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Debbie seems to be in everyone's way as she searches for just the right place to play ball.

Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award and finalist for two 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards: the prize-winning children's author depicts a childhood from hell in this searing yet redemptive graphic memoir. One day David Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transformed into a virtual mute. A vocal cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched together like a bloody boot, the fourteen-year-old boy had not been told that he had cancer and was expected to die. In Stitches, Small, the award-winning children's illustrator and author, re-creates this terrifying event in a life story that might have been imagined by Kafka. As the images painfully tumble out, one by one, we gain a ringside seat at a gothic family drama where David, a highly anxious yet supremely talented child, all too often became the unwitting object of his parents' buried frustration and rage. Believing that they were trying to do their best, David's parents did just the reverse. Edward Small, a Detroit physician who vented his own anger by hitting a punching bag, was convinced that he could cure his young son's respiratory problems with heavy doses of radiation, possibly causing David's cancer. Elizabeth, David's mother, tyrannically stingy and excessively scolding, ran the Small household under a cone of silence where emotions, especially her own, were hidden. Depicting this coming-of-age story with dazzling, kaleidoscopic images that turn nightmare into fairy tale, Small tells us of his journey from sickly child to cancer patient, to the troubled teen whose risky decision to run away from home at sixteen, with nothing more than the dream of becoming an artist, will resonate as the ultimate survival statement. A silent movie masquerading as a book, Stitches renders a broken world suddenly seamless and beautiful again.

Andy bothers everyone in his house when he toots his horn, but when he wanders outside, everyone misses him and the noise he makes.

Follows the adventures of Mole and Mouse as they take an automobile trip to the flea market.

Two cats, Matt and Pat, play hide and seek and a chasing game.

Illustrations and simple text depict the sleeping habits of animals and humans.

Harry and his grandfather go to Fun Land, where he bravely faces a variety of scary experiences.

Colorful pictures and simple words describle some of the guessing games played by a troupe of lively clowns.

While watching a science fiction film, Penny the pig spots someone unusual in the movie theater.

Harry Hippo takes a bath, plays in the water, and cleans up afterwards.

Mole and Mouse work hard cleaning and tidying their house and spend the rest of the day outside so their house will stay clean.

A young boys gets a new winter coat, boots, gloves and a hat and the waits eagerly for it to snow.

A little girl who hates to go to bed and also hates to get up is told by her parents all the good things about doing both.

Everyone in Andy's family except the dog has an excuse for not playing with him, but playing with Rover tires Andy to the point where he has to make excuses to the dog.

Penny and P.J. Pig go shopping with their father for shoes, a haircut, and, best of all, books.

Jason becomes a hero when he takes a bus ride.

Mole and Mouse enjoy trying out everything in their new house where everything works "just fine."

Allie's preparations for Halloween include making a jack-o'-lantern, filling trick-or-treat bags, and finding a costume for the school parade.