Pudding Tat is born on the Willoughby Farm in 1901 — just another one of Mother Tat’s kittens. But it turns out that Pudding is anything but ordinary. He is pure white with pink eyes that, though beautiful, do not see well, and hearing that is unusually acute. He finds himself drawn to the sweet sounds of the world around him — the pattering heartbeat of a nearby mouse, the musical tinkling of a distant stream.Soon the sounds of adventure call to Pudding, too. But before he can strike out into the wide world on his own, he hears a voice — coming from right inside his own ear. A flea has claimed Pudding as his host. The bossy parasite demands that Pudding take him away from the lowly barn and the drunken singing of his fellow fleas. He doesn’t want adventure but a finer life — one where he can enjoy a warm bed and blood flavored not with mice, but with beef tenderloin and cream.Fortunately for this mismatched pair, the world is an extremely interesting place in 1901. Over the next decad
Leo wants no part of sitting down with his family to eat Nonna's big, delizioso lunch every Sunday. “I'm not hungry,” he insists. Not hungry? Hmm. Clever Nonna gets an idea. She'll use a story to lure
Isabel loves Jasper, and it's making life complicated. He just wants to play knights and dragons with Ori and Leon, but Isabel makes him play babies and tries to set up their wedding. The only good th
At first Curtis isn't that worried when his mother doesn't come home from her all-night job at the local gas bar. She'll be back, he's ten out of ten positive. After all, she promised she would never
When his mother doesn't come home from her work shift, Curtis does what he can to take care of himself and his five-year-old brother while trying to hide her absence from his teachers so that they don
Nicola’s adorable little dog June Bug keeps getting into trouble. She steals the neighbor’s turkey, yanks down the Christmas tree, and destroys Mom’s almost-finished giant crossword. Everyone is mad,
Pierre and Paul are back for another imaginative bilingual adventurePierre and Paul are back for another imaginative bilingual adventurePierre and Paul are back for another adventure! Pierre speaks Fr
Malcolm, an aging hairdresser, is reclusive and bitter. Alison, a salon apprentice, is dismissed by Malcolm for her embarrassing innocence. When their colleague is murdered by neo-Nazis, however, the
Isabel and Rollo are back ... but, who's in the doghouse now?Isabel's dog, Rollo --- “the cutest, funniest puppy” --- just doesn't seem like himself lately. Besides not fitting into her best friend Zoë's doll clothes anymore, he's become much harder to handle. Like when he pulls away from both girls to chase a squirrel --- then keeps running! Or when he eats everyone's ice cream right off the table! Sure, Isabel bent the rules (or, um, had no rules?) for Rollo when he was a baby. But now he's a teenager --- and he's out of control!! Is there a cure for this? Has Isabel created a monster?! Kids won't be able to look away!Isabel, Zoë and Rollo are back! But, this time, Isabel's sweet little puppy is turning into a dog she can't recognize. So, who's in the doghouse now?Isabel's dog, Rollo - "the cutest, funniest puppy" ever - just doesn't seem like himself these days. For starters, he doesn't fit into any of her best friend Zoë's doll clothes anymore when they try to play baby with him. B
It only takes a moment for your life to be changed forever—as the characters of this darkly comic novel discover early on. The fateful moment for the newlyweds Ross and Iliana comes with the freak aut
Bruno is a boy with particular tastes and ideas. He will not, for example, eat anything green. He spends one day as Sir Bruno and another as the Queen. He is an entrepreneur and he understands the lan
In these ten short stories, Caroline Adderson adopts a brilliant array of perspectives ranging from that of a nineteenth-century prospector, to a chambermaid in WWI Victoria, to two long-time friends
Parents have a lingering impact on their teen children. If you act like Marlene, you end up like Marlene -- messed up, lonely and broke. No wonder Samantha rejects her mother's lifestyle. In The Trou
From the author of the Jasper John Dooley series comes a new lovable character: Isabel! The first title in this early chapter book series tells us why Isabel just has, has, has to get a dog!Isabel and
Parents have a lingering impact on their teen children. If you act like Marlene, you end up like Marlene -- messed up, lonely and broke. No wonder Samantha rejects her mother's lifestyle. In The Trou
