Matthew Cordell

  1. Book Lists
  2. Matthew Cordell


Book List:12 titles
Title Title Genre Genre Date (oldest) Date (newest)
  • Bear Island

    Louise and her family are sad over the loss of their beloved dog, Charlie. "Life will not be the same," Louise says, as she visits a little island that Charlie loved.But on a visit to the island after Charlie's death, something strange happens: She m...

  • Explorers

    From Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, Explorers is a new picture book about an extraordinary trip to a museum.When a family goes to a local museum, a boy notices a homeless man sitting outside, making brightly colored origami birds. He convinces h...

  • Hope

    As a family grows, so does its capacity for love, for dreams, and for hope. Two lions celebrate their grandchild and express all the ways this new life has expanded their world, and the hope they hold for his future. A companion to Matthew Cordell...

  • King Alice

    Matthew Cordell, Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator of Wolf in the Snow, delivers yet another warm and delightful picture book in King Alice. Alice and her family are stuck indoors on a snowy day. Alice loves to read, and when her dad ...

  • Dream

    With new life comes infinite possibility, and as a gorilla family delights in their young child, they dream of everything their baby will encounter and who he will become....

  • Wolf in the Snow

    A girl is lost in a snowstorm. A wolf cub is lost, too. How will they find their way home? Paintings rich with feeling tell this satisfying story of friendship and trust. Here is a book set on a wintry night that will spark imaginations and warm h...

  • Wish

    As an elephant couple embark on a life together, thoughts of children are far away--at first. But as the desire for a child grows, so do unexpected challenges. And it's only after thwarted plans and bitter disappointment that their deepest wish mirac...

  • hello! hello!

    Outside the world is bright and colorful, but Lydia's family is too busy with their gadgets to notice. She says Hello to everyone. Hello? Hello! Her father says hello while texting, her mother says hello while working on her laptop and her brother do...

  • Another Brother

    Life for Davy was glorious as long as he had his mother and father to himself. But then he got a brother, Petey. When Davy sang, Petey cried. When Davy created a masterpiece, Petey spat up on it. And then he got another brother, Mike! And another...




  • Trouble Gum

    From Matthew Cordell, the author-illustrator of the Caldecott award-winning book Wolf in the Snow, comes this delightful picture book that's as charming as it is fun. It's raining. There's nothing to do. Ruben is bored. But things start looking up wh...

  • Toot Toot Zoom!

    A funny, fast, and noisy tale about finding friends where you least expect to is the perfect vehicle for reading aloud.Poor Pierre! He lives all alone at the foot of a mountain, and his heart, how it longs for a friend. Perhaps if he hops in his car ...

  • Toby and the Snowflakes

    When friends move away, it is hard for them to leave and even harder to watch them go. Toby’s best friend moved yesterday, and now all Toby has is his friend’s baseball glove (which smells like Parmesan cheese). Toby is bored and alone. But then ...

Author Info
Genre