Felix G. Mosquito and his friends must fight their way across the treacherous swamp to the meadow, where they hope to find safety, but not everything works out as planned. Along the way, they meet deadly characters and learn valuable lessons about life.Pires tales are fun adventure stories for children ages 7-13 and adults with a sense of humor.Over thirty years ago, Zeaton Rooks created the first of the Pires character Felix the Mosquito Pire in a middle-school art class. ...

On an adventure that takes an egg named Eric through farms and meadows, he comes across some very odd substitute mothers. If he is to break free of his shell, he must do it soon. In the end, he finds courage and sets out on his own to hatch and become what he was destine to be.

Kent D. Luxe and a hairbrush named Sally Beaty are gathering dust on top of an old dresser. Down to his last dime, Kent's owner Bob tries to sell him, but no one wants a used comb. Instead, they separate during an eviction.On an adventure, that takes Kent into the sewer, the ocean and finally the beach, a bite from The Mosquito Pire brings him to life. He saves a dying tube of lipstick from melting and then brings his friend Sally to life. Later, on a search for Bob, Kent and his fr...

Andrew, Judy, and Thudd have landed in the Australian rain forest. They must find a way to the river and Uncle Al, but they're still the size of bugs! They dodge rhinoceros beetles and tree kangaroos, dangle dangerously above the jaws of a carnivorous plant, and have a close encounter with a carpet python. Will they ever reach Uncle Al? Or will they be shrunken Down Under for good?

Till Death Do Them Part, or Until They Kill Each Other...Dave Logan, the owner of Deep Six Security, is stunned when Dallas FBI head, Susan Whitmore, darkens his doorstep accusing him of being the cause of her losing her job and demanding he hire her. Even as his brain says no way, the Barracuda is a woman nobody can work with, his white-knight complex forces him to offer her a job as his very overqualified temporary secretary.A wealthy couple who ordered a...

Lisa Scottoline breaks new ground in Look Again, a thriller that's both heart-stopping and heart-breaking, and sure to have new fans and book clubs buzzing.When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again, and her heart stops—the child in the photo is identical to her adopted son, Will. Her every instinct tells her to deny the similarity between the boys...

New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman’s modern classic, Coraline—also an Academy Award-nominated film"Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house...."When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be ...

Shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Selected as an Amazon.ca Best Book and for The Globe 100 Books in 2013."In the creation of David Slaney, Lisa Moore brings us an unforgettable character, embodying the exuberance and energy of misspent youth. Caught is a propulsive and harrowing read."—Patrick deWitt, author of The Sisters BrothersInternationally acclaimed author Lisa Moore offers us a...

Against the backdrop of a house steeped in history and a thriving new gardening business, three women unearth the memories of the past in the first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts' In the Garden Trilogy.A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing lullabies at night…Tr...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “marvelous romantic comedy” (The New York Times Book Review) from Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anna Quindlen“[A] wise tale about second chances, starting over, and going after what is most important in life.”—Minneapolis Star TribuneStill Life with Bread Crumbs begins with an imagined gunshot and ends with a new tin roof. Between the two is a wry and knowing portrait of Rebe...

During a fierce snowstorm, an abandoned and hungry animal howls at the back door of nature writer Hal Borland’s farmhouse, announcing the beginning of a transformational friendshipHal Borland and his wife Barbara have recently moved onto a hundred-acre farm in northwest Connecticut, where both hope to write and live in harmony with nature. From his New England home, Borland travels the country searching for material for his New York Times “outdoor editoria...

Meet Araminta, the star of a delightfully "spookie" chapter book series from Angie Sage, author of the bestselling Septimus Heap series!Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house—Araminta has to stop her!With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that i...