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81) The Twits
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2001?]
Language
English
Description
Grace has just been released from prison, where she was sent for trying to run over her ex-husband's new wife with her Jaguar in a supermarket parking lot. It may make things a little awkward when all three of them attend a glittering charity ball in London together...
From the Booker Prize-nominated author of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, this is a tale of passion, spite, romance, and revenge, set in the world of the rich, the stylish, the...
Author
Series
Wayside School volume 2
Language
English
Description
More humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded Mushroom Surprise, and study a hobo during show and tell. Sequel to "Sideways Stories from Wayside School."
Author
Series
Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 9
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Even the best bad kitties can get sick, and when it happens, it means just one thing: a visit to the vet!"--
88) The girl in blue
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A small case of shoplifting turns out to be merely the first step toward the involvement of almost everyone in the book in trying to steal a priceless Gainesborough miniature, "The Girl in Blue." For good reasons and bad...
Author
Series
Stick Dog volume 6
Publisher
Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When they come across spaghetti in their search for a tug-of-war rope, Stick Dog and his hungry friends go on a quest for more pasta that sees them scale their suburb's tallest mountain and sneak into a restaurant filled with humans.
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
When first-grader Roscoe discovers that his stuffed pig is missing from his backpack, he accuses the class bully of "pig-napping" and gets even by taking the bully's teddy bear.
91) Cats in the city
Author
Series
Stick Cat volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
While admiring the view of the city from his friend Edith's apartment, Stick Cat notices that Hazel, the bagel maker, is in danger across the alley, and he devises a plan to rescue her.
Author
Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 7
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"As his school's centennial is coming up, Big Nate is stuck showing the dorky new kid around"--
95) Swollobog
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
On an outing to the fair, a perpetually hungry little dog swallows a helium balloon and leads his owners on a wild chase.
Author
Series
Dog Man volume 4
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
January 2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a new sitter arrives and a movie star goes missing, Dog Man and Cat Kid investigate, but Petey, the world's most evil cat, complicates their case.
Author
Series
Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Excited about his big birthday party, Bad Kitty gets a dose of his own medicine when, upon their arrival, his troublesome friends wreak havoc and his collection of presents suddenly go missing.
98) Humorists
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Paul Johnson's INTELLECTUALS, CREATORS, and HEROES, a new book of biographical portraits of the greatest humorists and wits in modern history"--
99) Bob and Tom
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
While thinking about what they should do with their day, two turkeys lose their names and learn about swimming suits.
100) Surprise me: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
"After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have all the trimmings of a happy life and marriage; they have a comfortable home, fulfilling jobs, beautiful twin girls, and communicate so seamlessly, they finish each other's sentences. However, a trip to the doctor projects they will live another 68 years together and panic sets in. They never expected "until death do us part" to mean seven decades. In the name of marriage survival, they quickly...
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