Books published by Abrams

Spread hope and encouragement with this pun-derful picture book from the bestselling Hello!Lucky teamHold on, friend! Do not despair.When times are tough, just hang in there! The bestselling Hello!Lucky team brings their signature bold style and sidesplitting humor to this uplifting picture book. One thing after another goes wrong on Cat's cat-astrophic day-but with reassuring support from her friends and a paws-itive outlook, she just may be able to keep things in purr-spective.

The hilarious, family-friendly official cookbook of the hit Netflix show Nailed It!, attempting the best in baking and celebrating the failures along the way In this official companion cookbook, the creators of Nailed It! share the tips, tricks, and detailed recipes behind the incredible cakes and baked goods from your favorite episodes, as well as simplified versions of some memorable challenges to give even the most inexperienced baker a fighting chance. With recipes ranging from stress-free cookies and cupcakes you can whip up with ease to the most intimidating cakes ever revealed behind Door #2, this book contains everything you need to put your skills to the test-and have an absolute blast along with way, whether your creation is a mouthwatering masterpiece or a delicious disaster. Inside, you'll also find tips for hosting your own Nailed It! challenge, an Introduction and tricks of the trade from head judge Jacques Torres, exclusive interviews with some of our incredible celebrity guest judges, and odes to iconic host Nicole Byer. With this book, bakers of every age and every skill level can come together and get their hands (and their kitchens) dirty, and with hilarious stories from behind the scenes and throwbacks to the show's most noteworthy baking disasters, it's also a must-have companion for every fan. "e;With this book, our fans can finally experience a taste of what it's like to be part of Nailed It! too."e; -Nicole Byer

FAT PROTAGONIST: This picture book centers the experience of a fat character and models for readers one way to work through unwelcome comments about their body.STAR POWER AUTHOR: Ashlee Latimer was a co-producer on the Broadway revival of Once on This Island, which received a Tony for the Best Musical Revival in 2018. She was the first openly genderfluid person to win a Tony Award.FATHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP: Baba and Francis¿s relationship deepens the heart of the story.BACK MATTER: A thoughtful author¿s note speaks to readers directly and frames just how personal this story is for Ashlee.

A fractured fairy tale to help kids slow down and find their energy, from New York Times bestseller and mindfulness expert Susan Verde!Once upon a time there were two neighbors, Hare and Tortoise. Although they lived side by side, they did things very differently.Hare did everything quickly and energetically. But she was so busy that she didn¿t always pay attention to the things¿or people¿around her. Some might say she was too fast.Tortoise did everything slowly and thoughtfully. But sometimes he took so much time that he had trouble finishing things. Some might say he was too slow. What will happen when the two come head to head? In this original spin on a classic fairytale, New York Times bestselling author Susan Verde and illustrator Jay Fleck explore how too much of anything won¿t get you across the finish line, and how having a friend to help you find balance is the best thing of all. Includes exercises to help YOU find your ¿just right.¿

Soothe truck-loving toddlers off to sleep with this vehicle-themed bedtime picture bookHush, little trucker, you¿re in luck.Mamäs gonna find your lost toy truck.A new spin on the classic song ¿Hush, Little Baby,¿ this truck-themed lullaby follows a mother and child as they discover different vehicles, from a bulldozer to a front-end loader. Kim Norman¿s gentle rhyming text, paired with Toshiki Nakamuräs imaginative illustrations, makes this picture book a great option for bedtime read-alouds.

Meet nature¿s oddballs in this charming board book about some of the most unique birds in the worldBackyard birds¿move over! Odd Birds introduces babies and toddlers to unusual bird species, including the magnificent frigatebird with a bright red throat pouch and the California condor¿the largest flying birds in North America! Gentle rhyming verses provide the comforting repetition that little ones crave, even as their minds are opened to new and fascinating creatures from around the world. At the end of the book, readers will find photographs of each bird, along with more detailed factual information. The eight birds featured are the magnificent frigatebird, blue-footed booby, shoebill stork, ostrich, hoatzin, oilbird, California condor, and burrowing owl.

Fashion and wisdom from style rebels in New York City and beyondIn a world where stores, clothes, and trends have become increasingly standardized, fashion is one of the most powerful ways to explore and express our personalities, identities, and individuality. For years, photographer Robbie Quinn has come across style rebels and ΓÇ£streets unicornsΓÇ¥ across the world, stopping them for impromptu photoshoots and testimonials. In these pages, he shares their images, viewpoints, and aspirations with the hopes of inspiring readers to rediscover the most authentic parts of themselves.A vibrant plea against ageism, racism, homophobia, and all other discriminations, this book is a love letter to those who arenΓÇÖt afraid to stand out, embrace nonconformity, and share who they are with the world.

A collection of Damien DufresneΓÇÖs work capturing the relationship between the art of makeup and the art of photographyWhen the art of photography and the art of makeup come together, the result is a deeply original book. World-renowned photographer Damien Dufresne has been living in China for several years. There, heΓÇÖs developed a passion for Chinese symbolism in colors and makeup. Fusing the thousand-year-old tradition with his own sensitivity and experience has led to these photographs of painted faces, staged traditional objects, and silhouettes. Damien Dufresne collects works that range from surprising and moving to troubling and disturbing. This tour de force will leave any viewer with a curious feeling.

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning artist John Hendrix comes this charming, funny, and thought-provoking collection of spiritual comicsDoes God exist? Is there a heaven? WhatΓÇÖs the point of it all? Do we even matter?This collection of thought-provoking, humorous comic strips is a series of conversations between a squirrel, a badger, and a friendly blue ghost who may or may not be one third of the Holy Trinity. Charming, witty, and at times poignant, yet never holier-than-thou, New York Times bestselling and award-winning illustrator John Hendrix tackles some of lifeΓÇÖs greatest questions. Whether you consider yourself faithful or a nonbeliever, these delightfully off-kilter comics deliver laughter, comfort, and philosophical musings with humble, honest spiritΓÇöand just the right dose of playful irreverence.

Find the odd one out in this vibrantly illustrated, oversize seek-and-find book99 Tomatoes and One Potato is a stylish, one-of-a-kind seek-and-find book from the author-illustrator of Spot It! and Spot It Again!. Young readers are asked to find the odd one out among 100 objects, from the one mouse hiding among 99 cats, to the one bus among 99 cars, to the one snowflake among 99 stars. The bright, graphic art style and oversize trim size make this board book perfect for seek-and-find-loving young readers.

A rollicking true story of Bibles and bank robberies in Southern California, from a talented and highly praised gonzo journalistChas Smith grew up deeply enmeshed in the evangelical Christian world that grew out of Southern California in the late 1960s. His family included famous missionaries and megachurch pastors, but his cousin Daniel Courson was GrandmaΓÇÖs favorite. Smith looked up to Cousin Danny. He was handsome, adventurous, and smart, earned a degree from Bible college, and settled into a family and a stable career. Needless to say, it was a big surprise when Cousin Danny started robbing banks. Known as the ΓÇ£Floppy Hat Bandit,ΓÇ¥ Courson robbed 19 of them in a torrid six-week spree before being caught and sentenced to seven years. When he tried to escape, they tacked on another year. And when he finally got out, despite seeming to be back on the straight and narrow, Cousin Danny disappeared. Banks started getting robbed again. It seemed Cousin Danny might be gunning for the record. SmithΓÇÖs Blessed Are the Bank Robbers is the wild, and wildly entertaining, story of an all-American anti-hero. ItΓÇÖs a tale of bank robberies, art and jewel heists, high-speed chases, fake identities, encrypted Swiss email accounts, jilted lovers, and the dark side of an evangelical family (and it wasnΓÇÖt just Danny; an uncle was mixed up with the mujahideen). ItΓÇÖs a book about what it means to live inside the church and outside the law.

A startlingly insightful look at sublime landscapes from bestselling author and art writer Henry Carroll, with images from todayΓÇÖs most innovative photographersHow do the most diverse and relevant voices of contemporary photography respond to the urgent issues of today? In this series of small, insightful, and beautifully presented books, Henry Carroll, the bestselling photography writer of the last decade, unpacks the ideas behind images to reflect on race, gender, faith, inequality, beauty, politics, and our shifting relationship to animals, nature, and the environment.Following HUMANS and ANIMALS, the third book in the series, LAND, considers humanityΓÇÖs changing relationship with the sublime, a relationship that has seen us edge further away from real encounters. The photographs explore how the sublime can, and has been, commodified, packaged, and distributed, leading to an alarming emotional distancing. With images from a diverse group of photographers, Carroll explores the impermanence of borders, the human reaction to scenes of devastation on Instagram feeds, and the many variables that inform oneΓÇÖs relationship to land. He considers how a photographerΓÇÖs response to landscape is subjective, full of meaning thatΓÇÖs colored by their own psyches, foibles, fears, and hopes. With captivating and striking photography, Carroll invites the reader to contemplate how their inner world influences their interactions with the natural world.

From the bestselling superstar duo Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham, creators of Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn, comes another positively delightful kitty and unicorn story that celebrates the magic of friendshipΓÇöand the beauty of imperfectionUnicorn is perfect.Everybody thinks so.He yearns to look the way everyone thinks he should. But when a fumble makes Unicorn feel like a big, ugly goof, he canΓÇÖt help but wonder: If heΓÇÖs not absolutely perfect and majestic all the time, will Kitty even want to be his best friend anymore? The magical, bestselling team of Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham put their horns together once again for a heart-bursting story featuring an utterly adorable kitty-corn pair, showing readers that itΓÇÖs okay to embrace our flaws and share the messy parts of ourselves.

A magical graphic novel adventure perfect for fans of Peter & Ernesto or Tiger vs. Nightmare After planting a seed packet in the backyard, things don’t go as expected for best friends Anna and Tess. They fall asleep in the sun and wake up to blooms as tall as buildings! Did the seeds really grow that fast?All is explained when Anna and Tess meet May, a little garden gnome whose magic is responsible for the transformation. The girls are May’s size now, and they follow her through the flower garden and into May’s underground gnome home—discovering new things about their world and themselves along the way.This immersive graphic novel from author-illustrator Renée Kurilla is perfect for emerging readers. It explores growing and changing friendships and offers details to discover on every page and with every read.

A group biography of four beloved women who fought sexism, covered decades of American news, and whose voices defined NPR In the years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, women in the workplace still found themselves relegated to secretarial positions or locked out of jobs entirely. This was especially true in the news business, a backwater of male chauvinism where a woman might be lucky to get a foothold on the ΓÇ£womenΓÇÖs pages.ΓÇ¥ But when a pioneering nonprofit called National Public Radio came along in the 1970s, and the door to serious journalism opened a crack, four remarkable women came along and blew it off the hinges. Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie is journalist Lisa NapoliΓÇÖs captivating account of these four women, their deep and enduring friendships, and the trail they blazed to becoming icons. They had radically different stories. Cokie Roberts was born into a political dynasty, roamed the halls of Congress as a child, and felt a tug toward public service. Susan Stamberg, who had lived in India with her husband who worked for the State Department, was the first woman to anchor a nightly news program and pressed for accommodations to balance work and home life. Linda Wertheimer, the daughter of shopkeepers in New Mexico, fought her way to a scholarship and a spot on-air. And Nina Totenberg, the network''s legal affairs correspondent, invented a new way to cover the Supreme Court. Based on extensive interviews and calling on the authorΓÇÖs deep connections in news and public radio, Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie is as beguiling and sharp as its formidable subjects.

A moving, multigenerational story about love, family roots, and the cycle of lifeWhen Emilia finds a walnut one morning, Grandpa tells her the story behind it: of his journey across the ocean to a new home, with only one small bag and a nut in his pocket. ΓÇ£I planted my little tree in good brown soil, so it would grow strong here forever.ΓÇ¥ΓÇ£In this house? In this yard?ΓÇ¥ΓÇ£Shall we go see?ΓÇ¥ Step by step, Grandpa teaches Emilia how to cultivate her own seed. But as her little nut grows, Grandpa begins to slow downΓÇöuntil one sad day, Emilia has to say goodbye. EmiliaΓÇÖs sapling looks as droopy as she feels . . . but she knows just what to do.From acclaimed author and illustrator Ammi-Joan Paquette and Felicita Sala, this tender story is a poignant reminder that the best things grow with timeΓÇöand that even when they are no longer here, the ones we love are always a part of us.

Learn all about shapes in this dynamic follow-up to Colors: My First Pop-Up! in the Pop Magic series, an exciting line of preschool books from pop-up wizard Matthew Reinhart that makes learning fun!A stunning, hands-on exploration of shapes for the very youngest readers! Bestselling paper engineer Matthew Reinhart brings his creative genius to this innovative preschool pop-up, connecting basic concepts to interactive elements that will delight and inform little ones with every page. The shapes included are: square, triangle, circle, rectangle, and oval.

From New York Times Cooking contributor Colu Henry, a collection of sophisticated recipes for everyday dinnersColu Henry has been working in food for more than 15 years, and from her time at publications from Bon Appétit to the New York Times, she’s learned that what resonates with her readers is her always unfussy and empowering recipes. In this cookbook—a nod to home cooks who are happy to do everything but pastry—Henry helps readers assemble an amply stocked new-American pantry so that they can perfect (and build upon) classic everyday meals.With 100 recipes and photographs, Henry offers ideas and solutions to get you out of your weeknight routine, explore new ingredients and techniques, build your confidence, and have a sophisticated dishes on the table in around 45 minutes.

The first biography of critically acclaimed then critically derided filmmaker Michael CiminoΓÇöand a reevaluation of the infamous film that destroyed his careerThe director Michael Cimino (1939ΓÇô2016) is famous for two films: the intense, powerful, and enduring Vietnam movie The Deer Hunter, which won Best Picture at the Academy Awards in 1979 and also won Cimino Best Director, and HeavenΓÇÖs Gate, the most notorious bomb of all time. Originally budgeted at $11 million, CiminoΓÇÖs sprawling western went off the rails in Montana. The picture grew longer and longer, and the budget ballooned to over $40 million. When it was finally released, HeavenΓÇÖs Gate failed so completely with reviewers and at the box office that it put legendary studio United Artists out of business and marked the end of Hollywood''s auteur era.Or so the conventional wisdom goes. Charles Elton delves deeply into the making and aftermath of the movie and presents a surprisingly different view to that of Steven Bach, one of the executives responsible for HeavenΓÇÖs Gate, who wrote a scathing book about the film and solidified the widely held view that Cimino wounded the movie industry beyond repair. EltonΓÇÖs Cimino is a richly detailed biography that offers a revisionist history of a lightning rod filmmaker. Based on extensive interviews with CiminoΓÇÖs peers and collaborators and enemies and friends, most of whom have never spoken before, it unravels the enigmas and falsehoods, many perpetrated by the director himself, which surround his life, and sheds new light on his extraordinary career. This is a story of the making of art, the business of Hollywood, and the costs of ambition, both financial and personal.

Beloved Forest Feast author Erin Gleeson is back with a love letter to travel and delicious vegetarian food from her home state of CaliforniaFor years, Forest Feast fans have loved Erin GleesonΓÇÖs effortless California-style vegetarian cooking, made in her beautiful cabin in the woods. Now, Gleeson takes an extended road trip around California, staying in unique cabin dwellings along the way and showing readers the beauty and incredible food of the Golden State she knows so well. From the grapes of the wine country where Gleeson grew up to the avocados of San Diego, California is known for its rich agriculture.The Forest Feast Road Trip showcases 100 vegetarian recipes, all inspired by her familyΓÇÖs journey by car through a stunningly geographically diverse setting. Each chapter focuses on a different region of California, depicted in GleesonΓÇÖs signature aesthetic of atmospheric photography, charming watercolor illustrations, and mouthwatering recipes drawn from the fresh, local produce found in each location. Gleeson visits the giant redwoods on the coast of Mendocino, the desert of Joshua Tree, the mountains of Lake Tahoe, the tropical beaches of Santa Barbara, the cliffs of Yosemite National Park, and everywhere in between. In each location, Gleeson and her family stay in design-forward cabins, host dinner parties, and explore local attractions, providing tips for readers who may want to take a California road trip of their own.With its sense of wanderlust and its fresh take on the vegetarian cookbook, The Forest Feast Road Trip is an essential addition to this bestselling series.