Schiffer Kids Books

Chadwick the Crab and Bernie the Sea Gull are worried that they’re going to lose a good friend forever. Hester, a Delmarva fox squirrel, has discovered a book telling her she is on the endangered...

Priscilla Cummings’s Chadwick the Crab series has been a staple of Chesapeake juvenile literature for more than a decade. Now Ms. Cummings turns her hand to another classic genre, the ABC book, this one with...

Chesapeake Rainbow will help youngsters learn their colors the Chesapeake way. The book is a bright and wonderful companion to the popular Chesapeake ABC and Chesapeake 1-2-3. How many colors has the Chesapeake Bay? More...

Extend your gardening season into autumn and enjoy those golden orange leaves and pumpkins with your children. With 235 color images, see for yourself that it's not too cold to still play outside. Games like...

Encourage children to get outside for some fresh air and exercise with this fun, illustrated book introducing the various ways that animals move about. Children often mimic the actions of their own pets; Busy Bodies...

Join little rot-rocker Pukeboy and graffiti artist Gumshoe as they search for Gumshoe’s missing paintings in this second book from The Sweet Rot series. This lost art quest leads our two heroes through the vividly...

A humorous caper featuring eight crazy crustaceans making a dash for the sea told through fun, rhyming verses and colorful illustrations! A routine trip to the grocery store turns into an amazing adventure as a...

When Captain John Smith and his crew set out from Jamestown to explore a body of water known as the Chesapeake in 1608, they didn’t know what to expect. Would their small, crowded boat sink?...

Discover the natural world like never before with this very close look at Mouse’s backyard, where every square foot is rich with life and energy. Colorful illustrations, photographs, and images from an electron microscope combine...

Written in haiku poetry and illustrated in eighteen bold color images, this memorable tale is all about friendship and sharing. Two rats share a home. While one runs on his wheel all day, the other...

Visit the lush, nighttime jungle with little EviMonkey as she embarks on a journey to explore her world. Presented in cartoon-style narrative panels with guiding captions, the intricate and richly colored artwork in this picture...

Encouraging exploration, discovery, and a sense of wonder, this brightly illustrated, poetic tale recounts the story of two turtles that live in a glass tank. One turtle is adventurous and enjoys visiting the outside world....