After searching high and low for his missing pants, Belbum the giant asks his friends if he can borrow their trousers, but when none of the clothes fit him he realizes there is only one thing left for him to do--walk to the tailor in town with no pants on.
A potato and his eggplant nemesis struggle to find the perfect pants in this hilarious, heartwarming tale of forgiveness by bestselling Geisel-Award winning creator Laurie Keller. Potato is excited because today—for one day only— Lance Vance’s Fancy Pants Store is selling . . .POTATO PANTS! Potato rushes over early, but just as he’s about to walk in, something makes him stop. What could it be? Find out in this one-of-a-kind story about misunderstandings and forgiveness, and—of course—Potato Pants! A Christy Ottaviano Book This title has Common Core connections.
A comedienne introduces her zany, point-by-point system for rating one's significant other by grading a candidate for Mr. Right on style, intelligence, sense of humor, romance, social etiquette, sex, intimacy, career, eating habits, and more. Original.
Haan put his seventeen year old daughter, Kishi, on the back of his trusted horse and sent her away to escape the invasion of the barbarians from Luerodan. Leaving her parents was the most difficult thing she had ever done. Without looking back, she rode all the way to the high plateau overlooking the valley of Normatan. Under the enchantment of the high mountain valley she is spared the horrors and cruelty gripping her world. Flynn Stalwarth was an ordinary boy; at least by all appearances. Destiny and magic combine to snatch him out of his world and land him in Kishi's. Desperately, he searches for a way back home and in the process he and Kishi develop a relationship that spans their worlds. Together they discover that he is the one foretold that will restore peace. He is torn between his own world and the love he has found in hers. He must choose.
Alexis Woods' violent and unpredictable brother has spent his life making sure she remained untouched by other men.But when his reckless actions ensure her imminent death, her only lifelong friend must expose his deepest secret to save her.It's a secret that could put more than just the two of them in mortal danger and turn both their worlds into a living hell.
In a quite possibly not-so distant future, the universe is wreathed in utter chaos. An intergalactic tyrant by the name of King Brainiac, seeking the ultimate power contained within the mythical Gem of the Universe, attacks and destroys the peaceful planet, Stupin, home to the Stupinians, a people who are really, REALLY stupid. In a ginormous twist of fate, however, a young Stupinian and his dog escape from the destruction with the Gem in tow. Landing on the planet Earth, these new heroes, Stuper Man and Stuper Dog, dedicate themselves to defending the Gem from Brainiac and his evil forces. Little do they realize that there is much more to the story than they know: a sinister conspiracy, an ancient bloodline, and a dark power so fearsome that it could engulf the entire universe and still have enough room for dessert. The Dumbbell Duo may not have much of it, but through their trials they prove that knowledge has been, is, and will always be the most powerful weapon that you can wield. The fate of the universe is in his hands...feel pity for the universe.
There's nothing fair about losing sight of the world around you. However, thats exactly what happened to D.S. Sully. At age eight, he started evolving into a young kid with old man eyes. Beset with a gradual vision loss known as macular degeneration, he got a head strat on what is more commonly associated with geezer status. Scared silly of misfitting witin the mainstream, his defiance culminated into both hilarity and hard knocls. Following the successful debut of A Town Untangled, Sully gets even more personal with a wiseacre anthology that took over a half century to complete. In doing so, Glimpse profiles the outlandish predicaments of dashhing and crashing through adversity. Without a doubt, Glimpse personifies a true tale of What you see is what you get. Altogether audacious and somewhat off-kilter, this incrimidating tattle shares a candid glimpse into the Good Grief reality of being the proverbial square peg in a round hole. As such, what now comes to light, are the extraordinary measures, taken by some of us, just for the sake of fitting in.
Jat is a boy who wants more from life than collecting coal from the Fire Sea. Newton is a misfit giant, cast out of his homeland for his love of science and reading. Brought together by chance, the two become the best of friends. But when enemy giants threaten to ruin everything, it's up to Jat and Newton to defend Jat’s village, leading to the journey of a lifetime.
Oh look, a double-header of two short stories. URINAL CAKES ALL THE WAY DOWN: Two weeks after Captain Rescue decided to become a full-time crime fighter, he realized he needed a break. A cake break. A urinal cake break, via a free tour. Except the factory had different plans. Was Captain Rescue able to valiantly vanquish the urinal cakes, or did they make a urinal out of him? THE DAWN OF MALEVOLENCE: Before Dr. Malevolent became a supervillain, she was just a teen. A teen with passion for money, a vision of power, and the drive to get both. All she needed was a way to flex her villainous muscles. That way arrived one day in the mail. And so started the career of one Dr. Malevolent. If these stories tickle your funny bone, be sure to check out the trials and tribulations of Captain Rescue and Dr. Malevolent in the full-length A DRIZZLE OF ZOMBIES. But if these stories fractured your funny bone, then I'm sorry. Read them again. Laughter does heal even the most metaphorical of wounds.