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Books by Mary Grandpre






The Noisy Paint Box(1st Edition)
The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art
by Barbara Rosenstock, Mary Grandpre
Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2014 by Knopf Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-97848-6, ISBN: 0-307-97848-6

"A Caldecott Honor Book Vasya Kandinsky was a proper little boy: he studied math and history, he practiced the piano, he sat up straight and was perfectly polite. And when his family sent him to art classes, they expected him to paint pretty houses and flowers like a proper artist. But as Vasya opened his paint box and began mixing the reds, the yellows, the blues, he heard a strange sound the swirling colors trilled like an orchestra t ..."






Vincent Can't Sleep(1st Edition)
Van Gogh Paints the Night Sky
by Barbara Rosenstock, Mary Grandpre
Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2017 by Knopf Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-1-101-93710-5, ISBN: 1-101-93710-6

"A gorgeous, lyrical picture-book biography of Vincent van Gogh by the Caldecott Honor team behind The Noisy Paint Box.   Vincent can’t sleep . . . out, out, out he runs!               flying through the garden—marigold, geranium, blackberry, raspberry— past the church with its tall steeple, down rolling hills and sandy paths meant for sheep, He dives at last into the velvety, violet heath, snuggles under a blanket of sapphire sky,  an ..."






Nancy and Plum(Reprint)
by Betty Bard Macdonald, Jeanne Birdsall, Mary Grandpre
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2011 by Yearling
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-85986-1, ISBN: 0-375-85986-1

""It was Christmas Eve. Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers " "and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful." So begins the story of two orphaned sisters at Mrs. Monday's Boarding School. But nothing is heavenly for Nancy and Pamela (aka Plum): their parents died in a tragic accident years ago, they're constantly punished by the cruel Mrs. Monday, and they're all alone for the h ..."






Cleonardo, The Little Inventor
by Mary Grandpre
Hardcover, 48 Pages, Published 2016 by Arthur A. Levine Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-439-35764-7, ISBN: 0-439-35764-0

"Cleonardo's father is an inventor. So was her grandfather, her great-grandfather, and all the great-greats before them. Cleo wants to be an inventor too. She tries to help her father in his workshop, but he never uses her great ideas. Can Cleo invent something big and important and perfect all by herself? This imaginative story of a father and his daughter brings the magic of creativity to little inventors everywhere."






The Wee Hours
by Stephanie Elaine Watson, Mary Grandpre, Stephanie Watson
Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2013 by Disney-Hyperion
ISBN-13: 978-1-4231-4038-2, ISBN: 1-4231-4038-9

"As you sleep and dream, the Wee Hours appear when the clock strikes one, two, three and four. These delightfully mischievous creatures pull books from your shelves and build towers from your shoes, put on plays behind your curtains and do backflips off your bedposts. As morning draws near, the older hours emerge to tidy up the mess the Wee Hours have made, and carry them off to bed. Readers ages three and up will enjoy finding numbers, ..."






The Carnival of the Animals
(Book and CD)
by Jack PrelutskyMary Grandpre, Mary Grandpre, Camille Saint-Saens
Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2010 by Knopf Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-86458-2, ISBN: 0-375-86458-X

"A great way to introduce children to classical music. America s first Children's Poet Laureate has written all-new verses to accompany the composer Camille Saint-Saens s "The Carnival of the Animals, " and the illustrator of the Harry Potter books has turned these rollicking rhymes into a picture-book fun fest. Included is a CD of the music and of Jack Prelutsky reading the verses. A note to parents and teachers by Judith Bachleitner, h ..."






A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans
by Laurence Yep, Joanne Ryder, Mary Grandpre
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2016 by Yearling
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-39231-0, ISBN: 0-385-39231-1

"Fans of "How to Train Your Dragon" will love this whimsical tale, the first in a series, by a Newbery Honor winner, featuring charming illustrations and pet "training tips" in each chapter. Crusty dragon Miss Drake has a new pet human, precocious Winnie. Oddly enough, Winnie seems to think Miss Drake is her pet a ridiculous notion! Unknown to most of its inhabitants, the City by the Bay is home to many mysterious and fantastic creatures ..."






The Purple Snerd(Reprint)
by Rozanne Lanczak Williams, Mary Grandpre
Paperback, 24 Pages, Published 2003 by Hmh Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-15-204826-6, ISBN: 0-15-204826-X

"Rozanne Lanczak Williams. Meet the Illustrator Mary GrandPre kept thinking of her dog, Charlie, when she tried to draw the Purple Snerd. Charlie has a hairy face and loves to eat sweets. Somehow, the Purple Snerd turned out to look a lot like Charlie! Besides drawing, Mary likes to visit schools. She tells children about her work and shows them how to draw, too. Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. No."






Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets(1st Edition)
by Joanne K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre, Jk Rowling
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2002 by Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 978-0-439-42010-5, ISBN: 0-439-42010-5

"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second book in the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, and after listening to this fantastic reading of what is sure to become an absolute classic, there is little doubt that Rowling's stories will continue to capture the imaginations of generations of young readers long into the future. After surviving his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and ..."






Starting School with an Enemy(Reprint)
by Elisa Lynn Carbone, Mary Grandpre, Tim Barnes
Paperback, 103 Pages, Published 1999 by Yearling
ISBN-13: 978-0-679-88640-2, ISBN: 0-679-88640-0

" "Look, everybody, Sarah wet her pants!" He shouted it like he was Paul Revere or something. I could feel my face flush hot pink. "Shut up, you creep!" I was so mad! I wanted to shove his head into a pothole. Sarah's first few days of fifth grade aren't going too well. She manages to run down the little brother of school bully Eric Bardo with her bicycle; she lies to the friend she likes the best; she "borrows" a basketball from her ..."






A Dragon's Guide to Making Your Human Smarter(Reprint)
by Joanne Ryder, Laurence Yep, Mary Grandpre
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2017 by Yearling
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-39235-8, ISBN: 0-385-39235-4

"For fans of How to Train Your Dragon comes a new tale about dragon Miss Drake and her human pet Winnie, by a two-time Newbery Honor winner, featuring illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner Mary GrandPré.  Three-thousand-year-old Miss Drake has arranged to send her dear pet Winnie to The Spriggs Academy, an extraordinary school for humans and magicals alike. Winnie is particularly excited about magic class and having Sir Isaac Newton fo ..."






A Dragon's Guide to Making Your Human Smarter
by Laurence Yep, Joanne Ryder, Mary Grandpre
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2016 by Crown Books For Young Readers
Deckle Edge
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-39232-7, ISBN: 0-385-39232-X

"For fans of How to Train Your Dragon comes a new tale about dragon Miss Drake and her human pet Winnie, by a two-time Newbery Honor winner, featuring illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner Mary GrandPré.  Three-thousand-year-old Miss Drake has arranged to send her dear pet Winnie to The Spriggs Academy, an extraordinary school for humans and magicals alike. Winnie is particularly excited about magic class and having Sir Isaac Newton fo ..."






A Dragon's Guide to Making Your Human Smarter
by Laurence Yep, Joanne Ryder, Mary Grandpre
Library, 304 Pages, Published 2016 by Crown Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-39233-4, ISBN: 0-385-39233-8

"For fans of How to Train Your Dragon comes a new tale about dragon Miss Drake and her human pet Winnie, by a two-time Newbery Honor winner, featuring illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner Mary GrandPré.  Three-thousand-year-old Miss Drake has arranged to send her dear pet Winnie to The Spriggs Academy, an extraordinary school for humans and magicals alike. Winnie is particularly excited about magic class and having Sir Isaac Newton fo ..."






The Noisy Paint Box
The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art
by Barbara Rosenstock, Mary Grandpre
Library, 40 Pages, Published 2014 by Knopf Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-97849-3, ISBN: 0-307-97849-4

"A Caldecott Honor BookVasya Kandinsky was a proper little boy: he studied math and history, he practiced the piano, he sat up straight and was perfectly polite. And when his family sent him to art classes, they expected him to paint pretty houses and flowers—like a proper artist.   But as Vasya opened his paint box and began mixing the reds, the yellows, the blues, he heard a strange sound—the swirling colors trilled like an orchestra ..."






How the Leopard Got His Claws(Reprint)
by Chinua/ Gran Achebe, Mary Grandpre, John Iroaganachi
Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2011 by Candlewick
ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-4805-3, ISBN: 0-7636-4805-1

"From Chinua Achebe, father of modern African literature, comes a vivid fable about power and freedom.In the beginning, all the animals lived as friends. Their king, the leopard, was strong but gentle and wise. Only Dog had sharp teeth, and only he scoffed at the other animals' plan to build a common shelter for resting out of the rain. But when Dog is ? ooded out of his own cave, he attacks the leopard and takes over as king. And it is ..."






The Blue Shoe
A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery, and Shoes
by Roderick Townley, Mary Grandpre
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2011 by Yearling
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-84741-7, ISBN: 0-375-84741-3

"Far away, in a remote mountain village, there is a cobbler's shop. And in the window there sits a shoe. Not just any shoe, but a jewel-encrusted blue shoe. When the shoe's largest jewel goes missing, the cobbler's assistant, Hap, is blamed and banished to the dreaded Mount Xexnax. Legend has it that no one has ever returned from Xexnax, but Hap Barlow isn't just anyone, and legend is about to be rewritten.Perfect for middle graders, The ..."






Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(Large Print)
(Book 7)
by J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre
Hardcover, 969 Pages, Published 2007 by Thorndike Pr
Large Print
ISBN-13: 978-0-7862-9665-1, ISBN: 0-7862-9665-8

"Readers beware. The brilliant, breathtaking conclusion to J.K. Rowling's spellbinding series is not for the faint of heart--such revelations, battles, and betrayals await in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that no fan will make it to the end unscathed. Luckily, Rowling has prepped loyal readers for the end of her series by doling out increasingly dark and dangerous tales of magic and mystery, shot through with lessons about honor a ..."






Plum(1st Edition)
by Tony Mitton, Mary Grandpre
Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 2003 by Arthur A. Levine Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-439-36409-6, ISBN: 0-439-36409-4

"We're proud to "pear" a plum of a poet and a peach of an artist for a book that will be the apple of your eye!Tony Mitton has been hailed in the U.K. for reviving the tradition of English lyric children's poetry. Now he makes his U.S. collection debut with poems for every mood -- thoughtful, funny, silly, fantastical -- all perfectly accompanied by the wondrous pastels of Mary GrandPre. Together they reveal the story of St. Brigid and t ..."






Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone First Us Edition(1st Edition)
(Harry Potter)
by J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre
Hardcover, 309 Pages, Published 1998 by Arthur A. Levine Books
Unabridged
ISBN-13: 978-0-590-35340-3, ISBN: 0-590-35340-3

"Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright. From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant, to the unique curriculum an ..."






Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone Collectors Edition
by J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre
Leather Bound, 309 Pages, Published 1997 by Scholastic Trade
Deluxe Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-439-20352-4, ISBN: 0-439-20352-X

"Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand, and jellybeans that come in every flavor, including strawberry, curry, grass, and sardine. Not only that, but you discover that you are a wizard yourself! This is exactly what happens to young Harry Potter in ..."



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