Daisy the fairy and her friends have a picnic.

Winner, IACP Cookbook Award A picnic is a great escape from our day-to-day and a chance to turn a meal into something more festive and memorable. The Picnic shares everything you need to plan an effortless outdoor get-together: no-fail recipes, helpful checklists, and expert advice. With variations on everyone’s favorite deviled eggs, 99 uses for a Mason jar (think cocktail shaker, firefly catcher, or cookie jar), rules for scoring lawn games, and refreshing drinks to mix up in crowd-friendly batches, let The Picnic take the stress out of your next party and leave only the fun.

In June of 1939, the United States played host to two very special guests. British monarchs King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were coming to America. As it was the first visit ever by reigning British royalty, it was a chance for America to build a stronger relationship with the British, especially in those challenging times. On the domestic side, many people didn't have jobs, housing, or food. Internationally, Adolf Hitler, Germany's leader, was threatening the countries around him and war loomed on the horizon. But First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt saw the visit as an opportunity for America to set aside its cares for a while and extend a warm welcome and hand of friendship to the royal guests. As part of the festivities, Eleanor hosts an all-American picnic that includes hot dogs, a menu item that shocks some people.

Polly the Party Fun Fairy tries to find her magic party bag that was stolen by Jack Frost's goblins before Rachel and Kirsty's picnic is ruined.

The Rainbow Cookbook uses recipes and activities to introduce children to the Rainbow concept of nutrition. The Rainbow Program teaches young children simple ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It encourages convenient daily changes that lead to sustainable health improvements. The program's core message is: "Rainbow foods are healthy." This maxim highlights the concept that richly colored, natural foods are necessary components of good health and should be consumed daily. The Rainbow Cookbook involves an interactive curriculum to encourage children to implement healthy habits when choosing snacks and meals. All of us, young and old, should eat Rainbow Foods regularly. The Rainbow Program targets children, but its ultimate goal is to reach entire families by encouraging adults and kids to shop together and cook together. The program is intended to improve the health of all ages, starting with the young. By working together, the generations can learn from each other, having fun in the process of nourishing their bodies.

Part memoir, part eyewitness history, part storytelling, this book takes you on a rollicksome ride through a generation of experiences. True Stories traces the evolution of a New World Culture from the Beatnik 1950s through the passions and protests and psychedelics of the 1960s, and onward into environmental and cross-cultural arts and political movements which today are thriving around the world. Told with humor and peppered with the authors philosophy, these stories take the reader to party with author Jack Kerouac, protest with the saintly Dorothy Day, and drop acid with Merry Prankster Ken Kesey. The history recounted here uncovers the origins of The Oregon Country Faire, the Rainbow Gatherings and the infamous Vortex Festival. The tales thread their way through the intimacies of Americas West Coast communes, caustic anti-Vietnam War protests, the beauty of creating community gardens in vacant city lots, and the untold tale of what really brought down the Soviet Union.