Get ready to enter a magical world of tickle bugs, ice cream monsters, imaginary friends, and grumpy old bears! The King of All Tickle Bugs and Other Stories is a fun-filled romp through the wonders of a childs imagination. Intended for young readers, this collection of short stories takes you to far-off kingdoms and places in your own backyard. In The King of All Tickle Bugs, five tickle bugs that live in a huge castle must help their hurt animal friends in the forest. A spotted pig tries to fit in with the other pigs and accept his friend, Mr. Muddwho may or may not existin The Spotted Pig and Mr. Mudd. Its a wild ride when The Ice Cream Monster Goes to the Zoo and then heads out to every freezer in the neighborhood! Full of enchanting illustrations and lots and lots of adventure, The King of All Tickle Bugs and Other Stories will enchant young and old alike!

An appealing guide to 33 neglected gems in children's literature by the author of A Reader's Delight.

“Don’t worry,” said Princess Leora’s father just before he left for the tournament. “If anything goes wrong, release a bunch of balloons from the castle tower. Wherever I am, I will see them and come home right away.” Now, something is wrong—very wrong. Princess Leora’s grumpy uncle, the Archduke, wants to be king, and the very first thing he does is pop every balloon in the kingdom. Princess Leora is afraid, but she doesn't give up. If she can find just one whole balloon, the kingdom will be saved!

King Kong (Collection) (1968-2008) consist of : King Kong (001-006)(1991-1992) Kong – King of Skull Island (000-005)(2007-2008) Enterprise Special 03 (19xx) (UK) (King Kong Spectacular) Fangoria 249 (2006 King Kong) King Kong (1968) (Gold Key) (Griffin) MAD 464 (2006) April – King Kong Satire Monsters Series – King Kong (text) Philip Jose Farmer – After King Kong Fell (text) King Kong – The 8th Wonder of the World TPB (2005-Dark Horse) King Kong 01 (2006)

Includes the stories “The Body” and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine A “hypnotic” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the films Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption—from Stephen King, bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters. This gripping collection begins with “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” in which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption. Next is “Apt Pupil,” the inspiration for the film of the same name about top high school student Todd Bowden and his obsession with the dark and deadly past of an older man in town. In “The Body,” four rambunctious young boys plunge through the façade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. This novella became the movie Stand By Me. Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in “The Breathing Method.” “The wondrous readability of his work, as well as the instant sense of communication with his characters, are what make Stephen King the consummate storyteller that he is,” hailed the Houston Chronicle about Different Seasons.

I have always believed in a few truths that should be universal. We should love and care for one another; it is wondrous that we all have different talents to share; we were given this beautiful world to take care of, not to abuse; we were created in His image so we are all beautiful. We should cherish our homes, our family, our friends, and ourselves, because these can never truly be replaced. I feel you are never too young to learn or too old to respect these truths. That is why this title makes sense; I have made up stories about truths true stories.

The first volume of Barker's memoirs, A Life in Jazz, followed him from New Orleans into the big bands of Cab Calloway and Benny Carter. He was working on this-the second volume-for some years before his death in 1994. Beginning with an extended portrait of Buddy Bolden as recalled by the likes of Jelly Roll Morton and Bunk Johnson as well as Barker himself, this book draws together a lifetime of stories and the vivid characters who populated "Storyville."Danny Barker (1909-1994) sang and played the guitar and banjo on over 1,000 jazz, swing, blues, and bebop records. He is a member of the Jazz Hall of Fame and recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Music Master Award. Alyn Shipton is a writer and broadcaster on jazz. He is the editor of A Life in Jazz, the first volume of Danny Barker's memoirs.