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Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall's follow-up to her bestselling If I Was a Horse explores the challenges of first friendships through imaginative play. If we were dogs, what kind would we be?I'd be a big dog! And you'd be little dog.Woof!Join two friends as they bark and growl, woof and howl - and maybe even quack - in a romp that makes room for everybody's ideas. Sophie Blackall unleashes a marvelous game of pretend that explores navigating friendship and celebrates boundless imagination.

Two-time Caldecott winner Sophie Blackall spins a winning tale about Max, a feline whose behavior doesn't win any raves, except from the boy who believes in him and finds a way to turn a negative into a positive.When a boy is FINALLY allowed to get a cat, he has no doubts about which one to bring home from the shelter. But Max the cat isn’t quite what the family expected. He shuns the toy mouse, couldn’t care less about the hand-knitted sweater, and spends most of his time facing the wall. One by one, the family gives up on Max, but the boy loves his negative cat so much, he’ll do anything to keep him. Even the thing he dreads most: practicing his reading. Which, as it turns out, makes everything positive!

A beautiful picture book about hope, change and the passing of time. Winner of the Caldecott Medal 2019.On the highest rock of a tiny island at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse. From dusk to dawn, the lighthouse beams, sending its light out to sea, guiding the ships on their way. As the seasons pass and the waves rise and fall, outside, the wind blows; inside, the lighthouse keeper writes, and the rhythms of his life unfold. But change is on the horizon...With beautiful illustrations from Sophie Blackall - the artist behind New York Times bestseller, Finding Winnie."I will be surprised if a more exquisite picture book is published this year" - New York Times"A jewel of a creation" - Publishers Weekly

An exquisitely illustrated memoir and meditation on the sea from New York Times bestselling author Sophie Blackall, creator of Things to Look Forward To and Hello Lighthouse.“The Sea is a voyage into the past, into history and science, into loss and love, into the world that lies beneath the water and the world that soars above it. This is a journey both beautiful and profound. Sophie Blackall is a genius.” —Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author “A memoir, a love story, a cabinet of curiosities yielding delicious surprises on every page. I loved this genre-bending book from the first page to the last.” —Geraldine Brooks, New York Times bestselling author In this deeply personal and entirely original memoir, Sophie Blackall explores the ocean and the stories it holds through memory, natural observation, history, and art. A 24-day voyage becomes a current carrying her between the shipboard romance of her parents and reflections on her own life and loves, revealing the sea as a source of wonder, longing, and connection.Told across 24 daily chapters that move between past and present, this illustrated memoir encompasses shipwrecks and sturgeons, cyanometers and poetry, science and family history. More than 100 full-color images make The Sea both an intimate narrative and an absorbing work of art from one of today’s most talented creators.