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The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbooks Boxed Set
Enjoy all the magic of Disney cooking in one complete set containing The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook, The Unofficial Disney Parks EPCOT Cookbook, and The Unofficial Disney Parks Restaurants Cookbook from bestselling author Ashley Craft.
The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook Boxed Set bring together popular cookbooks from bestselling author Ashley Craft. The collection provides you with delicious recipes to recreate your favorite meals from Walt Disney World and Disneyland right at home.
The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook: This book features 100 recipes from each of the Disney parks in Florida and California featuring beloved recipes like Mickey Pretzels and Dole Whip.
The Unofficial Disney Parks EPCOT Cookbook: This book helps you eat and drink your way around the world with copycat recipes from the pavilions and festivals at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT.
The Unofficial Disney Parks Restaurants Cookbook: With recipes from both Walt Disney World and Disneyland, these recipes will help you explore the table service and quick service restaurants throughout the parks…right from your very own kitchens.
This boxed set offers you the ultimate collection of Disney-themed recipes for every meal and occasion.
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The Unofficial Disney Parks Restaurant Cookbook
Skip the reservation and bring the magic of Disney’s restaurants straight to your kitchen with these 100 recipes inspired by Walt Disney World’s and Disneyland’s hottest restaurants.
Recreate popular restaurant favorites right in your own home from appetizers and main dishes to refreshing drinks and popular desserts. The Unofficial Disney Parks Restaurants Cookbook features 100 table service and quick service restaurant favorites to help you make your own Disney-inspired menu. You’ll learn to make:
-Tiffins Signature Bread Service from Tiffins
-Fried Chicken Dinner from Plaza Inn
-Herb-Salted Pork Tenderloin from Be Our Guest
-Chocolate Cake from Satu’li Canteen
-Proton Punch from Pym’s Tasting Lab
-And much more!
Perfect for everyone from Disney experts who miss those familiar flavors in between trips to fans who have never visited the Parks but still want to have the full restaurant experience, The Unofficial Disney Parks Restaurants Cookbook has all the recipes you need to make a meal worthy of the Mouse himself.
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The Unofficial Simpsons Cookbook
Turn your favorite cartoon food into reality with these 70 recipes straight from the best comedy show on TV—The Simpsons.
Everyone knows and loves The Simpsons. Now you can make the food you’ve seen in the show for thirty-one seasons right in the comfort of your own home faster than you can say, “Mmm…Donuts.”
Over the years, Simpsons episodes have featured, and sometimes revolved, around countless food items. Thanks to Homer Simpson’s unending appetite and a writers’ room full of food lovers, the show has a long list of truly iconic dishes. From Chief Wiggum’s Chili to the Flaming Moe (a.k.a. Flaming Homer) to Super Squishees to Krusty Burgers, you’ll find all those recipes and more in The Unofficial Simpsons Cookbook.
Featuring 70 recipes that include many of the most classic Simpsons dishes, this cookbook includes easy-to-follow instructions for chefs of all ages and levels. Finally, you can make all your favorite meals straight from Marge’s kitchen in no time!
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The I Love Trader Joe’s Plant-Based Cookbook
Discover an updated variety of vegetarian and vegan dishes whipped up with the low-budget, easy-to-acquire ingredients from everyone’s favorite grocery store–Trader Joe’s®!
Just as Trader Joe’s is the ultimate one-stop shop to stock up on tasty, eclectic foods for all dietary lifestyles, so too is the I Love Trader Joe’s Plant-Based Cookbook! Designed for veteran vegetarians, fresh vegans, and curious carnivores alike, this handy cookbook comes with easy-to-follow recipes for delicious, animal-free dishes, including:
- Tasty Tofu Scramble
- Tuscan Tomato Soup
- Almond-Glazed Green Beans
- Coconut Curry Polenta
- Tempeh Tacos
- African Peanut Stew
- Pasta with Creamy Tapenade
- Roasted Carrot Risotto
- Pumpkin Spice Cobbler
- And many more!
Packed with simple instructions, full-color photos, and newly updated vegan versions of recipes, the I Love Trader Joe’s Plant-Based Cookbook takes the guesswork out of cooking no matter who’s at your table.
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I Love Trader Joe’s Snack Boards Cookbook
With The I Love Trader Joe’s® Snack Boards Cookbook, you won’t find your average cheese boards—instead, you’ll learn to make 50 scrumptious recipes for a variety of meals and snacks to share on platters or boards. From quick and easy butter boards to affordable lunch platters and elaborate holiday spreads, you’ll be amazed by all the creative recipes you can make after a quick trip to Trader Joe’s®, including:
- Everything for Everyone Snack Board
- Taco & Taquito Platter
- Savory Cheese Dessert Spread
- Euro Breakfast Board
- And more!
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Catan The Official Cookbook
Embark on a culinary adventure with the first-ever official CATAN® cookbook–the perfect companion to your next game night.
Welcome, adventurers! The hexes of CATAN lie before you. The promise of abundant resources, development cards, and victory points are close at hand. But all good Catanians need a good meal before they can build strong settlements and grand cities.
With CATAN® – The Official Cookbook, fans of Klaus Teuber’s iconic game can now fuel up while road building and negotiating trades. From snack-worthy appetizers to feast-level entrees, this cookbook includes fun and easy-to-make recipes inspired by the game like:
- Over-Knight Oats
- Chicken under a Brick
- Ear of Plenty Corn Dip
- Robber’s Discard Delight
- Rocky Road Cookies
- Desert (Prickly Pear) Margaritas
- And more!
Packed with beautiful photos, iconic artwork, and fan references, this book is the perfect gift for longtime Catanians or beginning gamers. Gather your friends, family, and fellow explorers and bring your favorite game to life through food.
Cook. Eat. Play.
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The Cook’s Book
“An excellent resource that budding home cooks will turn to time and again.”–Publishers Weekly Starred Review
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Helping Everyday Home Cooks Master the Art of Cooking with Joy and Confidence
“You don’t need any other book. Call off the search. Everything you ever wanted to know about cooking and being generally delighted in the kitchen is inside the pages of The Cook’s Book.”–Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author of Feed These People and host of the For the Love
“Y’all, STOP THE PRESSES–OUR COOKBOOK IS HERE. The Cook’s Book is delightfully unique, full of delicious recipes you expect from a cookbook but with a comprehensive cooking course built right in.”–Kendra Adachi, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Lazy Genius Kitchen and The Lazy Genius Way
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Tired of food blogs and cookbooks that look impressive but lack practicality? Find yourself Googling to figure things out while cooking? Could you pull a meal together with only the ingredients you have on hand?
Introducing The Cook’s Book, your guide to mastering cooking with joy and confidence.
More than just a collection of recipes, The Cook’s Book is your ultimate kitchen companion. Filled with engaging lessons, techniques, and strategies–as well as delicious go-to recipes, food and wine pairings, and a beginner bar cart guide–this resource teaches you what you need to know to create and share great food with the people you love every day.
Perfect for graduates, newlyweds, new homeowners, and new parents, The Cook’s Book is everything you wish your mother had taught you (if she hadn’t also been brought up in a time of pricey packaged convenience foods and too-busy schedules). Strap on an apron and get ready for flavorful meals with fabulous company.
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Learn how to:
– add flavor to any dish
– stock your pantry
– care for your knives
– make sauces and soups from scratch
– cook flavorful, juicy meats
– pick the perfect side dish
– stock a basic bar cart
Plus . . .
– go-to recipes
– must-have kitchen tools
– flavor layering techniques
– delicious food and wine pairings
– sensible solutions to common problems
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Spell Jars for the Modern Witch
Dive into the magickal world of spellcrafting with fifty unique and customizable spell jar recipes, using everything from crystals and candles to tarot cards and herbs to heal, protect, and manifest your desires.
Spell Jars for the Modern Witch will guide you through the entire process of jar spellcrafting—creating spells inside sealed containers—from setting your intentions, to cleansing your ritual space, to building and activating your spells. But before diving into individual spell jar recipes, you’ll first learn all about magickal color, crystal, number, and astrological properties; how to best time the creation of your spell; and the power meaning of certain herbs, flowers, and other natural ingredients that will help you decide what to include in your spell jars.
Then begin manifesting your goals with fifty step-by-step spell jar recipes for everyday life, including spells for:
- Protection from nightmares
- Financial abundance
- Manifesting self-confidence
- Successful job hunting
- Memorializing a loved one
- Cultivating a stable, happy home life
- And more
Whether you’re looking to craft spell jars to banish bad vibes or simply discover more joy in your life, this comprehensive, easy-to-use guide has you covered.
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Coffee Magic for the Modern Witch
Discover the simple yet powerful magic that lies in every cup of coffee with this guidebook filled with caffeine-packed spells, rituals, divination practices, and more.
Coffee has its own kind of magic—the kind that wakes you up and gets you moving, even when you’d rather stay snug in bed. The kind that helps you reconnect with old friends or spark a new romance. It’s the kind of magic that makes you wait in line for hours for a certain latte or mocha that feels both original and familiar.
In Coffee Magic for the Modern Witch, we’ll be spilling the coffee beans on the magical properties of coffee and all its many forms, from the protective power of espresso to the loving quality of mocha. Inside you’ll also find original recipes, spells, and rituals that will add a bit of coffee magic to your life, including:
- The “I Love Me a Latte” brew to perk up your self-love
- The “Are You Seer-ing This?” coffee scrying ritual to divine the future
- The “Cleans Me in Coffee” coffee bath recipe to release negativity
- And so much more!
Coffee Magic for the Modern Witch is perfect for novice witches, coffee snobs, and herbalists who want to uncover the magic deep within each coffee bean.
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One Bucket List to Rule Them All
Celebrate Middle Earth, LOTR, The Hobbit, Rings of Power, and all things Tolkien with an adventure-heavy book filled with thrilling things to do and experiences every fantasy lover will rejoice in.
The fantastic realms created by J. R. R. Tolkien keep readers enchanted all over the world. The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are among the most famous and popular tales ever written. Now you can take your love for Middle Earth even further with a Tolkien-themed bucket list. This book offers a great selection of 250 ideas and projects every committed Tolkien follower should check off before headed to The Halls of Waiting, including:
- Explore real hobbit caves
- Learn to speak the Elvish tongue
- Try a slice of lembas bread
- And more exciting and fun ideas!
One Bucket List to Rule Them All brings fantasy into the real world and is the perfect gift for any devoted fantasy and adventure fan.
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Entertaining is My Love Language
The ultimate guidebook to hosting and entertaining, featuring incredible recipes as well as step-by-step party planning tips, tricks, and how-tos on everything you need to know to entertain guests at home without the stress!
Everyone has different ways to show their love. Author Dawna Pitts has been enjoying entertaining her friends and family for as long as she can remember.
Her debut book, Entertaining is My Love Language, is a cookbook-meets-party planning bible that makes entertaining fun, easy, and approachable for everyone.
Featuring low-key patio dinners, wine-paired multi-course dining experiences, and jaw-dropping impressive parties, Entertaining is My Love Language details every step of themed gatherings, plus timelines of what to do one week up to 30 minutes before your guests’ arrivals. The book also covers the table setting of different styles, including set-ups for Asian-inspired meals, how to prepare yourselves as hosts/hostesses, and the etiquettes of hosts/hostesses.
Entertaining is My Love Language showcases Pitts’ global experience of having lived in three countries-South Korea, Australia, and the United States. She also shares recipes from all around the world, including her Korean heritage with easy-to-cook recipes using easy-to-find ingredients, such as:
- Pavlovas
- Salt Plank Lobster Tails
- Fresh Spring Rolls
- Pork & Kimchi Mandoo (Korean Dumplings)
- Soy-Balsamic Marinated Grilled Rack of Lamb
- Strawberry Surprise Cupcakes
- Miso-glazed Salmon on Rice with Wilted Cucumbers
- Sushi Tacos
- Brie Toast with Truffle Honey
- And more!
Whenever you’re looking for a reason to celebrate, Entertaining is My Love Language will have the inspiration you need for hassle-free hosting!
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101 Silly Christmas Jokes for Kids
Looking for some jokes that will really sleigh? You found them! 101 Silly Christmas Jokes for Kids is filled with funny, delightful knock-knocks and gut-busters that kids will love reading, sharing and telling.
Discover the ultimate laugh-out-loud joke book for kids that’s 100% all about everyone’s favorite time of year—Christmas! Inside, kids will find clean, fun jokes like:
- What does a snowman eat for breakfast? (Frosted Flakes)
- What does a vampire snowman give you? (Frostbite)
- What do you call a really old snowman? (A puddle)
- Why can’t Santa spell “holidays”? (He has Noel)
- What’s the only thing a snowman can smell? (Carrots)…And many more!!
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The Herbal Tea Magic for the Modern Witch Oracle
Harness the power of green witchcraft and divination with this combination guidebook and fully illustrated forty-card oracle deck of herbs, florals, and more.
Tea magic has been used for centuries to uncover hidden truths. Now, with the Herbal Tea Magic for the Modern Witch Oracle Deck, you will find solutions for everything from a broken heart to aligning with your highest self. Want to know which herbs will bring you good luck or enhance your mood? This oracle deck will show you just that with detailed descriptions on the significance of the herb in the companion booklet.
This oracle deck and companion guide contains forty different herbs, each with their own metaphysical meaning that you can use to divine the future, reflect on the past, or even interpret the present. Perfect for beginners or more advanced witches, there are endless ways to use this deck either as a traditional oracle deck or more free-form by asking a question, drawing a few cards, and creating your own spellbinding brew to help guide you to the answers you seek.
Discover the metaphysical meanings of:
- Cinnamon
- Sage
- Rosemary
- Thyme
- And much more!
The Herbal Tea Magic for the Modern Witch Oracle Deck includes forty matte cards and a companion guide.
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The Magical Girl’s Self-Care Coloring Book
Calling all Sailor Moon fans, Cardcaptor Sakura fans, Tokyo Mew Mew fans, and all magical girls to color in a self-love, self-esteem-boosting adventure with this unique coloring book for adults!
Be empowered on your adventure to find your best self with The Magical Girl’s Self-Care Coloring Book! Inspired by the iconic magical girls of your childhood, this follow-up coloring book contains over thirty gorgeous illustrations designed to guide you on your self-care journey!
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Moshi Moshi A Travelogue
Embark on an adorable manga-style illustrated adventure to Japan and its unique neighborhoods, delicious street food, and more in this one-of-a-kind travel guide and memoir.
Illustrator Winnie Liu dreamed of exploring Japan since she was a child. In her junior year of college, she received the chance of a lifetime to study abroad there for a semester.
Armed with her pens and sketchbook, she brings her unique lens as an artist, avid foodie, and anime fan to this charming illustrated travel diary. Guides to both popular and under-the-radar neighborhoods of Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto are interspersed with fun anecdotes and crash course guides to daily life in Japan. Winnie shares tips for using slang, eating like a local, and maximizing a konbini (convenience store) run!
Filled with cute illustrations, funny commentary, and collages of memorabilia, this delightful travelogue will transport you to Japan!
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From R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes ten new stories that are sure to send a shiver down your spine.
Two kids embark on a field trip to the zoo…and stumble upon a creature they never expected to meet. A boy makes a machine that puts kids in charge…but at what cost? A child is sure his new house is haunted…but is it just in his head? And each story comes with a personal introduction from Stine himself.
Laced with Stine’s signature humor and a hefty dose of nightmarish fun, Stinetinglers 2 is perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Stine’s own Goosebumps books who want even more scares. These chilling tales prove that Stine’s epic legacy in the horror genre is justly earned. Dive in, and beware: you might be sleeping with the lights on tonight!
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Goosebumps SlappyWorld-Friiight Night
Kelly Crosby is the new kid in school. So far, it’s not going so well. He’s already gotten lost, had trouble making friends, and annoyed the monster that lives in the school basement.
That’s right.
This new school has a monster. Every year, at a party called Friiight Night, one (un)lucky kid is chosen to be the monster’s special guest of honor. Guess whose luck is about to run out?
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Goosebumps SlappyWorld-Night of the Squawker
Beak-a-boo, it sees you! Cooper Klavan and his sister Anna are fishing with their parents at a woodland pond when they come across an injured bird. Anna, a huge animal lover, insists on taking it home to rehabilitate.
But the bird really does not want to be rescued. It bites Anna, and scares Cooper. Soon, Anna is behaving very strangely. She’s perching high up in trees, gathering sticks to hide in her room, and refusing to eat eggs– once one of her favorite foods. Cooper doesn’t want to jump to any conclusions, but his sister seems to be going to the birds.
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Slime Doesn’t Pay!
Lots of little brothers can be pests and trouble-makers — but Amy’s brother Arnie is a MONSTER …
In this R.L. Stine family-friendly scare fest, Amy and her friend, Lissa, don’t know what to do about Arnie’s bullying, bad-boy behavior, and mean jokes and pranks. The little monster is ruining their lives!
The girls decide it’s payback time. Total humiliation for Arnie. They find a recipe for blue slime on a YouTube channel and mix a big bucket to pour over Arnie at his birthday party.
To their horror, the girls instantly discover that SLIME DOESN’T PAY! Before their eyes, Arnie’s whole body starts to change. The slime turns him into a real monster.
Now Amy and Lissa have two frightening dilemmas: Can they save their town from the raging Arnie Monster? And is there any way to turn the monster back into Arnie?
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Hidden Truths
How far would you go to keep a promise? Told from alternating points of view, Hidden Truths is a story of changing friendships, the lies we tell, the secrets we keep, and the healing power of forgiveness.
Dani and Eric have been best friends since Dani moved next door in second grade. They bond over donuts, comic books, and camping on the Cape.
Until one summer when everything changes.
Did Eric cause the accident that leaves Dani unable to do the one thing in the world she most cares about? The question plagues him, and he will do anything to get answers about the explosion that injured her. But Dani is hurting too much to want Eric to pursue the truth—she just wants to shut him out and move on. Besides, Eric has a history of dropping things he starts. Eric knows that and is determined that this will be the one time he follows through.
But what if his pursuit brings him into direct conflict with another friend? Where does Eric’s loyalty really lie?
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A Work in Progress
A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant middle grade journey to self-acceptance told through prose, verse, and illustration.
Will is the only round kid in a school full of string beans. So he hides…in baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, in the back row during class, and anywhere but the cafeteria during lunch. But shame isn’t the only feeling that dominates Will’s life. He’s also got a crush on a girl named Jules who knows he doesn’t have a chance with—string beans only date string beans—but he can’t help wondering what if?
Will’s best shot at attracting Jules’s attention is by slaying the Will Monster inside him by changing his eating habits and getting more exercise. But the results are either frustratingly slow or infuriatingly unsuccessful, and Will’s shame begins to morph into self-loathing.
As he resorts to increasingly drastic measures to transform his appearance, Will meets skateboarder Markus, who helps him see his body and all it contains as an ever-evolving work in progress.
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Fan-favorite detective Drew Leclair returns to crack the case of a sneaky locker thief in this heartfelt sequel to the critically acclaimed middle grade mystery series that’s been called “the perfect story for readers ready to progress from Nancy Drew.” (SLJ, starred review).
After breaking school rules the last time she solved a mystery, Drew Leclair has a new mission: get good grades, stay under the radar, and do not get suspended.
But when Drew finds out that there’s a thief breaking into the P.E. lockers and leaving behind cryptic ransom notes, it’s hard to resist cracking a new case. Especially when one of the victims is her best friend Shrey’s crush, and he’s practically begging her to get involved.
Can Drew catch the thief red-handed while staying out of trouble? And what does it mean when everyone around Drew is obsessing over crushes and the upcoming Wonderland dance, and Drew would rather work on her latest crime board?
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Amazing Omeo
Omeo the koala spends his days munching on eucalyptus leaves and napping in his favorite tree at the San Diego Zoo. But life didn’t start out so easy and relaxing for this young koala. When Omeo was just five months old, his mother passed away after an illness. Most koala babies this young do not survive without their mothers’ care. Koala joeys spend their first six months in their mothers’ pouches. Only then do they start emerging for short periods of time. Without a mother to care for him, the Zoo’s wildlife care and veterinary teams would step in to raise Omeo. It was his only chance to survive! Leaving the pouch so young meant Omeo faced many challenges. Would this little marsupial beat the odds? This is the amazing true story of Omeo the koala, his will to survive, and the wildlife care team who helped to save him.
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Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
From #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author and illustrator Mo Willems comes a new holiday classic.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—for driving a sleigh! ’Tis also the season—for driving a sleigh! Oh, and joy to the—driving a sleigh! The Pigeon has made a list and checked it once. Can his holiday dream come true? Or will The Pigeon be left out in the cold?
You’ll share some HO-HO-HOs and HA-HA-HAs finding out in three-time Caldecott Honoree Mo Willems’ ninth Pigeon book, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
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Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Mo Willems, #1 New York Times best-selling creator and three-time Caldecott Honoree, presents the 20th anniversary edition of the book that started it all: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, now featuring an exclusive board game!
Finally, a book you can say “no” to!
When the Bus Driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place—a pigeon! But you’ve never met a pigeon like this one before. As the Pigeon pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, readers answer back and decide his fate.
Mo Willems’ hilarious picture book was awarded a 2004 Caldecott Honor and has been inducted into the Picture Book Hall of Fame. Now, twenty years later, readers can amp up the fun in an all-new board game featuring the Pigeon! Players drive their bus pieces around town. The first player to get to the Bus Depot wins, but remember—don’t let the Pigeon drive the bus!
Say “No!” to all the Pigeon books!
- The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!
- Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
- The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
- The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
- The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
For Mo’ amazing books, check out these other great series:
- Knuffle Bunny
- Elephant & Piggie
- Unlimited Squirrels
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#1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems shares wit and wisdom from The Pigeon in this one-of-a-kind humor book for adults.
Discover important tips, thoughts, opinions, quotes, complaints, and basic philosophical misunderstandings in this profound collection of Pigeon-isms. This 80-page, gift-sized collector’s title features all-new original art along with big (and little) Pigeon-y tidbits to ponder, such as:
Let me be the first to say that everything has already been said.
Surprises happen when you least expect them.
If I could change just ONE thing about myself, I’d be perfect.
A must-have book for grown-up Pigeon fans!
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Winner of the Dzanc Nonfiction Prize, The Loved Ones presents an intimate portrait of family grief, for fans of Maggie Nelson’s Jane: A Murder and Kristin Prevallet’s I, Afterlife
There are so many ways to bury the dead. In an autobiographical series of essays, The Loved Ones explores the deaths of four family members across three generations: an inexplicable double murder, a fatal car accident, a long illness, and a conscripted solider killed in action.
Piece by piece, each essay explores the death a loved one in a collage of vignettes: the loss, the aftermath, the funerals, and the rituals used to say goodbye to the body. As the investigation deepens, Davis lines up other forms of death—capital punishment and murder; medically-assisted suicide and “natural” death from disease; military conscription and “freak accident”—to see what comes to the surface.
The Loved Ones is about the intricate reality of grief, the instability of time and memory in the face of loss, and the feeling of being left behind still living. It asks, what does it mean to bury our loved ones when our only desire is to never let them go?
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Girl Country
Winner of the Dzanc Shorty Story Collection Prize
A near-future farmer battling environmental crises takes in a mysterious girl he finds on the roadside. A bus driver navigates through treacherous weather and memories of her tragic past as she races to save children from the end of the world. A woman keeps giving birth to children from different time periods. And a woman struggles with her young daughter mysteriously transforming into something wild and unruly, confronting themes of motherhood and family.
In Girl Country, stories range from medieval Belgium to the near future of the American Midwest, populated by mothers and monsters, mermaids and milkmaids, nuns and bus drivers—women in every walk of life, but particularly working-class women, navigating the intersection of the mundane and the magical. Perfect for fans of Orange World and Animal Wife, these are stories about women with teeth—wild and alive.
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Midnight Water
Midnight Water: A Psychedelic Memoir by Katherine MacLean, Ph.D. is a story of grief and redemption by a groundbreaking scientist who led the way in psychedelic research. In Dr. MacLean’s first year on the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, her path takes an unexpected detour following the death of her younger sister from cancer. After leaving her faculty job, MacLean travels the world— bringing medical and humanitarian aid to remote Himalayan villages and creating sanctuary spaces for psychedelic support— until she settles on an organic farm. While birthing and raising her two children, leading workshops, psychedelic retreats, and training to become an MDMA therapist, MacLean’ s traumatic past and the loss of her sister continue to haunt her. When her father is dying, MacLean realizes that she must dive straight into the heart of her own labyrinth in order to forgive him. Midnight Water is not only a personal story of psychedelic healing but an inspired vision for a psychedelic future that positions women and family caregivers at the center of home-based healing, from birth through death.
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Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop
Your most delightful holiday read: the sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Christmas Bookshop, from beloved Scottish author Jenny Colgan.
Christmas comes early—far too early—to McCredie’s little Old Town bookshop in Edinburgh. It’s summer, but an American production company has decided that McCredie’s is the perfect location to film a very cheesy Christmas movie. After all, who can resist the charmingly narrow historic street with its Victorian grey stone buildings and warmly lit shop windows?
Carmen Hogan, the bookshop’s manager, is amused and a bit horrified by the goings-on, but the money the studio is paying is too good to pass up. She uses the little windfall from filming to create new displays and fend off a buyout offer from an obnoxious millionaire who wants to turn McCredie’s into a souvenir shop selling kilts made in China and plastic Nessies. Still reeling slightly from a breakup, Carmen’s not particularly looking forward to the holidays. But just as snow begins to fall and the lights of Christmas blink on, all sorts of lovely new possibilities present themselves…for McCredie’s bookstore, and for Carmen herself.
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Christmas at Corgi Cove
If you’re looking for the perfect feel-good Christmas novel, then look no further than Annie England Noblin’s newest novel. This book will absolutely delight any reader looking for a sweet and sassy read—and not to mention enchant the fans of Annie’s signature canine characters. Perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis, Sarah Morgan, Lori Wilde, and Susan Mallery.
Rosie Reynolds had come to lakeside Corgi Cove as a lost, lonely girl abandoned by her own mother, but there she discovered a true place to call home. She loves her Corgis, Bonnie and Clyde; loves the lakeside life; and loves her aunt and uncle most of all. But when she discovers their struggling inn is about to be bought out by some big city chain, she hatches a plan: to win a contest naming theirs the best Christmas-themed inn in the USA. It’s a long shot, but she knows if the whole town pulls together that they can do it.
But she didn’t count on Everett St Claire, who emerged from his gleaming, black BMW, straightening his tie and asking himself how did a big-city guy like him find himself in a speck on the map like Corgi Cove? And how fast could he get back to the city? After all, it couldn’t be that difficult to convince one elderly couple to take the money to retire.
He didn’t count on getting sucked into life on the lake. Sure, the people might be…eccentric, and Rosie might seem like a pain in the backside, but there is something alluring about the place. And with the holidays nearing, and the deadline looming, Rosie and Everett are about to discover the magic of a Christmas at Corgi Cove.
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A Boob’s Life explores the surprising truth about women’s most popular body part with vulnerable, witty frankness and true nuggets of American culture that will resonate with everyone who has breasts—or loves them.
Good Morning America’s “25 must-read books” for March
Zibby Owen’s “Books that Got Me Through Quarantine,” on Katie Couric’s “Wake-Up Call”
*Now in development with Salma Hayek as a TV series for HBO Max*
Author Leslie Lehr wants to talk about boobs. She’s gone from size AA to DDD and everything between, from puberty to motherhood, enhancement to cancer, and beyond. And she’s not alone—these are classic life stages for women today.
At turns funny and heartbreaking, A Boob’s Life explores both the joys and hazards inherent to living in a woman’s body. Lehr deftly blends her personal narrative with national history, starting in the 1960s with the women’s liberation movement and moving to the current feminist dialogue and what it means to be a woman. Her insightful and clever writing analyzes how America’s obsession with the female form has affected her own life’s journey and the psyche of all women today.
From her prize-winning fiction to her viral New York Times Modern Love essay, exploring the challenges facing contemporary women has been Lehr’s life-long passion. A Boob’s Life, her first project since breast cancer treatment, continues this mission, taking readers on a wildly informative, deeply personal, and utterly relatable journey. No matter your gender, you’ll never view this sexy and sacred body part the same way again.
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A thrilling mystery woven into a beautifully constructed family memoir: Meryl Frank’s journey to seek the truth about a beloved and revolutionary cousin, a celebrated actress in Vilna before World War II, and to answer the question of how the next generation should honor the memory of the Holocaust.
As a child, Meryl Frank was the chosen inheritor of family remembrance. Her aunt Mollie, a formidable and cultured woman, insisted that Meryl never forget who they were, where they came from, and the hate that nearly destroyed them. Over long afternoons, Mollie told her about the city, the theater, and, above all else, Meryl’s cousin, the radiant Franya Winter. Franya was the leading light of Vilna’s Yiddish theater, a remarkable and precocious woman who cast off the restrictions of her Hasidic family and community to play roles as prostitutes and bellhops, lovers and nuns. Yet there was one thing her aunt Mollie would never tell Meryl: how Franya died. Before Mollie passed away, she gave Meryl a Yiddish book containing the terrible answer, but forbade her to read it. And for years, Meryl obeyed.
Unearthed is the story of Meryl’s search for Franya and a timely history of hatred and resistance. Through archives across four continents, by way of chance encounters and miraculous discoveries, and eventually, guided by the shocking truth recorded in the pages of the forbidden book, Meryl conjures the rogue spirit of her cousin—her beauty and her tragedy. Meryl’s search reveals a lost world destroyed by hatred, illuminating the cultural haven of Vilna and its resistance during World War II. As she seeks to find her lost family legacy, Meryl looks for answers to the questions that have defined her life: what is our duty to the past? How do we honor such memories while keeping them from consuming us? And what do we teach our children about tragedy?
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A stylish, mind-racing literary thriller set in the dark heart of Paris, by a break-out new talent in crime fiction.
After moving back to Paris to live with his French dad, Alex Giraud is struggling to fit in among the kids of the rich elite at his exclusive school and he feels stifled by the expectations of his overbearing father. Eddy Giraud used to be one of the most fearless journalists in Paris, but his professional and personal disappointments have made him a cynical, opportunistic man who has little patience for his son’s lack of ambition.
Desperate to escape the increasingly suffocating atmosphere at home, Alex seeks freedom in the French metropolis where his new-found friend Sami teaches him the rules of the street. But everything has a price—and one night of rebellion changes their lives forever. A simple plan for a robbery takes a sinister turn when Alex’s father is found dead.
Despite protesting their innocence, Alex and Sami are imprisoned for murder. Seven years later, Alex is released from prison with a single purpose: discover who really killed his father.
As he searches for answers, Alex is tormented by his sense of guilt for his father (and for Sami) and, as he begins to uncover the truth about his father’s killer, other shocking revelations with far-reaching consequences come to light. Will Alex be able to survive his own personal demons and, after all this time, bring the murderer to justice?
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Sometimes a family treasure hunt unfurls new paths in life.
The Russell family members all seem to have . . . gifts. Eldest sister Penelope naturally infuses strength or joy or love—whatever the wearer requires—into the fabric of the dresses she designs as a seamstress. Her younger sister, Lilith, is never without whatever she needs—despite the free-spirited and nomadic life she lives with her daughter. There’s always a person nearby who just happens to have an apartment available to rent, or a part-time job open, or a car to borrow just when they need it. And Lilith’s adult daughter, Mattie, always seems to trigger the perfect song to mysteriously start playing—whether from a radio in another room that was turned off or from a friend’s phone in their pocket. And at the heart of the family is their old Victorian home that sometimes seems to have a personality in and of itself.
When independent, artistic Mattie Russell finds herself back in the family home after her mother’s unexpected death, she has no intention of sticking around the small town, even though she has no future destination in mind. She’s used to living in a new city every couple of years with Lilith as her sole companion, and she’s especially hesitant to entangle herself in the Russell family secrets about their special giftings.
But during the reading of the will, the family is shocked to learn Lilith included a testamentary trust that requires Mattie to stay in Ivy Ridge long enough to complete a series of seemingly absurd tasks in order to claim her inheritance. While completing the tasks, Mattie discovers that her mother had a well-thought-out plan for her daughter that would lead Mattie to finding her birth father, teach her how to choose her own path, learn to keep her heart open for love, and discover that staying still long enough to sow seeds can produce a stunning garden and vibrant life.
This enchanting and whimsical tale of mothers and daughters, home, and love will open readers’ eyes to the magic all around them.
- Southern women’s fiction that features a heaping spoonful of magic and a dash of romance
- Stand-alone novel
- Includes discussion questions for book clubs
- Also by Jennifer Moorman: The Baker’s Man
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“A caper stuffed with comedy and crime…equal parts adrenaline and heart. A completely delightful read.” ―Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author
“Smart, sassy, and sizzling with action.” ―Deborah Crombie, New York Times bestselling author
It was supposed to be a simple job: steal the paintings, leave the forgeries…
When a helicopter crashes through the skylight of the Asian Art Museum, an audacious heist turns into a tragedy. The only witness to the crash is eleven-year-old Grace, who watches in horror as her uncle is killed and a priceless statue stolen by two men and a―ghost? At least that’s how the eerie, smoke-like figure with parchment skin and floating hair appears to Grace. Scared almost to death, she flees into the night and seeks refuge in the back alleys of San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Grace is found by Sally Mei, self-appointed guardian of Chinatown. While Sally trains Grace in basic survival skills, her erstwhile partner Cape Weathers, private detective and public nuisance, searches for the mysterious crew behind the robbery before they strike the museum a second time. As the clock winds down, Cape enlists aid from some unlikely allies to lay a trap for a ghost who has no intention of being caught―nor of leaving any witnesses alive to tell the tale.
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Just Happy to Be Here
In this YA standalone perfect for fans of Tobly McSmith and Meredith Russo, the first out trans girl at an all-girls school must choose between keeping her head down or blazing a trail.
Tara just wants to be treated like any other girl at Ainsley Academy.
That is, judged on her merits—not on her transness. But there’s no road map for being the first trans girl at an all-girls school. And when she tries to join the Sibyls, an old-fashioned Ainsley sisterhood complete with code names and special privileges, she’s thrust into the center of a larger argument about what girlhood means and whether the club should exist at all.
Being the figurehead of a movement isn’t something Tara’s interested in. She’d rather read old speeches and hang out with the Sibyls who are on her side—especially Felicity, a new friend she thinks could turn into something more. Then the club’s sponsor, a famous alumna, attacks her in the media and turns the selection process into a spectacle.
Tara’s always found comfort in the power of other peoples’ words. But when it comes time to fight for herself, will she be able to find her own voice?
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Two societies collide: the trendy, upscale, ultra-hip universe of Atlanta and the alluring, bound-by-tradition world of old India!
Pressured by her challenging mother, Harlow Kennedy, an aspiring jewelry maker, agrees to marry politically ambitious pretty-boy Addison Whitmore. The match will elevate Harlow’s non-existent social standing and guarantee financial security for life. The wedding is scheduled to take place as soon as Harlow returns from her BFF’s wedding in India.
On the other side of the world, the parents of Tej Mayur, the “it” chef of Atlanta’s hottest new Indian restaurant, are fretting about their son’s unmarried status. They summon him home.
When Harlow meets Tej on a flight from Atlanta to Delhi, sparks fly. Unfortunately, Tej’s nuptials are already being arranged by his privileged East Indian family, and Harlow is not Indian. After touching down at Indira Gandhi International, they flee one another’s company–or so they think.
Karma Under Fire transports readers across the globe, and like Mississippi Masala and Crazy Rich Asians, at its core it’s a vibrant heartwarming story about two young people’s search for love while they navigate the uncertain path between passion and tradition.
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Death Watch
Coe Vessel, son of a legendary adman, lands the much-anticipated ad campaign of artist-provocateur Watanabe’s latest creation, a mysterious watch called Cassius Seven. The enigmatic Watanabe claims the watch can kill its wearer. Convinced it’s a high-art hoax, Coe and his team of renegade creatives work furiously to land the campaign and persuade the world that the watch (rebranded as Death Watch) is the must-have accessory for end-time capitalism.
Thanks to the team’s inventive launch, Death Watch finds eager buyers among the brazenly cocky, thoroughly disillusioned, and silently suicidal. Death Watch soon becomes a cultural phenomenon, harbinger of a new nihilism, and a target for moral outrage. Exactly what Watanabe envisioned. But his hoax turns horrific when the watches start going off, killing their wearers. Appalled, Coe and his team reverse course and work feverishly to alert would-be customers. But can they stop the juggernaut they set in motion?
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Cynthia Hart’s Victoriana Cats: The Sticker Book
Part of bestselling designer Cynthia Hart’s Victoriana Cats stationery line, here is a curated collection of 300 stickers that allow adults and children to add a touch of beauty to any surface with these beautiful images of charming cats, playful cats, cute cats, and more!
When Queen Victoria professed her love for cats, the people followed. Mousers, tabbies, and toms were invited into homes and cherished with a passion. And not only real cats, but their images too were everywhere. Cynthia Hart’s Victoriana Cats: The Sticker Book is a collection of 300 beautiful stickers featuring kittens and cats, in all manner of poses—catlike and humanlike—expressing tenderness, curiosity, a touch of mystery, and here and there a moment of mischief.
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This beautiful paperback box set includes all three books in Suzanne Collins’s internationally bestselling Hunger Games trilogy together with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV… And the odds are against all who play. With all four of Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games novels in one box set, you can step into the world of Panem with the 10th annual Hunger Games, and continue all the way to the electrifying conclusion.
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Amber Myers says
You have so many fabulous book gift options here. I loved The Hunger Games books. I need the Disney cookbooks!
KatBp says
Right! I love all of those as well. The cookbooks are the best.
I just love cookbooks and there are a few here I’d like to add to my collection. LIke that Disney Parks cookbook!
Right! I love the Disney cookbooks.
These are cookbooks that I need to check out. The Disney one would be my favorite.
Right! I love all the great cookbooks.
My friend goes to Disney parks all the time and is always posting about the delicious food! I know she would love these books!
Glad to hear that. I’m sure she’d love it then.
These period I love cookbooks so much! I would like to have a Disney cookbook! It would be fun to cook these recipes for my family!
Right! There are so many great recipes too.
Wow! These are amazing books! I’d love to read all of these books!
Right! There are so many great books.
These were a lot of interesting looking titles and it looked like there was a little bit of something for everyone and I’d no doubt find something for my favorite book worms!
Right! I love to read and cook, so these are all great for me.
My sister and her family are currently at Disneyworld and really enjoying all the food there. So the Disney Park cook book would make a lovely gift for them this Christmas
That’s so great to hear! I’m sure you’d love the book then.
oh my.. so many books here that are new to me.. and i have added too many of them to my tbr now.. but first read is going to be ‘Be the Bus’… thanks for this post .
Of course!
I would love to have the Disney Parks cookbook. They always have fun looking treats and goodies. I haven’t had a chance to bake in a long time bc I work a full time job these days.
Right! There are so many amazing things to cook in there.
What a great set! I’ve never been to Disney, but I’ve always heard amazing things about the food there. It would be fun to check these out and pick some recipes. I’ve always thought about that gray dessert from a Disney movie – I wonder if it’s in the recipe books!
Right! I’ve never been either, but this book is amazing.
Those are all wonderful books to check out and thanks for sharing them with us. Also love to collect cookbooks nowadays, will have to buy some of those for sure.
Right! Cookbooks are the best.