A marriage of two of our bestselling series, Calligraphuck and One Line a Day, this keepsake journal includes space to record a brief note every day over the course of five years, allowing journalers to reflect on the past as they capture the present. With positive profanity in gold calligraphy on the cover, metallic accents throughout the interior, gilded page edges, and a silky ribbon marker, this handsome diary serves as a unique time capsule perfect for anyone with a sense of style and humor!

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Books & Stationery

For taming to-do's on the go, this slender hardcover ledger contains four colorful notepads for lists and memos. The portfolio pops with a red foil-stamped spine and closes securely with a coordinating pencil slipped through elastic loops.

Take Note

What kind of music do you like? For some people, there's an easy answer to that question. But for those who love music, chances are there isn't. This journal is for those people: dedicated thinkers about, and lovers of, any kind of music. With a band name generator, individual song analyses, "Would You Rather?" questions, fill-in-the-blank prompts, Top 25 rankings, guilty pleasure lists, and more, this journal provides a space for reflecting on music. Engaging, thought-provoking prompts are perfect for every level of music lover—from those who take music seriously to those who are content with any song that comes on the radio—and the varying types of questions make this journal perfect for writers and artists alike.

Note For Note

Perfect for organizing projects and everyday notes, this colorful bunch of ten petite journals comes in a convenient slipcase. Each notebook features a different vibrant watercolor by Yao Cheng and shimmering gilded page edges, making for an eye-catching statement whether displayed as a collection or slipped solo into a purse or pocket.

Simply Joyful: 10 Notebooks

You can make all the difference. This guided journal is filled with galvanizing quotes and ideas for making positive change, even when you feel discouraged. Whether it's performing random acts of kindness, considering viewpoints different from your own, getting involved in a local organization, or taking action on a national issue that is important to you, the prompts in these pages will leave you feeling empowered, inspired, and hopeful for the future. 
- Hardcover, 5 x 7 inches, 224 lined pages, ribbon page marker 
- Beautiful full-color illustrations throughout the journal add inspiration and delight 
- Perfect for anyone who is seeking inspiration and happiness, or who needs the motivation to make a difference and do something good for the world 
- A great gift for fans of Wreck This Journal, Start Where You Are, or Good Days Start with Gratitude

Choose Hope, Take Action

This eye-catching journal invites list-makers to create an A to Z autobiography. Organized alphabetically, each letter offers simple but meaningful prompts for jotting down memories, tastes, traits, and beyond. With a gold foil-stamped cover and cheerful illustrations inside, this easy-to-fill-in journal is a keepsake to cherish for life.

My Life

This witty journal is all about female empowerment. From cracking the glass ceiling at work to being cool about Valentine's Day, achievement takes the form of 60 clever merit badges, each with a humorous description, colorful illustrated icon, and sticker to match. With plenty of blank space for women to wax poetic about their success, this journal will encourage and amuse in equal measure.

The Grown-ass Women's Club

This charming keepsake sketchbook features spaces to draw each day for one year. Visual journaling is vastly popular, and it's easy to see whythe practice of daily sketching allows budding artists to capture impressions that might otherwise pass them by, to see the evolution and rhythm of their thoughts and inspiration. Students, doodlers, aspiring and established artists will want to make this journal their constant companion, one they can then keep as a lastingrecord of their work and imagination.

One Sketch A Day

Almost Lost Arts features the stories of 20 artisans who have devoted their lives to preserving traditional techniques.
From globemakers and bookmenders to cassette tape manufacturers and neon sign makers, the profiled artisans represent a diverse mix of media, ages, genders, and cultural backgrounds.
Gorgeous photographs reveal these craftspeople's studios from places like Oaxaca, Kyoto, Milan, and Tennessee. 
- Each maker is accompanied by an in-depth profile telling their story 
- Features two essays that discuss the challenges and rewards of engaging deeply with the past 
- An inspiration to makers, collectors, and history lovers
Almost Lost Arts is a celebration of tactile beauty and a tribute to human ingenuity.
This book takes readers in-depth with each artisan and explores how people around the world are saving traditional arts from obscurity.

Almost Lost Arts

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It's time to party! From a gorilla in a party hat to a hedgehog rat-a-tat-tatting on his drum, these animal friends from different habitats—the jungle, farm, woodland, and Arctic—know that togetherness is something to celebrate. Featuring twelve double-sided uniquely die-cut pieces, this fun puzzle offers (nearly) endless combinations, providing hours of entertainment.

Animal Friends On Parade Puzzle

Gifts For Kids

Ivy and Bean have millions of fans who relish every twist and turn of the dynamic duo's adventures—whether they're playing pranks on Bean's sister, writing their own newspaper, or solving neighborhood mysteries. Now readers can add their own adventures and ideas to the mix! Funny prompts paired with hilarious illustrations make this journal the perfect place to get creative and join the fun.

Ivy And Bean And Me

This guided journal takes the cultural titan Truth or Dare and turns it on its head by pairing self-reflection prompts with action to challenge readers of all ages to dig deep and try new things, while quotes throughout empower and inspire. Every left-hand page features a Truth prompt, inviting readers to reflect on their life; and every right-hand page features a Dare prompt, inviting readers to take action in their lives. Includes 8 tear-out mantra pages, featuring beautifully illustrated and hand-lettered quotes from inspiring feminist icons that users can hang on their wall.

Truth & Daring

"Visual and tactile elegance that will appeal to eyes and hands." — The New York Times
The Touchwords board book series brings essential concepts to life for babies and toddlers
Sturdy and interactive, these board books combine touch, sight, and sound to help children experience and learn about the world. By allowing the child to trace the raised letters of a simple word and then trace its corresponding object, these books foster critical early reading and language skills, all while delighting readers with bright and eye-catching illustrations.
With Touchwords: My Day, build vocabulary and explore the exciting possibilities of a day – from washing to playing to sleeping and everything in between.
Perfect for gifting at baby showers: This exquisitely designed board book is a beautiful addition to any baby's shelf and provides an educational element as well. "Fun for fingers, eyes, and minds." — Publishers Weekly, starred review

Touchwords: My Day

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series. More than two million copies have sold across the series! Created for lovers of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, as well as fans of Sherri Duskey Rinker's storytelling and AG Ford's art, this beautiful holiday picture book shows Excavator, Bulldozer, Crane, Dump Truck and Cement Mixer building a new home for fire engines. As they finish their big, important job, they get their own Christmas surprises. Your kids will have fun discovering the special surprise awaiting each vehicle as much as they will love rhyming along with the story. This cute book is sure to be a classic! Art by illustrator AG Ford. 
- A Christmas tale with a great message 
- Teaches kids the joy of giving and the value of work 
- Rhythmic patterns make reading fun Fans of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, Mighty, Mighty Construction Site, and Excavator’s 123 will be excited about this children’s holiday book.

Construction Site On Christmas Night

Caspian Finds a Friend is an imaginative picture book about how the power to change our world lies within ourselves.
Caspian lives in a lighthouse surrounded by a cold gray-blue sea—every day, he watches, wishing for a friend, but no one comes. So, Caspian decides that wishing is not enough.
What follows is a friendship story between a boy and a bear that is tender, warm, and perfect for gift-giving.

- Features lyrical text and evocative illustrations 
- Teaches the lesson about how reaching out to others can change everything 
- The story is fresh yet enduring and familiar
Caspian Finds a Friend is a warm and evocative storybook that strikes a universal chord. Featuring a cuddly bear and a relatable protagonist, this picture book is perfect for gift-giving and bedtime snuggles for children between the ages 4 and 7 years old.

Caspian Finds A Friend

From Sherri Duskey Rinker, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, Steam Train, Dream Train, Mighty, Mighty Construction Site, and Construction Site on Christmas Night. Join Dump Truck on his colorfully busy day at the construction site! Little construction fans will love the colors that fill the world of the bestselling Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series, from the blue sky in the morning to the white moon at night. This concept-driven board book features characters from the original book in the series, continuing the brand and reaching a new, younger audience. Work is always lighter with friends by your side! 
- Teaches colors to kids 
- Rhyming words make reading fun 
- Features characters from the original book Children who like Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site, Steam Train, Dream Train, Mighty, Mighty Construction Site, and Excavator’s 123 will be excited about this book.
Check out the entire Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train family!

Dump Truck's Colors

Start with a clean slate every day! This ceramic notepad is an original and paperless way to jot down ideas and lists of all sorts, and it comes complete with its own dry-erase marker that fits neatly on top. The notepad is designed by San Francisco–based artist Alyssa Block.

Never-ending Notepad

Notebooks & Journals

When it comes to getting toddlers dressed, the struggle is real. Enter: Taro Gomi! The bestselling author/illustrator offers a creative and colorful look at animals, reimagining their fur, feathers, and fins as...clothes! A sheep wears a fluffy jacket, a zebra sports striped PJs, a snake is snug in a stocking, and a penguin looks dapper in a classic suit. Young children will be amused by the spirited take on animals, and they'll very likely be convinced that getting dressed is best!

What Do You Wear?

In the war-ravaged England of 1940, Charlotte Bromley is sure of only one thing: Kitty McLaughlin is her best friend in the whole world. But when Charlotte's scientist father makes an astonishing discovery that the Germans will covet for themselves, Charlotte is faced with an impossible choice between danger and safety. Should she remain with her friend or journey to another time and place? Her split-second decision has huge consequences, and when she finds herself alone in the world, unsure of Kitty's fate, she knows that somehow, some way, she must find her way back to her friend. Written in the spirit of classic time-travel tales, this book is an imaginative and heartfelt tribute to the unbreakable ties of friendship.

Once Was A Time

PRESS HERE, MIX IT UP!, LET'S PLAY! and now SAY ZOOP! Collect all four interactive books from Hervé Tullet! It's only a yellow dot...but what a dot it is! Readers won't be able to resist this jaunty, adventurous dot, nor its invitation to play along. Thus begins a spectacular ride of color, motion, shape, and imagination, filled with the artistry and delight that we know and love so well from Press Here and Mix It Up! But on this journey, prepare to leap headlong into a completely new dimension: emotion. Connecting not only to the mind but also to the heart, this dot expresses an extraordinary sense of humor, fear, joy, and more as it pushes, lurches, wiggles, and slides its way through—and even off!—the pages of this glorious companion to Press Here and Mix It Up!

Let's Play!

This large notebook features a silk-screened cover, cloth spine, and 90 pages of rescued paper within. The sheets are folded and bound so the blank backsides face out for writing, while the previously printed sides face in, offering a peek-a-boo reveal of interesting previously printed paper.

Rescued Paper Notebook, Large

How do animals show their love? By touching trunks, beaks, and noses! Toddlers will delight in adorable pairs of fish, ducklings, elephants, and monkeys as they splash, swim, dance, and swing, all while showing affection. Author-illustrator Taro Miura brings a playfulness and verve to this love-affirming board book, which culminates in the ultimate celebration of love: a child embraced by loving parents.

Hello, Love!

In this heartwarming sequel to Laurel Snyder's beginning chapter book Charlie & Mouse, the two brothers enjoy a special visit from their grandpa, Grumpy. Follow along as they discuss being medium, pounce each other, sing the wrong songs, build blanket forts, and more. Paired with effervescent illustrations by Emily Hughes, this touching, funny celebration of imagination and bonding will enchant readers young and old.

Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy

This eye-catching pair of notebooks makes a radiantly chic statement. The covers of each notebook shimmer with full-coverage rose gold foil and silk-screening in Katharine Watson's beautiful block-print designs.

Rose Gold Notebook Set

Show your love for San Francisco! Established in 1938, the 49-Mile Scenic Drive is a historical route highlighting San Francisco's major sights and landmarks. This trio of notebooks features colorful interpretations of the iconic road sign that marks this legendary drive. 
- 3 paperback notebooks, 6 x 8 ½ inches each, 64 pages each 
- One notebook is lined, one is blank, and one is gridded. 
- A perfect gift for anyone who loves the City by the Bay, or a lovely, useful souvenir for locals and visitors alike 
- Use these notebooks for bullet journaling, note-taking, goal tracking, and list-making; or as a daily planner, gratitude journal, or travel log!

49-mile Scenic Drive Notebook Collection

A notebook made for creatives by creatives! The Go-To Notebook has been designed to inspire makers, thinkers, dreamers, and doers to create their best work—and what inspires great work is great quality and smart design. Special features for maximum productivity and an outstanding writing experience include: 
- Acid-free archival Mohawk Superfine paper—the finest paper made today, to inspire excellent work. The smooth finish is ideal for both pen ink and graphite. 
- 224 pages total; 27 blue-tinted pages at the front for project planning, mind mapping, checklists, and schedule tracking—and then 192 dot grid pages that can be used for bullet journaling, everyday task organizing, brainstorming, drafting, free writing, and beyond 
- 6.2 x 9.1 inches—the perfect size for writing or sketching 
- Lay-flat binding 
- Stylish angled corners 
- Ribbon marker 
- Table of contents 
- Inside back cover pocket 
- Comes in a range of colors, including this attractive mulberry purple 
- Also available in a blank or lined/ruled version—choose the layout that best fits your usage

Go-to Notebook With Mohawk Paper, Mulberry Wine Dotted

The darling, dancing Flora is back, and this time she's found two new friends: a pair of peacocks! But amidst the fanning feathers and mirrored movements, Flora realizes that the push and pull between three friends can be a delicate dance. Will this trio find a way to get back in step? In the third book featuring Flora and her feathered friends, Molly Idle's gorgeous art combines with clever flaps to reveal that no matter the challenges, true friends will always find a way to dance, leap, and soar—together. For more feathery fun, pick up Flora and the Flamingo, Flora and the Penguin, Flora and Friends Matching Game or, coming soon, Flora and the Chicks.

Flora And The Peacocks

For as long as Lottie can remember, the only people who seem to care about her have been her best friend, Eliot, and the mysterious letter-writer who sends her birthday gifts. But now strange things and people are arriving on the island Lottie calls home, and Eliot's getting sicker, with a disease the doctors have given up trying to cure. Lottie doesn't know what she can possibly do—until a door opens in the apple tree. Down through the roots is another world—a world of treacherous, beautiful, impossible magic that just might lead to a cure for Eliot.

The Water And The Wild

This bundle of notebooks features colorful book stacks straight from Jane Mount's Bibliophile, from Book Club Fans, to Timeless Classics, and a Sense of Place, each notebook cover has books that readers know and treasure. With a bright red stitched spine and rounded corners, this eye-catching collection is bound to be adored by book lovers everywhere.

Bibliophile Notebook Collection

A Huffington Post Best Book of the Year. 

A perfect laugh-out-loud, read-aloud from New York Times bestselling author Adam Rex!
 
We all know nothing rhymes with orange, but how does that make Orange feel? Well, left out, obviously!
 
When a fruit parade gets together to sing a song about how wonderful they areâand the song happens to rhymeâOrange canât help but feel like itâs impossible to ever fit in. But when one particularly intuitive Apple notices how Orange is feeling, the entire English language begins to become a bit more inclusive.
 
Beloved author-illustrator Adam Rex has created a hilarious yet poignant parable about feeling left out, celebrating difference, and the irrefutable fact that nothing rhymes with orange.