Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word illustrator-Shiho Pate and visiting the zoo—but even

and visiting the zoo—but even the most regular things have a secret side

In her eighty-year career

A heartfelt middle grade story about changing friendships

He knows there’s something special about his stuffed animals -- they seem to move in the night and sometimes look beat-up

Artfully crafted in the style of the first American edition of When We Were Very Young

Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word illustrator-Shiho Pate and visiting the zoo—but evenSIGNED copies available! Are you a word person? A curiosity seeker? An explorer? Take a look at these twenty six extraordinary individuals for whom love of language is an extreme sport. Step right up and read the genuine stories of writers so intoxicated by the shapes and sound of language that they collected, dissected, and constructed verbal wonders of the most extraordinary kind. Jean Dominique Bauby wrote his memoirs by blinking his left eyelid,