New Releases by Satoshi Kitamura

When Hannah spots a leaf on the grass, she thinks it looks like a violin, and decides to see if she can play it. Soon everything is singing and dancing to the music! A joyful book that celebrates play, creativity and the imagination within us all.

A simple text where a visit to an art show causes a girl to imagine what the world would be like if it was wholly yellow, red or blue. Realising that the world actually consists of all the colours of the rainbow, she paints lots of multicoloured pieces of art herself.

In these two animal stories from the Caribbean, find out in the first why Tiger wanted to get rid of all the other animals and keep the jungle for himself and what clever Anansi did about it, and in the second how shy Owl nearly lost everything because he didn''t have the courage to show his face.

Abracadabra, katakurico... what's in the hat? Meet Hattie the magician and her amazing hat. Together, they will enchant their audience with a parade of animal surprises, and rightfully earn resounding applause.

A Nature Storybook about one of the world''s most dangerous animals, with text by top non-fiction author Martin Jenkins and pictures by Satoshi Kitamura. A witty Nature Storybook about crocodiles, with words by award-winning author Martin Jenkins and playful pictures by Satoshi Kitamura. The main thing about crocodiles is they¿re really scary ¿ or at least the big ones are. They¿ve got an awful lot of teeth and they¿re not at all fussy about what they eat, as long as it¿s got a bit of meat on it. When it comes to hunting down their dinner, they¿re very determined and very cunning ... so better beware. But you might be surprised to hear that there''s more to crocodiles than just their appetites: crocodiles make wonderful mothers! This is a fascinating, rounded look at crocodiles, with Martin''s wry text brought to life by Satoshi''s lively watercolour paintings. The back matter includes notes on species, an index and a bibliography.

Um maravilhoso convite ao mundo da imaginação Um menino tinha um milhão de brinquedos e se sentia muito entediado. Mas isso foi só até avistar o sótão e chegar lá usando a escada de seu pequeno caminhão de bombeiro. Lá ele encontra uma família de camundongos, uma aranha trabalhando na teia, um motor velho capaz de voar pelo mundo e um amigo tigre com quem conversar. No sótão traz belíssimas ilustrações em aquarela e nanquim do premiado Satoshi Kitamura e o texto sensível de Hiawyn Oram - dois grandes nomes da literatura infantojuvenil mundial. "Um livro primoroso que mostra a importância da imaginação." School Library Journal

This is my hand. It can do all sorts of things. Most of the time it does good things, but sometimes... Kitamura introduces us to the wonders of something as simple as your hand – it can push, it can pull. It can paint, it can pat. And when your hand has a bad habit, it can pick your nose! Award-winning author and illustrator Satoshi Kitamura unfolds a wonderful celebration of the simple hand, also starring a favourite Kitamura character, Boots the cat.

Este nuevo libro de Satoshi Kitamura es una historia que va de la aventura al miedo por estar en un lugar desconocido. Al final, el personaje se dará cuenta de que todo saldrá bien: ni las plantas ni la oscuridad lo atraparán durante su paseo y descubrirá el camino de regreso a casa.

Ma main peut tirer, pousser, dessiner, montrer, caresser ou faire coucou, et plein d''autres choses encore ! Un album comme une comptine à mettre entre toutes les petites mains.

A wonderful anthology of poetry by award winning poets John Agard and Grace Nichols, brought to life with beautiful illustrations by Satoshi Kitamura. Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary. Text type: A poetry book. An illustration on pages 22 and 23 encourages children to recap the poems they have read in the anthology. Curriculum links: Art and Design: Portraying relationships; Music: Play it again - exploring rhythmic patterns; Citizenship: Living in a diverse world

Leonel tiene una fiesta pero antes de poder ir debe resolver un problema: ¡su cabello luce terrible! Así, leonel y su peluquero experimentan con diferentes estilos: desde el peinado tipo nido para un día de campo hasta el peinado de olas para una fiesta en la playa. Después de probar diferentes peinados, Leonel y su peluquero finalmente encontrarán un corte muy especial que lo hará el centro de atención de la fiesta.

Millie loves hats, but she can''t afford to buy any of the beautiful ones in the hat shop. But the shopkeeper has an idea. He produces a box containing an amazing hat with the most perfect shape and color imaginable—if Millie dares to imagine it. Millie does dare, and soon she sees not only her own marvellous hat, but everyone else''s hats as well.

A modern day boy visits the stone age and learns about prehistoric life.

Viaja 20.000 años en el pasado y descubre cómo era la vida de los hombres de las cavernas. Un día, mientras está dando un tranquilo paseo, un niño tropieza y cae por un pequeño precipicio. Una vez recuperado, después de la caída se da cuenta que se encuentra en plena& ¡Edad de Piedra! Allí conoce a una niña que le lleva hasta su tribu, y con la que aprende su manera de vivir. Verá cómo confeccionan las herramientas, ropas y armas; participará de sus celebraciones, comidas, cacerías, e incluso pintará en las paredes de una cueva. Pero cuando un oso furioso entra en la caverna para atacarles, el niño sufre una pequeña conmoción de la que despertará encontrándose, de nuevo, en la época actual. ¿Vivió un sueño?.

"What if the world was just one colour? What would it look like? Could you paint it? Look inside and see?"--Back cover.

Lionel is going to a party today, so he must do something about his bad hair. He finds a barber who has lots of crazy suggestions for hairstyles, from dandelion hair to octopus hair! Will Lionel find a style that suits him?

In an attempt to break his artist''s block, Pablo the elephant travels to the countyside to paint a landscape for the Hoof Lane Art Club exhibition and has an extraordinary experience.

It''s all about the joy of making music, and finding an appreciative audience. Igor has a loud and distinctive voice, and he cannot sing in tune. He is drummed out of the Dawn Chorus for not being musical enough, so he takes singing lessons. But his teacher says that not only is he always out of tune, he has no rhythm either. Poor Igor. He goes off into the desert, where at least he can sing to himself without being asked to stop. He builds a nest on a big rock, and starts to sing. But the rock is in fact a gigantic bird - a Dodo - who likes his music so much it wakes up in order to join in.

Une vieille femme au chapeau pointu jette un sort à Nicolas qui se retrouve... dans la peau de son chat Léonard ! Pour découvrir que la magie peut faire partie du quotidien.

Les aventures d’en Maulet són tres divertides històries que tenen a en Maulet com a protagonista. Un gat imitant a una maquineta de fer punta, un gat aprenent a nedar o una colla de gats intentant agafar unes galetes de peix, són algunes de les situacions còmiques d’aquest llibre. Satoshi Kitamura ( Tòquio 1956 ) és il.lustrador i ha guanyat prestigiosos premis, entre els que destaquem el Mother Goose Award, el Japanese Picture Book Award i el Smarties Silver Prize Award.

Mira ! Una nou On la podria guardar l’esquirol ? Aquí ? No ! Que això és l’entrada de la talpera Aquí ? No! El niu de l’ocell és ple Aquí sota ? No! Aquesta pedra pesa massa Aquí ? No! Això és el cau de la guineu Aquell forat de l’arbre és el lloc perfecte Ara l’esquirol té gana. Pot guardar la nou a la seva panxa. Nyam, nyam ! Sis preciosos llibres de Satoshi Kitamura: L’ànec s’embruta, El gat té son, L’esquirol té gana, El gos té set, Un amic per a en Maulet, És l’ hora de banyar-se, Maulet

El gos té set. Aquí no hi ha res per beure Massa alt Massa brut Massa avall Quina vida ! Visca ! Sis preciosos llibres de Satoshi Kitamura: L’ànec s’embruta, El gat té son, L’esquirol té gana, El gos té set, Un amic per a en Maulet, És l’hora de banyar-se, Maulet

El gat té son. On podria dormir ? Aquí hi ha massa soroll Aquí no és gens còmode Aquí fa massa fred i rellisca Allà fora no hi ha lloc On pot dormir el gat ? Per fi ! Un lloc acollidor. Sis preciosos llibres de Satoshi Kitamura: L’ànec s’embruta, El gat té son, L’esquirol té gana, El gos té set, Un amic per a en Maulet, És l’hora de banyar-se, Maulet

Perro tiene mucha sed y ¿qué hace?... Busca agua pero la fuente está muy alta, el estanque está muy bajo y la que se ha derramado de la botella está sucia. ¡Menos mal que una buena lluvia le conforta!

Un niño pasa un día raro después de encontrarse combiado de cuerpo con su gato.

A young boy spends an unusual day after awakening to find that he and his cat have switched bodies.

A simple game of hide-and-seek turns into a search full of surprises and sea creatures.