Bark and Ride

A Tail-Wagging Adventure

Photographer Mark J. Asher has earned praise from the American Kennel Club Gazette as one who possesses “an unerring eye and flawless technique.” His previous treasures of photographs have been lauded as “simple and elegant” (The Humane Society of the United States), “highly recommended” (AKC Gazette), and “sure to bring a smile to your face…

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes

A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

Beginning with the day Hobbes sprang into Calvin's tuna fish trap, the first two Calvin and Hobbes collections, Calvin and Hobbes and Something Under The Bed Is Drooling, are brought together in this treasury. Including black-and-white dailies and color Sundays, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes also features an original full-color 16-page story. Perhaps the most brilliant…

Leila & Nugget Mystery

Who Stole Mr. T?

Leila & Nugget Mysteries are cute, funny chapter books that get even reluctant readers to beg for one more chapter. In this outing, Leila Beal and her little dog, Nugget, must crack the case of the neighborhood turtlenapping. Leila and Nugget have big plans for their snow day—that is, until a neighborhood pet goes missing….

Larry in Wonderland

A Pearls Before Swine Collection

One of the best-selling cartoons today. Offering blistering commentary on hot-button topics related to recent news events, popular culture, cartoon-page contemporaries, and more, Pearls Before Swine expertly illustrates the flaws and shortcomings of human nature through Pastis’s mindful menagerie of fiery and feisty characters. Stephan Pastis offers Pearls Before Swine fans a visit to the…

Thomas Kinkade Studios Perpetual Calendar with Scripture

This perpetual daily calendar features inspirational Bible verses and beautiful full-color paintings by Thomas Kinkade Studios, which carries on Thomas Kinkade’s legacy of creating and sharing beautiful images that evoke a sense of peace, inspiration, and gratitude. Each page of this spiral-bound calendar shows an uplifting King James Bible verse against a backdrop of a beautiful…

Calvin and Hobbes

The first book collection of the classic and beloved Calvin and Hobbes comic strip! "Most people who write comic dialogue for minors demonstrate surprisingly little feel for—or faith in—the original source material, that is, childhood, in all its unfettered and winsome glory. It is in this respect that Bill Watterson has proved as unusual as…

Priceless

The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet

Mitsuaki Iwago’s gorgeous photographs of adorable endangered animals accompanied by Bradley Trevor Greive’s impassioned plea for environmental consciousness and sprinkled with facts and figures on humans’ steady corruption of the earth in Priceless. There may be no more effective argument against environmental devastation than gorgeous photographs of adorable endangered animals–and this book is packed with…

Macho Macho Animals

A Pearls Before Swine Collection

The original bad boys of the comics page are back in this wildly entertaining seventh collection of Pearls Before Swine comic strips by Stephan Pastis. You know the lineup: Mucho macho Rat, who’s ready to get down with anyone he can; sensitive Pig, who can’t give up his disco dreams; Zebra, who will survive; and…

The Twelve Days of Christmas

 The Twelve Days of Christmas, a time-honored holiday classic gets a fresh and exciting update with Accord’s innovative AniMotion technology — the perfect way to introduce the tradition to a new generation.  The holidays just got a little more merry and bright with Accord’s The Twelve Days of Christmas featuring AniMotion. Whimsical illustrations reflect AniMotion…

Inspired by Nature Sketchbook

Marjolein Bastin's passion for the natural world saturates each page of the Inspired by Nature Sketchbook, and kindred spirits will adore this unique, beautifully illustrated sketchbook. Known for her charming, lush nature illustrations, Marjolein has kept detailed sketchbooks of the things she encounters in nature since she was a young girl.   This book features a number…

Places in the Heart

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