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Adam is grief stricken after watching his older brother, Tommy, slowly wither and die. Drinking too much, he has quit playing music and driven away his longtime girlfriend. His best friend and former bandmate, Mark, invites Adam on a work trip to South Dakota's Badlands, hoping to remind Adam that it's OK to experience joy. On the road, Mark takes drastic action to reignite Adam's passions, but Adam grows concerned watching as Mark uses drugs and...

Thirteen witty and wacky poems pose riddles that challenge readers to "Name That Book." With a glass slipper here and a spiderweb there, Lynn Munsinger's adorable illustrations lead young readers to the solutions. From Goodnight Moon to Madeline, children and parents alike will delight in recognizing their most cherished stories.

"Ross Gay's The Book of Delights is a genre-defying book of essays-some as short as a paragraph; some as long as five pages-that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives. His is a meditation on delight that takes a clear-eyed view of the complexities, even the terrors, in his life, including living in America as a black man; the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer...

Presents a rhyme and information about a variety of insects. Teaches kids the names of insects through rhyming text that begs to be read or shouted out loud, and a four-page glossary gives details about each bug featured. Brush-footed butterfly, Leaf-footed bug, Bird Dropping caterpillar, Slug, Slug, Slug! Here's the wild and rollicking follow-up to the bestselling trout, trout, trout! that everybody's been waiting for! This time, insects take center...

Indiana is barn country. Once a dominant feature of the Hoosier landscape, these buildings are fast disappearing, giving way to more efficient, but less visually appealing, metal structures. View 137 of these charming rustics.

Advice and ramblings from a tired old baker.

"A resonant new collection of poetry from Adrian Matejka, author of The Big Smoke, a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award Map to the Stars, the fourth poetry collection from National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adrian Matejka, navigates the tensions between race, geography, and poverty in America during the Reagan Era. In the time of space shuttles and the Strategic Defense Initiative, outer space is the only place...

Mittens the kitten searches for his friend Max, a dog, so they can play together.

The adventures of Penrod Schofield, twelve-year-old Mid-western boy. His pranks ans escapades are numerous, among them a slingshot incident, a part in a play as Child Sir Lancelot, a romance with a little girl, and a tar fight.

A field guide to the dragonflies of Indiana, designed to encourage people young and old to take an interested in these fascinating and important insects. Dragonflies are a critical indicator of the quality of our wetlands, streams, and lakes, and are important predators of many insect pests.