She's lost all faith in herself and her choices. He avoids people like the plague. Will these two hearts keeping letting fear hold them back, or will they have the courage to find lasting love?Elizabeth Adams is at the end of her rope. After her ex-husband's secret debts left her in financial ruin and the derelict B&B she inherits across the pond turns out to be a money pit, she feels like a complete failure. But when a cow trashes her garden, she must face having ...

In this mystery in thebestselling Cat Who series, there’s something rotten in the small town of Pickax—at least to the sensitive noses of newspaperman Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum.An accident has claimed the life of the local paper’s eccentric publisher, but to Qwilleran and his feline friends it smells like murder. They soon sniff out a shocking secret, but Koko’s snooping into an unusual edition of Shakespeare may prove CATastrophic... beca...

Owly, the little owl with a heart of gold, returns for another forest adventure in this Eisner-winning series about friendship!Owly always reaches out to a friend in need.Owly is a wonderful friend! He's honest, trustworthy, and kind. And whenever any of his pals are in trouble, he always finds a way to help. In this collection of nine stand-alone stories, Owly demonstrates the power of friendship by cheering up his friends when they're down, rescuing his f...

A collection of short stories from "a young writer of such extraordinary gifts that one is tempted to compare his debut to Hemingway's" (Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review ).Breece D'J Pancake cut short a remarkably promising career when he took his own life in 1979 at the age twenty-six. In 1983 the posthumous publication of this book—a collection of stories that depict, with astonishing power and grace, t...

The beloved humorist delivers a "winsome collection of anecdotes and essays on fishing, camping, hunting and other outdoor activities and catastrophes" ( Publishers Weekly).Overflowing with his trademark outdoorsman's wit, Patrick F. McManus's newest collection ponders the strange allure of the RV, the existential implications of being lost, the baffling tendency of animals to outsmart those who wish to hunt them, and the singular pleasure of doubling the s...

Fortified with Yankee ingenuity and western can-do energy, the Moody family, transplanted from New England, builds a new life on a Colorado ranch early in the twentieth century. Father has died and Little Britches shoulders the responsibilities of a man at age eleven. Man of the Family continues true pioneering adventures as unforgettable as those in Little Britches and The Fields of Home, also available as Bison Books.

Saddle up for a wild ride when a young girl finally gets the pony she's always dreamed of—and has some misadventures she never could have imagined.Meet Catherine Corey Keegan Dana (everyone calls her Keeker). What she wants most of all is a pony.Meet Plum. Plum is a Shetland pony (who's known to be a teeny bit sneaky). She rarely, if ever, thinks about little girls. She certainly doesn't want one.When Plum moves to Keeker's farm, Keeker faces the ch...

A blue ribbon might be in Keeker's future—if she can get the ornery Plum on board—in the second Sneaky Pony chapter book.When a flyer arrives announcing an upcoming horse show, Keeker is determined to enter. (Plum has to be convinced.) They work hard to prepare, but will it be enough?Praise for the Sneaky Pony series"These books are terrific first chapter books for young readers, quirky and compelling; the line drawings of the girl ...

What do you do when there are goldfish in the horse's water tank, a baby magpie in the bedroom, a cow in the kitchen and a half-dozen small dogs rolling in the dirt to get rid of the smell of skunk? It's all in a day's work on Gayle Bunney's farm near Bonnyville, Alberta. Bunney's hilarious and heartwarming stories are filled with down-to-earth observations on country life and the animals she loves. There's Old Pete, the cow that uses the kitchen sink as a water trough; Tramp, the fearless...

Beware the perilous pencils in the second novel of the wacky series starring a fifth-grade boy and "a superhero in the form of a hot dog" ( School Library Journal).Be afraid of your pencil. Be VERY afraid!Just when Bob is getting over their last battle with the grossly evil pizza alien, he and Hot Dog have a new enemy to tackle: crafty little pencil snatchers from the planet Pencilvania. Beginning readers will be clamoring for Hot Dog and Bob's sec...

More Western wit, wisdom, and words to live by!Whether the glass is half empty or half full depends on whether you're drinking or pouring.A stranger's business ain't yours.We might not be so bad off if we had a little less of everything.Henry Ward Beecher said "the common sense of one century is the common sense of the next." This follow-up the multimillion-selling collection of cowboy wit and wisdom shares the sor...

It's crazy in here!Beware! I mean, really,it's filled with some poemsthat are nutty and silly.If you love to frownand cranky's your thing.Then runaway fast,and heed this war-ning.Poetry is awesome! Playful, silly poems are even more awesome. So come on in and ready this zany collection: "The Baby ate the Dog Food" "I've a Crocodile in my Pool" "I Found a Little Kitty" I Stuffed a Pickle up my Nose" "My Dog has Purple Fleas" "Leftove...