Product Description: Applaud Matt Tavares’s latest feat — a gripping tale of real-life daredevilry perfectly balanced by stunning illustrations."Monsieur Blondin is to cross Niagara Falls this afternoon, or perish in the attempt." — Troy Daily Times, June 30, 1859When the Great Blondin announced that he was going to walk from America to Canada across the Niagara River on a rope that was more than 1,100 feet long and just 3 inches wide, hanging 160 feet above the raging river, people came from everywhere...read more

Matt Tavares hits one out of the park with this powerful tale of a kid from the segregated south who would become baseball’s home-run king.Before he was Hammerin’ Hank, Henry Aaron was a young boy grow ing up in Mobile, Alabama, with what seemed like a foolhardy dream: to be a big-league baseball player. He didn’t have a bat. He didn’t have a ball. And there wasn’t a single black ball player in the major leagues. B ut none of this could stop Henry Aaron. In a captivating biography of Henr y Aaron’s young life – from his sandlot days through his time in the Negro Leagues to the day he played his first spring training game for the Braves – Matt Tavares offers an inspiring homage to one of baseball’s all-time greats.

Product Description: A powerfully moving, authentic portrait of the Statue of Liberty, told through the eyes of those who created her and illustrated in glorious detail."Soon America will be one hundred years old. I share my dream of a birthday gift."It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea, but ten years later Édouard Laboulaye’s dream catches fire and takes shape...read more

Product Description: An exuberant picture book applauds the man behind the 1869 National Peace Jubilee, the largest and loudest concert the world had ever seen — or heard.As a young boy growing up in Ireland, Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore loved music — the louder, the better! This love of music followed him to Boston in 1849, where he became a bandleader...read more

Product Description: Matt Tavares's lavish illustrations illuminate this definitive edition of a beloved seasonal classic.The horse is ready, the air is bracing, and everyone is bundled into the sleigh. So let the wind blow and the snow start to fall! This family is off to Grandfather's house for a delicious feast...read more

With the help of Iron Hans, the wild man of the forest, a young prince makes his own way in the world and wins the hand of a princess, in a new rendition of a Grimm Brothers tale about the importance of doing good. 15,000 first printing.

This wonderful retelling of the classic story, first published in 1908, follows Jack who, after climbing to the top of a huge beanstalk, uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and gain a fortune for himself and his mother.

The immensely popular, well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor is brought to life through dramatic, monochrome illustrations in the pre-Victorian style by the creator of Zachary's Ball.

During a rainy Minneapolis Millers baseball game in 1903, Little Andy Oyler has the chance to become a hero by hitting the shortest and muddiest home run in history.

Oliver Hall's grandfather--who owns a baseball collectible store named Hall's Nostalgia--tells him the story of how he almost joined the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

The immensely popular, well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor is brought to life through dramatic, monochrome illustrations in the pre-Victorian style by the creator of Zachary's Ball.