ART & BOOKS

Board book – October 17, 2023
by Chronicle Books (Author)

New in the Beginning Baby board book series: Join an adorable group of animal friends for a day at school that’s full of feelings! Whether they are sad or glad, shy or excited, the friends know it’s important to express their many emotions.

Welcome to Beginning Baby, a line of novelty board books and gifts designed to give little ones a bright start! Vetted by early childhood experts and thoughtfully created with input from parents and caregivers, each Beginning Baby book explores educational concepts tied to early learning milestones, building a foundation for a strong beginning.

A sweet and energetic cast of animal characters guides babies through early learning concepts in a playful way that reinforces ideas through rhythm and repetition and engages eyes and hands with flaps, moving parts, mirrors, or tabs. With its irresistible interactive elements, colorful and decorative designs, and strong educational framework, Beginning Baby makes growing and learning for babies as easy as playing and dreaming.

In A Day Full of Feelings, each character learns that it’s okay to feel a certain way and that with the help of friends, everyone can express their emotions safely. A delightful picture book that encourages empathy and understanding, this feelings book makes a special gift or self-purchase for just the right moment in a child's and a parent’s life.

FEELINGS ARE UNIVERSAL: Every day is full of many feelings! Whether it’s sadness or happiness, fear or laughter, or anything in between, little ones will learn that it’s okay to express their emotions. With a friend to cheer you on, any scary bump can turn into loads of fun!

CUTE CHARACTERS: These adorable characters—from an artistic llama to a musical elephant to an octopus gardener—teach toddlers concepts while promoting socialization and community.

DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE: Every book in the Beginning Baby series is conceived and written to address milestones in a baby’s life, from fine motor skills to shape recognition and emotional awareness.

BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED FOR DISCERNING EYES: Bright, peppy colors and patterns make this series of books attractive for both babies and adults!

Perfect for:

Parents, grandparents, uncles, and aunts of babies and toddlers
Teachers and educators at daycare and early childhood centers
Birthday, new baby, or baby shower gift
Fans of Beginning Baby books, including Active ABC; You're a Helper!; Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes; Smile, Baby!; and Welcome to Shape School!
Readers of bestselling children's books about feelings, such as The Feelings Book by Todd Parr, A Little Spot of Emotion, and In My Heart: A Book of Feelings

Baby - 3 years

PAINTING KIT – The Andy Warhol Painting Kit from Mudpuppy includes 10 paintable cards each with a unique iconic warhol print illustration as well as a built-in watercolor paint palette at the top of each card and a water color brush which is neatly packaged in place with a cardboard insert at the back of the pad. Dip the brush in water, apply to the paint palette to activate the colors, and paint your masterpiece! A perforated edge allows for the finished artwork to be separated from the paint palette for easy display.
PERFECT FOR GIFTING – A perfect gift for the art loving young one in your life, the Andy Warhol Painting Kit has a built in watercolor pallet and includes a brush so children can unleash their inner artists and express their creativity. With the color palette readily available, children can experiment with mixing different colors to create new shades and hues! The designs are also simple yet fun and exciting to work with making it perfect for kids ages 5 and up.
EDUCATIONAL – The Painting Kit is an excellent educational gift because it promotes color recognition, encourages color mixing exploration, develops fine motor skills, fosters creativity and self-expression, enhances visual and spatial awareness, builds problem-solving skills, boosts self-confidence, and provides sensory stimulation. It's a gift that not only encourages artistic expression but also supports holistic development in children.
FAMILY BONDING – Families can work together to paint the image using the brush and colors and encourage young ones to challenge themselves. The Painting Kit makes a great family activity and helps to improve communication and bonding as everyone works towards a common goal! Instead of relying on screen time or electronic devices, the kit is an interactive and fun tool that provides a screen free experience for young ones to help pass the time and encourage learning while keeping them entertained.
MUDPUPPY - For over 25 years, Mudpuppy has created quality non-digital puzzles, games and toys for children and families that facilitate creative play and imaginative thinking. One of our core design principles is to engage kids and promote learning without the use of digital screens or technology. Mudpuppy is committed to designing and producing eco-friendly products that have a minimal carbon footprint. All Mudpuppy products adhere to CPSIA, ASTM, and CE Safety Regulations

Author Andrea Concas, Edited by Eleonora Brizi

The first NFT book that tells of the beginning of Crypto Art with 50 of the best artists in the movement.

In the last year, crypto art has overwhelmed the world of digital art and beyond, involving collectors, museums, and auction houses, creating a fully-fledged digital revolution. It is guided by visionary artists who have promoted this unprecedented movement, with new rules, overwhelming dynamics, and innovative ways of using art.

Crypto Art—Begins, published by Rizzoli Italia and New York, is based on an idea and project by The NFT Magazine, the first monthly magazine to be read and collected on the blockchain Ethereum.

The volume tells of this exciting movement through the history and works of 50 crypto artists—including Hackatao, Refik Anadol, Kevin Abosch, Osinachi, Federico Clapis, Giant Swan, and DADA.Art—who contributed to its creation and form a part of it with their NFTs (non-fungible tokens) representing the present and future of this new world.

About The Author

Andrea Concas is the founder and CEO of the art start-up Art Backers, Art Rights, a platform for the management and certification of works of art. Eleonora Brizi is curator of digital art and crypto art, and the founder of Breezy Art.

Publish Date: September 19, 2023
Format: Hardcover
Category: Art - Digital
Publisher: Rizzoli
Pages: 288

Author Evan Auerbach and Daniel Isenberg

Do Remember! The Golden Era of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes is the first comprehensive deep-dive oral and visual history of the golden era of hip-hop mixtape culture in New York City.

From street corners to corner offices, mixtapes made a huge impact on the music industry and hip-hop culture in New York City during the late ’80s, ’90s, and early 2000s. Mixtapes helped dictate what rap songs were hot in the clubs, on the radio, and in the streets, and they influenced which artists would get signed to record deals. Mixtapes also showcased which DJs had the most skills and creativity, and who had the juice to pull the illest exclusives.

Do Remember! combines the best elements of oral and pictorial histories to explore the evolution of mixtapes as a crucial component of New York City hip-hop culture. Featuring a comprehensive collection of rare mixtape cover art, never-before-seen images, vintage tracklists, and exclusive interviews with Kid Capri, Brucie B, Mister Cee, Ron G, S&S, Doo Wop, Green Lantern, Lord Finesse, Clark Kent, Bobbito, Cipha Sounds, Havoc of Mobb Deep, the late, great DJ Kay Slay, and many more, including a special foreword by Fab 5 Freddy, Do Remember! captures an era in New York City that went on to inspire future hip-hop generations all over the world.



About The Authors

Evan Auerbach is a globally recognized hip-hop historian. His career as a blogger and archivist has made him the number one source for providing rare hip-hop memorabilia to the masses. A walking encyclopedia of rap knowledge, Evan has played an essential role in revitalizing music media's nostalgia for 90s ephemera and landmark hip-hop events. His website UpNorthTrips continues to be pivotal in sparking a modern wave of obsession with rare photos, classic hip-hop flyers, promo material, and posters. In 2016, Evan co-authored No Sleep: Nightlife Flyers (1988–1999) with Stretch Armstrong.
Daniel Isenberg is a seasoned hip-hop journalist who has written for Complex, Def Jam, Pitchfork, Pigeons & Planes, and XXL, and who created the NahRight Mixtape Memories blog series highlighting legendary mixtape DJs and moments. Isenberg is also an award-winning sports and entertainment marketing creative director, a GRAMMY Award–nominated songwriter, and author of the children’s hip-hop and sports-themed chapter book My Name Is Spit: The Dunk Dance.
Evan and Daniel are also co-teaching an NYU School of Professional Studies 'Real World' graduate school class, where students will spend the Fall '23 semester solving a business challenge connected to the marketing of three of Rizzoli's recent hip-hop titles, including Do Remember! The Golden Era of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes.



Publish Date: October 03, 2023

Format: Hardcover

Category: Music - Genres & Styles - Rap & Hip Hop

Publisher: Rizzoli

Pages: 240

Artes de Artes de México

A historic and cultural dive into the world of Mexico’s most beloved sport

Over the decades, lucha libre has become a symbol of Mexico, transcending the nation’s borders. Halfway between sport and religion, this synthesis of Hispanic, Aztec, European, and American represents the quintessence of Mexican culture. The luchador is a living god, and products in his image are idolized like sacred relics. A symbol of urban working-class culture, the significance of lucha libre is massive.

In this bilingual book, the best Mexican specialists analyze all facets of the the history and roots of the sport, the most important luchadores, the way the world of Mexican wrestling is organized, the history and practice of female wrestling, the meaning of the masks and costume, and lucha libre’s influence in worldwide pop culture.

Artes de México is a magazine with 28 years of experience that promotes and disseminates the cultural diversity of Mexico in all its creative manifestations. Since its inception, it has been linked to the most important writers, researchers, and creators, and has been recognized with more than 150 national and international awards.
240 pages, Hardcover

Published March 18, 2025

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Published: March 18, 2025 by Cernunnos
ISBN: 9781419767555 (ISBN10: 1419767550)
Language: English

MEMORY GAME FOR KIDS: The Forest Animals Memory Game from Petit Collage is the perfect preschool matching card game that features 12 large, fun-shaped pairs of adorable woodland animals. Can you match them all?
PROMOTES LEARNING: Ideal for ages 3 and up, this toddler matching game is more than just fun! It also promotes visual recognition and memory skills.
EASY STORAGE POUCH: Designed with little hands in mind, this classic memory matching game for kids is packaged in a pouch that makes it easy to keep all of the pieces safe and together, as well as being travel-friendly!
THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED: This kid’s matching game is designed with the health of our children and the planet in mind. It meets & exceeds all safety standards.
PETIT COLLAGE: Petit Collage is all about good design. We combine a modern aesthetic with a sustainability criteria to create bold, thoughtful products to delight little ones. We strive to make our products beautiful and fun in equal measure.

With Meditate Yourself Happy, learn to choose the thoughts you pay attention to. Because by changing the way you think, you can change the way you feel and subsequently change your life.

Meditation is not an unachievable state; this book will teach you how to harness its transformative power to heal your body and mind by reducing stress, controlling anxiety, promoting emotional health, enhancing self-awareness and improving your overall wellbeing.

Through easy and accessible exercises that are organized by mood and range from 5–10 minutes, discover how small shifts can lead to big changes.

So many people don’t think they can meditate. They believe it is all about fighting off thoughts and emptying the mind completely. But certified hypnotherapist Fiona Lamb is here to tell them otherwise.

160 pages

Edited by Simonetta Fraquelli and Cécile Girardeau, Author Yaëlle Biro and Simonetta Fraquelli and Cécile Girardeau and Marie-Amélie Senot


Edited with the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, this catalog demonstrates how Modigliani’s partnership with his gallerist Paul Guillaume influenced his painting.

Amedeo Modigliani, a Jewish-Italian painter, arrived in Paris in 1906. His meeting with Constantin Brancusi in 1909 inspired Modigliani to sculpt—almost exclusively—until 1914, when he met art dealer Paul Guillaume. He returned to painting and produced countless portraits from 1914 until his death in 1920. Modigliani painted prominent contemporaries such as Jean Cocteau and Max Jacob, but also unknown models and the women in his life, including writer Béatrice Hastings and painter Jeanne Hébuterne, his partner and the mother of his child. Guillaume encouraged Modigliani, rented him an atelier in Montmartre, promoted his paintings in Parisian art and literary circles and abroad, and bought, sold, and collected more than a hundred of his paintings, fifty drawings, and a dozen sculptures. Guillaume’s writings offer intimate insight into Modigliani, highlighting their rapport and shared interests in African art, literature, and poetry. Modigliani in turn immortalized Guillaume in four portraits. This volume accompanies an exhibition at the Musée de l’Orangerie (September 20, 2023–January 15, 2024).



About The Author

Cécile Girardeau is a curator at the Musée de l’Orangerie. Simonetta Fraquelli is an independent curator and art historian. Yaëlle Biro is assistant curator of African Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Marie-Amélie Senot is a curator of modern and contemporary art.

Publish Date: February 06, 2024

Format: Hardcover

Category: Art - Individual Artists - Monographs

Publisher: Flammarion

Pages: 168

Novelty Book – April 5, 2022
by Serena Gingold Allen (Author), Teagan White (Illustrator)

In this sweet and interactive bedtime read-aloud—with the rollicking rhyme of Sandra Boynton's Barnyard Dance! and the bedtime themes of Sleep Like A Tiger by Mary Logue—young readers can make skunks scamper and possums prance with each push of a durable novelty element.

When you rest your head at night, nocturnal animals awake to dance and play! Push and pull the sturdy tabs to make foxes frolic and hedgehogs hustle in this sweet, interactive tale of nighttime fun.

A charming and interactive bedtime read-aloud, young children will delight in moving the durable novelty elements, making the illustrations transform through their efforts.

FOR FANS OF BARNYARD DANCE!: With rollicking rhyme and dancing animals, this book is perfect for anyone who loves Sandra Boynton's Barnyard Dance!

BEDTIME READ-ALOUD: After celebrating what nocturnal animals do at night, the child reader helps to tuck the child protagonist into a cozy bed by pull up their covers. Perfect for a bedtime read-aloud!

GREAT VALUE: With 8 durable and movable "sliders" throughout—including on the front cover—$12.99 is great value.

BONDING & LEARNING: Interactive novelty elements create opportunities for interacting with the book, and with one another, in new and sweet ways. While promoting parent-child bonding, the interactive elements also help the youngest readers learn hand-eye coordination and cause-and-effect as they see how their actions impact the illustrations.

CUDDLY CREATURES: Teagan White's cutest of animals are irresistible.

Perfect for: parents, gift-givers, fans of interactive books

Baby - 4 years

Great for Small Hands, Ages 3+


🐾Innovative Design: Wild Wobble! By Mudpuppy, a wooden block game for kids, features a unique twist on the classic, with four blocks across and beautiful artwork on each piece, the stacking game encourages creativity and motor skill development.
🐾Eco-Friendly and Safe: Crafted from high-quality, eco-friendly wood, Wild Wobble is a safe wooden toy for toddlers and children ages 3 and up, ensuring a sustainable and durable choice for eco-conscious families.
🐾Educational and Fun: As a premier preschool learning toy, Wild Wobble combines fun and education, enhancing problem-solving abilities and teamwork skills, making it an ideal interactive play block set for young learners.
🐾Family-Friendly Entertainment: Designed to be enjoyed by the whole family, Wild Wobble is a family-friendly stacking game that promises hours of interactive, creative building fun, perfect for game nights and bonding moments.
🐾Unique Gift: With its innovative design and environmentally friendly appeal, Wild Wobble is the perfect gift for kids who love unique wooden stacking puzzles and construction games, fostering learning and creativity in every play session.
🐾MUDPUPPY - For over 25 years, Mudpuppy has created quality puzzles, games and toys for children that fosters creative play and imaginative thinking. One of our core principles is to engage kids and promote learning without the use of screens

Featuring interviews, photographs, and both new and highly collectable classic stickers, this timely collection is the perfect gift for skateboard fans of all ages. Includes 200 peelable stickers.

Stickers are an essential part of the street art movement. Inexpensive and easy to produce, they often act as an informal business card for graffiti artists, and a quick and effective promotional tool for many designers and illustrators. The Stickerbomb books have been celebrating this often overlooked art form for over fifteen years.

Also in the series: Stickerbomb,Stickerbomb Monsters, Stickerbomb Letters, Stickerbomb XL, Stickerbomb Skulls, Stickerbomb Skate, Stickerbomb 3, Stick it to the Man!, Stick and Skate.

The Most Beautiful Villages of France: Discover 164 Charming Destinations

Author Les Plus Beaux Villages De France

Discover the 158 most picturesque villages to visit in France in the newest edition of this illustrated travel guide.

From Vézelay with its UNESCO listed Sainte-Madeleine basilica, to Piana’s dramatic cliffs in Corsica, and from Ménerbes’s Provençal charm to Olargues’s origins dating back to prehistory, this illustrated guide unveils the beauty of rural France, providing complete visitor information for these exceptionally preserved destinations. Carefully selected each year, the featured French villages are replete with historical, architectural, and natural riches.

A brief history of each village is accompanied by recommendations for monuments, museums, places to visit, accommodation options ranging from hotels to campsites, restaurants, markets, artisanal products and local specialties. Details on leisure activities encompass festivals, events, and excursions that encourage visitors to explore the surrounding area on foot, by canoe, or on horseback.

This fully updated new edition includes a supplement on the history of more than twenty sweet gourmet regional specialties. In addition to an overview map of France, each village is featured on an easy-to-read detail road map, accompanied by indications for the best way to arrive by car, train, and airplane. Suggestions for neighboring villages that should not be missed simplify itinerary planning. Cross references and an index by region complete this practical, authoritative, and accessible illustrated guide.



About The Author

Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, founded in 1982, protects and promotes the heritage of villages rigorously selected for their patrimonial wealth and architectural quality. It pioneered an international federation of the Most Beautiful Villages of the World, which is committed to sustainable development and the preservation of historical and cultural heritage in Belgium, Quebec, Italy, and Japan.


Publish Date: May 03, 2022

Format: Trade Paperback

Category: Travel - Europe - France

Publisher: Flammarion

Pages: 280