Lizard

'No author has ever captured the great fun of being weird, growing up as a happy mutant, unfettered by convention, as well as Pinkwater has. When I was a kid, Pinkwater novels like Lizard Music...made me intensely proud to be a little off-center and weird — they taught me to woo the muse of the odd and made me the happy adult I am today.  The NYRB edition of Lizard Music is a beautiful... hardcover, a testament to Pinkwater's influence on generations of readers. It's one of those books that, in the right hands at the right time, can change your life for the better and forever.'  —Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing“Lizard Music is. . . funny, properly paranoid, shot through with bad puns and sweet absurdities, and all about a baffled kid intent on tracking reality (as slippery as lizards) in a media-spooked milieu.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Wildly imaginative. . . . This is a natural high.” —Booklist (starred review)“A writer for smart kids. . . . Pinkwater writes for, and about, people who are not ashamed to look at life a little differently.” —Kathy Ceceri, Wired.com“I do believe that Daniel Pinkwater is my favorite writer, living or dead.” —Cory Doctorow“Pinkwater is the uniquest. And so are his books. Each uniquer than the last . . . A delight in oddness. A magic that's not like anyone else's.” —Neil Gaiman

illustrated

'It's an illustrated picture book AND a workbook, all nicely hard-bound.' —PragmaticMom.com blog'Hazel and I began trying some out first with just regular colored pencils and I realized we were not getting the thickness of the lines correctly so I pulled out some calligraphy pens. Hazel loved this activity!! She wanted to do some more while I started making dinner. Again I love that Hazel gets to hear the correct pronunciation. I also showed her how to listen to the poems on her own if she wants to try some while I'm busy. This really excited her. She actually asked if we could try some lessons every day.' —Crafty Moms Share blog

keepsake

Young fashionistas design their own outfits, makeup, hairstyles, and accessories atop lightly printed outlines of faces, figures, and fashionable extras. The grand finale is the section of keepsake album pages with die-cut frames, perfectly sized to display kids' best work.