Join Pig and her friends for another fun read-aloud adventure as they figure out a way to keep the picnic fun and games going, even with a little rain.What this story needsis a pig in a wigbaking bread,pouring punch,and meeting a friend for a picnic lunch.But just as the outdoor fun and games get started, a thunderstorm rolls in and it turns out what this story really needs is . . . another place to eat!"Fans of th...

Welcome to the Essays collection. A special selection of the nonfiction prose from influential and noteworthy authors. This book brings some of best essays of Emma Goldman, across a wide range of subjects, including philosophy, feminism, politics and many more topics. Emma Goldman was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century. Many of her most r...

A boy selkie who takes girlness off like a sealskin, an untameable kelpie, the warrior-wife of a princess, and a Loch Ness monster who is too busy having fun to worry about words like "girl" or "boy". This is the way the world is - with just a bit of Scottish myth and magic thrown in. Wain is a fully-illustrated collection of LGBT themed poetry aimed at teens (but suitable for all ages) based on retellings of Scottish folk tales. These poems immerse readers in an enriching, diverse and enc...

Anyone else find themselves dazed by school? If you do you are not alone, Henry’s in permanent School Daze, and he’s put together this specially crazy collection of 11 Horrid Henry super stories performed by the show's full cast. Detention, bogey teachers and miserable maths, you’ll find it all here in all its Horrid glory! So let’s turn up the Horrid and enjoy these classic stories with "School Uniform", "Bogey Teacher", "New Class Motto", "Late Arrival", "Detention Club", "Maths Test", "...

The PENULTIMATE book in Derek & Sofia's journey!*** Amazon Overall Top 15 Bestseller. #1 Bestseller in Vampire Romance, Paranormal & Fantasy.***Welcome back to The Shade...Derek and Sofia are finally enjoying a well-deserved break. Staying at a resort with good food, sun and sea, Sofia is thrilled to witness Derek's re-introduction to the human world.They would almost be mistaken for a normal young couple, if it were not for the red-eyed monster lurking in t...

Out of the closet and into the fire!The last night of Claire Ryland's old life was pretty normal, aside from the alley fight with interdimensional monsters. Fortunately, the drummer of her favorite local band transformed into a magical girl and saved her.Then Claire became a magical girl as well. Things got a little complicated after that.Now Claire is juggling two new lives: living as a girl and as a member of Portland's super-secret super...

In a new home, relationships shift, and ties fray. Bound: A Memoir of Making and Remaking is a collection of essays about sewing and knowing who you are.Each chapter in this sewist's diary charts the crafting of a different garment. From a lining embroidered with the Cantonese names of her female ancestors to a dressing gown holding the body of a beloved friend, Maddie Ballard navigates love, personal connections, and self-care, drafting her own patterns for ways of living...

The memoir of a dyed-in-the-wool racist forced to change his beliefs to succeed in the progressively changing times of twentieth-century America.This true story is about George O'Hare and his upbringing in a segregated, White, Irish Catholic, Chicago neighborhood. As an adult moving up the corporate ladder at a time when America was transitioning from Jim Crow to Civil Rights, George was asked by his manager to join the Junior Chamber of Commerce, which often worked...

An inspiring creativity guide for keeping a sketchbook as an artistic practice, with techniques and sources of inspiration for experimenting, drawing, painting, and seeing the world through a colorful lens, from watercolor artist and author of The Joy of Watercolor Emma Block.Keeping a sketchbook is a wonderfully rewarding pursuit for artists and hobbyists alike. Your sketchbook is a safe place to explore, experiment, try new things, record your progress, ...

Diamond wasn’t always a star. Born to penniless parents who longed for a son, she was a dainty, delicate daughter – and a bitter disappointment. Discovering she has an extraordinary natural gift for acrobatics, Diamond tries to use her talent to earn a few pennies. A mysterious stranger spots her performing on the street, and makes a deal with her father. Diamond is sold and is taken to become an acrobat at Tanglefield’s Travelling Circus. Her master is wicked and greedy. But there are tru...

Everyone is afraid of something...Madeleine Masterson is deathly afraid of bugs, especially spiders.Theodore Bartholomew is petrified of dying.Lulu Punchalower is scared of confined spaces.Garrison Feldman is terrified of deep water.With very few options left, the parents of these four twelve year-olds send them to the highly elusive and exclusive School of Fear to help them overcome their phobias. But when their peculiar teacher, Mrs. Welling...

First Date: A Lord & Lady Hetheridge Short StoryBefore the wedding. Before the cases that would bind them together forever. After Ice Blue but before Blue Murder…There was a first date.On a quiet London evening, Chief Superintendent Tony Hetheridge and Detective Sergeant Kate Wakefield step tentatively beyond the boundaries of rank and protocol. But when two strong-willed detectives try to navigate...