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From the Illustrator, Giselle Potter

"I drew a lot as a kid because that is what everyone around me did. Everyone in my family was an artist and they all included me in their art. Both my grandparents were painters and my grandfather always invited me (and everyone who visited his studio) to add to his paintings. My dad made sculptures with found metal in the garage next to our house and the best way to talk to him was to think of something to make in his garage with him.

My parents had a puppet theater company called The Mystic Paper... Read More


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

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
 





Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Written by Eugene Field
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Hardcover Library Binding

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
 





Sugar Would Not Eat It
Written by Emily Jenkins
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Hardcover

Like children everywhere, Sugar the cat refuses to eat food she doesn’t like!

All children have heard their parents try to threaten, cajole, and guilt them into eating their vegetables. And it’s no different for Leo’s new cat, Sugar. She’s hungry, but when Leo generously gives her his last piece of birthday... Read More
 





Sugar Would Not Eat It
Written by Emily Jenkins
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Hardcover Library Binding

Like children everywhere, Sugar the cat refuses to eat food she doesn’t like!

All children have heard their parents try to threaten, cajole, and guilt them into eating their vegetables. And it’s no different for Leo’s new cat, Sugar. She’s hungry, but when Leo generously gives her his last piece of birthday... Read More
 





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

Words. Selig collects them, 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: His purpose is to spread the... Read More
 





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

Words. Selig collects them, 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: His purpose is to spread the... Read More
 

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