Ploof is back and ready to plant! The newest in an interactive picture book series perfect for fans of Hervé Tullet’s Press Here — and for Easter baskets, Earth Day and springtime gifts! From the creator of Narwhal and Jelly and the co-creator of Science Explorers

In this third book in the beloved series, Ploof has found some seeds and is excited to see what they’ll grow into. Let’s plant them together and find out! Can you dig a hole for the seeds? Can you water them? Can you help Ploof wait for the seeds to sprout? 

Full of imaginative, interactive fun, Plant with Ploof offers preschoolers a chance to play and learn in tandem, learning social emotional skills like patience along the way. Readers will pat seeds into the soil, make it rain with finger taps and foot stomps, spot a sunny new friend, look closely at their surroundings and SPROUT along with Ploof!

PAINT WITH PLOOF
(October 2024, Tundra/Penguin Random House Canada, 56 pp)
Ploof is a little cloud who’s eager to make their first rainbow! But how? With your help, of course! Can you help Ploof find the right shape? Mix colors? Fly high to paint? Cheer Ploof on through the ups and downs of trying something new, follow along with some calming breathing exercises and find a new perspective!

Just as full of imaginative, interactive fun as the first book in the series, each page offers readers from preschooler age and beyond a chance to play and learn in tandem, exploring social-emotional skills along the way. Young readers will be delighted to see the effects of their actions as they join a colorful rainbow quest and paint with Ploof!

PLOOF
(September 2023, Tundra/Penguin Random House Canada, 56 pp)
Ploof is a puffy cloud who’s a little lonely — but now you’re here, and the fun can begin! Can you help Ploof overcome their shyness? Play pretend? Make Ploof laugh with your funny faces, find their hiding spot, give them a high five! Full of imaginative and interactive fun, each page of this perfect book for preschoolers offers a chance to play. By following cues to say hello, clap, blow, shake, wave or make a funny face, young readers will be delighted to see the effects of their actions on Ploof. They’ll learn social-emotional skills like empathy, encouragement and kindness through Ploof’s emotional journey — and, along the way, they’ll learn how to be a fantastic friend!

Join Ploof’s adventures in a brand-new series co-written and co-illustrated by Narwhal and Jelly creator Ben Clanton and up-and-coming picture book maker Andy Chou Musser.

Magical and heartfelt, A Home Under the Stars explores the difficulties and anxieties that accompany moving, as well as the journey to find a sense of belonging in a new place and to call it home.

Moving from a rural house to an urban apartment, Toby feels tiny and lost in the vast, crowded city filled with unfamiliar sights and sounds. His moms try to comfort him, but their bedtime tradition of looking at the night sky together just makes Toby angry — because the city lights hide his beloved stars.

Toby isn’t able to sleep and in his restless state he discovers a lion wandering in a mysterious jungle that has overgrown the city at night. Only the North Star can guide the lion home. Together, boy and lion embark on an otherworldly, nocturnal journey through the city in search of the star. Along the way they befriend other lost animals, each helping Toby to name and process his feelings about moving to the city. When he finds the North Star, Toby realizes his stars will always be there for him, even if he can’t see them, and maybe he can make a home in the city.