Antoinette Portis

Don't miss the long-awaited companion to Not a Box, winner of a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honour Award. This picture book with its visual humour and simple dialogue is great for fans of Mo Willems and Crockett Johnson. Bunny wants to build a cardboard city. Bunny stacks one cardboard box on top of another and another. Bunny doesn't want any help....

Age range 3 to 6 Explore nature through evocative riddles and bold imagery that take the reader from day to night and back again. Who scribbles on the sidewalk with glistening ink? Snail! Who's a comma in a long, long sentence of a stream? Tadpole! Active readers will delight in the clever language and striking illustrations. On each spread, children...

"A masterclass on how to create the ideal board book. It really is." –Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production (SLJ Blog) An exuberant way to celebrate each new day: say, I'm up! This is the ideal board book for baby to start the day or wake up from nap time. There is so much to see when you are UP:...

A beautifully designed book, celebrating the power of the imagination to transform even the most ordinary of objects into something magical. Not A Box is just a box… unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows. Inspired by the memory of sitting in...

This book is an interstellar portal, and the aliens inside want to get to know you!Before you lift the cover, be sure you're ready to meet Zrk and Blrg. They're not so different from you but to them, you're the alien!After their initial shock at seeing you through the portal, they're eager to see what kind of teeth you have,...

A Seed Grows features minimal text coupled with gorgeous, bright, and blocky illustrations that depict the life cycle of a plant from seed to shoot, flower, and seed again. This beautifully illustrated book also showcases how plants depend on other animals, such as birds, for their growth and survival.

Age range 3 to 6 Hey, water! I know you! You're all around. Join a young girl as she explores her surroundings and sees that water is everywhere. But water doesn't always look the same, it doesn't always feel the same, and it shows up in lots of different shapes. Water can be a lake, it can be steam, it...

A beautifully designed book, celebrating the power of the imagination to transform even the most ordinary of objects into something magical. A stick is just a stick… unless it's Not A Stick. From fishing rod to dragon-taming sword, a small pig shows that a stick will go as far as the imagination allows. Antoinette Portis captures the thrill of when...

"A masterclass on how to create the ideal board book. It really is." –Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production (SLJ Blog) A soothing and humorous bedtime story with a baby who is still up! This is the ideal board book for baby to read before lying down to sleep. The sun is DOWN but the moon is UP, and so...

Age range 3 to 6 Understand how a seed becomes a sunflower by peeking beneath the soil, and watching the first shoots grow, until a big fold out reveals the towering, flowering plant! Minimal text coupled with gorgeous, bright and blocky illustrations show the life cycle of a plant from seed to shoot, flower and seed again. Also shows how...