A fiercely inventive collection of nine stories in which classic carnival characters become ordinary misfits seeking grandeur in a lonely world. A young misogynist finds a confidante in a cable-TV strongwoman. A realtor for the one percent invokes his inner murder clown. A skin-and-bones mathematician and his bearded wife plot revolution. A friendless peach farmer holds a funeral for a beloved elephant. And a model-train hobbyist prepares to throw...

A wordless picture book in which the farmer visits the little clown and the monkey, and meets the rest of the circus family.

"Delight children and adults alike by creating a whole host of fun and fabulous knitted characters from this latest book by best-selling author, Sarah Keen. Inside you'll find 50 knitted dolls in costume and work attire, including graduates, a doctor, fire-fighter, painter and decorator, ballerina, bride and groom, spaceman, snowman, fitness enthusiast and hiker, to name just a few. All the projects are made from DK yarn, which is easy to wash, durable...

Zoinks! Camera! Action! :Mystery Inc. goes Hollywood, meets the rock group Simple Plan, gets trapped in a video game's virtual world and still has time to visit lovers lane. Monster matinee: It's a scream when rock band KISS plays Banning Junctions's 100th anniversary Halloween Party . The gang tries to scare up some nasty celebration spoilers. Monstrous tails: The gang files to the South Pole to fish for clues in hopes of hooking an amphibious...

"My Father the Chef. My Father the Cult Leader. My Father the Duke. These men (Jacques Pépin, Saul Newton, and John Wayne, respectively) are among the famous-and infamous-fathers featured in To Me, He Was Just Dad, a collection of first-person essays written by the children of some of the world's most fascinating men. Though these men may be familiar to the reader, their children offer a unique, intimate view of them at their most unvarnished, through...