Product Description: Abigail Iris has a half-birthday coming up, and it's the perfect excuse to ask for the adorable kitten up for adoption at her local farmer's market. She knows being a pet owner means new responsibilities, and with lots of other changes happening around her-like a new baby brother for Only Friend-Abigail has her work cut out for her with this pet project...read more

Product Description: Readers of all kinds will fall in love with the precocious, adorable Abigail Iris! Abigail Iris is sick of being One-of-Many—brothers and sisters, that is. She’d rather be an Only, like all her best friends, and not have to compete with siblings for time or attention...read more

A collection of short works by the award-winning co-author of Everyday Creative Writing: Panning for Gold in the Kitchen Sink features characters who have found themselves dislocated, attempt to understand what has happened to them, and bring sense to the world. Winner of the 2003 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. (Story Collection)

Product Description: These 45 enjoyable "invention exercises," drawing on everyday experiences, could help novice and experienced writers strike gold. Virtually anything that the writer encounters can be valuable, once touched by their creative efforts and marked with their individual signature...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This work leads students on an exploration of their everyday lives to find inspiration and ideas. Over forty invention exercises show students how to mine their creativity to find gold-creative writing gold-even in the murky bubbles of the kitchen sink...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)