New “I Wish” Series

I Wish I Had Freckles Like Abby / Quisiera tener pecas como Abby
ISBN 978–0–9724973–8–1 HC   ISBN 978–0–977090–6–2 PB

I Wish I Had Glasses Like Rosa / Quisiera tener lentes como Rosa
ISBN 978–0–9724973–7–4 HC   ISBN 978–0–9770906–5–5 PB

Written by / Escrito por Kathryn Heling & Deborah Hembrook

Illustrated by / Ilustrado por Bonnie Adamson
32 pg. / 11 x 9
Children’s Bilingual Picture Book
Full text translation in both English and Spanish

$16.95 HC / $4.99 PB Retail Price

Best friends, Abby and Rosa, go to elaborate and comical lengths to be just like each other. In the end, they realize they might have something that is just as desirable as the things they longed for. They each gain appreciation of their own uniqueness.

Rosa and Abby’s friendship is brought to life in illustrator Bonnie Adamson’s soft watercolor depiction. Animated expressions and funny details capture the many moods of Rosa’s enthusiastic yearning and invention.

Full text translation—Full text translation means the full story is presented in English and then again in Spanish with an icon separating the two for ease of reading. A different ink color is also used to further set off the two languages. A keyword vocabulary page at the end of the book jumpstarts language learning.

Polar Slumber returns
in English Only Version

Back by popular demand…loyal Polar Slumber lovers asked to have the wordless book become worded. We responded with lyrical text placed on the pages with the same museum quality illustrations.

Polar Slumber (English Only Version)
ISBN 978–0–9741992–8–3 HC

Written and Illustrated by Dennis Rockhill
32 pg/ Hardcover only / Jacketed / Library Bound / 11 x 9
Children’s Picture Book

$16.95 HC Retail Price

Companion books:
Polar Slumber/ Sueño polar ISBN 978–0–9724973–1–2
Ocean Whisper / Susurro del ocèano ISBN 978–0–9741992–4–5

Looking out her window, a little girl is enchanted by the snow bear she created. As she falls asleep, this backyard snow bear becomes an integral part of her slumber. She explores the frosty Arctic landscape in the bear’s cozy company visiting snowy creatures and countryside. When paw prints are all that remain in the morning, we realize the power of imagination.

The wordless version of this book was a BookSense 76 Pick in 2005. It is important to note that this book is an English only version.