A FAMILY PUBLISHING HOUSE
Books made at one family’s table, for every family’s table. This is the house a father is building for his children — Gabriel and Ariella — one honest book at a time: stories to be read aloud tonight, and kept for the children who come after them.
New titles arrive one at a time — each announced here the day it publishes.
FOR THE SMALLEST READERS
The house’s first line: bright, sturdy picture books built on real animals and real places — and, rolling through them all, one small beetle with a very large ball.
LITTLE EXPLORERS · BOOK ONE
Eight bears, four continents, one sunny meadow. A toddler’s first bear book — every bear a young child will ever meet, from the polar bear to the panda, gathered in a single field of flowers. Ages 1–4.
THE BEETLE AND THE BALL · BOOK 1 OF 13
Meet Douglas — the funniest dung beetle in South America. Roll along as he pushes his ball across twelve countries, from Angel Falls to the moai of Easter Island, earning a flag sticker in every one. Ages 4–8.
The journey continues: North America · The Caribbean · Europe · Africa · Asia · Oceania · Antarctica · The Hidden Islands · The Oceans · The Seven Seas · Space — with a shelf of Douglas holiday specials beside them.
A BIG BROTHER EXPLAINS
Gabriel, the big brother, explains the holidays — what they mean, where they come from, and how a family marks them. Written for Ariella, and for every younger sibling listening at the door. The manuscripts are complete; the artwork is in the studio.
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GABRIEL EXPLAINS
Costumes, courage, and why we knock on doors in the dark.
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GABRIEL EXPLAINS
Gratitude, gathering, and the long table.
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GABRIEL EXPLAINS
Giving, wonder, and the darkest night of the year made warm.
THE WHOLE LANGUAGE, IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
Every volume carries English ⇄ the language in a single book: a complete beginner course and two-way dictionary, with pronunciation guides, themed phrase chapters, and the cultural notes that teach how the language is really used. Thirty volumes in all — ten languages, three levels. The Beginner shelf opens first.
BEGINNER · VOLUME B1
1,339 entries English → French; 1,256 French → English — and a test of the first reader’s mastery on the way back.
BEGINNER · VOLUME B3
1,339 entries English → Spanish; 1,263 Spanish → English, with speak-aloud respellings for both directions.
BEGINNER · VOLUME B2
1,339 entries English → Italian; 1,250 Italian → English, with core grammar and twelve essential verbs, fully conjugated.
Also in preparation: Portuguese · German · Mandarin Chinese · Japanese · Arabic · Russian · Hindi — then the Intermediate and Expert shelves.
FROM THE FATHER’S DESK
The same house keeps a shelf for grown readers — written from the father’s side of the table, from things learned the long way.
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SURVIVING THE SYSTEM
Records, deadlines, conduct, documentation — how support and visitation actually work. The field manual its author needed on day one, written for the next father walking in.
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THE ADULT SHELF
Money, discipline, and the education nobody schedules — the lessons life charges tuition for, set down plain.