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Combining his three bestselling joke books for kids, Rob Elliott will have you doubled over for days. Great on car rides, at the dinner table, on the playground, and anywhere in between, this collection of wholesome hilarity will make you and those around you smile from ear to ear.
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Once again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that his legions of fans will fall for him once more. He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside, and pushes the boundaries of laziness when, finding the water shut off in his house in Normandy, he looks to the water in a vase of fresh cut flowers to fill the coffee machine. From armoring the windows with LP covers...
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Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, David Sedaris has become one of the best-loved humorists of our time, writing with perfect pitch about the ludicrousness of our age. In a collection of essays, observations, and commentaries, the humorist describes his recent move to Paris, life as an American in Paris, his struggle to learn French, his family, and restaurant meals.
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A collection of pictures drawn by different artists. Various award-winning artists present their own version of the classic joke, from Marle Frazee's chicken who is searching for a luxury "coop," to Mo Willems's chicken who confesses his motives to a police officer. Other artists included are Judy Schachner, Tedd Arnold, David Shannon, Jon Agee, Vladimir Radunsky, Jerry Pinkney, Chris Sheban, Harry Bliss, Mary GrandPre, Lynn Munsinger, David Catrow...
13) Amelia Bedelia
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When Mrs. Rogers leaves Amelia Bedelia alone in the house on her first day of work, she follows the directions left for her very carefully, but ends up with most unusual results.
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With Dress Your Family in Courduroy and Denim, David Sedaris returns to his deliriously twisted domain, hilarious childhood dramas infused with melancholy; the gulf of misunderstanding that exists between people of different nations or members of the same family; and the poignant divide between one's best hopes and most common deeds.