A thrilling new story collection from acclaimed writer Don Lee exploring Asian American identity, spanning decades and continents."Don Lee is one of those masterful storytellers who is both classic and modern, who can transport you into any setting, with any character." — The TODAY Show, recommended by author Weike Wang"The organizing conceit of all [Lee's] fiction has remained consistent: Asian Americans are not monoliths . . . Lee narrat...

Sadie Squirrel’s birthday is coming up, and Hedgehog Hudson wants to buy her a special gift. He finds the perfect one but doesn’t have any money to buy it.Hudson meets up with his friend Wallabee walrus, who pays him to do chores around his house.

Hedgehog Hudson's friend Sydney has a loose baby tooth. She thinks she must go to the dentist, but Hudson reassures her that this is perfectly normal. The best part of losing a tooth is that the Tooth Fairy will come to visit her.

Hedgehog Hudson and his friend Candy Cat are going on a Halloween adventure of a lifetime.They are traveling to the planet Mars to celebrate Halloween with the Martians. They plan to trick-or-treat, go to the spookiest haunted house, and carve jack-o-lanterns all from the red planet. Follow their journey and wild adventure!

Daisy Dog thinks Hedgehog Hudson is unreliable and is a disappointment. They are no longer best friends. Daisy misses Hudson, and they both learn about forgiveness.

Hedgehog Hudson notices trash and pollution on his drive home. He calls his friend Patty Pig, and they come up with seven ways to help our environment.

Hedgehog Hudson learns prepositions while helping his friend Stella Sheep move to her new home.

It’s the month of December, and the holidays are here. Hudson knows that he is on Santa’s nice list, but Christie Sea Otter is unsure. Christie must know which list she’s on before Christmas day.She spends the next few days tracking Santa down, searching for answers.

Hudson goes on drives learning about different traffic signs. Each one has its own meaning to help maintain safe driving conditions.

Hedgehog Hudson builds his emotional intelligence by working with his friend Happy Hippo. Hudson feels sad due to a couple of bad events over the past few days.

A contemporary ballad of heartbreak, failure, and unquenchable longing, this novel presents Don Lee at his best.Yadin Park is a talented alt-country musician whose career has floundered—doomed first by his homely looks and lack of stage presence and then by a progressive hearing disorder. His girlfriend, Jeanette Matsuda, might have been a professional photographer but for a devastating heartbreak in her teens. Now Yadin works for Jeanette's father's carpet-laying ...

Jason Isbell describes Will Johnson’s songs as a poetic manipulation of language that employs “multi-syllable words used almost as musical instruments [and] detailed images flying at the listener with no time to fully decipher meaning before the next image appears.” Similar sentiments are echoed in many engaging essays shared here by John Krajicek in Patience for the Ride: The Art and Life of Will Johnson. Recollections from fellow musicians and artists show unwavering appreciatio...