{"title":"Books by Brian Lies","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"bats-at-the-ballgame-pb","title":"Bats at the Ballgame PB","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn deck and ready for your reading lineup, New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies's ode to \"batty\" baseball fans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou think humans are the only ones who enjoy America's national pastime? Grab your bat--the other kind--and your mitt, because it's a whole new ballgame when evening falls and bats come fluttering from the rafters to watch their all-stars compete.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGet set to be transported to the right-side-up and upside-down world of bats at play, as imagined and illustrated by bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHurry up! Come one--come all! We're off to watch the bats play ball!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355985596588,"sku":"9781328886132","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/3374133482661.jpg?v=1781630767"},{"product_id":"cat-nap","title":"Cat Nap","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Indie Next Pick\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith lush paintings and intricately constructed 3-D artwork, bestselling and Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Brian Lies introduces a sleepy kitten whose afternoon nap transforms into an epic journey through art, time, and history. Perfect for fans of They All Saw a Cat, Museum Trip, and Jumanji. Includes back matter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the warm, late afternoon sunlight, a girl sits on the couch reading a book. Her kitten dozes nearby. But when Kitten notices a mouse and dives after it through a framed poster on the wall, an epic chase through time, art, and history ensues. Is it a dream? That's up to the reader to decide, but for the kitten, every leap and bound is full of suspense and makes for a masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaldecott Honor-winning and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies creates a truly unique picture book journey that invites young readers through the galleries of an art museum as well as through time, space, and history. As the cat and mouse leap from one page to the next, they are portrayed in the style of masterful artworks from history--an ancient Egyptian relief, an illuminated manuscript, a stained-glass window, a ceramic dog--each painstakingly and lovingly re-created in its original media by Brian Lies. When the sly mouse gets away, Kitten finds himself lost and alone. Will art help him find his way home?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis visual showstopper by an award-winning and bestselling picture book creator offers readers a page-turning cat and mouse chase, an introduction to famous works of art throughout history, an epic adventure story, and a homecoming. Back matter includes information about how each of the illustrations in the book was created, notes on the original artworks featured in the book, and an afterword inviting young readers to make, create, and build things.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356060274860,"sku":"9780062671288","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/7916983482210.jpg?v=1781632124"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.carlemuseum.org\/collections\/books-by-brian-lies.oembed","provider":"The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}