From asthma to diabetes to food allergies and more... everyone has something slightly askew. No need to be put off by them. If everyone were the same, life would be so very plain.A jaunty, rhyming romp with a handful of kids as they discover the differences in people and are reminded to: "Enjoy yourself... just as you are!" If you like the books of Dr. Seuss, Mo Willems, Sandra Boynton, Suzy Spafford, Jane O'Connor, the Berenstains, Felicia Bond, Laura Numeroff, and P.D. Eastman, you will love EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING SLIGHTLY ASKEW!
The stories in this collection are mostly fanciful and utterly devoid of logic. They are shamelessly concocted out of a blend of fact and fiction that defies everything except the necessity of having a free-wheeling imagination. Shakespeare, in a discovered letter, is revealed as being like a love-sick moose, groveling and pleading for an unnamed lady’s love. Is his love requited? It’s all in the letter. Vanessa Crispy, the Boundless Bride, gets involved with three men in the space of her one-hour wedding ceremony — and finds a way of resolving her problem. Or does she? In “Designing and Manufacturing.” an Englishman designs a better Rack during the last part of the 16th century. Along with getting rich, he feels he is helping society by ‘getting out the truth.’ Before reading “Toni,” it might be hard for many readers to guess who Toni was. The answer will come as an astounding revelation to avid followers of history. Hang on, everyone, for there are a lot more stories included here that are only slightly askew.
Three hundred years ago, four witches went into the forest to cast a spell of protection against the evil creeping into their town but they were too late. Today, Rue Channing never sees it coming, and she should because seeing is her special power. Still, who would have expected to be kidnapped and hauled off to a small coastal town in Maine? But that is exactly what happened. Now, Rue, a lover of order and strict routines, is dragged out of her comfort zone and into a new life in the small, coastal town of Laurel Haven. Things could not be worse, she thinks, until she meets the man next door and decides they could. Ry McFadden is the most infuriating man on the planet. He’s a study in contrasts; grumpy yet generous, intensely private, but somehow open. Rue can’t think what to do with him, except she can, and that just makes things worse. The problem is, Ry McFadden just might be part of Rue’s destiny as she learns she’s been brought to Laurel Haven to finish what her ancestors started.
An exceptional picture book biography of Margaret Wise Brown, the legendary author of Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and other beloved children’s classics, that's as groundbreaking as the icon herself was—from award-winning, bestselling author Mac Barnett and acclaimed illustrator Sarah Jacoby. What is important about Margaret Wise Brown? In forty-two inspired pages, this biography artfully plays with form and language to vivdly bring to life one of greatest children’s book creators who ever lived: Margaret Wise Brown. Illustrated with sumptuous art by rising star Sarah Jacoby, this is essential reading for book lovers of every age.
An “extremely funny...brilliantly alive” (The New York Times Book Review) social satire of the highest order from bestselling author Sam Lipsyte, centered around an unwitting mindfulness guru and the phenomenon he initiates. In an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental catastrophe, and spiritual confusion, so many of us find ourselves anxious and distracted, searching desperately for peace, salvation, and—perhaps most immediately—just a little damn focus. Enter Hark Morner, a failed stand-up comic turned mindfulness guru whose revolutionary program is set to captivate the masses. But for Fraz and Tovah, a middle-aged couple slogging through a very rough patch, it may take more than the tenets of Hark’s “Mental Archery” to solve the riddles of love, lust, work, and parenthood on the eve of civilizational collapse. And given the sudden power of certain fringe players, including a renegade Ivy League ethicist, a gentle Swedish kidnapper, a social media tycoon with an empire on the skids, and a mysteriously influential (but undeniably slimy) catfish, it just might be too late. But what’s the point of a world, even a blasted-out post-apocalyptic world, if they don’t try with all their might to keep their marriage alive? In this “awfully funny...tartly effective sendup of 21st-century America” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis) Sam Lipsyte reaches new peaks of daring in a novel that revels in contemporary absurdity and the wild poetry of everyday language while exploring the emotional truths of his characters. “Recommended reading” (Vanity Fair), in which “every line feels as thrillingly charged as a live wire” (O, The Oprah Magazine), Hark is a smart, incisive look at men, women, and children seeking meaning and dignity in a chaotic, ridiculous, and often dangerous world.
The sexy Doms from the Prairie Winds Club are back; and so are their sassy, trouble magnet subs! The 8th book in Avery Gale’s wildly popular Masters of the Prairie Winds Club series is full of humor and unexpected turns. Oh…and Lilly West has a new shotgun…what could possibly go wrong? *** Guinevere Colbert-Lister’s blood is as blue as her sparkling eyes, but she’s never been interested in her role as a debutante. Her interest in mechanics and sports car racing is a constant point of contention between Guinevere and her parents. When she accepts a last-minute invitation to fill in for a mechanic at a local race track, her life is forever changed. Forced into witness protection when she helps free a group being held for sex slave auction in London, Guinevere is reborn as Colbie Clark. She finds herself under the protection of the Prairie Winds team in Texas, but Colbie has never been able to stop thinking about two MI6 agents who whisked her from the local police station in London, interrogated her before escorting her to their headquarters, and then walked away without ever looking back. Agents James and Ford stormed in, and then out of her life within a few hours…but they still haunt her dreams and fuel all of her sexual fantasies. *** Walking away from Colbie was the hardest thing either Liam or Bode had ever done. They’re on Kent and Kyle West’s Prairie Winds team now, and they’ve spent the past year watching and waiting to bring her into their lives. But, Colbie proves herself every bit as challenging as the Wests' feisty wife, Tobi. Liam and Bode’s carefully cultivated plans are tossed aside when it appears the head of the sex trafficking ring bent on making an example of her have finally found their petite target. Can they keep her safe despite her penchant for being in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Born in Russia and seeing things in a different way than his American-born peers, Jupiter struggles to figure out where he belongs in the social structure at school while dealing with the torment of a bully in an unusual way in this humorous coming-of-age story.
