Kay Thompson

Tony Award–winning Broadway legend Bernadette Peters gives voice to The Plaza Hotel's most iconic resident as she makes her audio debut in The Eloise Collection. Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise books have never been available on audio... until now! To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first Eloise book, Kay Thompson's estate personally chose Bernadette Peters to narrate the very first Eloise audiobooks. Two New York City icons unite in The Eloise...

Art and Technique of Sumi-e Japanese Ink-Painting explores the ancient technique Japanese ink painting or sumi-e. The art of sumi-e, which literally means "ink picture," combines calligraphy and ink-painting to produce brush painting compositions of rare beauty. This beauty is paradoxical-ancient but modern, simple but complex, bold but subdued-no doubt reflecting the arts spiritual basis in Zen Buddhism. At the same time sumi-e painting is firmly...

The talkative and precocious Eloise visits Paris with her nanny, enjoys it immensely, and learns several French words and phrases. America's favorite enfant terrible turns the City of Lights upside down in this second book in the Eloise series, first published to great acclaim in 1957 and unavailable for 35 years.

Phillip takes Eloise to the Museum of Natural History to learn about dinosaurs.

"Fashion photographer Dick Avery takes over a bookstore for a photo shoot. The store is left in shambles, much to salesgirl Jo Stockton's dismay. Avery stays behind to help clean up. Later, he examines the photos and sees Jo in the background. The editor of a leading fashion magazine and Avery offer Jo a modeling contract, which she accepts only because it includes a trip to Paris. Eventually, her snobbish attitude towards the job softens; she begins...

Eloise and her hotel friends are putting on a Christmas show like no other. Using traditions from the different religions and cultures of her friends, they learn the true meaning of the season.