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Giselle Potter has illustrated numerous books for children, including Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey, Want to Be in a Band? by Suzzy Roche, and The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter, which was a Parents’ Choice Gold Award winner. Giselle lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband and daughters. Visit her at GisellePotter.com.


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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Written by Eugene Field
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
eBook

WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe–
Sailed off on a river of crystal light
Into a sea of dew . . .

So begins Eugene Field’s lovely bedtime poem, which tells of three wee fishermen who sail up to the stars, and a boy who imagines it all before... Read More
 





Cecil the Pet Glacier
Written by Matthea Harvey
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
eBook

In a starred review Publishers Weekly raves: "It’s an avant-garde, surrealist story with a Hollywood-style tearjerker lurking within—and a surprisingly charming and affecting one at that."

Award-winning poet Matthea Harvey and illustrator extraordinaire Giselle Potter team up to create an indescribably unique picture book about wanting to be normal, then coming to... Read More
 





Independence Cake
Written by Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Hardcover

Celebrate American independence with this delightful picture book as you travel to Revolutionary America and meet the amazing Amelia Simmons: mother's helper, baker of delectable cakes, and soon-to-be authoress of the first American cookbook!
 
Master of the historical fiction picture book Deborah Hopkinson takes us back to late eighteenth-century America... Read More
 





Independence Cake
Written by Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
eBook

Celebrate American independence with this delightful picture book as you travel to Revolutionary America and meet the amazing Amelia Simmons: mother's helper, baker of delectable cakes, and soon-to-be authoress of the first American cookbook!
 
Master of the historical fiction picture book Deborah Hopkinson takes us back to late eighteenth-century America... Read More
 





The Orphan
Written by Anthony Manna and Christodoula Mitakidou
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Hardcover

Once upon a time in Greece, fate left a young girl an orphan. Her stepmother was so hateful that she counted every drop of water the orphan drank! But with the help of Nature's blessings, the orphan was showered with gifts: brilliance from the Sun, beauty from the Moon, gracefulness from... Read More
 





The Orphan
Written by Anthony Manna and Christodoula Mitakidou
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
eBook

Once upon a time in Greece, fate left a young girl an orphan. Her stepmother was so hateful that she counted every drop of water the orphan drank! But with the help of Nature's blessings, the orphan was showered with gifts: brilliance from the Sun, beauty from the Moon, gracefulness from... Read More
 





Tell Me What to Dream About
Written by Giselle Potter
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
eBook

Journey with two sisters into the world of dreams in this delightfully offbeat read-aloud bedtime story.

Little sister asks big sister to tell her what to dream about at bedtime, and big sister presents her with possibilities, such as eating a meal of teeny-tiny waffles with teeny-tiny animals, living in a... Read More
 





Tell Me What to Dream About
Written by Giselle Potter
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Hardcover

Journey with two sisters into the world of dreams in this delightfully offbeat read-aloud bedtime story.

Little sister asks big sister to tell her what to dream about at bedtime, and big sister presents her with possibilities, such as eating a meal of teeny-tiny waffles with teeny-tiny animals, living in a... Read More
 





This Is My Dollhouse
Written by Giselle Potter
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Hardcover

A girl makes her own dollhouse in this picture book that celebrates creativity and imagination!
 
A little girl proudly walks the reader through her handmade dollhouse, pointing out the bricks she painted on the outside, the wallpaper she drew on the inside, the fancy clothes she made for her... Read More
 





This Is My Dollhouse
Written by Giselle Potter
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
eBook

A girl makes her own dollhouse in this picture book that celebrates creativity and imagination!
 
A little girl proudly walks the reader through her handmade dollhouse, pointing out the bricks she painted on the outside, the wallpaper she drew on the inside, the fancy clothes she made for her... Read More
 





Want to Be in a Band?
Written by Suzzy Roche
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
eBook

Do you want to be in a band? Well, here's how! First, bug your two older sisters to start a band, and then beg them to join. (It helps if they already know how to sing and play guitar.) Then there are some tricky parts, like getting over STAGEFRIGHT and practicing... Read More
 





The Boy Who Loved Words
Written by Roni Schotter
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Hardcover

In this Parents' Choice Gold Award–winning book, Selig collects words, ones that stir his heart (Mama!) and ones that make him laugh (giggle). But what to do with so many luscious words? After helping a poet find the perfect words for his poem (lozenge, lemon, and licorice), he figures it out...

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The Boy Who Loved Words
Written by Roni Schotter
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
eBook

In this Parents' Choice Gold Award–winning book, Selig collects words, ones that stir his heart (Mama!) and ones that make him laugh (giggle). But what to do with so many luscious words? After helping a poet find the perfect words for his poem (lozenge, lemon, and licorice), he figures it out...

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