This is an extraordinarily bizarre and extremely funny compendium of totally useless and--as the author himself proudly admits--entirely apocryphal facts. Readers will gain new insight into such edifying topics as "On Actuaries and Their Tattoos"; learn about the secret, skull-lined tunnel connecting Pottery Barn and theme park Camp Snoopy in the ...
The bestselling author of "The Areas of My Expertise," who is also the Resident Expert on "The Daily Show," compiles incredibly handy made-up facts into brief articles, overlong lists, frighteningly complex charts, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes.
Adam Koford's "Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out" is a hilarious and charming mash-up of "LOLcats" (those ubiquitous photos of cats, captioned humorously and ungrammatically) with the styling of early 20th century American comics, such as Walt Kelly's "Pogo" and George Herriman's "Krazy Kat". These single-panel comic strips, drawn on 'vintage' off ...
When she sees the sickly-looking, pale boy dressed in black and carrying what appears to be a coffin, Meg writes him off as "just another weird New Yorker on vacation". Imagine her surprise when she finds out that the boy, is the new babysitter for her and her brother, Trevor. Gradually Meg and Trevor learn the truth: their babysitter really is a ...
The third scary, funny novel in Hodgman's beloved My Babysitter series. Vampire Vincent is back, along with a new cast of neck-nibblers sure to delight young readers. When Vincent returns, Meg and Kelly have to find a way to keep Vincent's creepy hands away from plumb baby Vaughn.
Meg Swain's vampire adventures are turned into a movie, but someone is trying to sabotage the production. Meg realizes she has a new enemy, and her vampire friend can't help her now.
Stinky Stanley, Sam Moore's wild clone, learns how to shoot spider webbing from his fingertips, and an evil scientist kidnaps him in order to perform experiments.
When Kelly Pitts gets a babysitting job for Mr and Mrs Grimm's little baby, Meg can't help noticing he does behave rather like a vampire. But how is it possible? Yet when baby Vaughn has a hungry look in his eye and bites Kelly's neck, Meg is sure there must be a connection.
Meg Swain is suspicious about her new neighbour. Then strange things begin to happen. She trips downstairs, the headboard falls on her in bed and she is almost washed out to sea. Is someone picking on her?
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