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Warm and Fuzzy
by Scott RothmanA funny and adorable picture book about two friends going on an adventure and about meeting anxiety with resilience, an open mind and extra toilet paper.Warm and Fuzzy are best friends.Warm wants to go on an adventure, but Fuzzy isn't sure.What if it's scary? What if it's really cold or super hot? What if there are no bathrooms, or worse: no toilet paper!Warm says they have everything they need, but Fuzzy is worried.Should they bring snacks? A sensible change of clothes? Toilet paper?Warm knows where to go, but Fuzzy has questions.Have they been there before? Will there be people there? Should they bring gifts? Or toilet paper??This reassuring story explores themes of resilience, patience, bravery and anxiety in a gently humorous and familiar way. It will remind worriers of all ages that no matter how big or small the adventure, they have it in themselves to meet it. Even if it means bringing their own toilet paper.
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by Frankie ExeterWas it smart to leave an interesting job at the radio and television station and work as a casual in the pizza parlour and attempt to write a bestselling comedy with just an occasional touch of romance? Will the outcome be the author becoming a highly regarded best-selling wordsmith extraordinaire or else a mediocre word-mangler routinely rejected by the book publishing industry? Rejection letters are part of the trade-off in the world of creativity, so endure! Deal with it sunshine! Will our intrepid story-teller be forever trapped behind the counter of the local pizza parlour or will he make a headlong rush into the soft seductive arms of wealth, acclaim and fame? What fate awaits? Who knows? On the positive side we must accept that reality cannot ever compete with imagination. So never give up. Never lose sight of the dream. Remember the Japanese proverb "Baka Mo Ichi-gei" - Even a fool has one talent. Now read on...!
Warning - Do Not Open This Book!
by Adam Lehrhaupt Matthew ForsytheCAUTION! This book contains monkeys, alligators, and a whole lot of silliness. You really shouldn't be opening this book. I'm serious. Just put it back on the shelf. Right... now. You're still reading this? Well, don't say I didn't warn you... It looks like a book, it feels like a book, and it even smells like a book. But watch out... madness and mayhem lie within! <P><P> Debut author Adam Lehrhaupt urges you NOT to take a walk on the wild side in this humorous, interactive romp with inventive and engaging illustrations from Eisner Award-winning comic artist and rising star children's book illustrator Matthew Forsythe. Warning: Do Not Open This Book? won the E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor award and was a 2013 Huffington Post Best Picture Book honorable mention and an ALA Notable Children's Book. This quirky, subversive creation begs to be enjoyed again and again and again.
Warning! Family Vacations May be Hazardous to Your Health
by Mary Clare LockmanAgainst the backdrop of the Rockies, Yellowstone, Lake Superior, Washington, D.C., “Warning! Family Vacations May Be Hazardous to Your Health” is a must for all parents who have looked forward to a family vacation only to pull their hair out strand by strand because their children will not stop fighting. It’s a rollicking ride that creates a sense of wonder for places visited but the main theme is the family and its often challenging relationships. As the sibling conflict escalates, major adjustments are needed. Within the chapters are practical solutions any parent can use. Encompassing seven years in the family’s life. the gets a flavor of traveling with preschoolers, adolescents, and teenagers. Filled with adventure and humor, this is not a book anyone will soon forget.
Warnings Of Gales
by Annie SandersThree women rent a holiday house in Cornwall for the summer. Each brings with her children, baggage (in every sense) and expectations...Imogen, who organised the holiday, is frighteningly capable and a bit of a control freak. With three children who are at the centre of her world, she's determined that this holiday will be perfect. But is Imogen's tidy life quite as happy as it seems?Sophie is Imogen's oldest friend, dating back to the days when they would chat long after lights out at their Home Counties boarding school. Sophie knows she should be feeding her offspring organic couscous, but they love McDonald's apple pies too much - and where's the harm in that? But is there more to Sophie than dogged loyalty to her rather overbearing old mate? And then there's Jo, an acquaintance of Sophie's roped in at the last minute when the first choice of housemate pulled out. An east London GP and single mother, and very easy-going with her son, she appears to be the polar opposite to Imogen.A group holiday seemed such a good idea back in January...
Warnings Of Gales
by Annie SandersThree women rent a holiday house in Cornwall for the summer. Each brings with her children, baggage (in every sense) and expectations...Imogen, who organised the holiday, is frighteningly capable and a bit of a control freak. With three children who are at the centre of her world, she's determined that this holiday will be perfect. But is Imogen's tidy life quite as happy as it seems?Sophie is Imogen's oldest friend, dating back to the days when they would chat long after lights out at their Home Counties boarding school. Sophie knows she should be feeding her offspring organic couscous, but they love McDonald's apple pies too much - and where's the harm in that? But is there more to Sophie than dogged loyalty to her rather overbearing old mate? And then there's Jo, an acquaintance of Sophie's roped in at the last minute when the first choice of housemate pulled out. An east London GP and single mother, and very easy-going with her son, she appears to be the polar opposite to Imogen.A group holiday seemed such a good idea back in January...
Warped: An Engaging Guide to the Never-Aired 8th Season (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
by Mike McmahanThe official parody guide to the unaired eighth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, based on the popular @TNG_S8 Twitter account from creator Mike McMahan!In the basement of the Star Trek archives, behind shelves of U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D models, bags of wigs, and bins of plastic phasers, sits a dusty cardboard box. Inside is a pile of VHS tapes that contain never-before-seen episodes and behind-the-scenes footage for something truly amazing. The world thinks there are only seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but there's one more. A secret season. Actually, not really. But that didn't stop Mike McMahan, creator of the parody Twitter account @TNG_S8, from making a guide full of: REAL* TNG SEASON 8 FACTS AND STORIES! REAL* TNG SEASON 8 DIALOGUE AND IMAGES! (* Again, not really, of course. This is humor. Sorry.) So impress your friends and bewilder your enemies with your newfound knowledge of these very lost Star Trek episodes! Engage! TM, ®, & © 2015 CBS Studios, Inc. STAR TREK and related marks and logos are trademarks of CBS Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Warrior Princess
by Jodi Lynn AndersonAt Hog Wallow Middle School, May Ellen Bird was always slightly invisible. Then she went on a long trip to the land of the dead, where ghost towns glowed blue in the dark dusk and spooky specters dwelled in cities on the Dead Sea. Back on Earth at last, May and her hairless cat, Somber Kitty, are now famous, their faces plastered across souvenirs and sportswear that read "May Bird Went to the Land of the Dead and All She Brought Me Was This Lousy T-Shirt." But, finally in the spotlight, May feels more than ever that she doesn't belong. Every night she sits by her bedroom window, gazing at the sky and dreaming of another place, wishing -- despite herself -- to be back among the ghosts. And then one night she gets her heart's desire in a way she would never have wished for. Only the Ever After isn't anything like the world May left behind three years ago. The spirits have vanished, and the towns -- once full of every manner of things that go bump in the night -- are deserted. Evil Bo Cleevil has made the Ever After as cold as his own frigid soul, and put up a bunch of tacky malls to boot. Now, with her friends missing and enemies all around her, May must find her way to the edge of the universe, where night swallows the stars, where allies are few and often have bad breath, where endings can also be beginnings, and where the truest hero lurks in the unlikeliest of souls. But Bo Cleevil's got one last trick up his sleeve -- one that no one on Earth is ready for. With the worlds of the living and the dead in the balance, will May's courage fail her one last time? Or will she finally become the warrior she was always meant to be?
Warrior's Baby
by Sheri WhiteFeather"HAVE MY BABY."Be the mother of Colt Raintree's child? For Melanie Richards, this request was a dream come true. To be near the tempting Native American once more, to have him touch her, caress her, call out for her... But Colt didn't know her real name, and his offer didn't include the word forever.Melanie knew the price she'd pay to bear her warrior's baby. For how would Colt ever forgive her quiet deception? How could he understand that she had thrown even more than passion into their strictly business arrangement? If only she could bare her soul and tell her lover the truth: "I'll have your child but I'll have your heart first."
Washed Up with a Broken Heart in Rock Hall
by Peter SvensonLovesick Budge Moss, middle-aged author on the skids, sails his boat one-way to Rock Hall on Chesapeake Bay with only his cat for company--and then he sells the boat. His wife has left him; his home and possessions are gone, but he's determined to reestablish his bearings and write a thinly disguised fictional bestseller about this lonely passage in his life. As Budge practices his survival skills in a rental cottage beside the bayside community's beach, he's primarily preoccupied with the women he meets and subsequently lusts after. His antics in pursuit of the opposite sex make for an often hilarious mingling of fact and fantasy. In short order, he tries to connect with various women, young and old, including some on the Internet. This deeply personal quest for validation and companionship takes the reader down one entertaining detour after another as Budge jousts with his fantasies and winds up losing every time. Despite each successive setback, however, he maintains an upbeat, dogged determination to move forward and leave the past behind.
Wasp
by Eric Frank RussellWe want you to become a wasp, said the secret service man. "See this pictue? Four men dead, a car smashed, all because a tiny insect was buzzing around. It was an unorthodox way to fight a war, especially an interplanetary war. But, sometimes war can be more effectively fought that way. So, they trained James Mowry intensively, altered his appearance by surgery and sent him off across the void to Jaimec, the ninety-fourth planet of the Sirian enemies. Can one man, one wasp, really defeat an interplanetary enemy?
Waste of Space
by Gina Damico<p>Cram ten hormonal teens into a spaceship and blast off: that’s the premise for the ill-conceived reality show Waste of Space. The kids who are cast know everything about drama—and nothing about the fact that the production is fake. Hidden in a desert warehouse, their spaceship replica is equipped with state-of-the-art special effects dreamed up by the scientists partnering with the shady cable network airing the show. <p>And it’s a hit! Millions of viewers are transfixed. But then, suddenly, all communication is severed. Trapped and paranoid, the kids must figure out what to do when this reality show loses its grip on reality.
Watch Out, Hollywood!
by Maria T. LennonHilarious tween heroine Charlie C. Cooper--reformed bully, misguided fashionista, and so-called middle child--is back! This sequel to Confessions of a So-called Middle Child will delight fans of Louise Rennison, Mean Girls, and Harriet the Spy.Charlie's adventures offer a fresh look at middle school, bullying, and mean girls. In Book Two, Charlie navigates sudden celebrity and auditions for a television series, but a little white lie may endanger the one friendship Charlie can truly count on--and her connection to swoon-worthy crush Bobby! Poignant and seriously funny, Charlie's account of her dilemma is one all tweens will relate to.Charlie knows what it feels like to be stuck in the middle, but it's finally her time to shine. After saving her friend Marta in the old Houdini tunnels of Los Angeles, Charlie's become a local hero, gained sudden celebrity, and *MIGHT* just become a TV star! But will Charlie let her newfound fame go to her head? Watch out, Hollywood!
Watch Your Step
by T. R. BurnsWhen the Kilter Academy students go on retreat with their parents, it's the more mischief the merrier in this third book of a trouble-loving middle grade series!Seamus Hinkle has encountered a good deal of mystery and a lot of secrets since he first started at Kilter Academy. The longer he's there, the more unanswered questions he seems to have. At last it seems like he just might get some answers as he and his troublemaker friends prepare for a huge event: a Kilter Academy retreat in the Adirondack mountains with all the students...and their parents. Will Seamus finally learn how his own mother is connected to Annika, the mercurial headmistress of Kilter? Will he discover Annika's true purpose for the Kilter students? And how will the students from the rival school, the Incriminators, play into all of this? It's hard to say, but one thing is for sure--there will be plenty of trouble along the way!
Watch Your Tail!: Watch Your Tail! (Geronimo Stilton Cavemice #2)
by Geronimo StiltonIn this fun spin-off to the bestselling middle grade adventure series, young readers meet the prehistoric ancestor of mouse journalist Geronimo Stilton.Who is Geronimo Stiltonoot? He is a cavemouse—Geronimo Stilton’s ancient ancestor. He runs the stone newspaper in the prehistoric village of Old Mouse City. From dealing with dinosaurs to dodging meteorites, his life in the Stone Age is full of adventure!Geronimo Stiltonoot wakes up to a terrible morning. Meteors are falling from the sky, and it seems like everyone in Old Mouse City has an awful stomachache! Geronimo must travel to the Cave of Memories to find the ancient shaman cure for his fellow cavemice. But dangers lurk on his journey—can he make it back home safely?Praise for the Geronimo Stilton Cavemice series:“Fans of the other Geronimo Stilton books will definitely embrace the over-the-top silliness in this new spin-off.” —BooklistPraise for Geronimo Stilton’s books:“Lightning pace and full-color design will hook kids in a flash.” —Publishers Weekly
Watch for Me By Moonlight
by Kirsty Ferry“Another fabulous supernatural read” in which a long-buried mystery is revealed, and two unrequited lovers are bound by its danger (Books and Me). After her marriage and her life in London fall apart, Elodie Bright returns to Hartsford Hall to spend time with her childhood friend Alex. He’s always been a rock for Elodie, and now that he’s become the Earl of Hartsford, she throws herself into helping him renovate the old house and its grounds. After a freak storm damages the Hall chapel and destroys the tomb of Georgiana Kerridge—Alex’s ancestor from the 1700s—Elodie and Alex find a shocking discovery brought to light by the damaged tomb. Through a series of unusual incidents, they begin to piece together Georgiana’s secret past involving a highwayman, a devastating betrayal, and a forbidden love so strong that it echoes through the ages—and awakens the hidden affections Elodie and Alex have long held for each other.
Watch the Birdie!
by Nancy CoteMousey was watching a baby bird when it fell from its nest. The baby bird is okay, but she can’t fly yet! So how will she get back up the tree to safety? Mousey may be too small to get the baby bird back up by himself, but maybe he can find somebody else who can! Maybe a frog can jump high enough. Or maybe a bunny can hop far enough. Maybe a snail will be able to crawl his way up the tree . . .Will Mousey be able to save the baby bird? Or will the hungry cat get in the way of Mousey’s valiant attempts? Sometimes it’s just the size of your heart that really counts.Watch the Birdie! is a delightful storybook about bravery and friendship. Nancy Cote’s loyal little mouse is sure to capture the hearts of young readers everywhere. With adorable illustrations and silly narration, Cote has made Watch the Birdie! a truly fun read for all.For children ages 3 to 6, this is a fun follow up to Nancy Cote's Watch the Cookie! (Sky Pony Press, October 2014). It is the perfect story time book as it teaches kids the value of being a good friend, helping others, and asking for help when you need it.Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers-picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Watch the Cookie!
by Nancy CoteSam and Mousey are best friends, and Mousey is always looking up to Sam and following his lead. They do everything together and share everything, too. So when Sam surprises Mousey with a big chocolate chip cookie, they can't wait to split it. Unfortunately, Sam really has to go and he has to go NOW! "Watch the cookie. I'll be right back," he tells Mousey. Mousey diligently watches the cookie, but it turns out that he isn't the only one. Pigeons come pecking and ants come marching. Mousey does his best to shoo them away, but it's only when he yells in his loudest voice that he can scare them off. Just when Mousey thinks he has saved the cookie, a hungry cat appears-and this cat isn't hungry for a cookie.Watch the Cookie! is a delightful storybook about bravery and friendship. Nancy Cote's loyal little mouse is sure to capture the hearts of young readers everywhere. With adorable illustrations and silly narration, Cote has made Watch the Cookie! a truly fun read for all.
Watching Baby Devster
by Sharlee Mullins GlennKedric's parents will be gone for one hour. How much trouble could his baby brother Devster get into?
Water Proof
by Aaron BushkowskyWhen a self-driving car hits an extra on set and a lawsuit is filed, Andy sets out to bankrupt his own production company by making a movie about his weird and romantic life of infidelity. With his wife Anna, and her best friend, he embarks on a location-scouting trip to Desolation Sound, but the trip takes a disastrous turn when the friend goes missing and they have to call in search and rescue. Not wanting the search to expose his affair with his wife’s best friend, Andy steals a memory card out of her camera. A memory card with evidence of the affair. But Andy’s not as discreet as he thinks and the memory card is stolen from him. With the disastrous support of his best friend, Will, Andy makes a series of bad decisions in an attempt to recover it, leading him further from Anna than ever before. Will their marriage finally reach its breaking point?
Waterbury Winter: A Novel
by Linda Stewart HenleyBarnaby Brown has had enough of freezing winters, insurmountable debt, a dead-end job, and his solitary life as a young widower with no one but his beloved parrot Popsicle. He yearns to move to California and reawaken his long-lost early life as an artist. But new troubles come in threes. His ancient car crashes into a snowbank. Popsicle escapes through a window carelessly left open. A New York gallery owner offers to represent Barnaby’s paintings—but is he on the up-and-up? All of it serves to shock Barnaby into confronting how low he has sunk, and he vows—again and again—to change. He has a few obstacles, starting with his heavy drinking and long-term neglect of his ancestral home. As he takes steps toward a better life, he re-discovers the value of old friendships and latent talents seen in new light, and finds the courage to consider a second chance at love. Rejoining the mainstream of life presents several startling mysteries he must unravel, with a few mortifying but enlightening stumbles. A heart-warming novel about ordinary people reclaiming their dormant potential, Waterbury Winter celebrates the restorative value of art and the joy to be found in keeping promises.
Watermelon (Walsh Family)
by Marian KeyesFebruary the fifteenth is a very special day for me. It is the day I gave birth to my first child. It is also the day my husband left me...I can only assume the two events weren't entirely unrelated.Claire has everything she ever wanted: a husband she adores, a great apartment, a good job. Then, on the day she gives birth to their first baby, James informs her that he's leaving her. Claire is left with a newborn daughter, a broken heart, and a postpartum body that she can hardly bear to look at.She decides to go home to Dublin. And there, sheltered by the love of a quirky family, she gets better. So much so, in fact, that when James slithers back into her life, he's in for a bit of a surprise.
Watermelon Seed, The and Good Night Owl 2-in-1 Listen-Along Reader: 2 Funny Tales with Audio! Level 1 (World of Reading (eBook))
by Greg PizzoliThis collection features two funny, award-winning tales by Greg Pizzoli-perfect for kids just learning to read!The Watermelon SeedOh no! I swallowed a seed!Join in the hysteria as this hilarious crocodile imagines the worst.Good Night OwlOwl is ready for bed. But as soon as he settles in, he hears a strange noise. He'll never get to sleep unless he can figure out what's going on!
Waterpark (Malcolm in the Middle)
by Dan Danko Tom MasonPicking up the story where the Fox hit TV series left off during its first season, this novelization presents the resolution that starts Season Two with a bang.
Way Back: The feel-good instant Sunday Times bestseller
by Sara Cox*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 2024*Here is the feel-good read you have been looking for... The big-hearted novel brimming with warmth, humour and heart. It's not too late to live the life you want...'Gorgeous! Warm and funny and brimming with tenderness and heart' GRAHAM NORTON'Full of Sara Cox's natural warmth and wit' PRIMA'Relatable, observant and funny' WOMAN & HOME Josie's life is fine. Absolutely, completely fine.Nice husband, brilliant best friend, a gorgeous kid at uni. The big house of her dreams on its leafy London street is a lifetime away from the Lancashire farm of her childhood. So what if her mother is tricky, and James isn't in love with Josie any more, and maybe she's not in love with him either? It's great to have time to herself now Chloe's flown the nest . . . isn't it? This is the life Josie never believed possible. The life she needed when her heart was breaking as a child, when her mum wasn't coping and Josie had to grow up too fast. So why this feeling, nibbling away at the edges of Josie's thoughts? The sense that she has lost something. That she has lost herself. If Josie is to truly live, she must now take back the reins and confront her future. And to find her way ahead, she needs to go back - way back.To the place where it all began . . ._______'A gorgeously written story of starting over, secrets, friendship... and going wild in the country' LUCY DIAMOND'A warm and moving dive into childhood secrets' JO BRAND'Excellent!' ALEX JONES