Until events run wildly out of hand, Charleen Forrest manages to cope with the uncertainties of a failed marriage, trying to live her own life and raise a son on her frugal income. She is not unaware
This interactive book, which features tactile, inviting textures and plenty of lift-the-flaps throughout, invites readers to use the clues to guess what is inside each box.In this interactive, engaging book, rhyming text and spirited illustrations invite readers to try to guess what object is hiding inside the box on each spread. Children are given clues as to the identity of the objects inside the boxes, which are decorated differently. Readers open one box that is hot and has smoke and flames pouring out of the holes; another that is wiggling around; one that is noisy; and another that is wrapped up with ribbons and a bow. Features tactile textures and lift-the-flaps throughout.
"This is the record of a box man." The streets of Tokyo have been seeing a strange phenomenon recently - people who have decided to live their lives in a box on the street. Behind their cut-out eyeholes, they sit and watch from behind their four cardboard walls. Our nameless narrator, at first repulsed by the box men, slowly becomes drawn in to the anonymity and voyeuristic life inside a box.As his identity slowly slips away and he becomes obsessed with watching an intriguing young nurse, we too become privy to the schizophrenic and seductive unreality of a box man's life.
On the surface, Grain of Truth is a brief, simple book in which the author makes objects out of wood – a hand plane for himself, a marimba for his children, a box to hold the cremated remains of his g
After solving the case of Truly Devious, Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious standalone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson. Now available in paperback!Stevie Bell did it. She solved the greatest unsolved mystery of the century. So what now?Figuring it all out―the truth behind Truly Devious and what exactly happened in the Ellingham Affair―has granted Stevie Bell a bit of celebrity in the true crime community. So she’s not surprised when she gets an email from the man who owns Camp Sunny Pines (now called Camp Wonder Falls), the site of the infamous “Box in the Woods” murders from the 1970s. Weird things are happening at the camp again, although nothing as sinister as before. No murders, no bodies posed by the mysterious figure they called the Woodsman. But there is a threatening message painted across a wall. And a box has appeared, with three grisly dolls inside it.Stevie accepts a job
When Army Ranger Quinn Colson, the new sheriff of Tebbehah County, is called out to investigate a child abuse case, what he finds is a horrifying scene of neglect, thirteen empty cribs, and a shoe box
Freddie, Flossie, and their kitten, Snoop, are taking the train to Grandma's house. When Freddie lets Snoop out of his box, the fun begins! Ready-to-read books offer children a world of possibilities
A practical yet "out of the box" how to on making an income for the single parent, those in-between jobs, college students, and those who wish to pursue a dream.
The NFL trainer and co-founder of A Call to Men, a group that works to end violence against women through promoting healthier attitudes about manhood, discusses the important role that men have in fig
Nothing ever happens in Yong’s boxed-in life. Nothing ever will happen as long as he’s waiting to be entertained. When a broken box inspires his curiosity, Yong begins to develop the skills of attenti
When two sisters set out across a remote stretch of Montana road to visit their friend, little do they know it will be the last time anyone might ever hear from them. The girls—and their car—simply va
Just as the polls opened on November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony arrived and filled out her “ticket” for the various candidates. But before it could be placed in the ballot box, a poll watcher objected,
Just as the polls opened on November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony arrived and filled out her "ticket" for the various candidates. But before it could be placed in the ballot box, a poll watcher objected,
