David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His...

"Stories, essays, poems, and personal reminiscences from the sage of Lake Wobegon. When, at thirteen, he caught on as a sportswriter for the Anoka Herald, Garrison Keillor set out to become a professional writer, and so he has done--a storyteller, sometime comedian, essayist, newspaper columnist, screenwriter, poet. Now a single volume brings together the full range of his work: monologues from A Prairie Home Companion, stories from The New Yorker...

This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, this touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here? Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8 year...

An accident sends Blork and his crew to the silliest planet in the galaxy. There he will have to uncover the secret of the Planet of the Dips to save his friends and his beloved poodnoobie.

A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children s story is brought to life by Caldecott Medal winners Philip Stead and Erin Stead. Johnny, forlorn and alone except for his pet chicken, meets a kind woman who gives him seeds that change his fortune, allowing him to speak with animals and sending him on a quest to rescue a stolen prince. In the face of a bullying tyrant king, Johnny and his animal friends come to understand that...

In "The Curse of the Incredible Priceless Corncob" when Pete the Barncat offers to trade good, juicy steak scraps for a couple of old corncobs; Hank the Cowdog smells a rat. The cobs must be worth a fortune! So, armed with his Incredible Priceless Corncobs, Hank takes Early Retirement. But the life of luxury isn't what Hank expects. Everyone's after his treasure--even Drover! Can Hank save his fortune, or will he give it up for the sake of the ranch?...