Henry Carter Hull

Jeremy Jacob joins Braid Beard and his pirate crew and finds out about pirate language, pirate manners, and other aspects of their life.

"Round, curvy, pointy, or straight-shapes are all around us. With illustrations that highlight shapes in all their forms, this book reinforces the identification of circles, squares, crescents, diamonds, triangles, rectangles, trapezoids, and ovals while encouraging kids to pair shapes together to make new forms"--

Alice, who claims to be a Temporary Fairy, still has a lot to learn, such as how to make her clothes put themselves away in the closet.

Harold uses his fantastic purple crayon to draw himself some wonderful adventures.

After learning that the cousin he dislikes is coming for a visit, a boy imagines what unpleasant things might happen to him.

Stella uses her imagination to play as she grows from a baby into a big sister.

Audrey and her cat Barbara plan an adventure that will take them across the ocean to India.

Illustrations and evocative text show how imagination can reveal the extraordinary in the everyday.

Best friends Etho and Birt love going up Sudden Hill and sitting in simple cardboard boxes imagining they are kings, soldiers, astronauts, or pirates until Shu asks to join them, and their "two-by-two rhythm" is disturbed.

Answers many of the questions the author receives from children on writing, including where she gets her ideas, how she learned to draw, and how many books she can write in one day.