Pinky The Purrminator


Book Description

Pinky, the Purrminator shares her rescue story from the perspective of a displaced cat on the “inside”. She soon realizes that the life of a rescue animal is scary and sometimes hopeless. Yes, they have food and shelter, which is better than living on the street, but Pinky firmly believes that she and her fellow canine and feline friends deserve better. After hearing the game show, The Price is Right on the TV in the rescue where Pinky is being held, she begins to formulate a cunning plan. She vows that if she ever finds a forever home, she will do her very best to become a voice for rescue cats and dogs everywhere. In time she finds a loving forever home and is determined to set her plan in motion. Pinky has but one item on her bucket list and she is desperate to make it happen. She enlists the help of several neighborhood Amish cats and the various inside and outside cats (and dogs) in the household. The Purrminator, proves to be a powerful leader, but getting her rag-tag group of friends to understand and execute her ideas is at times an overwhelming task. Pinky and her companions find themselves on a wild roller coaster ride full of amazing, and at times frightening twists and turns. She repeatedly meets obstacles and often feels defeated, but she never forgets the other rescue animals that she vowed to help. The other animals under Pinky’s guidance quickly learn to never underestimate the Purrminator. She is stubborn and tenacious with fierce determination. With perseverance and persistence, mixed in with luck and a bit of serendipity, she is so close to marking off that one item and fulfilling her lifelong dream. But just as Pinky is about to savor experiencing her dream trip to meet her idol, Drew Carey, will fate intervene and derail it all?




Secrets of an Undercover Activist


Book Description

Environment Award for Children's Literature Winner ‘Engaging, entertaining, vocabulary-enhancing and empowering.’ Jen Carney, author of The Accidental Diary of B.U.G. ‘A charming and funny book, but also an important one.’ Anthony McGowan, author of Lark ‘Wildly funny and eye-opening.’ Rashmi Sirdeshpande, author of Dosh The outrageous story of three best friends, one greedy mayor and a whole lot of pranking Casey Wu tries to stay out of the spotlight, which is why no one would suspect her of being the mastermind behind a string of attention-grabbing stunts. Together with best friends Zeke and Cookie, she is part of Green Peas – a secret activist organisation designed to make adults sit up and pay attention to important environmental issues. But when the three young activists get wind of a major cover up in their town, things really start to get serious. It’s time for Green Peas to stage their biggest prank yet. But will they be able to pull it off?




American Circus Posters


Book Description

Here collected together for the first time are 48 large, full-color, rare posters, 1890s-1940s, superbly reproduced. The posters feature many of the greats of the American circus: Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey, Sparks, more.




Hidden Villains


Book Description

The heroines, heroes, and the secrets exposing villains, or the darkness and mysteries hiding our own disquieting nature. Will the hero be us, or them? Imaginative Fantasy and Sci-Fi driven to entertain you by bold authors who dare to tempt you with the bizarre, or delve into the shadows. Lead story by David Farland




A Hoppy Ending


Book Description

In this retelling of the brand-new videoSpringtime with Roo, Rabbit is the Scrooge of Easter, but Tigger and Roo help him to rediscover thehoppyside of this holiday. The back cover features an egg-matching card game.




Mickey and Donald


Book Description

"Originally published in Walt Disney's comics and stories issues #721-732."