By Andrea Beaty
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

On certain summer mornings, when the day is stretched out before you, full of possibility, it feels as if something special must happen. What if that something special were a visit from two friendly giants? Hide-and-seek with giants wouldn't be easy, but it would be enormously fun. A tea party with giants would surely become a silly mess. And a game of catch with giants would be especially exciting if you were the ball.

For those who dream big, here is a funny, lyrical celebration of friendship and the sort of summer days when anything can -- and does -- happen.

By Kathryn Lasky
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

In this lively picture book biography, Kathryn Lasky offers a fascinating portrait of John Harrison -- a stubborn, inventive perfectionist who held fast to his vision until he succeeded in creating a small jewel of a timepiece, H4, that would change the world. This extraordinary story of a seemingly ordinary man comes to life in Kevin Hawkes's luminous paintings, which glow with the imagination and passion of John Harrison's lifelong quest.

By M.T. Anderson
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

Throughout his life, George Frideric Handel always knew what he liked. And he was never afraid to do what he liked -- whether he was smuggling a clavichord into his parents' attic in Germany, entertaining nobility in Florence, Venice, and Rome, producing operas in England, or performing the Messiah in Ireland. Even in his darkest hour, when it seemed everyone and everything were against him, Handel stayed true to himself. It is because of this indomitable spirit, and the music it inspired, that George Frideric Handel has become one of the best-loved composers in the world.

By M.T. Anderson
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

A boy lives alone at the End of the World, hunting for treasure with old maps, playing ball by the drop. It's a peaceful, contemplative life, and the boy is content. Until, that is, a self-styled Professional Visionary arrives and puts up a sign:
CONSTANTINE SHIMMER'S GALVANO-MAGICAL END OF THE WORLD TOURS. FUN ALL THE TIME!

M.T. Anderson's lyric homage to simplicity and self-reliance is brought to life in arresting and vivid detail by Kevin Hawkes's masterful illustrations. Together they create a fantastical yet evocative world sure to resonate with everyone who enters it.

By Bill Grossman
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

My little sister ate 1 hare. WHAT???
We thought she'd throw up then and there. Did she?
But she didn't. Oh, my gosh. I feel faint
My little sister ate 2 snakes. Really?!
She ate 2 snakes, for heaven sakes! What else? What else
She ate 5 bats, 4 shrews, 3 ants. Amazing!
She even ate their underpants! This I've got to see. Will someone turn the page, please!

By Bill Grossman
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

My little sister hugged an APE Oh, my goodness!!
And squeezed its tummy out of shape, Then what happened??
Till it let out a burp with a horrible sound Disgusting!
That knocked my poor sister right onto the ground. But...WHY would she hug an APE?
ABCDEFG -- My sister's on a hugging spree! So what did she hug next?

The hilarious team behind My Little Sister Ate One Hare is back...with even zanier results as the irrepressible Little Sister hugs her way from A to Z!

By Alan Madison
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

It's hard to be Velma, the littlest Gratch, entering the first grade. That's because everyone has marvelous memories of her two older sisters, who were practically perfect first graders. Poor Velma -- people barely remember her name. But all that changes on a class trip to the magnificent Butterfly Conservatory -- a place neither of her sisters had ever been. When a monarch roosts on Velma's finger and won't budge for days...well, no one will forget Velma ever again.

By Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by Kevin Hawke

Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys & Girls! Step right up and witness an astounding assemblage of tightrope walkers, strong men, sword swallowers, and clowns. The Garibaldi Circus is coming soon -- though for those with clear eyes, the performers may already be in the ring.

Premier showmen Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes present, in a spectacular wordless picture book, a tribute to the power of fresh thinking and imagination.

By Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

School is over, and having learned that every civilization has a staple food crop, Wesley decides to plan a garden and start his own -- civilization, that is. He turns over a plot of earth in his yard, and plants begin to grow. Soon they start to bear a curious-looking fruit. As Wesley experiments, he discovers that the plants will provide him with food, clothing, shelter, and even recreation. It isn't long before both neighbors and classmates develop more than an idle curiosity as to exactly how Wesley is spending his summer vacation.

Enter the world of Weslandia, invented by Paul Fleischman and brilliantly detailed by Kevin Hawkes. Singular, witty, and refreshing -- text and artwork bring to life one boy, his independent thinking, and a most remarkable crop.

By Kathryn Lasky
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

This lively picture-book biography begins more than two thousand years ago, when a very smart baby was born in ancient Greece. His name was Eratosthenes. From the time he was a baby, Eratosthenes was full of wonder and questions. Wherever he went as he grew up, and whatever he did, his curiosity and questions propelled him from one discovery to the next. More than anything, however, Eratosthenes wanted to find out how to measure the earth. Everyone knew the earth was round, but no one knew how big around it was. Eratosthenes knew he couldn't walk around the world to measure it, but could he stand in one spot and figure it out? How he did, coming up with a measurement that is only two hundred miles different from our own calculations today, is an inspiring story that is a celebration of curiosity and a tribute to the questing mind.