Bob Staake: 10 books

"Like nothing you have seen before," raves Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. In his most beautiful and moving work to date, Bob Staake explores the universal themes of loneliness, bullying, and the importance of friendship. In this emotional picture book, readers will be captivated as they...

Award-winning author-illustrator Bob Staake has created a rollicking picture book about a boy and his most unusual pet! Most pets are cats and dogs, but what happens when a boy wants a different kind of pet, one that doesn’t meow or bark? Bob Staake’s exuberant tale of a little boy and...

Award-winning author-illustrator Bob Staake has created a rollicking picture book about a boy and his most unusual pet! Most pets are cats and dogs, but what happens when a boy wants a different kind of pet, one that doesn’t meow or bark? Bob Staake’s exuberant tale of a little boy and...

A charming Beginner Book about a lovable--but sometimes hard to see—lizard by award-winning illustrator Bob Staake! This bright, cheerful early reader about a giant lizard hiding in unlikely—and un-lizard-like—places combines Staake's trademark high-energy graphic style with the classic...

Las mascotas pueden ser de muchos tipos. Hay perros, gatos, canarios, pericos, hamsters y serpientes. Sin embargo, el protagonista de este libro, un niño muy inteligente y vivaz, tiene la mascota más curiosa que hay en el mundo. Se trata de un libro, un pequeño y simpático libro rojo. Todas las...

Award-winning illustrator Bob Staake (Bluebird and The Red Lemon) brings us an emotionally rich picture book about a boy who discovers that the search for knowledge is more important than knowledge itself. Young Isaac Gutenberg isn't a curious boy . . . that is, until he meets an old shopkeeper...

Bob Staake’s tale of a whale of a friendship! Something big had come ashore. It seemed to have a tail. Pixie now was staring at . . . a giant washed-up whale! Pixie Picklespeare lives on a tiny island where there’s no one to play with . . . until a friendly whale washes ashore. With...

In this thought-provoking tale reminiscent of Seuss, Farmer McPhee finds a red lemon in his orchard and cries, "It's red as a stop sign! It's red as a rose! I can't have red lemons where yellow fruit grows! Imagine a world where lemonade's red? Where once-yellow cupcakes are crimson instead?" As he...

In this tasty tale, a baker hangs out his sign on a small street, and soon the line for his donuts stretches down the block. But it's not long before the competition arrives and a delectable battle of the bakers ensues.

Considerado por The New York Times como uno de los libros infantiles más notables de 2013 y recomendado por la American Bookseller's Association, este sorprendente álbum ilustrado ofrece, tras su aparente sencillez, un emotivo y profundo acercamiento a temas tan universales como la soledad, la amistad...