A charming picture book about friendship and looking for the bright side: "This offering is, to borrow the rabbit's two words, good news." — The Horn Book MagazineGood news: Rabbit and Mouse are going on a picnic. Bad news: It is starting to rain. Good news: Rabbit has an umbrella. Bad news: The stormy winds blow the umbrella (and Mouse!) into a tree.So begins this clever story about two friends with very different dispositions. Using just four wor...

This inventive tale of two mice fighting over a rock is "conceptually rich and a whole lot of fun" ( School Library Journal).Start with one rock. Add two mice. The end result? A never-ending battle! Or is it?Using only one word, along with many brightly colored and lively illustrations, Jeff Mack, acclaimed author of Good News, Bad News, brings his hallmark humor to this rollicking book that will have readers of every age reconsidering whe...

This inventive tale of two mice fighting over a rock is "conceptually rich and a whole lot of fun" ( School Library Journal).Start with one rock. Add two mice. The end result? A never-ending battle! Or is it?Using only one word, along with many brightly colored and lively illustrations, Jeff Mack, acclaimed author of Good News, Bad News, brings his hallmark humor to this rollicking book that will have readers of every age reconsidering whe...

★"An uproarious tale youngsters will eagerly return to."—Kirkus, starred review★ "Mack’s simple, recombinatory narration yields comedic results in this raucous work."—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewIn this hilarious picture book readers will meet a bear, a hare, and some hair.A fuzzy brown bear and a fluffy pink hare disagree.About hair.Neither wants to go bare!Will they b...

Fans of The Bad Guys and Catwad will love THE CRYPTID CLUB, a hilarious new four-book graphic novel series about an unlikely team of kid sleuths out to solve the mysteries behind the sudden spate of monster sightings around their school.Lily knows better than to listen to the gossip her little brother, Henry, has heard, but when her school newspaper needs a big headline, the rumor that Bigfoot has been spotted is the best lead she’s got.

A Chicago Public Library Best BookA School Library Journal Best Book★ "Inspiring" – Kirkus, starred review★ "Delightful!" – School Library Journal, starred review★ "Thoughtful" – Horn Book Magazine, **starred reviewDoes art have to be perfect? Where do you begin? This inspiring picture book about making art doubles as an introduction to the multifaceted and diverse global hist...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Timmy Failure!Clueless McGee is just your average fifth-grader: snarky, awkward, and a magnet for trouble. The only difference: he's also an amateur detective. Determined to make his absent father proud, he uses the skills he's learned playing video games to solve mysteries. Only he's no Sherlock Holmes. Or Encyclopedia Brown. Or even Scooby-Doo. When the school bully is framed for filling the orchestra teacher's tuba wit...

**A 2025 Texas Topaz Non-Fiction PickAn engaging, kid-friendly introduction to artist Marcel Duchamp and how he turned a toilet into a famous work of art.**This is the story of Marcel Duchamp and how the Dada art movement changed the way people thought about what art could be, and what could be art. From drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa to attaching a bicycle wheel to a stool, Duchamp's work challenged long-held notions of art and how it should be made. People were amus...

This is the story of Andy Warhol—and how his pop art took the world by storm. From drawing shoes for a shoe company to his Campbell's Soup cans and Marilyn Monroe prints, Andy made art out of the everyday. People claimed Andy's art wasn't real art, but that didn't stop him from making it, plus movies, a magazine, a TV show, and more!With Art Is Everywhere, Jeff Mack explores Warhol's fascination (and our own) with celebrity and fame, and opens readers' minds to the possibi...

Dog wants to play. When? Today!But no one will play with Dog. Not the chick or the lamb, the calf or the pig. Poor Dog! Isn?t there one playmate who will play with Dog all day long? With its structure of rhyme and repetition, this is the perfect book to prepare children for reading, and Jeff Mack?s exuberant and funny pictures will keep them turning the pages to enjoy the fun.

Fans of the Bad Guys and Catwad will love the Cryptid Club, the hilarious four-book graphic novel series about an unlikely team of kid sleuths out to solve the mysteries behind the sudden spate of monster sightings around their school.When the audition sheet for the school musical is stolen, Lily and her friends are on the case to catch the culprit. But when the school’s custodian reports scary noises coming from the woods, Lily and her friends know that there’s mo...

This funny picture book ode to the struggles of bedtime is perfect for fans of Mo Willems's Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!Bedtime can be a challenge for the best of us. But when you're a fun-loving, overactive pet gorilla, bedtime is downright hard. Who would want to go to sleep when Playtime is so much more fun? But the gorilla's responsible friend thinks enough is enough; no more fun and games. It's not Playtime--It's Bedtime! So the boy tur...