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Foxglove & Folio
picture books · est. 2014
— turn the page, dear reader —
Vol. XI·Spring Almanac
An Unfolding Catalog

Stories that
unfold
in the
dark.

A house of dreamlike picture-books for small humans & the large ones reading aloud.

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62
titles in print
14
illustrators
9
languages
notes from the margins
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Reading Age
4–8
"perfect for bedtime, terrible for sleep."
read-aloud
Award · 2024
Caldecott
Honor
for A Cathedral of Snails — Imogen Pell.
also: Kate Greenaway shortlist
Author Q&A · 30 sec
"I write the way a child folds paper —
without knowing what shape it'll be."
Imogen Pell
author · 6 books
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Featured Spread · No. 04

The Rabbit who
borrowed the
moon.

A pinned, scroll-pulled chapter where a hare in a pocket-watch hat trades hours for stars.

illustrated 32 pp
Chapter I

"Tonight," said the rabbit, lifting his hat, "the moon will be in here. Just for safe keeping."

Continue the spread
Plate IV
pull
fig. 4 — the borrowing
illustrated by Léon Brassart, 2024.
spread progress
hardcover · $24 in stock
The Cast · Authors & Illustrators

Conversations
in the margins.

see the entire studio →

"I draw with my left hand so my right hand can keep secrets."

Léon Brassart

"Children read pictures the way archaeologists read bones."

Imogen Pell

"I keep a pocket of unwritten words. They jingle."

Otto Hjelm

"My stories all begin with a footnote and end with a folded corner."

Saoirse Quill

"A picture book is a small theatre that fits in a coat pocket."

Marisol Wren
overheard at the studio
The Library · Backlist

Pull a ribbon.
Choose a story.

Hover any spine to drop its ribbon — then tug to open the book.

The Whale's Library
Folded Houses
A Cathedral of Snails
Nightingales, Inc.
Borrowed Moons
The Paper Wolf
Margie & the Map
Sleeping Cartographers
Tin Birds
Honey for Ghosts
The Quiet Engine
A Lantern in Tow
Doors That Yawn
— shelf 03 of 06 · 62 titles —
just pulled

A Cathedral of Snails

Imogen Pell's wordless meditation on the slow geometry of small things — winner of the 2024 Caldecott Honor.

Age 5–9 Hardcover · 48 pp $26.00
Studio Days · Workshops

Come fold a
book with us.

Small Saturday sessions in our Brooklyn loft — paper engineering, gouache & storyboarding for ages 6 to 96.

Sat 04 Pop-up
Folding the Forest
w/ Léon Brassart · 10am–1pm · $48
3 seats left RSVP →
Sun 12 Gouache
Painting Imaginary Animals
w/ Imogen Pell · 2pm–5pm · $52
7 seats left RSVP →
Sat 18 Kids 6–10
A Tiny Book in an Afternoon
w/ Otto Hjelm · 11am–2pm · $32
full — waitlist JOIN →
Sat 25 Adults
Surreal Storyboards
w/ Saoirse Quill · 1pm–6pm · $78
2 seats left RSVP →
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Children's Notable · Winter 2024
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A+
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