Christopher Raschka
1) Meow
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this story--told almost entirely in the cat's meows--a young girl steps on her cat Marigold's tail, the hurt cat runs for cover, and after an apology, all is forgiven.
3) Mary's idea
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography of Mary Lou Williams, an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote hundreds of compositions, recorded hundreds of songs, and wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and is an artist often overlooked in the canon of American music because of her gender and skin color"--
5) Doggy Dog
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Simple words and illustrations detail some of the things that Doggy Dog is not, including a cat, a lampshade, and a potato.
8) Side by side
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
A heartfelt ode to the physical and emotional roles of father and child.
"King and Jester, Boat and Captain, Mountain and Climber... fathers and children are all of these things and more in Chris Raschka's tribute to this familial pair. Each stanza presents three scenarios in which the father and child's roles are subtly balanced. The pairs vary between stanzas, coming together in a visit to an ice-cream truck. With minimal text and maximum emotion,...
Author
Publisher
Corimbo
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"Cualquier niño que haya tenido un juguete muy querido entenderá la tristeza de Daisy, cuando, jugando, un perro más grande rompe su pelota favorita. En un libro sin texto, Raschka explora solamente con imágenes la alegría y la tristeza de tener un juguete especial. Las ilustraciones impresionistas y su enternecedora historia hacen de este libro una obra especialmente interesante para los amantes de los perros, para los maestros y para los padres...
10) The magic flute
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Retells the story of the Mozart opera, in which the noble Prince Tamino seeks the fair Pamina against a backdrop of the battle between darkness and light.
11) Give and take
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In his apple orchard, a farmer meets a little man named Take and follows his advice, which does not turn out well, and the next day meets a little man named Give, whose advice is just as bad.
12) Buggy Bug
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Buggy Bug has something very important to say.
14) Yellow Dog blues
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Traveling across the Mississippi Delta, Bo Willie searches blues landmarks like Dockery Farms and Beale Street for his missing dog"--
17) Puddle
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2019
Language
English
Description
A puddle sits despairingly as she is trampled on by humans and animals alike until something miraculous happens that makes her feel worthwhile.
18) Skin again
Author
Publisher
Disney/Jump at the Sun
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The skin I'm in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. The skin I'm in is just a covering. If you want to know who I am, you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide. Celebrating all that makes us unique and different, Skin Again offers new ways to talk about race and identity. Race matters, but only so much--what's most important is who we are on the inside. Looking beyond skin, going straight to the heart, we find in each other...
19) Star stuff
Author
Publisher
Michael di Capua Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An original, out-of-this-world fable about friendship, teamwork, and persistence, illustrated by double Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka. It's up to Giovanni and Lorenzo, Sky Repair Specialists, to fill the sky with stars. One night, on the job, Lorenzo gets stuck in a nebula! Giovanni calls out for help to the constellations.... Find out what it will take to rescue his friend in this imaginative story featuring Chris Raschka's brilliant, luminescent...
20) My book and me
Author
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A celebration of the joy that books and reading bring to children, anywhere, anytime.