"Given that the author explores such serious themes, it’s remarkable how many laugh-out-loud moments there are." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Book three in the hilarious series from the award-winning and best-selling author Patrick Ness and illustrator Tim Miller.Our trio of hall monitor lizards, along with their hawk pal, Miel, are dealing with some unexpected arrivals in town. Alicia’s estranged dad suddenly wants to be in her...

Duckie, our feisty yellow duckling, and Snaps, our cautious green crocodile, hear a very scary sound in the jungle. Can they be BRAVE, even when they aren't feeling brave?Join our somewhat courageous hatchlings, Duckie and Snaps, on their hilarious and spooky adventure as they romp through the jungle in search of the "big yellow thing!" Adventure calls if they can just pluck up the courage to start...Duckie & Snaps: We Cannot Be Brave is chock-full...

From the best-selling author of A Monster Calls, this funny, wise middle-grade series explodes every stereotype—including what it means to be a hero—in a brilliant reptilian take on surviving school.When Principal Wombat makes monitor lizards Zeke, Daniel, and Alicia hall monitors, Zeke gives up on popularity at his new school. Brought in as part of a district blending program, the monitor lizards were mostly ignored before. Reptiles aren’t bullied any mor...

What lasts, and what endures? Through more than fifty poems, the first volume of Time and the River takes in war from ancient Nubia to the atomic bomb and Cold War spies, creativity from prehistoric Europe to Emily Dickinson and Albert Einstein, and the sacred from Israelite prophets, the gods and goddesses of old Europe, and Viking-age seers. Painters and writers, ancient Rome and Iron Age burials, Egyptian tombs and high school in America circa 1999 - all find a voice here.

The antics will have you cracking up as the newly hatched Duckie, an enthusiastic yellow duckling, and Snaps, a rather reserved green crocodile, wonder if they can be friends.After Duckie's egg rolls into Snaps' nest, they hatch, meet, and their friendship is off to a good start -- until they are told they CANNOT be friends because crocodiles EAT tasty duckies... and Duckie is a duckie! (Nobody ever told her!) Will Snaps defend his new friend... even when HE gets h...

When the Sun Is In Tune is a novel about a rock and roll band coming of age in the fictional town of Riverview, Illinois, a town with an active, thirty-year ban on rock and roll. With a factory and quarry, it's the perfect setting for the timeless clash of conservative values vs. rock and roll music.

'THESE BOOKS REALLY GO OFF!'-- Mac Park, Boy Vs BeastThe chapter books your reluctant reader will actually want to read!FART MONSTER AND ME is the hilarious series from bestselling duo Tim Miller and Matt Stanton -- sure to get kids laughing ... and reading!A bindup of the four books in the series: The Crash Landing, The New School, The Birthday Party, The Class Excursion....

'THESE BOOKS REALLY GO OFF!'-- Mac Park, Boy Vs BeastThe chapter books your reluctant reader will actually want to read!FART MONSTER AND ME is the hilarious series from bestselling duo Tim Miller and Matt Stanton -- sure to get kids laughing ... and reading!A bindup of the four books in the series: The Crash Landing, The New School, The Birthday Party, The Class Excursion....

NINE OVER PAR is Tim Miller's second collection of golf-themed stories. At the heart of this collection is a novella about a stand-up comedian that has one last chance to live a life of laughter and comedy. This story also features the ghost of Phineas Gage, neuroscience's most famous patient, as a character and sidekick in an adventure that includes wildfires, NFL football, and traumatic brain injuries. Filling out the collection are flash fiction stories featuring Tim Miller's unique ble...

A collection of essays on pop culture topics ranging from literary criticism to Pearl Jam to fantasy football. There is also narrative nonfiction and travel writing that straddles the journalistic line between investigative and literary, with the common ingredient of humor.

From the mega-bestselling creators of Fart Monster and Friends comes your favourite characters, now in paperback!There is a monster under my bed who farts. You don't want to use the bathroom after him...Everyone says, 'It wasn't me!' But what if it REALLY wasn't you? What if it was the monster who lives under your bed? How much trouble can one little monster cause...Written and illustrated by superstar duo, Tim Miller and Matt Stanton, this ...

From the mega-bestselling creators of Fart Monster and Friends comes your favourite characters, now in paperback!There is a monster under my bed who farts. You don't want to use the bathroom after him...Everyone says, 'It wasn't me!' But what if it REALLY wasn't you? What if it was the monster who lives under your bed? How much trouble can one little monster cause...Written and illustrated by superstar duo, Tim Miller and Matt Stanton, this ...