{"title":"Books by Emily Jenkins","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9798217124930","title":"All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beloved characters from Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family return in a heartwarming picture book from the acclaimed author and Caldecott Award-winning artist. A Kirkus Reviews best book of the year that is perfect for Hanukkah gift-giving!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Share this joyous holiday tale of a Jewish immigrant family all year long.\" --\u003ci\u003e Kirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe beloved All-of-a-Kind Family comes to life in a picture book perfect for younger readers. Join the five sisters back in 1912, on the Lower East Side of NYC, and watch as preparations for Hanukkah are made. When Gertie, the youngest, is not allowed to help prepare latkes, she throws a tantrum. Banished to the girls' bedroom, she can still hear the sounds and smell the smells of a family getting ready to celebrate. But when Papa comes home she is given the best job of all: lighting the first candle on the menorah.\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1951, Taylor's chapter books have become time-honored favorites, selling over a million copies and touching generations of readers. In this time when immigrants often do not feel accepted, the All-of-a-Kind Family gives a heartwarming glimpse of a Jewish immigrant family and their customs that is as relevant--and necessary--today as when it was first written. Jenkins and Zelinsky's charming compliment to Taylor's series perfectly captures the warmth and family values that made the original titles classics.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355937263788,"sku":"9798217124930","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/5906843488674.jpg?v=1781629595"},{"product_id":"9780399554193","title":"All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah OOP","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beloved characters from Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family return in this heartwarming picture book from the acclaimed author and Caldecott Award-winning artist. A Kirkus Reviews best book of the year that is perfect for Hanukkah gift-giving!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Share this joyous holiday tale of a Jewish immigrant family all year long.\" --\u003ci\u003e Kirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe beloved All-of-a-Kind Family comes to life in a new format perfect for younger readers. Join the five sisters back in 1912, on the Lower East Side of NYC, and watch as preparations for Hanukkah are made. When Gertie, the youngest, is not allowed to help prepare latkes, she throws a tantrum. Banished to the girls' bedroom, she can still hear the sounds and smell the smells of a family getting ready to celebrate. But when Papa comes home she is given the best job of all: lighting the first candle on the menorah.\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1951, Taylor's chapter books have become time-honored favorites, selling over a million copies and touching generations of readers. In this time when immigrants often do not feel accepted, the All-of-a-Kind Family gives a heartwarming glimpse of a Jewish immigrant family and their customs that is as relevant--and necessary--today as when it was first written. Jenkins and Zelinsky's charming compliment to Taylor's series perfectly captures the warmth and family values that made the original titles classics.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355937296556,"sku":"9780399554193","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/6451233482330.jpg?v=1781629597"},{"product_id":"9780375868320","title":"Fine Dessert","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1710, a girl and her mother in Lyme, England, prepare a blackberry fool, picking wild blackberries and beating cream from their cow with a bundle of twigs. The same dessert is prepared by an enslaved girl and her mother in 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina; by a mother and daughter in 1910 in Boston; and finally by a boy and his father in present-day San Diego. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKids and parents alike will delight in discovering the differences in daily life over the course of four centuries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes a recipe for blackberry fool and notes from the author and illustrator about their research.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356125057196,"sku":"9780375868320","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/22364613482321.jpg?v=1781633014"},{"product_id":"9780374300005","title":"Fun Book of Scary Stuff","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are lots of frightening things out there. Witches. Trolls. Sharks. 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Could she have forgotten them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the girl starts to grow up, the three best friends must join together to brave a blizzard, save the toy mice from the vacuum, and make sure that they’ll always have the little girl’s love. (And they still have time to throw an all-out dance party with the washing machine!)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Poignant and compelling, this sequel sparkles.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews,\u003c\/i\u003e Starred","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356475216044,"sku":"9780375855252","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/22233933482321.jpg?v=1781639116"},{"product_id":"9780449815922","title":"Toys Come Home PB","description":"“A bit like the great movie Toy Story and a bit like the wonderful Kate DiCamillo book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. 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This is perhaps the most charming of three inimitably charming books destined to become classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Wall Street Journal Best Children’s Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A timeless story of adventure and friendship to treasure aloud or independently. Wholly satisfying, this may well leave readers expecting to see the Velveteen Rabbit peeking in the bedroom window and smiling approvingly.\" —Booklist, Starred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The best talking toy stories since Winnie-the-Pooh.” —Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A book destined to be read to children at bedtime for decades (nay, centuries?) to come. It is rare that prequels exceed the books they are meant to simply introduce, but this is one of the few.\" —Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356475314348,"sku":"9780449815922","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/3524303482348.jpg?v=1781639121"},{"product_id":"9780385736619","title":"Toys Go Out - PB","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A bit like the great movie \u003ci\u003eToy Story\u003c\/i\u003e and a bit like the wonderful Kate DiCamillo book \u003ci\u003eThe Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Together they look things up in the dictionary, explore the basement, and argue about the meaning of life. And together they face dogs, school, television commercials, the vastness of the sea, and the terrifying bigness of the washing machine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eParents' Choice\u003c\/i\u003e Silver Honor Winner, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book, and an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award Winner, \u003ci\u003eToys Go Out\u003c\/i\u003e is truly a modern classic.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356475347116,"sku":"9780385736619","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/8704443482325.jpg?v=1781639126"},{"product_id":"9780385373302","title":"Toys Meet Snow","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stuffed buffalo, a plush stingray, and a plastic ball venture outdoors and discover snow for the very first time in this delightful wintry picture book. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lumphy, StingRay, and Plastic—the toys from the beloved chapter books \u003ci\u003eToys Go Out, Toy Dance Party\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eToys Come Home\u003c\/i\u003e—are back in a glorious full-color picture book, perfect for gift-giving this holiday season. Acclaimed author Emily Jenkins and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Paul Zelinsky have created a book destined to become a classic.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Children who have loved listening to the Toys trilogy, as well as those meeting the toys for the very first time, will be thrilled to see Lumphy, StingRay, and Plastic venture outdoors to play in the snow. Together the toys build a snowman, make snow angels, and, when day is done, head back inside their cozy house and wait for the return of the Little Girl.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356475609260,"sku":"9780385373302","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/5071273482325.jpg?v=1781639131"}],"url":"https:\/\/giftshop.carlemuseum.org\/collections\/books-by-emily-jenkins.oembed","provider":"The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}