Product Description: What's green, and slithery, and smooth, and ...smart? My snake Blake, that's who! When my dad brought him home, he curved and twisted his body and spelled out "hello." And when my mom was worried he might bite, his response was "relax...read more

Product Description: From the author of Reach for the Stars and one of the major illustrators of his generation, a joyful and funny celebration of ordinary family life When I grow up, I want to be like my dad. Sam's dad is an artist, and Sam's life is full of creativity, exploration, and adventure...read more

Product Description: This title is suitable for children aged 4 to 8 years old. Serge Bloch, the witty author of "Butterflies in My Stomach and Other School Hazards", "Reach for The Stars" and "You Are What You Eat" brings his readers a touch of Christmas spirit in this fourth book about a boy and his dog who take common turns of phrase literally...read more

Product Description: In this moving picture book, award-winning collaborators Davide Cali and Serge Bloch present a fable for our time about two lonely soldiers facing each other across a barren battlefield. What each discovers, as the story unfolds, is that the enemy is not a faceless beast, but rather a real person with family, friends, and dreams...read more

Product Description: Have you ever talked at length with an exterminator? Or had a heart-to-heart with an ice sculptor? Or waxed philosophical with an acrobat? No? Well, look inside.

Product Description: It is the first day of school and the kids of Marie Curie School are getting a new teacher. Everyone arrives hoping for an athletic and handsome specimen, but instead, they find a fat, wrinkly, and incredibly old one. At first, the class is very disappointed...read more

Product Description: You can bet your bottom dollar this funny story is the cream of the crop—and the best thing since sliced bread! Award-winning artist Serge Bloch will have kids laughing their heads off at this child’s-eye look at idiomatic expressions like “ants in your pants,” “homework is for the birds,” and “cat got your tongue?” These commonly used sayings make sense in the adult world, but just imagine what a child pictures when she hears it’s “raining cats and dogs!” With witty and wonderful images that mix whimsical line drawings with photographs of inanimate objects, Bloch gives us a unique and sympathetic perspective on a boy’s first day of school where colorful butterflies flutter in our hero’s stomach and a cloud rains on him when he’s “under the weather...read more

Product Description: An entertaining and humorous introduction to 26 famous individuals from history, the arts, literature and the sciences, who were considered rebels or dunces during their childhood and teen years.

An updated cookbook for single fathers or married dads confronting new responsibilities around the house features practical advice for the untutored on holding a knife, heating a pan before sauteeing, which parts of a chicken to buy, shopping, storage, preparation, and timing, plus more than 150 recipes. Original.

Product Description: Just because you’re born with a “Y” chromosome doesn’t excuse you from cleaning the bathroom, especially in this day and age when time’s at a premium and partners have to be, well, partners. To help men step up to the plate (and wash it) is DAD’S OWN HOUSEKEEPING BOOK, the book of everything your mother never taught you about taking care of a house...read more

A straightforward text featuring just 150 words and twenty-five two-page illustrations, executed in simple black line drawings with red embroidery thread, follows the emotional bond between a husband and wife, in an evocative portrait of all of life's passages.

Offers young readers a collection of two tales, including 'The Autograph' and 'Our Teacher�s Boyfriend,' featuring the tale of a young girl whose prized possession doesn�t get the response she expects from her classmates and a devoted boyfriend who just won�t stop sending messages of love on the fax to their teacher, Mlle. Raysun, during class.

Poses six questions about such emotions as jealousy, falling in love, and friendship; suggests possible answers and the further questions they raise; and considers the issue and what thinking about it may teach.

Complete with a listing of fun activities, a journal section, and places for photos, a novelty gift book for Father�s Day is designed to celebrate and record the special bond between father and child.

Although they are princesses, two stories show Princess Yona and Princess Emma have troubles of their own.

Presents information on epilepsy, including who gets it, how to cope with it, and when there might be a cure.

Discusses juvenile diabetes, including who gets it, how it is controlled, and how to cope with the disease. (view table of contents)

Discusses the symptoms, causes, and treatments for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Presents information on cerebral palsy, including what causes it, how to live with the disease, and research in the area. (view table of contents)

Although the third and last son of two peasants is neither strong like his brother Arnold nor clever like his brother Olaf, he proves that he can be useful and worthy of his parents' love

Their mother tries to stop the fighting between Lily and her younger brother, Max, but they find their own way to make peace

Max doesn't like to read until his sister makes it irresistible

Max's sister helps him overcome his shyness and meet a new neighbor

Despite her parents' best efforts, it takes Lily a long time to get ready for bed