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Author Paul T. Gilbert has filled Bertram and His Fabulous Animals, first published in 1937, with ten tales of Bertram's imaginative antics. Drawings by Minnie H. Rousseff and Barbara Maynard illustrate his adventures with a dragon, griffin, squeazle-weasel, unicorn, mermaid, anting-anting, dinosaur, roc, and miki-miki, as well as everyone's favorite winged horse, Pegasus.

Charley Harper's brightly rendered animal illustrations in this board book will teach youngsters their colors in no time, with Zoe Burke's rhyming text offering read-aloud fun.

Starting with one bunting and ending with ten baby quail, Charley Harper's Count the Birds is the perfect board-book primer for learning numbers, guided by Zoe Burke's rhyming text.

While it is clear that artist Robert Bissell (American, b. England 1952) derives his inspiration from the animal world, his paintings are not simply portraits of bears, rabbits, and other creatures. They are allegories for the challenges and discoveries all living beings encounter on life's journey. Bissell's work is largely informed by the writings of the mythologist Joseph Campbell (American, 19041987), who held that myths from disparate cultures and eras all share fundamental structures. Bissell's reading of Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces initiated his own journey as artist to portray "the callings we have, the quests we undertake, difficulties we share, helping hands that appear out of nowhere (it seems), and finally the elations and conclusions we all have in common." Hero: The Paintings of Robert Bissell is organized according to the construct of Campbell's hero's journey. Each of the 10 chaptersfrom "Genesis" and "Vision" through "Crossing" and "Initiation" to "Return" and "Elixir"presents paintings that interpret these archetypal experiences. Bissell's grand and detailed landscapes provide Edenic stages for each scene in the journey. Carl Little's introduction offers biographical background and explores Bissell's process, motivations, and revelations, and the artist has supplied brief stories for many of the paintings. The path of human experience is joyfully recounted in Hero, illuminated by Bissell's animals, who invite our contemplation as they mirror our own quests, conundrums, and resolutions.

William S. Rice Art and Life is the first retrospective devoted to the artist. Author Ellen Treseder Sexauer, Rices granddaughter, presents a synthesis of scholarly and uniquely personal perspectives, examining the artists development, artistic methods, and private life. Insightful passages from interviews with Roberta Rice Treseder, Rices daughter, and illuminating excerpts from Rices own published articles and books provide an intimate portrait of Rice as artist, naturalist, teacher, writer, and father. More than 300 illustrations convey the mastery of Rices work and the breadth of his achievements.

More than 45 animals, delightfully depicted by Charley Harper, shine from the pages of this board book. Rhyming text by Zoe Burke names them all in read-aloud-fun fashion.

A happy, naive family enters the Evil Garden (free admission!) to spend a sunny afternoon in its inviting landscape, lush with exotic trees and flowers. They soon realize their mistake, as harrowing sounds and evidence of foul play emerge. When humongous hairy bugs, famished carnivorous plants, ferocious fruit-guarding bears, and a sinister strangling snake take charge, the family's ominous feelings turn to full-on panic but where's the exit?Edward Gorey leads us through this nefarious garden with a light step. His unmistakable drawings paired with engaging couplets produce giggles, not gasps. Perhaps "The Evil Garden" is a morality tale; perhaps it's simply an enigmatic entertainment. Whatever the interpretation, it's a prime example of the iconic storytelling genius that is Edward Gorey.