Welcome to Spring ValleyThe idea seemed ridiculously far-fetched. Why would a young couple with small children want a place in the wilds of east Texas?Deep in the forest of east Texas lots of hickory and oak trees grow. A beautiful part of the state, there is lots of wildlife; whitetail deer roam, beaver hide in marshes, raccoons play, and a whole world of birds call it home.This is a story about my family. Getting acquainted with varied forms of wi...

FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!Meet Dani Greene—a fourth-generation maple syrup maker dealing with a first-class troublemaker…The annual pre-Thanksgiving pancake-eating contest is a big event in Sugar Grove, New Hampshire. It’s sponsored by the Sap Bucket Brigade, aka the firefighters auxiliary, and the Greene family farm provides the syrup. But when obnoxious outsider Alanza Speedwell flops face first into a stack of flapjacks during the contest, G...

Kids love to laugh—and here’s a fantastic collection of more than 500 jokes and funny stories especially for the younger set! Fun Jokes for Kids contains plenty of squeaky-clean, super silly, laugh-it-up jokes that kids can tell their grandmas. Jokes are arranged by topic, and each section includes an inspirational introduction that adds just a touch of scripture!  

Join the S.S.M.P. by owning the official monster notebook -- featuring full-color monsters on every page!Calling all future members of the Super Secret Monster Patrol! Kids love reading about the wacky monsters that attack Stermont in Troy Cummings's bestselling The Notebook of Doom series. Now fans can own Alexander Bopp's S.S.M.P. Monster Notebook, featuring each monster's habitat, diet, and everything else a monster-fighter needs to know! This 144-page, full-color book features ...

Twist, twist, bend, bend, stretch, twist…pop! No, its not a new dance, its you after you have read this book and caught the balloon-bending bug. With this brilliant book you will be able to create a whole world of furless dogs, hairless monkeys, rubbery rabbits, wibbly hats and wobbly houses. Confused? Well, you need not be for very much longer. Once you have grasped the basic techniques, which are clearly explained at the beginning of this volume, you will start making models for fun, the...

The instant New York Times bestseller featured on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon! B. J. Novak (bestselling author of The Book With No Pictures) described this groundbreaking poetry collection as "Smart and sweet, wild and wicked, brilliantly funny--it's everything a book for kids should be."Lauded by critics as a worthy heir to such greats as Silverstein, Seuss, Nash and Lear, Harris's hilarious debut molds wit and wordplay, nonsense and oxymoron, ...

The rooster has been kidnapped by the fox. What is the little hen to do? Go to the shed and build a paper wagon, that's what. With two Herculean mice in place of horses, the little hen heads for the fox's house deep in the forest. On the way, she is joined by a cat, a brick, a needle and a hairy spider, all desperate for a ride. Will they be able to complete the rescue?

Elegantly simple fairy tales of strangeness and wonder from a master of the form.No one has done more for the contemporary fairy tale than Kate Bernheimer. In eight new stories, she leads us into a forest of everyday magic and misfits, where dinosaurs wear pajamas and talking dolls ruin your life. Elegant and brutal, Bernheimer’s latest collection locates the existential loveliness of ideas amidst the topsy-turvy logic of things. This collection renews classic stor...

In this book the author has used observations from the natural world to convey feelings about living through the seasons of life.

When Sunshine the cat departs in 2006, the balcony she once occupied is very empty. Now that birds can be fed, the author does so, also attracting an array of hungry squirrels. Follow the adventures of Alpha, Doc, Cocoa Butter and other squirrel-friends as they dine in the Bird & Squirrel Café located in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles. SQUIRRELS IN THE HOOD includes 19 color photos.

Journey Home is a series of poems reflecting farm life in the 1950-60's before many practices vanished with technological changes. Having a keen eye for detail, the author describes the typical layout of a farm as well as the chores and customs of the era. As you cherish the unforgettable characters, you will experience universal feelings of joy, sadness, hope, and humor. The love of family, farm animals and the, land is central and captured in the various topics. Revisiting the farm is a ...

Life has changed forever. The matriarch of the family has died; things will never be the same. All that is left is memories of a life well lived and preciously spent. Enter a world where challenges for survival never stop. Life looms large; anything and everything is possible. Lewis and Larry, two brothers growing up on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia expereince outrageous adventures as they face down bulls and hide from bears, are supernaturally protected from snakes, come ...