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The Art of Eric Carle
Carle, Eric

First published in 1996, this retrospective has been updated and re-released in this beautiful new edition. Find a new essay penned by Alexandra Kennedy, the executive director of The Eric Carle Museum titled "Building the Dream: The Founding of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art."...

Carle is one of the most beloved illustrators of children's books. This retrospective is more than just an appreciation of his art, however. The book also contains an insightful autobiography illustrated with personal photographs, an anecdotal essay by his longtime editor, a photographic essay on...
Item No. 9781984813404
$35.00
Shimmer of Joy: One Hundred Children's Picture Books
Loker, Chris

How do simple words and images make a children's picture book so magical that one reading can create a cherished memory for life? Here are 100 books that amply prove the picture book is an art form.

Here are books you'll remember and new gems to discover. From The Tale of Peter...

Item No. 9781567926569
$35.00
Beautiful Stuff
Gandini, Lella
Encourage your kids to express their creativity as they discover, collect, sort, arrange, experiment, and think with found and recyclable "stuff." The real-life experiences of teachers and children will inspire ideas that you can try at home: choose objects and turn them into a display, transform...
Item No. 9780871923882
$29.95
Beautiful Stuff from Nature
Topal, Cathy

Beautiful Stuff from Nature illustrates unique stories from teachers across North America who were challenged to explore their outdoor spaces with children to see where their interests lead. In these pages, you'l encounter ordinary experiences made extraordinary through the teacher's...

Item No. 9781615286782
$34.95
Book Bonding: Building Connections through Family Reading (Pre-Order)
Lambert, Megan Dowd


The perfect holiday gift for parents, readers, and communities.

A collection of essays about family, reading, and bonding with others through books. From children's literature educator and children's book author Megan Dowd Lambert.

This poignant, funny, and touching essay...

Item No. 9781623541514
$17.99
Collage Workshop for Kids
Merenstein, Shannon

Be inspired and delighted by Collage Workshop for Kids, a colorful art instruction book on collage techniques for children--made in cooperation with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.

Collage Workshop for Kids pairs essays by educators from...

Item No. 9781631595202
$25.99
Critical Theory Today
Tyson, Lois

This thoroughly updated third edition of Critical Theory Today offers an accessible introduction to contemporary critical theory, providing in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today, including: feminism; psychoanalysis; Marxism; reader-response theory; New...

Item No. 9780415506755
$57.95
Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids
Sharp, Colby

Literacy advocates with a deep passion for books bestselling author Donalyn Miller and 5th grade teacher Colby Sharp showcase the power of children s access to books, providing teachers and administrators with the tools and information they need to increase children s meaningful interaction with...

Item No. 9781338310597
$21.95
How Picturebooks Work - Softcover
Scott, Carole
How Picturebooks Work is an innovative and engaging look at the interplay between text and image in picturebooks. The authors explore picturebooks as a specific medium or genre in literature and culture, one that prepares children for other media of communication, and they argue that...
Item No. 9780415979689
$72.95
How to Be an Antiracist
Kendi, Ibram X
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a "groundbreaking" (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society--and in ourselves.

"The most courageous book to...

Item No. 9780525509288
$27.00
I Compagni
William A. Corsaro and Lusia Molinari

What happens when children in creative, Reggio-like preschools go to a more traditional elementary school? In this book, William Corsaro and his Italian co-author, Luisa Molinari, tell a complete and important story about the lives of children as they grow from young preschoolers to...

Item No. X8269
$33.95
Story Seeds Imagination Lab: Experiments in Creativity

Who says podcasts are just for listening? This independently published activity book is a Wirecutter/New York Times "Best Gifts for 10 Year Olds" and a perfect, interactive companion to The Story Seeds Podcast, where diverse and award-winning children's authors create stories...

Item No. 9780578847306
$25.99
Bambino
Edizioni Junior

The educational experiences of Pistoia City Council in the drawings and graphics by Andrea Rauch 1979-1999.

Item No. 9788886858519
$32.00
Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children
Beloglovsky, Miriam
Winner of the 2015 Brain Child Award from Tillywig...
Item No. 9781605542744
$34.95
Nature Play Workshop
Madigan, Karen

With this fun and practical guide to outdoor play, be inspired to unplug and spark a nature connection vital for children's healthy growth and development.

*Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award in the Children's Category*

Children and families are plugged into...

Item No. 9781631598685
$22.99
Per Mano

Pistoia: lo sguardo dei bambini sulle piazze della città.

Item No. 9788873362463
$49.95
Picture This - Softcover (Revised)
Bang, Molly
Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise, revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary, that helps provide clarity to the timeless question "what is art?"

"A revised and expanded 25th-anniversary edition of Bang's go-to text about visual perception, or 'how pictures...

Item No. 9781452151991
$22.99
Possible Schools
Lewin-Benham, Ann

Possible Schools tells the compelling story of the Model Early Learning Center (MELC) in Washington, DC -- the only school in a U.S. urban area to successfully implement the principles of the Municipal Preschools of Reggio Emilia. The author decribes the origin of this...

Item No. X8268
$22.95
Race Cars: A Children's Book about White Privilege
Devenny, Jenny
Race Cars is a children's book about white privilege created to help parents and educators facilitate tough conversations about race, privilege, and oppression.

Written by a clinical social worker and child therapist with experience in anti-bias training and edited by a...

Item No. 9780711262904
$17.99
Read It Again: 70 Whole Book Aproach Plans to Help You Shake Up Storytime
Lambert, Megan Dowd

Author Megan Dowd Lambert created the Whole Book Approach storytime model in association with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. In 2015 Megan published Reading Picture Books with Children: How to Shake Up Storytime and Get Kids Talking About What...

Item No. 9798987587836
$79.99
Remida Day

REMIDA, the Creative Recycling Center, is a joint project of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia and AGAC, and is managed by the Friends of Reggio Children Association, with the contribution of its numerous volunteers. REMIDA was established based on the idea to create a relationship between...

Item No. X8181
$34.95
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Kendi, Ibram X
Don't miss this "fresh and conversational" (TIME Magazine), "potent and provocative" (The San Francisco Chronicle), #1 New York Times bestselling exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America.

This is NOT a history book.This is a book...

Item No. 9780316453691
$18.99
Teach Them To Challenge Author
Prince Jr, Gregory S

Addressing the controversy surrounding political bias on American college campuses, the former President of Hampshire College presents a compelling argument against neutrality in higher education.

From the Author's Introduction:

Many conservatives argue the liberal bias of faculty in the...

Item No. 9780826491381
$26.95
Theater Curtain
Vecchi, Vea

Published by Reggio Children, Theater Curtain: The Ring of Transformations is a book that recounts how the children of the Diana municipal preschool were able to work together by finding agreements to design and create a curtain for Reggio Emilia’s Ariosto Theater.

Item No. X9220
$34.99
Understanding Children's Literature 2nd Edition

Edited by Peter Hunt, a leading figure in the field, this book introduces the study of children's literature, addressing theoretical questions as well as the most relevant critical approaches to the discipline.

The fourteen chapters draw on insights from academic disciplines ranging...

Item No. 9780415375467
$42.95