Aki, a small girl in a red dress, raising a wand that scatters golden stars

Worlds drawn for the curious.

Independent picture books, painted by hand and made to be kept. Read a few pages, fall in, take one home.

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Cover of Aki and the Balcony

This season’s shelf

Cover of Sailing to the Moon

Sailing to the Moon

Clara Nightbloom

Cover of The Forest Friends’ Adventure

The Forest Friends’ Adventure

Marlow Frame

Cover of The Secret of the Magic Tide Pool

The Secret of the Magic Tide Pool

Lee Chen

Cover of The Secret Seed Garden

The Secret Seed Garden

Emily Watson

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what we believe, in three lines

  1. Illustrated worlds

    Every title is a hand-crafted universe — painterly illustration that invites readers to linger on every spread.

  2. Stories for the curious

    From four-year-olds with big black eyes to grown-ups who never stopped wondering, our books are made for the endlessly curious.

  3. Made to be kept

    Not disposable content. Objects of craft — collected on the shelf and returned to again and again.