No one out-suffers Mrs. Grace Geneva - not lepers, or pilgrims, and certainly not the poor excuse for sickly in little Carpenter, NC. That the top of the prayer list is no longer Mrs. Grace purview upsets her to no end, and when a string of suspicious deaths dispatch the competition, the old girl connives to keep the murders unsolved. She knows how, too, since the local coroner is a hopeless, hapless, and hexed mama’s boy who will never amount to anything. Just how Mrs. Grace raised him. B...

If you're not in the holiday mood, Scrooge & Marley Detective Agency will make sure you stand pat. Marley's dead. Scrooge's on the wagon. And one cockeyed Christmas Eve, someone or something is needling Ebenezer to solve his old partner's murder. In fact, some holiday spirits gather to help Scrooge sort the straight dope from the humbug before the old detective winds up being shovel-ready himself.

Behind the masks of yesteryear’s Avenging Dervish are Barnabas and Dutch. Brothers. Twins, actually. Conjoined twins, in fact. And it’s hard to be a super-hero with your brother on your back.“If you read this chronicle, it proves that I manage to outwit and successfully wink the hood of some very shifty fish in Uncle Sam’s considerable tributary.” So begins the kept-under-the-Stetson saga of reporter Lovester Baxter. Baxter chronicles the adventures of The Avenging...

A satire of traditional Christmas stories and noir.A hardboiled elf is framed for murder in a North Pole world that plays reindeer games for keeps, and where favorite holiday characters live complex lives beyond December.Fired from his longtime job as captain of the Coal Patrol, two-foot-three inch 1,300-year-old elf Gumdrop Coal is angry. He's one of Santa's original elves, inspired by the fat man's vision to bring joy to children on that ...

Shabba me whiskers! It’s one of those Mr Gum books by Andy Stanton. They’re only the craziest, funnest most amazing books for children in the world.It’s one of those Mr Gum books by Andy Stanton! They’re only the craziest, funnest most amazing books for children in the world.Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree Good evening and welcome to a tale of forests! Of legendary beasts! Of misbehaving children! Of caterpillars called Graham! And of a great big BEEFER of a cherry tree...

"Told with brains and heart" —Michelle Gable, New York Times bestselling author of A Paris Apartment"Bristles with charm and curiosity" —Winston Groom, New York Times bestselling author of Forrest Gump"A wholly original and superbly crafted work of art, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance is a masterpiece of the imagination." —Lori Nelson Spielman, New York Times bestselling author of The Life List and Swee...

There's Grandaddy Jake Santee, 99 years old, an unreformed gambler, cranky reprobate and fierce opponent of the work ethic. Thanks to his home-distilled hooch, Ol' Death Whisper, he reckons he's in with good shot at immortality. And then there's Tiny, adopted at the age of four by Grandaddy Jake, a giant young man as gentle as Jake is belligerent.And then there's Fup, an uncompromising twenty-pound mallard, partial to a drink herself, whose unique presence transforms the Santee hous...

Once upon a time there was a Big Bad Girl, a miller's daughter and a teeny-tiny turnip - but did they all live happily ever after?Open up to find out what happens next in these brain-ticklingly brilliant Seriously Silly Stories! They're scarily silly!Includes Little Red Riding Wolf, Rumply Crumply Stinky Pin and The Rather Small Turnip.

It’s a case of monstrous cuteness in the third book of the New York Times best-selling series as the Princess in Black encounters a new challenge: a field overrun by adorable bunnies.Princess Magnolia and her unicorn, Frimplepants, are on their way to have brunch with Princess Sneezewort when Princess Magnolia’s glitter-stone ring rings. The monster alarm! After a quick change in the secret cave, Princess Magnolia and Frimplepants are transformed into the ...

A blue ribbon might be in Keeker's future—if she can get the ornery Plum on board—in the second Sneaky Pony chapter book.When a flyer arrives announcing an upcoming horse show, Keeker is determined to enter. (Plum has to be convinced.) They work hard to prepare, but will it be enough?Praise for the Sneaky Pony series"These books are terrific first chapter books for young readers, quirky and compelling; the line drawings of the girl ...

It's mud season in Vermont and Keeker is so bored she doesn't know what to do. But when a new neighbor starts mixing a strange concoction in the shack on her farm, Keeker and Plum get wrapped up in an exciting investigation!

Just when summer starts to seem not so sunny, a crazy adventure mends fences between Keeker and Plum and their arch rivals.Keeker and Plum get to go to sleepaway camp for a whole week. But fun turns to surprise when Keeker learns that her bunkmate is none other than her horse-show rival, Tifni. The girls put aside their differences and become fast friends, but when Tifni's spirited pony bolts, Keeker has to decide whether to play it safe or save her friend....