"If Picasso Were a Fish"
written and illustrated by Skip Ploss
40 pages
7.5" x 7.5" Saddle stitch binding
ISBN: 978-1-4116-9220-6
$15.99 USD + SH
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What kind of fish would Picasso be if he were to wake up one morning as one? What about other artists like Paul Klee, Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, Jackson Pollack or John Singer Sargent? This book exposes young artists (it has been used in kindergarten through second grade) to the notion that not only do we not have to look alike but we don't have to see the same things the same way either.

"I was lucky enough to have "If Picasso Were A Fish" arrive in the mail today and I must say, I am impressed. As an early Childhood Educator, I think this book will prove to be a class favorite, and might even teach the little ones a thing or two about artistic expression in all of it's unlimited forms. the rhymes are clever, and the pictures, each representing the way a fish might have been painted by one of the great artists, are a joy to behold.
Well done!"

Mike Lawrence
author and illustrator: The Macaroni Disaster

"If I Had a Gift"
written and illustrated by Skip Ploss
32 pages
7.5" x 7.5" Saddle stitch binding

$15.99 USD + SH
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If I Had a Gift to Give is about a child who wants to give his friend everything he can think of for his friend's birthday only to discover that the best gift, and the only one he can afford, is the gift of friendship.

"Great ideas and fantastic artwork--a combination you can't beat in a children's book. The message that friendship is always better than 'things' will make this book a winner."

Bonnie Turner
author: "The Haunted Igloo" and "Spirit Lights"

"Abstracts: minimalist scribblings"
written and illustrated by Skip Ploss
56 pages
7.5" x 7.5" Perfect Bound

$9.99 USD + SH
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In his latest book, author/illustrator Skip Ploss ("If Picasso Were a Fish" and "If I Had a Gift") shows children of all ages that you don't always have to draw a whole picture for the audience to get the picture. The text is an abstraction itself as a semi-repeating form of Haiku.

"I love the idea behind this book. Each page is an abstracted version of a common object (nonessential lines are taken away), followed by an almost equally abstract (but apt) definition. This book not only encourages thinking and visualizing in untraditional ways, but also allows pre-readers to interact with each page by figuring out what the object is.

As an author and illustrator, I'm impressed with the simple creativity of it. As the parent of a two year old, I'm buying it. This is one of the few books I've found that is in and of itself completely interactive with kids of that age group."

Jamie Melani Marshall
author: "The Book of Monsters (a bedtime story)"