Mister SandmanBarbara Gowdy's outrageous, hilarious, disturbing, and compassionate novel is about the Canary family, their immoderate passions and eccentricities, and their secret lives and histories. The deepest secret of all is harbored in the silence of the youngest daughter, Joan, who doesn't grow, who doesn't speak, but who can play the piano like Mozart though she's never had a lesson. Joan is a mystery, and in the novel's stunning climax her family comes to

—he breaks his mother’s mug

he tells the story of his years-long secret battle to keep America safe

Joyce will help readers achieve a lasting sense of hope

Kim takes his signature no-BS “self-help in a shot glass” approach as he shares his own singlehood story and shows readers how to own their shit

A topic web for teachers and carers suggests ways to use the book for activities across the curriculm

Written in an informal and accessible style

Make This Book Wild is a fun children's scrapbook filled with creative activities to help children connect with nature

The tales within these pages are bizarre

How do you pick up a prickly hedgehog

In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history

A must-read' Elizabeth Bellak 'This is a story the world needs to know' Madeline Martin 'This book travels to the very heart of existence' Joshua Levine

and as one of Adams' natural successors in the field