New Releases by Jon Stone

A guide to enhancing understanding and connection between the genders, aimed at reducing relationship challenges and fostering deeper bonds. Ideal for readers aged 25-45 seeking to navigate the completely of male-female relationships with grace and insight.

In recent years, poetry and video games have begun talking to – and taking from – one another in earnest. Poets, ever in pursuit of meaning, now draw inspiration from digital-interactive fantasy worlds, while video game developers aim to enrich their creations by imbuing them with poetic depth. This book investigates the phenomena of poem-game hybrids and other forms of poetic-ludic interplay, making use of both a multidisciplinary critical approach and the author’s own experiments in building and testing hybrid artefacts. What emerges is the suggestion of a future where reading and playing are no longer seen as separate endeavours, where the quests for sensory pleasure and philosophic insight are one and the same.

Village of dunes. Valley of slumber-dust. Sandsnarl is a settlement steeped in sand - though where it came from and how long ago is a matter of tall tales and steely whispers. The sand itself makes accurate record-keeping impossible. It is drug, ore, plague and delicacy. The inhabitants of this region (or is it a fallen kingdom?) talk and think through its haze. Some alter their shape, as if shaved by it. Others seethe, resisting its rattle and buzz. These poems eavesdrop, extract, sift. Together, they make up a brief impression of time and place, a Buñuelian musical without the music.

Oh no! There is a monster at the end of this book! This treasured tale is brought to life by lovable, furry old Grover, who reads aloud every page--while begging you NOT to turn them! Press 10 buttons to play Grover''s voice, music, and sounds while you DON''T DARE turn the page.

Seasonal Parents? It happens every Christmas all over the country, all over the world. Large signs are placed in windows and on doors with these words: "Now hiring seasonal workers." If you get that job, you will not be obligated forever. You are just signing up for a short stint to help some people with a need. That''s the idea behind this book. Missional fostering is the other lane of the fostering freeway, and it recognizes that you are not necessarily trying to add a new child into your home. Missional fostering is parenting someone else''s child for them for a short period of time. Missional fostering means we love on them, feed them, hold them, stabilize them, cuddle with the young ones, high-five the big ones, and then watch them drive away to a long-term foster-to-adopt home. Mission accomplished. Missional fostering reminds us that it is a temporary assignment, for a tremendous cause, making a timeless impact on children one life at a time. "Something special happens when a person says, ''I''m willing to be your really good temporary if it helps you find your even better forever.'' This is fos- ter care, and it''s the compelling message you''ll feel resonating from every page of Missional Fostering." Jason Johnson, National Director of Church Ministry Initiatives, The Christian Alliance for Orphans Author, ReFraming Foster Care

Jon Stone''s Unravelanche is made up of ''snowstorm poems'', swirling collages of fragmented text taken from a rich range of literary sources, from well-known rebellious figures such as D. H. Lawrence and Kurt Vonnegut to harder to find references, taking in comic books, films, and philosophical works. The poems are beautiful, like libraries trapped in ice, their words ''retain a powerful attraction to one another, forming sentences as they settle on the ground.''

Even monsters lock their doors at night. When society itself goes insane, when the priorities of civilization turn upside down and a violent revolution sweeps across the Empire, it becomes a lot harder to face your own inner dark side. But Norman Baynes, a human outnumbered in this wacky world of vampires and magical beasts, has been facing his second personality, Hansel Baynes, for as long as he can remember. And he''s more than a little "away with the fairies". He''s Norman by day. He''s Hansel by night. He''s absolutely sick! He''s a notorious serial killer on a mission: write beautiful poetry and leave something good behind before it''s too late. Will he be able to hold it together and evade capture long enough to finish his epic masterpiece?

1)The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover is a children''s picture book based on the television series Sesame Street and starring Grover. It was written by series writer and producer Jon Stone and illustrated by Michael Smollin, and originally published by Little Golden Books in 1971. It has since become the all-time best-selling Sesame Street book title and has been cited as a modern classic of children''s literature.2)This list of Berenstain Bears books includes many in the picture book series (such as "Beginner Books" and "First Time Books") and the illustrated children''s novels, such as those in the "Big Chapter Books" series. Since the first Berenstain Bears installment was published in 1962, the series has sold close to 260 million copies3)Pat the Bunny is a "touch and feel" book for small children and babies and has been a perennial best-seller in the United States since its publication in 1940. It is not a book in the traditional sense, but more a collection of things to do, such as pat the fake fur of a rabbit on one page, feel a bit of sandpaper that stands for "daddy''s scratchy face" on another, and look in a mirror on yet another.It was written and illustrated by Dorothy Kunhardt, who was a successful children''s author when she created Pat the Bunny for her 3-year-old daughter, Edith.[1] It was partly an experiment in using interactive elements in a book, which was unusual at the time4)Love You Forever is a Canadian picture book written by Robert Munsch and published in 1986. It tells the story of the evolving relationship between a boy and his mother.The book was written after Munsch and his wife had two stillborn babies. They have since become adoptive parents of three.

Project Notebook Planner 2019 Has been designed to make 2019 your best year yet. If you want to be a success in any aspect of life you need to ensure you are organised. Without organisation you will waste time and appear incompetent. How people see you will make a huge different to your life. This project planner is going to help you: Plan out major projects you have on each week Break them down into priorities Identify the things you must do to get everything completed Notebok features: 54 pages 8.5 by 11 inches Paperback Clear and easy layout Start getting organised for 2019 today!

Project Planner 2019 How was 2018 for you? Did you achieve everything you needed to do? Honestly could you have done with a bit more organisation? I know many of our friends told us this. That''s why we created the Project Planer 2019. A beautiful weekly planner to help you succeed in 2019. Simply make a note of what you need to do each day, what your priorities are and make notes on your todo list. Then ensure you get things done! The planner is: 53 pages 8.5 by 11 Printed on white paper Easy to slip into your bag to carry around Make 2019 your (organised and planned) year!

Remember playing this game?You had to get a blank sheet of paper draw out dots, then you''d draw a line and try to capture as my squares as possible?Now you can relive those days - and introduce your kids to it - while always having a join the dots notebook ready!Sometimes the old games are the best. No tablet needed just a pen. Ideal for travelling

Keeping your lecture notes in one place! The best notebook to take notes and make notes. These lecture notebooks contain 300 pages - ideal for one subject or for a number of subjects. No more taking notes on loose sheets of paper, no more losing your notes. This has just got real!

Come along with Grover and Elmo to find the Monster at the End of this fun, interactive refresh of the classic storybook! Grover is back in Another Monster at the End of This Book—joined this time by Elmo, who won’t stop at all of the ways Grover tries to keep him from turning the page. This interactive refresh of the classic Sesame Street story joins your two favorite monsters with lift-the-flaps and sliders for wonderful story time fun. Kids will delight in helping Elmo turn each page to discover who the monster really is! 2018 National Parenting Product Awards Winner Tom Brannon’s illustrations are based on original artwork by Mike Smollin © 2018 Sesame Workshop®, Sesame Street®, and associated characters, trademarks, and design elements are owned and licensed by Sesame Workshop. All rights reserved.

PBS Recommendation. The school of forgery is a singular institution, whose principal teachings concern the volatile relationship between fakery and invention. Both you and I are its alumni, and so is the bandit boiled alive in a cauldron of oil. So are the perpetrators of hoaxes, the writers of pornographic dōjinshi, counterfeiters in love with their teachers and teens who dress up as birds to fight tyranny. Its professors proliferate. Its graduates excel in every field. Its campus is the world.This book, part prospectus and part fanzine, is made from stolen or borrowed parts - centos and collages, half-rhymes and homophonics, translations and travesties. Equally inspired by manga luminaries like Naoki Urasawa, animation and adventure stories as it is by earlier poets, the natural world and human history, School of Forgery postulates the poem as knock-off, as reclaimed scrap, and most of all as through-and-through fabrication.

How well do you know Gaius Valerius Catullus, Ancient Rome''s most notorious scandal-monger, filthsmith and lovelorn wretch? Impress your friends by having his muckiest quotes and most stinging jibes to hand at all times! In this customisable handbook, you''ll find him at his most sexy, tender, savage and scurrilous, translated in myriad ways by Sidekick Books'' many talented scribes.

Journey with lovable, furry old Grover to the end of the book to discover who the monster really is with this collectible mini kit! The Monster at the End of This Book is a classic, adored by toddlers and adults alike. This collectible miniature kit includes a mini book version of The Monster at the End of this Book, featuring the full text and illustrations from the original classic story, and a 5" plush Grover backpack clip.

Thereðs something waiting at the end of this book. Could it beÛa monster?! Lovable, furry old Grover is about to find outÜand heðs bringing his equally lovable and furry friend Elmo with him!

Would You Like to Play Hide and Seek in This Book with Lovable Furry Old Grover? Grover wants to play Hide and Seek. Do you? Grover will hide . . . and you will seek. But where can a lovable blue monster hide in a book? On the top of the page? In the crack in the middle? What if he hides behind the words? Or camouflages himself on an all-blue page? Can you still find him? The reader will have riotous fun interacting with Grover in this charming classic, reminiscent of There’s a Monster at the End of This Book! Sesame Street books, like the groundbreaking TV program, make learning fun. For over 40 years parents have been able to rely on Elmo, Grover, and all the gang to provide quality time while reading.

When elbows, thumbs, ears, and even belly buttons get tired, Grover has the perfect solution: a resting place for each part of the body. He invites children to try them out by placing their own elbows, etc., right on the shapes indicated on the pages of this imaginative book.

Please do not read this book. There is a furry blue monster at the end of it! Beware!

In the same way that GO THE F**K TO SLEEP resonates for most first-time parents of babies, BACK TO BED! speaks to a generation of parents who''ve surrendered EVERY aspect of their lives to their children. Often reluctantly. Raucous, raunchy humor plus spot-on illustrations on a subject that many, many parents can relate to = the perfect gift book for dads. Does having children mean never having sex again? Kinda. After the twelfth straight year of being unable to get through an entire night alone with his wife in their bed, the author decided to find an outlet for his frustration. GET OUT! is a hilarious, illustrated, inner monologue about one father''s ongoing, nightly struggle to try to have sex with his wife as one child after another thwarts his efforts or destroys the mood. Fortunately, this Dad has one hell of a sense of humor. This tragi-comedy will resonate for anyone who has survived the indignity of Coitus Interruptus.

Nothing about Scarecrows is predictable. Shadows look across the page and encroach from the margins. After each poem you look over your shoulder - just in case. But this is a poet who knows precisely what he''s doing, even when half-intoxicated by language and allusions: Doctor Who meets Jenny Greenteeth; Perkin Warbeck visits the same pub as Nick Drake. Prophecies, spells and lies begin to take on the nature of truth, as the Scarecrow looks up and walks ...

Grover worries page by page about meeting the monster at the end of this book.