Elisha Cooper

From an award-winning illustrator and children’s book author comes a touching, honest, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about parenting, love, and the wonder of new life.
“Hilarious and beautiful.... A new father finally understands what it's all about.” —Chicago Tribune
"I would have sooner been handed a bomb than a baby,” admits Elisha Cooper, early in his charming chronicle of his first year as

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"A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats"--

Join a cat and puppy pair through their day—the ups of being fed and romping through grass, and the downs of days that are too short and things that don't go as planned—as they realize that sometimes the very best thing that can happen is just being together. A timeless tale of friendship, adjusting your perspective, and the joys (and trials) of siblinghood.

A step-by-step exploration of how ice cream is made, beginning with the healthy foods cows eat to produce good milk, and ending with a carton of frozen treat.

The reader is taken on a journey through a neighborhood and shown the sights, sounds, and smells as evening approaches.

A cat sits in the doorway and tries to decide whether to go inside where he might get fed again, go outside where he might have an adventure, or stay where he is.

Describes the process of construction, step-by-step, from clearing the site to cleaning up the finished building.

After much rehearsing and dancing to the music, dancers prepare and perform for their audience on opening night.

"The award-winning children's book author confronts a new world when faced with his daughter's illness in this frank, moving, and beautiful memoir. Elisha Cooper spends his mornings writing and illustrating children's books, his afternoons playing with his two daughters. The phrase he hates most is "throw like a girl," so he teaches them to climb trees and play ball. But when he discovers a lump in five-year-old Zoe's midsection as she sits on his...