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Language
English
Description
David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 60-61
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
©1992.
Language
English
Description
A two-volume set that contains more than 270 speeches, sketches, short stories, maxims, and other writings by Mark Twain.
Series
Newfangled fairy tales volume 2
Publisher
Meadowbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Deeds Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In this collection of unflinching, unapologetic, and funny oh-so-real life stories, Lori B. Duff bares the creaky, embarrassing parts of our high school cafeteria-scarred souls for us, leaving us no choice but to laugh at our failures, no matter how spectacular, and rejoice in our successes, no matter how itty-bitty. She shows women that each one of us is a wonder in our own way, with the ability -- whether we know it or not -- to make the best of...
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A collection of three fantasy tales includes the story of an armchair that is transformed into a person, four grandmothers coming for a visit at once, and a friend of one's father who refuses to leave.
10) What's cooking?
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A whimsical read-aloud of delicious answers to ridiculous questions about what can -- and cannot -- be done in the kitchen!
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This collection of essays by the humorist author traces his offbeat world travel experiences. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a...