Children learn about the creepy "bug" - Mr. Fibface Boll Weevil who gets in their ears and whispers bad thoughts - things they shouldn't do, thing they shouldn't think, things they shouldn't say - but are so tempted to do! But kids also learn that they hold the key to the remedy for this loathsome pest - a little prayer can chase him away.

Gone to the Country chronicles the life and music of the New Lost City Ramblers, a trio of city-bred musicians who helped pioneer the resurgence of southern roots music during the folk revival of the late 1950s and 1960s. Formed in 1958 by Mike Seeger, John Cohen, and Tom Paley, the Ramblers introduced the regional styles of southern ballads, blues, string bands, and bluegrass to northerners yearning for a sound and an experience not found in mainstream music. Ray Allen interweaves biography, history, and music criticism to follow the band from its New York roots to their involvement with the commercial folk music boom. Allen details their struggle to establish themselves amid critical debates about traditionalism brought on by their brand of folk revivalism. He explores how the Ramblers ascribed notions of cultural authenticity to certain musical practices and performers and how the trio served as a link between southern folk music and northern urban audiences who had little previous exposure to rural roots styles. Highlighting the role of tradition in the social upheaval of mid-century America, Gone to the Country draws on extensive interviews and personal correspondence with band members and digs deep into the Ramblers' rich trove of recordings.

In charge of Daventry while her parents attend a wedding, Princess Rosella launches preparations for the Harvest Festival that suit her own taste and inadvertently unleashes millions of ravenous weevils throughout the kingdom. Original.

Grizzliness is out there. Every child has the makings of mischievousness, and can be lured into committing dastardly deeds. The six stories in each of the Grizzly Tales books show the rise and hard fall of vile and villainous children. We have completely reinvented Grizzly Tales for today's readers - ingenious concepts to link the separate stories, new design and illustrations, new accessible formats, but still capturing Jamie Rix's legendary brilliance for creating stories that linger in the mind long after the lights go out at night! The wicked children in the fourth book thought they'd take on Mother Nature, but as they learned to their eternal cost, she is not the sort of mother you can easily challenge!

'The ultimate armchair travel ... I've Been Gone Far Too Long is the perfect way to explore without getting bitten.' - Publishers Weekly 'Gripping ... well written. Disaster is usually but a couple of pages away in this collection.' - San Jose Mercury News