New Releases by Phoebe Gilman

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!

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!

“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!

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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