Jen Corace

Little Pea hates eating candy for dinner, but his parents will not let him have his spinach dessert until he cleans his plate.

Little Oink is a neat little pig, but his parents will not allow him to play until he is messy, as pigs should be.

In this picture book a string of birds on a telephone wire plays a game of telephone, with the usual mixed up results.

First, Nanda's entire world is the circle of her mother's arms but as she grows, she sees the wonder of whirligigs, fractals in the snow, and even the circle of the Earth, itself.

A bird pecks its way out of its shell, then spends a day discovering new things about the world and itself.

"A new version of the classic Hans Christen Andersen fairytale about a tin soldier who falls in love with a toy ballerina"--

How would a clock, nightlight, or teddy bear say good night? In this enchanting poetry collection, Lee Bennett Hopkins and thirteen other poets imagine the wishes whispering through a young girl's bedroom as she falls asleep. The bookshelf's stories curl through her head, the pillow transforms into a hot air balloon, the rocking horse waits expectantly for tomorrow's adventures. Stunning gouache illustrations by Jen Corace offer new details to discover...

A beautifully illustrated version of the classic fairy tale about a tin soldier's adventure and his love for a ballerina, retold with a twist. With her signature warmth and lyricism, Newbery winner Cynthia Rylant has crafted a new version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a tin soldier who falls in love with a ballerina. As in the original story, the tin soldier's love for the beautiful ballerina is thwarted by a goblin. The...