Michael Ian Black

Surveys the history of the nude in American art, photography, and popular culture.

Illustrations and simple text describe the back ends of various animals.

Mel the rooster s boring old cock-a-doodle-doo is making him cock-a-doodle-blue until one day he decides to jazz it up with something brand-new: the cock-a-doodle-doo-bop! But while Mel scats and trumpets away to his revised refrain, the rest of the barnyard isn t getting into the groove. Because they want the sun, and the sun won t rise to Mel s creative interpretation of his standard cock-a-doodle-crow. So the barnyard residents will have to band together and compromise to bring about a fresh day in a fresh way!

When a bored girl meets a potato who finds children tedius, she tries to prove him wrong by demonstrating all of the things they can do, from turning cartwheels to using their imaginations.

The Trump is a curious creature, very often spotted in the wild, but confounding to our youngest citizens. A business mogul, reality TV host, and now & political candidate? Kids (and, let's be honest, many adults) might have difficulty discerning just what this thing that been dominating news coverage this election cycle is. Could he actually be real? Are those & words coming out of his mouth? Why are his hands so tiny? And perhaps most importantly, what on earth do you do when you encounter an American Trump?

Explains precisely why, although it may sound like a good idea, gathering hundreds of pigs to march in a parade through one's hometown is inadvisable.

Illustrations and simple text describe the back ends of various animals.

When Flamingo announces he's feeling down, the little girl and Potato try to cheer him up, but nothing seems to work. Flamingo learns that he will not always feel this way. And his friends learn that sometimes being a friend means you don t have to cheer someone up. You just have to stick by your pal no matter how they feel.

After asking the reader to think of something spectacular, the narrator sets out to prove his ability to read minds by describing a preposterous situation and characters.