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The thirtieth-anniversary edition of a beloved children’s book. The Mushroom Man has arrived at its thirtieth anniversary despite breaking every rule of picture-book storytelling. It is not a story about children: The only kids make a cameo appearance to taunt the mushroom man in the street. It is n... Read More about The Mushroom Man: 30th Anniversary Edition

As a young roach, Francesca was warned against churches. They were disgustingly clean, barren of food, although sometimes you might find leftover rice from weddings under the pews, and they were dangerous. Francesca and Martin, a skunk, originally met in a trash can awhile back: He’d startled her by... Read More about The Blessing of the Beasts

In this updated anthology Ethel Pochocki (author of Once Upon a Time Saints books) has selected a mixture for older youth of "soldiers and sailors, kings and queens, doctors, lawyers, beggars, thieves, poets, diplomats, fools and cranks," and she has told their stories in her characteristi... Read More about Saints & Heroes

A Penny for a Hundred is beloved children's book author Ethel Pockocki's timeless tale of culture shock in rural Maine during the Second World War. It is 1944 and nine-year-old Clare will finally be able to help with the potato harvest--up until now, she was only able to earn the penny a hundred her... Read More about A Penny for a Hundred

As a young roach, Francesca was warned against churches: Her mother had told her there was no reason to visit such a place. Churches were disgustingly clean, barren of food, although sometimes you might find leftover rice from weddings under the pews, and they were dangerous. Francesca and Martin, a... Read More about The Blessing of Beasts

Children teased the Mushroom Man because he was different, but he had a cheerful disposition.He was, for the most part content, but her was lonely.  After a disappointing connection with a cat, he finds a most unexpected companion, one that likes mushrooms ans working in the dark as much as he ... Read More about The Mushroom Man