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This fast-paced, high-energy collection of short works features today's most popular writers and illustrators on what it means to be a guy. Contributors include Chris Crutcher, Stephen King, Matt Groening, Daniel Pinkwater, Neil Gaiman, and many more...

Esmé tells us about the night she and her mother became "egg vigilantes" against an illegally parked car; her freewheeling first school, where kids sat on sofas instead of at desks and could choose disco dancing instead of math; her dangerous neighborhood, which her father made seem friendly...

One minute you can't live without them . . . the next minute you don't want them breathing your air! Siblings everywhere will relate to this humorous look at famous brothers and sisters whose important bonds have shaped their accomplishments . . . (mostly) for the better. They blame you when...

How did Jon Scieszka get so funny, anyway? Growing up as one of six brothers was a good start, but that was just the beginning. Throw in Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, jokes told at family dinner, and the...

Gießkanne Elisabeth war wenig begeistert davon, wieder hervorgeholt zu werden. Sie hatte gerade beschlossen, einen kleinen persönlichen Winter-Schönheitsschlaf zu halten. Nun war sie schon wieder unterwegs. Was hatte sie unter diesem komischen Baum zu suchen? Unter ihr lag ein Säugling in einer Holzkrippe. Wenigstens plärrte er nicht, das konnte sie nicht leiden. Sie dachte nach. Sollte er gegossen werden? So wie junge Pflanzen? Den Leuten hier war alles zuzutrauen.