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Presents humorous retellings of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

It is the traditional visit of Saint Nicholas but personalized by lively drawings with the "little critters" featured.

An abridgement of the epic poem describing the legendary life and deeds of the Indian leader and hero.

A story in the style of the familiar poem "The Night Before Christmas," describes how a large extended family prepares for and celebrates the Thanksgiving holiday.

An illustrated collection of children's songs, fairy tales, and poems.

Told in blank verse, twelve-year-old Cass struggles to cope with her father's recurring cancers that have dominated her whole life, with the knowledge that he is likely to die soon because the latest recurrance is worse--and with the possibility that she may have inherited the genetic disease, Li Fraumeni's Syndrome, that causes the cancers.

In this narrative poem told in Cajun dialect, Pierre the alligator is left behind in the bayou after helping Santa pull his skiff on Christmas Eve.

"When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don't use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as they navigate rocky personal relationships and share their story online. But this experience also deepens their relationship to their ancestors, providing added support from...