Abrams Books imprint: 231 books
by Nikki McClure
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2020
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2020
A picture book that celebrates community and creativity from acclaimed cut-paper artist Nikki McClure
This lyrical picture book from beloved creator Nikki McClure follows a family through one day and muses in the possibilities that one day holds—from enjoying treats at the bakery, to admiring...
by Troy Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
In this companion to the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award–winning Trombone Shorty, join a scrappy young musician named Shorty on a tour of his beloved New Orleans. After letting his band down by missing rehearsal, Shorty has some serious questions about what it means to be a leader....
by Jennifer Thermes
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on his first voyage. Though he was a scientist by profession, he was an explorer at heart. While journeying around South America for the first time aboard a ninety-foot-long ship named the Beagle, Charles collected insets, dug up bones, galloped with gauchos, encountered...
Bach to the Rescue!!!
How a Rich Dude Who Couldn't Sleep Inspired the Greatest Music Ever
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Every famous piece of art has an origin story—even Bach’s Goldberg Variations! When the richest dude in town can’t sleep, he hires a much-less-rich dude named Johann Gottlieb Goldberg to play him lullabies on the harpsichord. Goldberg does an OK job, but as the Rich Dude hollers for Goldberg...
by Robbie Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual guide, the Peacemaker, as part of the Iroquois oral tradition. Now he shares the same gift of storytelling with a new generation.
Hiawatha was a strong and articulate Mohawk who was chosen...
I Am Human
A Book of Empathy
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
I am human
I am a work in progress
Striving to be the best version of ME
From the picture book dream team behind I Am Yoga and I Am Peace comes the third book in their wellness series: I Am Human. A hopeful meditation on all the great (and challenging) parts of being human, I Am Human shows that...
Maritcha
A Nineteenth-Century American Girl
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
This Coretta Scott King Honor Book provides a much-needed window into a little-documented time in black history. The poignant story, based on the memoir of Maritcha Rémond Lyons, shows what it was like to be a black child born free and living in New York City in the mid-1800s.
by Tonya Bolden
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
When a group of students wins a trip to New York City, accompanied by their teacher, they aren’t sure where to start. Soon enough, they’re roaming the city, from the Statue of Liberty to Times Square, from Chinatown to Central Park, in order to discover what makes New York one of the...
Beautiful Moon
A Child's Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
A young boy wakes. He has forgotten to say his prayers. Outside his window, a beautiful harvest moon illuminates the city around him and its many inhabitants. As the moon slowly makes its way across the heavens, the boy offers a simple prayer for the homeless, the hungry, and others.
Critically...
Capital Days
Michael Shiner's Journal and the Growth of Our Nation's Capital
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Capital Days introduces young readers to Washington, D.C., during the early to mid-19th century. Spanning more than 60 years, the story of Michael Shiner (c. 1804–1880) highlights a period of immense change in our country and its capital. Covering the burning of the city during the War of 1812,...
Shooting at the Stars
The Christmas Truce of 1914
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Shooting at the Stars is the moving story of a young British soldier on the front lines during World War I who experiences an unforgettable Christmas Eve. In a letter home to his mother, he describes how, despite fierce fighting earlier from both sides, Allied and German soldiers ceased firing and...
America's Tea Parties
Not One but Four! Boston, Charleston, New York, Philadelphia
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
America’s Tea Parties: Not One But Four! is the first nonfiction picture book to ever share that New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston each had their own tea party that took place around the same time as Boston’s.
America’s Tea Parties provides background on the English taxation on the...
Gittel's Journey
An Ellis Island Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Gittel and her mother were supposed to immigrate to America together, but when her mother is stopped by the health inspector, Gittel must make the journey alone. Her mother writes her cousin’s address in New York on a piece of paper. However, when Gittel arrives at Ellis Island, she discovers the...
Peanut Butter & Brains
A Zombie Culinary Tale
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Reginald isn’t like the other zombies who shuffle through Quirkville, scaring the townspeople and moaning for BRAINSSSSS! The only thing Reginald’s stomach rumbles for is sticky peanut butter and sweet jelly. He tries to tell his zombie pals that there’s more to life than eating brains, but...