What would you do if your favorite stuffed toy came to life to play with you for the day? Get ready for some fun, singing, counting and a few OOH OOH AHH AHH's as Miss Kimberly needs your help to tell this magical tale.  Once you have worked up an appetite, you can re-create Chippey's kitchen band by singing "We All Enjoy Monkeying Around" while you bake his yummy banana bread with the recipe included in the story.

Monkeying Around: Meet Chippey and His Friends

Children's Books

Smith, Kimberly

Animals

Artists' Orchard, LLC

Whose A&& Is That?

Filled with whimsical illustrations and witty rhyme, 'Whose A&& Is That?' encourages women to laugh at our collective selves. Author Marylu Zuk reassures us that we are indeed perfect regardless of the size or shape of our buns. 'Whose A&& Is That?' permits every woman to relax her abs, exhale and laugh at what we rarely see - our own backsides! This quick read is a delightful gift for your female tribe - sisters, aunts, coworkers and friends.

Religion & Spirituality

Zuk, Marylu

New Age & Spirituality

Filled with whimsical illustrations and witty rhyme, "Whose A&& Is That" encourages women to laugh at our collective selves. Author Marylu Zuk reassures us that we are indeed perfect regardless of the size or shape of our buns. "Whose A&& Is That" permits every woman to relax her abs, exhale and laugh at what we rarely see - our own backsides! This quick read is a delightful gift for your female tribe - sisters, aunts, coworkers and friends.

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Linda began her 40s as a part-time college writing teacher and stay-at-home mom. A decade later, she was the family breadwinner, a single mother of sorts, and the caregiver for her husband, Steve.
Initially, Steve was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but when he failed to improve, the diagnosis was changed to schizoaffective. Both were disorders they and most people didn't understand in the 1990s, when few talked openly about mental illness. RAMBLER: A Family Pushes Through the Fog of Mental Illness traces their challenge of living with Steve's illness.
The family's downward spiral begins when Steve abruptly quits his job with an engineering society after a fight with his boss. Following a string of unsuccessful other jobs, his focus shifts from providing for his family to taking down the society's executive director. As Steve's questionable behavior intensifies, Linda leaves him, but their separation is brief. Police are summoned to an engineering conference two months later, and Steve is taken away in handcuffs. Linda's confusion deepens when she learns the FBI is tailing him.
RAMBLER takes readers through a series of baffling and traumatic events resulting from Steve's illness and explores various aspects of the family's experience: How does Linda explain an illness that affects behavior and thinking to their young children? Can she trust her intuition when responding to a psychotic episode? How does Steve's and Linda's upbringing affect their approach to the family's challenge? Why is the support of others so critical in overcoming a mental illness? What hurdles does Steve face as he works his way back to being the father and husband he wants to be? Why does their marriage survive and thrive, when so many others fail?
RAMBLER is told through intimate family scenes and Steve's and Linda's personal writings. It's about a family finding a way forward through the fog of mental illness.

Rambler: A family pushes through the fog of mental illness

Schmitmeyer, Linda K

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Monkeying Around: Meet Chippey and His Friends

Whose A&& Is That?

Whose A&& Is That?

Rambler: A family pushes through the fog of mental illness