Follow Puddinhead and her siblings as they bicycle around the neighborhood, play in the backyard with Daddy, and venture into the luscious farmer's market! Tonight is Mommy and Daddy's wedding anniversary, and Puddinhead can't wait to see them all dressed up ready for their date. But will Puddinhead's disastrous attempt to ride an older boy's bicycle leave Daddy too upset for his big night? Children and parents alike will adore this installment ofPuddinhead's Daddyas they learn about why Daddy is so important to the family!
Miriam Foote, fondly known as Puddinhead, and her siblings were taught by their parents to love learning and imagination. When a local school announces it will be closing, their father knows this is the perfect opportunity to feed his children's imagination, and he surprises them with a full-size chalkboard! Puddinhead and the Chalkboard throws you into the imaginary world of Denney Williams Puddinhead creates using the chalkboard in the back room of her house. The creative and humorous adventures Puddinhead and her sisters invent will leave you laughing until your sides hurt. Join author Marilyn Foote in Puddinhead and the Chalkboard-a story of imagination and play and the second installment in the Puddinhead series.
In a world of divisive politicians, brainwashed followers, and extreme school rivalries between spoon-wielding Puddin’ Heads and their sworn enemies, the Sweeties, 14-year-old Blaze Union is expelled for the offense of playing guitar and soccer with hands deemed “too large” by MegaCorp standards. But instead of dropping out, Blaze embarks on a mission to become Island Nation's top school boss and liberate students and teachers from an absurd existence. Armed with a sarcastic teacher and a band of rebellious misfits, Blaze's revolution rapidly gains momentum, catching powerful knuckleheads off guard. But as shocking events escalate the conflict between the Puddin' Heads and Sweeties, Blaze faces unexpected enemies, shady alliances, and a disturbing question: are these catastrophes just coincidences, the fallout of her rebellion, or the work of hidden forces lurking in the shadows? With the country on edge, Blaze must confront the truth before her revolution unravels and the nation’s schools spiral into chaos. Brace yourself for a wild adventure filled with delusional leaders, epic showdowns, and a fight for freedom like no other. And don’t forget your spoon helmet—you’ll need it. Finalist - 2023 Mark Twain Book Award - Humor / Satire "Gloriously absurd... delightfully funny." — Kirkus Reviews "Hilarious... A must read." — Karen Johnson, teacher
Chicken Foots Stew is centered around the life and times of quadrupled-divorced Michael Devin Hughes. The stories are Hughes' observations on family, life, and love, though not necessarily in that order. Fast-paced and genuinely funny, Chicken Foots Stew provides entertaining family reading. Among the short stories included in Chicken Foots Stew are the following: "Birthday Parties"—as Hughes and his son Malcolm attend the ultimate children's birthday party, Hughes attempts to go one better, but he is out of his league as he finds out; "Hotels"—Hughes prepares the perfect weekend for daughter Millicent only to discover that his choice of hotels does not meet his daughter's exacting standards; and "My Ex-Wife and Plants"—Hughes' first wife Marcia discovers she has been banned from buying plants at all area nurseries. Hughes adds to her misery, by playing a practical joke that backfires tremendously.
This is a story of a sober kind, picturing life in a little town of Missouri, half a century ago. The principal incidents relate to a slave of mixed blood and her almost pure white son, whom she substitutes for her master's baby. The slave by birth grows up in wealth and luxury, but turns out a peculiarly mean scoundrel, and perpetrating a crime, meets with due justice. The science of fingerprints is practically illustrated in detecting the fraud. The title character is the village atheist, whose maxims doubtless express much of the author's own disillusion.
The popular radio hosts and bestselling authors share the kind of insight into matrimony you’re not likely to get anywhere else—and that’s a guarantee! Rick and Bubba are at it again, and this time it is all about marriage. Addressing such topics as apologizing (The Ten Worst Ways to Say I’m Sorry), communication (Grunting Is Not a Language), date nights (Worst Date Nights in History), finances (I Thought You Paid the Gas Bill), and playing sports together (I Did Too Let You Win), the two “sexiest fat men alive” will have couples everywhere tied in knots. With stories, top ten lists, and even a bonus addendum of their oft mentioned, “The Book of Blame,” this humorous look at marriage is long overdue. This book will revolutionize your way of looking at married life. And it might just remind you all over again why you fell in love in the first place.
We take a journey with Big Man, the son of an Italian Mafia don whose only ambitions were to watch his son grow in the ranks of the family. What Big Man would soon find out is that the life of silk suits, Cadillacs, social clubs, and pinkie rings would not be enough. With a mixture of his new group of friends, the notorious west side Irish, women, drugs and fast money, his thirst for power would become unquenchable, his road to love unreachable, and his ability to survive undeniable. &n
