Life is ripe with good times and plenty of beer when Mrs. Feeley welcomes her new friend, the musical Miss Tinkham, to share her San Diego home and junkyard, Noah’s Ark. It’s not long before the gourmet culinarian Mrs. Rasmussen moves in, too, and the three elderly ladies bask in their joie de vivre. But the party is cut short when they discover the property taxes have been pocketed by a swindling lawyer. The three wisecracking women must use their collective smarts to raise the money before they lose their home—and maybe fit in a trip to Tijuana if they can earn a little extra. With this first book of Mary Lasswell’s to feature the “Arkies,” you’ll be hard pressed to not grin along with the charm of Lasswell’s characters. Go back to the ’40s in this authentic piece of Americana and see how the story of your new three favorite ladies begins.

With young Americans leaving to fight in WWII, Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Rasmussen, and Miss Tinkham are overcome with patriotism and decide they owe a contribution to the war effort themselves. But when the manager of nearby Consocraft Airplane Factory doesn’t think that they’re cut out for riveting, they try a more domestic approach to help their boys overseas. The second installment of Mary Lasswell’s delightful and lighthearted stories to feature the residents of San Diego’s Noah’s Ark junkyard is full of brash do-goodery and fun. Get ready to be swept up in Mrs. Feeley and friends’ impeccable charm in this classic title about The Greatest Generation.

The long-awaited prequel to the bestseller FOURTH GRADE RATSGeorge, aka "Suds," has just entered third grade, and he's heard the rhyme about "first grade babies/second grade cats/third grade angels/fourth grade rats," but what does this mean for his school year? It means that his teacher, Mrs. Simms, will hold a competition every month to see which student deserves to be awarded "the halo" - which student is best-behaved, kindest to others, and, in short, perfect. Suds is determined to be the first to earn the halo, but he's finding the challenge of always being good to be more stressful than he had anticipated. Does he have to be good even outside of school? (Does he have to be nice to his annoying little sister?) And if Mrs. Simms doesn't actually see him doing a good deed, does it even count?A warm, funny return to elementary school from master storyteller Spinelli.

Kindhearted and loudmouthed Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Rasmussen, and Miss Tinkham have only just set out on their long-awaited cross-country drive to the West Coast when the trouble begins. It’s bad enough that they wind up in a seedy, truck stop nightclub, but then it’s raided by the police! Thankfully, Chief Connolly can tell they’re decent folks and lets them off easy, but he needs a favor in return. He wants them to take a passenger on their trip; a dangerous passenger they’ll need to outwit before making it home. Mary Lasswell is firing on all cylinders again in this madcap, slapstick, high-spirited adventure—the fourth to star Mrs. Feeley and friends.

This book is the portrait of a Texas truly learned by heart, the real Texas that lies behind the too familiar backdrop of oil rigs and Cadillacs.

Times are tough for Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Rasmussen, and Miss Tinkham. After eighteen years of sharing the home that brought them together, it’s become too expensive to maintain, and their neighborhood too stripped of character to boot. They set out to find a simpler life with a fixer-upper where they can live off the land, but nothing could be that simple . . . In the sixth and final story to star Mrs. Feeley and company, Mary Lasswell is once again pitch perfect with charm. See how everything works out in this uproarious last hoorah, rich with fun and inspirational kindness!

When pirate mommy announces bath time, it is yo ho ho and to the bath we go for her little pirates.

This easy-to-use guide for everyone who is concerned about the toxic chemicals in cleaning products includes remarkably simple recipes for natural, non-toxic household cleaners that really work--the secrets the cleaning industry doesn't want consumers to know.

Little Bunny is REALLY MAD at his mommy. She sleeps too late. She talks too much. She watches her silly grown-up shows instead of cartoons. And she gets mad for no reason-like just a few little soap bubbles on the floor. It's time for Little Bunny to SPEAK OUT. And time for a hug later on. With the charming illustrations and spot-on understanding of young children's thinking that distinguished The Snow Day, Komako Sakai brings us a REALLY ANGRY-and ultimately sweet-new story.