth and whimsy of Mary Engelbreit's work is even better when shared with a friend-and When a Child Is Born, So Is a Grandmother is the perfect way to spread the joy. When a Child Is Born, So Is a Grandmother makes the perfect gift for the new grandmother or grandma-to-be. Illustrated by the one-and-only Mary Engelbreit and authored by Jan Girando, this book speaks to the very essence of the close bond that grandmothers will forever share with their precious grandchildren. Let Mom and Dad handle the discipline and the scolding and leave grandma to do the cuddling and the holding. One of the most popular pieces of art from America's favorite illustrator is her "When a Child is Born, So Is a Grandmother" image. Featuring that well-known drawing as its centerpiece, this book illustrates the joy and excitement every grandmother feels when their precious grandchild arrives into the world.

The popularity of Mary Engelbreit's work continues to soar thanks to the ongoing success of her books and other products, her magazine, and her syndicated newspaper feature, At Home with Mary Engelbreit.To those who believe the new millennium will bring nothing but chaos and trouble, Mary Engelbreit offers this ... poppycock! She also offers the Journal for the Next Millennium -- a chance for readers to mark the dawn of the new millennium by charting their own personal course for success.How do we know where we're going if we haven't set goals on how to reach our destiny? With the subtle humor of her illustrations setting the tone, this lined book encourages us to reflect on where we've been, where we're heading, and how we plan to get there.This 160-page handsome wire-bound journal, with an elastic band to keep it closed, takes a light look at the new millennium and provides the chance for readers to record the important memories, highlights, and predictions leading up to the year 2000 and beyond.

The first book in an enticing new series of home decorating books based on Mary Engelbreit's successful Home Companion magazine, Paint helps readers create the unique Mary Engelbreit look in their own homes.Filled with sophisticaed, full-color photography and warm, personal text, Paint offers suggestions for decorating everything from walls, doors, and furniture down to the small treasures on an end table. The book includes vibrant examples of many different paint techniques from bordering to trompe l'oeil. Readers will find easy-to-follow instructions on "How It Is Done" for such paint creations as sponging, distressing, and stenciling. There is a color and pattern to meet every taste.

She's witty . . . and Mary Engelbreit also is charming, nostalgic, playful, optimistic, and more than a bit irreverent. Now, Mary, herself, gives her readers a close-up look at her life and how she lives it. Her art and words are guideposts to all that is enduring, valuable, and important in our lives. Her richly detailed illustrations bring a sense of joy and a touch of nostalgia to everyday events.

Mary Engelbreit, Barbara Elliott Martin, and Charlotte Lyons collaborate on this fourth installment of the hugely successful "Home Companion" series. Designed to help parents create spaces that are as carefree and fun as the children who occupy them, "Mary Engelbreit's Children's Companion" provides a smorgasbord of ideas drawn from real kids' rooms. Full color.

The warmth and whimsy of Mary Engelbreit's work is even better when shared with a friend -- and Mary's gift books from Andrews McMeel Publishing are the perfect way to spread the joy. This hot-selling line of 17 gift books includes titles covering friendship, marriage, birthdays, motherhood, and more.

Mary Engelbreit: The Art and the Artist follows this amazing artist's career from the moment she first set up shop (a "studio" in her mother's linen closet), and on to her current status as the world's premier illustrator of greeting cards, books, calendars, coffee mugs, and hundreds of other products. This book features the most extensive collection of Mary Engelbreit's work ever published, and it represents nearly 40 years of Mary's art. The new paperback version features a revised preface.

The newest edition to Mary Engelbreit's charming Little Books collection, Don't Look Back is bursting with enthusiastic encouragement to help someone special through a time of transition. Full-color illustrations.

Presents the talents of the popular greeting card artist, Mary Engelbreit, in detailed cross-stitch charts.

With lined pages for addresses and phone numbers and alphabetical tabbed dividers, these address books can be easily customized. The hardcover books carry full-color Mary Engelbreit designs on their covers.

Something to Do (When There's Nothing to Do) lets children bring their own artistic style to some of Mary Engelbreit's most popular designs. This isn't just a coloring book -- it's full of stencil pages, craft projects, holiday decoration ideas, and greeting cards. And, when the fun is over for the day, the book's cover fastens closed with Velcro and becomes an artwork portfolio.

The book is in two parts. The first is to record your personal memories of Christmas holidays past. The second, is a five-year journal for you to write in during each Christmas season.

America's most popular hobby--gardening, and America's most popular illustrator--Mary Engelbreit meet in a beautiful functional workbook for gardeners of every level. This journal follows a magical journey from winter's dream to autumn's harvest, sharing helpful, time-tested wisdom. Includes planning sections, layout grids, and ample writing space. Available now.

The warmth and whimsy of Mary Engelbreit's work is even better when shared--andA Good Marriageis the perfect way to spread the joy.

Join with Mary Engelbreit as she celebrates children, friendship, the power of a loving note, the cup of kindness.