Here are a few titles releasing in November that have crossed my path.

I call this my Pigs, Chickens and Wolves list!

New Series Alert! Just released, these boldly illustrated abridged classics illustrated by Maite Schmitt, caught my eye big time – read on to discover two more titles in the series due out next year.

W.W. Denslow remained the sole illustrator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz until Evelyn Copelman illustrated it in 1949, and once the book passed into the public domain in 1956 there has been no shortage of illustrated versions to choose from!

This visually stunning story, rich in characters and scenery, deserves some full color attention! (Post image by artist Erica Williams).

Explore illustrated versions of the classics by Robert Ingpen!

As a kid my parents read Just So Stories to me, and for the rest of my life those wonderful pen and ink drawings by Rudyard Kipling have held a nostalgic place in my memory. Getting past that though, there are so many wonderful versions to explore!

Yes! The Hundred and One Dalmatians was a children’s chapter book before the Disney movie! Check out how various illustrators have depicted our most beloved (and feared) characters from this charming book.

It has been so much fun seeing all the different versions of Pippi!

Illustrations can soothe down a text, be true to it, or enliven it, and when it comes to Pinocchio it’s definitely reader’s choice!