Erik Brooks – illustratör

A sassy tortilla, so light she jumps off the griddle, leads an elaborate game of chase through the desert while taunting a passel of critters—two horned toads, three donkeys, four jackrabbits, five rattlesnakes, and six buckaroos. But has she met her match in Señor Coyote?

From best-selling children’s author Shelley Gill comes this colorful, rhyming board book playfully featuring whales found in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans. Toddlers will love learning about whales swimming in the deep blue sea in this beautifully illustrated board book that shares simple whale facts in an imaginative way.  If I could be anything, do you know what I’d be? I’d be a whale in the deep blue sea. Scooping up fishes and flipping my tail, I’d be a minke or beluga whale.

Selected as a Children's Poet Laureate Monthly Book Pick, Sea Star Wishes captures the varied and colorful world of our beautiful coastal shores. Discover the wonders of the sea and enjoy a day at the beach in playful and imaginative poetry and illustrations.In these coastal poems for kids, children meet sea lions, starfish, jellyfish, and other animals in the ocean, and dream about sandcastles and other beach activities. This fun, lyrical children's poetry collection by award-winning children's singer and songwriter Eric Ode features lively illustrations by Washington State Book Award recipient Erik Brooks. Sea Star WishesDo sea stars make wisheson stars of the nightand dream that they mightbe as shiny and bright?And if they make wishesperhaps it could bethat fishes make wisheson stars of the sea.

From the author and illustrator of If I Were a Whale and If I Were A Bird, comes this colorful, rhyming board book that playfully features bears found in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond. Beautiful watercolor illustrations of bears of all sizes are sure to delight readers young and old.Toddlers will love this fun introduction to bears, in this beautifully illustrated board book that shares facts about these amazing animals in an imaginative way. If I were a polar bearmy ears would be small,my feet would be furry,I'd have barely any tail at all.

From the author and illustrator of If I Were a Whale, comes this colorful, rhyming board book that playfully features birds found in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond.Toddlers will love this fun introduction to birds, in this beautifully illustrated board book that shares facts about these amazing animals in an imaginative way. If I were a birdyou know what I'd try?Flying wing tip to wing tipin a forest flyby!I could be an ebony raven,wind lifting my wings,tumbling past treetops,upside down of all things.

From fennec foxes with their giant ears to the wily, nimble red foxes, get ready to celebrate the many different types of foxes in baby's first introduction to these fascinating creatures.Toddlers will love this playful introduction to foxes: they're silly and sly; feisty and fuzzy! This beautifully illustrated board book shares simple fox facts in an imaginative way, perfect for read-alouds—and complete with a surprise ending!