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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe perennially popular tale of Alexander's worst day is a storybook that belongs on every child's bookshelf.Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with gum in this hair.And it got worse...His best friend deserted him. There was no dessert in his lunch bag...Categorized as:
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![I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems]()
I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGerald is careful. Piggie is not.Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.Gerald and Piggie are best friends.In I Love My New Toy!, Piggie can't wait to show Gerald her brand new toy... -
![Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick]()
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life (well, almost): He plays drums in the All-Star Jazz Band, has a crush on the hottest girl in school (who doesn’t know he’s alive), frequently finds himself sitting across from his school counselor (who bribes him with candy), and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey (who is cuter than cute)... -
![The Good Egg by Jory John]()
The Good Egg by Jory John
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn this follow-up to Jory John and Pete Oswald’s popular picture book The Bad Seed, meet the next best thing: a very good egg, indeed!The good egg has been good for as long as he can remember. While the other eggs in his carton are kind of rotten, he always does the right, kind, and courteous thing... -
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![The Season of Silver Linings by Christine Nolfi]()
The Season of Silver Linings by Christine Nolfi
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe can’t change what’s come before. But letting go could bring healing—and the rare love that comes once in a lifetime.When Ohio pastry chef Jada Brooks and her two best friends restored the glorious Wayfair Inn, it was a boon to Sweet Lake—and to their own lives. Now Linnie and Cat are focused on private matters: one engaged, the other swept up in newlywed bliss... -
![Third Time's The Charm by Liz Talley]()
Third Time's The Charm by Liz Talley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen you find someone who has no hope left, give the bracelet to her… Sunshine “Sunny” Voorhees David would rather be dead than back in Morning Glory, Mississippi. But after losing both her husband and a pregnancy, she comes home temporarily to the place she swore she’d never return... -
![No, David! by David Shannon]()
No, David! by David Shannon
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWhen author and artist David Shannon was five years old, he wrote a semi-autobiographical story of a little kid who broke all his mother's rules. He chewed with his mouth open, jumped on the furniture, and he broke his mother's vase... -
![All That Charm: by Liz Talley]()
All That Charm: by Liz Talley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dying friend’s gift delivers a chance to start over… With Morning Glory in her rearview mirror, Eden Voorhees heads to New Orleans to pursue the dream she put on hold while caring for her disabled mother. But in the Big Easy, she finds a roach-infested apartment, a non-existent job and a dwindling bank account... -
![A Perfectly Messed-Up Story by Patrick McDonnell]()
A Perfectly Messed-Up Story by Patrick McDonnell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this interactive and engaging read-aloud, bestselling author and award-winning artist Patrick McDonnell creates a funny, engaging, and almost perfect story about embracing life's messes... -
![Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson]()
Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs two pals wander the streets of Belfast in search of something better--a better pint, a better job, a better woman, a better now--readers are treated to their hilarious misadventures, political intrigues, and outlandish schemes... -
![I'm Sad by Michael Ian Black, Debbie Ridpath Ohi]()
I'm Sad by Michael Ian Black, Debbie Ridpath Ohi
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA girl, a potato, and a very sad flamingo star in this charming sequel to I’m Bored by New York Times bestselling author and comedian Michael Ian Black and celebrated illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi.Everyone feels sad sometimes—even flamingos. Sigh. When Flamingo announces he’s feeling down, the little girl and Potato try to cheer him up, but nothing seems to work... -
![Giraffe Problems by Jory John]()
Giraffe Problems by Jory John
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPenguins aren't the only animals with problems. . . . A second hilarious collaboration from picture-book superstars Lane Smith and Jory John!Can you guess what's making this giraffe self-conscious? Could it be . . . HIS ENORMOUS NECK?? Yes, it's exactly that--how on earth did you figure it out?Edward the giraffe can't understand why his neck is as long and bendy and, well, ridiculous as it is... -
![Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas]()
Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat kind of a face would you make if a tickly green bug were sitting on your nose? Or if it were-eek!-inside your shirt? Could you make a scary face to frighten it away? Or, even better, stand up and do the chicken dance? Yes? Then better get to it! This exuberant, interactive picture book starring a bossy little ladybug and a GIANT hungry frog will have kids leaping up and down and out of... -
![There's A Boy In The Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar]()
There's A Boy In The Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWith the new school counselor's help, Bradley begins to see himself as less of a monster and more of an individual capable of believing in himself... -
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![Circle by Mac Barnett]()
Circle by Mac Barnett
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMac Barnett and Jon Klassen deliver the final tale about Triangle, Square, and Circle.This book is about Circle. This book is also about Circle's friends, Triangle and Square. Also it is about a rule that Circle makes, and how she has to rescue Triangle when he breaks that rule... -
![Wild Children by Richard Roberts]()
Wild Children by Richard Roberts
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBad children are punished. Be bad, a child is told, and you’ll be turned into an animal, marked with your crime.The Wild Children are forever young, but that, too, can be a curse.Five children each tell a different story of what they became:One learns that wrong can be right, and her curse may be a blessing.Another is so Wild he must learn the simplest lesson, to love someone else... -
![The Baby Diaries by Sam Binnie]()
The Baby Diaries by Sam Binnie
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe hilarious and heart-warming second in the series from the author of The Wedding Diaries."I'd be sick right now, but I never like to reinforce a cliché."A few weeks after Kiki and Thom return from honeymoon, Kiki finds there's a noticeable absence. An extremely serious noticeable absence of something, it turns out, Kiki now realises she was pretty glad about... -
![Shopping à Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella]()
Shopping à Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratings8 Books Bundle: 1. Confessions of a Shopaholic, 2. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, 3.Shopaholic Ties the Knot, 4. Shopaholic & Sister, 5. Shopaholic & Baby, 6. Remember Me?, 7. Can you keep a secret?, 8... -
![The Sweetheart Bargain by Shirley Jump]()
The Sweetheart Bargain by Shirley Jump
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou can’t teach an old dog new tricks—unless you’re a Sweetheart Sister… The Sweetheart Sisters, a trio of sassy, well-meaning grannies (who aren’t against a sip of bourbon with breakfast) are ready to dispense advice and help create happy endings with a little of what they do best—meddling. Animal therapist Olivia Linscott is the Sweetheart Sisters’ first target... -
![Insane City by Dave Barry]()
Insane City by Dave Barry
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA dark comic masterpiece—the first solo adult novel in more than a decade from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times–bestselling author.Seth Weinstein knew Tina was way out of his league in pretty much any way you could imagine, which is why it continued to astonish him that he was on the plane now for their destination wedding in Florida... -
![Ladies' Night by Mary Kay Andrews]()
Ladies' Night by Mary Kay Andrews
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTake a splash of betrayal, add a few drops of outrage, give a good shake to proper behavior and take a big sip of a cocktail called… Ladies' Night ! Grace Stanton’s life as a rising media star and beloved lifestyle blogger takes a surprising turn when she catches her husband cheating and torpedoes his pricey sports car straight into the family swimming pool... -
![Tauben, Die Den Mambo Tanzen by C.D. Payne]()
Tauben, Die Den Mambo Tanzen by C.D. Payne
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Jonathan Livingston Seagull as imagined by the Marx brothers." That's one take on Frisco Pigeon Mambo, an uproarious new comic novel by C.D. Payne, author of the cult classic Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp.When a flock of alcohol and tobacco addicted lab pigeons are liberated in San Francisco, our feathered heroes turn the whole city topsy-turvy... -
![Sideways by Rex Pickett]()
Sideways by Rex Pickett
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSideways is the story of two friends--Miles and Jack--going away together for the last time to steep themselves in everything that makes it good to be young and single: pinot, putting, and prowling bars. In the week before Jack plans to marry, the pair heads out from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez wine country. For Jack, the tasting tour is Seven Days to D-Day, his final stretch of freedom... -
![One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper]()
One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 24 ratings“Mistakes have been made.”Drew Silver has begun to accept that life isn’t going to turn out as he expected. His fleeting fame as the drummer for a one-hit wonder rock band is nearly a decade behind him. His ex-wife is about to marry a terrific guy... -
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![The Hole in the Middle by Kate Hilton]()
The Hole in the Middle by Kate Hilton
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI Don’t Know How She Does It for the This Is 40 generation. Sophie Whelan is the epitome of the modern super woman. When she operates at peak performance, she can cajole balky employees, soothe her cranky children, trouble-shoot career disasters, throw a dinner party for 10, and draft an upbeat Christmas letter—all in the same day... -
![Run Program by Scott Meyer]()
Run Program by Scott Meyer
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat’s worse than a child with a magnifying glass, a garden full of ants, and a brilliant mind full of mischief?Try Al, a well-meaning but impish artificial intelligence with the mind of a six-year-old and a penchant for tantrums... -
![Love, Etc. by Julian Barnes]()
Love, Etc. by Julian Barnes
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Julian Barnes continues to reinvigorate the novel with his pyrotechnic verbal skill and playful manipulation of plot and character. In Love, etc. he uses all the surprising, sophisticated ingredients of a delightful farce to create a tragicomedy of human frailties and needs... -
![The Bend of the World: A Novel by Jacob Bacharach]()
The Bend of the World: A Novel by Jacob Bacharach
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Mighty strange doings” mark the Pittsburgh of Jacob Bacharach’s audacious and hilarious debut novel, a town where “yeti, UFOs, rumors of orgiastic rites, intimations of the Mayan apocalypse and ‘psycho-temporal distortions’ add that extra zing to the bustling night life” (James Wolcott)... -
![Where I Belong by Gwendolyn Heasley]()
Where I Belong by Gwendolyn Heasley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMeet Corrinne. She's living every girl's dream in New York City—shopping sprees at Barneys, open access to the best clubs and parties, and her own horse at the country club. Her perfect life is perfectly on track. At least it was. . . .When Corrinne's father is laid off, her world suddenly falls apart... -
![Great Apes by Will Self]()
Great Apes by Will Self
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFans of Will Self's satirical fiction and stunning prose will not be disappointed in the latest from the author who brought readers through the bizarre war between the sexes in Cock & Bull and into the costly world of high-stakes business in My Idea of Fun. With Great Apes, Self takes readers into a sort of "Planet of the Apes" with a twist... -
![Psych Major Syndrome by Alicia Thompson]()
Psych Major Syndrome by Alicia Thompson
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUsing the skills you've learned so far in Introduction to Psychology, please write a brief self-assessment describing how things are going in your freshman year. Presenting Concerns: The Patient, Leigh Nolan (that would be me), has just started her first year at Stiles College... -
![The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams]()
The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLong-standing tensions between a husband, his wife, and her best friend finally come to a breaking point in this sharp domestic comedy of manners, told brilliantly over the course of one day.What if the two most important people in your life hated each other with a passion?The wife has it all... -
![Just Like Me, Only Better by Carol Snow]()
Just Like Me, Only Better by Carol Snow
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the author of Here Today, Gone to Maui, the story of a woman who finally got a life...some else's. Ever since Veronica's husband found the love of his life—not her—she's been a walking zombie with runny mascara. It doesn't help that she keeps getting mistaken for Haley Rush—the Hollywood starlet whose dazzling life is plastered on every magazine... -
![When Mr. Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan]()
When Mr. Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDylan Mint has Tourette’s. For Dylan, life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in – the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that escapes whenever he gets stressed. And, as a sixteen-year-old virgin and pupil at Drumhill Special School, getting stressed is something of an occupational hazard. But then a routine visit to the hospital changes everything... -
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![The Great Man by Kate Christensen]()
The Great Man by Kate Christensen
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Epicure's Lament, a novel of literary rivalry in which two competing biographers collide in their quest for the truth about a great artist.Oscar Feldman, the "Great Man," was a New York city painter of the heroic generation of the forties and fifties... -
![The (Un)Reality Show by Clara Ng]()
The (Un)Reality Show by Clara Ng
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImagine having these people as roomates... Ini adalah cerita tentang delapan orang biasa-biasa saja (seperti yang disangka oleh tim kreatif televisi) ...dipilih secara acak... (seperti yang disangka oleh produser televisi juga) ...tanpa audisi... .. -
![Die Wunschliste by Jill Smolinski]()
Die Wunschliste by Jill Smolinski
Rated: 3.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMeet June Parker. She works for L.A. Rideshare, adores her rent-stabilized apartment in Santa Monica, and struggles with losing a few pesky pounds. But June’s life is about to change.After a dark turn of events involving Weight Watchers, a chili recipe and a car accident in which her passenger, Marissa, dies, June finds herself in possession of a list, “20 Things to Do By My 25th Birthday... -
![The Cry of the Sloth by Sam Savage]()
The Cry of the Sloth by Sam Savage
Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLiving on a diet of fried Spam, vodka, sardines, cupcakes, and Southern Comfort, Andrew Whittaker is slowly being sucked into the morass of middle age. A negligent landlord, small-time literary journal editor, and aspiring novelist, he is--quite literally-- authoring his own downfall...
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