Best Selling Books by Phoebe Gilman

Joseph''s grandfather transforms his blanket many times over the years, but what can be done when the final item is lost? Gilman''s version of this Yiddish folk tale won the 1993 Ruth Schwartz Award. When Joseph was a baby, his grandfather made him a wonderful blanket. But as Joseph grows older, the blanket becomes tattered and worn. Throw it out! cries Joseph''s mother. Luckily, Grandpa is an extraordinary tailor. He can fix anything! And so with a snip! snip! here, and a few stitches there, Grandpa transforms the treasured blanket into a jacket, a vest, a Sabbath tie, a handkerchief, and finally a beautiful button. But when the button is lost, even Grandpa can''t help. After all, how can you make something from nothing?In a rich and loving portrait of shtetl life, Phoebe Gilman presents a traditional Jewish folktale about family love and ingenuity that will warm the hearts of readers young and old.

A gypsy girl who gets the opportunity to live in a palace as a princess finds she prefers her gypsy life after all.

Jillian has trouble cleaning her room when there are so many fun things to do.

Rediscover the magic of a snowy day on the 10th anniversary of this delightful Jillian Jiggs story! "Jillian, Jillian, say it''s not true. How do you lose all the things that you do?" Jillian wants to go play in the snow with her sister and her friends, but her mom says no - not until she finds her hat! So instead, Jillian wears a Martian hat from the costume box. Of course, that means the snowscape needs to be turned into Mars, with cosmic landscapes, aliens, and flying space sleds. As the creativity flows, though, Jillian loses not only her hat (again), but her scarf and mitts too! What is Mom going to say? Sledding, snowmen, and wild flights of imagination abound in Phoebe Gilman''s first-ever wintertime Jillian Jiggs story. Celebrate a wonderful, snowy decade of Jillian Jiggs and the Great Big Snow with this sparkly 10th anniversary edition of the much-loved story. Have fun, and try not to lose your mittens!

Now in paperback - Phoebe Gilman and Joanne Fitzgerald''s beautiful story about the transformative power of love. When a little hippo falls in love with an Egyptian princess, he hopes that a great magician can turn him into a human boy. Alas, even the magician can''t perform such a feat! Instead, the magician turns him into a toy that the princess can playwith - a beautiful blue hippo on wheels. The princess adores her toy and takes him everywhere with her. But little girls don''t play with toys forever. The princess grows up and yearns for a true love. Can the hippo make her wish come true? Based on a story by Joan Grant, The Blue Hippopotamus was Phoebe Gilman''s final book. The illustrations by Joanne Fitzgerald were inspired by sketches Phoebe drew before her death in 2002. *A Governor General''s Award nominee!

When pirates, attracted by the smell of home-cooked noodle pudding, abduct Grandma and her parrot, clever Melissa comes up with a plot to set Grandma free.

“Don’t worry,” said Princess Leora’s father just before he left for the tournament. “If anything goes wrong, release a bunch of balloons from the castle tower. Wherever I am, I will see them and come home right away.” Now, something is wrong—very wrong. Princess Leora’s grumpy uncle, the Archduke, wants to be king, and the very first thing he does is pop every balloon in the kingdom. Princess Leora is afraid, but she doesn''t give up. If she can find just one whole balloon, the kingdom will be saved!

Jillian''s plan to sell the toy pigs she has made falls through when she discovers she loves her pigs too much to give them up.

La princesse Héloïse doit absolument laisser un ballon s''envoler dans le ciel afin d''avertir son père des mauvaises intentions de l''archiduc. Malheureusement, ce dernier a demandé qu''on crève tous les ballons du royaume. En trouvera-t-elle un dernier?

Grand-mère, Mélissa et Olivier le perroquet sont prisonniers des méchants pirates. Pourquoi essayer de fuir alors quil existe un moyen encore plus simple

See below for English description. Le grand-père de Joseph lui a fait une belle couverture quand il était bébé, mais à présent, elle est abîmée et délavée. Joseph ne veut pourtant pas se séparer de sa jolie couverture et il est persuadé que son grand-père peut la repriser. Par miracle, celui-ci transforme la couverture en objets tous plus utiles les uns que les autres. Est-ce que Joseph pourra lui aussi apprendre à faire quelque chose partir de rien? Basée sur le conte hébreu Joseph''s Overcoat, l''histoire de Phoebe Gilman fait subtilement découvrir aux jeunes lecteurs un mode de vie perdu. Joseph''s grandfather made him a beautiful blanket when he was a baby, but now it''s frazzled and worn. Joseph doesn''t want to part with his special blanket and is sure that his grandfather can fix it. Sure enough, Grandfather miraculously alters the blanket into useful items again and again. Can Joseph also learn to make something from nothing? Based on the Yiddish folktale Joseph''s overcoat, Phoebe Gilman''s subtly teaches young readers about a lost way of life. Original title: Something from Nothing

In this retelling of a traditional Jewish folktale, Joseph''s baby blanket is transformed into ever smaller items as he grows until there is nothing left--but then Joseph has an idea.

Princess Leora must grow a magic balloon tree in order to warn the king that his kingdom is in jeopardy.