For a century two rival chicken shacks in Merinac, Kansas, have been vying to serve the best fried chicken in the state, and a feud between the two families has lasted as long. When Amanda falls in love with a man from the rival chicken shack, she scandalously changes sides and starts working for her family's nemesis. Tired of being stuck in the middle, she recruits her Brooklyn-based sister to move back to Kansas and join her on reality TV show Food Wars to settle the feud. Yet when family secrets become public, the sisters must choose: will they fight with each other, or for their heritage?

The Chicken Sisters: Reese's Book Club

Literature & Fiction

Dell’Antonia, KJ

Genre Fiction

G.P.Putnam's Sons

In Her Boots

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Chicken Sisters comes a delightfully entertaining story about a ruse that goes awry and a chaotic homecoming that proves that confronting your past can sometimes set you free.\nSometimes you have to go big to go home.\nRhett Gallagher’s adventurous life is imploding. Just as she turns the big 4-0, her long-term relationship collapses and her gran’s death draws her back to the family farm. The only silver lining is that Rhett’s inspirational book, The Modern Pioneer Girl’s Guide to Life—written under a pseudonym—has become a wild success, so much so that when her big publicity moment comes, self-doubting Rhett panics and persuades her best friend, Jasmine, to step into the limelight in her stead.\nBut their prank turns into something more when the controlling mother Rhett hasn’t seen in two decades announces her intent to sell the farm Rhett loves and expected to make her own. To save her inheritance—and her identity—Rhett must concoct a scheme that will protect her home and finally prove to her mother, and to herself, that she can stand on her own two feet.

Gilmore Girls meets Practical Magic in the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chicken Sisters She gave up on magic. But magic didn't give up on her. Three generations of magic. Two rogue exes. One Tarot deck. The perfect recipe for chaos. Flair Hardwicke knows three things: magic is real, love isn't, and relying on either ends in disaster. So while she's grateful for the chance to take over her grandmother's Kansas bakery after she finally leaves her cheating husband, she won't be embracing Nana's fortune-telling side-hustle. Hers is a strictly no-magic operation--until the innocent batch of Tarot card cookies Flair bakes for the town's Halloween celebration unleashes the power of the family deck, luring Flair's unpredictable mother to town, tempting Flair's magic-obsessed daughter, and bringing back Flair's first love while ensnaring her ex in a curse she can't break. &nbsp; Flair's attempts to control the chaos only make things worse, playing right into the hands of a powerful witch. Suddenly there's far more at stake than her status as the most reluctant witch in town, and the magic Flair has long rejected becomes the only card she has left to play.

Playing the Witch Card

An encouraging guide to helping parents find more happiness in their day-to-day family life, from the former lead editor of the New York Times' Motherlode blog. In all the writing and reporting KJ Dell'Antonia has done on families over the years, one topic keeps coming up again and again: parents crave a greater sense of happiness in their daily lives. In this optimistic, solution-packed book, KJ asks: How can we change our family life so that it is full of the joy we'd always hoped for? Drawing from the latest research and interviews with families, KJ discovers that it's possible to do more by doing less, and make our family life a refuge and pleasure, rather than another stress point in a hectic day. She focuses on nine common problem spots that cause parents the most grief, explores why they are hard, and offers small, doable, sometimes surprising steps you can take to make them better. Whether it's getting everyone out the door on time in the morning or making sure chores and homework get done without another battle, How to Be a Happier Parent shows that having a family isn't just about raising great kids and churning them out at destination: success. It's about experiencing joy--real joy, the kind you look back on, look forward to, and live for--along the way.

How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute

Self-Help

Relationships

Avery

Parents crave a greater sense of happiness in their daily lives. In this optimistic, solution-packed book, KJ asks: How can we change our family life so that it is full of the joy we'd always hoped for? Drawing from the latest research and interviews with families, KJ discovers that it's possible to do more by doing less, and make our family life a refuge and pleasure, rather than another stress point in a hectic day. She focuses on nine common problem spots that cause parents the most grief, explores why they are hard, and offers small, doable, sometimes surprising steps you can take to make them better.

Research shows that the number of different words a baby hears each day is the single most important predictor of later intelligence, school success and social competence. But what exactly should you read when? --What do you buy after you've bought Goodnight Moon? --Why should you read to a baby who can't even sit? --How are you going to read to a baby who just found his feet--and won't stop trying them out? --How often should you read to your baby to make sure she's ready for preschool? Whether you're a new parent or grandparent, sibling or friend, aunt or uncle, Reading with Babies, Toddlers and Twos is the definitive guide to choosing, reading and loving books together.

Reading with Babies, Toddlers and Twos: A Guide to Choosing, Reading and Loving Books Together

Straub, Susan

History & Criticism

Sourcebooks

It's never too early―or too late―to start sharing books with your baby!
Reading is one of the first activities you can enjoy with your child, and Reading with Babies, Toddlers, and Twos gets you started. Instill a love for reading early by answering questions such as:
<ul>
<li> Which books will a newborn baby enjoy?</li>
<li>?What do you buy after you've read Goodnight Moon?</li>
<li>?Are eBooks and apps appropriate for young children?</li>
<li>Can I make up a story to tell my child?</li>
<li>What are the best collections of fairy tales, fables, and other classic stories?</li>
</ul>
A parenting resource to help with early learning and literacy, Straub, Dell'Antonia, and Payne use their decades of experience as parents, book reviewers, and children's librarians to bring you the very best in children's books, so you'll never run out of ideas for reading with your baby.
"An accessible and enjoyable guide...this book is a 'go-to' resource."―Traci Lester, executive director, Reach Out and Read of Greater New York

Reading with Babies, Toddlers and Twos: A Guide to Laughing, Learning and Growing Together Through Books

Parenting & Relationships

Family Activities

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK A charming, hilarious, feel-good story about the kind of bonds & rivalries only sisters can share. Also, a great present for your sister for the holidays --Reese Witherspoon Three generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster. In tiny Merinac, Kansas, Chicken Mimi's and Chicken Frannie's have spent a century vying to serve up the best fried chicken in the state--and the legendary feud between their respective owners, the Moores and the Pogociellos, has lasted just as long. No one feels the impact more than thirty-five-year-old widow Amanda Moore, who grew up working for her mom at Mimi's before scandalously marrying Frank Pogociello and changing sides to work at Frannie's. Tired of being caught in the middle, Amanda sends an SOS to Food Wars, the reality TV restaurant competition that promises $100,000 to the winner. But in doing so, she launches both families out of the frying pan and directly into the fire. . . The last thing Brooklyn-based organizational guru Mae Moore, Amanda's sister, wants is to go home to Kansas. But when her career implodes, helping the fading Mimi's look good on Food Wars becomes Mae's best chance to reclaim the limelight--even if doing so pits her against Amanda and Frannie's. Yet when family secrets become public knowledge, the sisters must choose: Will they fight with each other, or for their heritage?

The Chicken Sisters

Wheeler Publishing Large Print

In Her Boots (Thorndike Press Large Print Core)

Thorndike Press Large Print

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The Chicken Sisters: Reese's Book Club

In Her Boots

In Her Boots

Playing the Witch Card

How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute

How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute

Reading with Babies, Toddlers and Twos: A Guide to Choosing, Reading and Loving Books Together

Reading with Babies, Toddlers and Twos: A Guide to Laughing, Learning and Growing Together Through Books

The Chicken Sisters

In Her Boots (Thorndike Press Large Print Core)