Penguin Random House

Some cats have names that suggest far-off lands, like the Turkish Angora and the Norwegian forest cat. Others allude to places closer to home, such as California’s ragdoll and the Maine coon...

One day, an egg rolled out of a nest and right into a deep pond. Now that egg is a little duck, and the water is still very scary. Jumping into the pond at all seems impossible, never mind swimming...

It begins with an octopus who plays the ukulele. Since this is a story, the octopus has to want something - maybe to travel to faraway galaxies in a totally awesome purple spaceship. Then the octopus...

Toast a marshmallow, be a tree in winter, read braille - Paul B. Janeczko and Richard Jones invite you to enjoy an assortment of poems that inform and inspire.Be they practical (how to mix a pancake...

Orion is scared of a lot of things, but most of all he’s scared of the dark. So one night the Dark decides to take Orion on an adventure. Emma Yarlett’s second picture book combines her...

Poet Eric Ode has created a hilarious read-aloud about the town of Mossy Pockets and the birthday party the residents throw for reluctant Bigfoot. Internal rhyme gives the growing lists of people,...

"One day. . . I went to school. I came home. The end," says our storyteller - a girl with a busy imagination and a thirst for adventure. The art tells a fuller tale of calamity on the way to school...

Frank likes peace and quiet. He likes his tent, his pencil, and writing in his secret notebook. Bean likes noise. He likes his bus, his trumpet - toot, toot! - and making music. Loud music. But Bean...

Sarah Jane Hartwell has that sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach - she's nervous and doesn't want to start a new school year. She doesn't know anybody, and nobody knows her. It will be awful...

In this award-winning author-illustrator's witty sequel to the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Bear is all grown up and Goldilocks is a distant memory. One day, Little Bear wanders...

Chowder and Crackers live in the quiet, coastal town of Kittybunkport, where they pass their time sitting in the sun, napping, scratching stuff, and of course, catching lobster. Until one day the...

Martha Stewart’s authoritative baking guide presents a beautiful collection of tiers and tortes, batters and buttercreams, and sheet cakes and chiffons to tackle every cake creation. Teaching...

Take a raucous romp through the essential stages of fashioning cocktails and learn the hows and whys of bartending with acclaimed mixologist Toby Maloney and the team from The Violet Hour. When the...

Andy Baraghani peeled hundreds of onions at Chez Panisse as a teenage intern, honed his perfectly balanced salad–making skills at Estela in New York, and developed recipes in the test kitchens...

Everyone can master the art of preserving with this essential book on canning, which provides a one-stop resource. Whether you have foraged hedgerows, picked produce from your own vegetable garden or...

America the Beautiful showcases the stunning spaces closest to our nation's heart - from the woods in the Great Appalachian Valley that Davy Crockett once called home to the breathtaking sweep of...

In the winter of 1941, as Britain faced defeat on all fronts, an RAF reconnaissance pilot photographed an alien-looking object on the French coast near Le Havre. The mysterious device - a Wurzburg...

October 6, 1944. Twenty-year-old Army Air Corps Second Lieutenant David (Mac) Warren MacArthur was on a strafing mission over Greece when a round of 88-mm German anti-aircraft flak turned his P-38...

Best known for finding the wreck of the Titanic, celebrated adventurer Robert Ballard has a lifetime of stories about exploring the ocean depths. From discovering new extremophile life-forms thriving...

Young children are invited to explore the wonders of America before bed with this beautifully illustrated board book. Simple, rhythmic language lulls little ones to sleep as they watch diverse people...