Most Popular Books by Kate Mckinnon

The greatest adventures start with secrets. The Porch Sisters are in trouble. It’s summertime in Antiquarium, and everyone has flocked to the majestic lakeside Purple Pearl Hotel, including the Krenetics Research Association, a nefarious group of mad scientists. They haven’t given up on resurrecting their fearsome leader, Talon Sharktūth, and now they’re hot on the trail of the legendary Purple Pearl, a source of power that is rumored to be lost at the bottom of Lake Kagloopy. But Gertrude, Eugenia, and Dee-Dee are on to them, plus their mentor, Millicent Quibb, has a plan! Is it a good plan? Hard to say! But it does involve finding a mysterious creature called a Shrimpmaid, boiling the lake (and everything inside it), and retrieving the pearl before the KRA gets its evil hands on it! While Millicent and the gang work together to prevent the second coming of Talon Sharktūth, the sisters discover more secrets than they bargained for—including where they came from and who they truly are... This is one mad-science summer vacation they’ll never forget!

The #1 New York Times bestseller! From beloved Saturday Night Live legend Kate McKinnon comes a madcap adventure about three sisters, a ravenous worm, and a mysterious mad scientist! So, you want to be a young mad scientist. Congratulations! Admitting it is the first step. The second step is reading the (definitely true) tale of the Porch sisters… Gertrude, Eugenia, and Dee-Dee Porch do not belong. They don’t belong in the snooty town of Antiquarium, where all girls have to go to etiquette school and the only dog allowed is the bichon frise. They don’t belong with their adoptive family, where all their cousins are named Lavinia and their Aunt has more brooches than books. And they certainly don’t belong at Mrs. Wintermacher’s etiquette school—they’re far more interested in science. After getting kicked out of the last etiquette school that would take them, the girls expect to be sent away for good... until they receive a mysterious invitation to new school. Suddenly the girls are under the tutelage of the infamous Millicent Quibb—a mad scientist with worms in her hair and oysters in her bathtub. At 231 Mysterium Way, the pizza is fatal, the bus is powered by Gerbils, and the Dean of Students is a hermit crab. Dangerous? Yes! More fun than they’ve ever had? Absolutely! But when the sisters are asked to save their town from an evil cabal of nefarious mad scientists, they must learn to embrace what has always made them stand out, and determine what side they’re on—before it’s too late!

Innovative jewelry artist Kate McKinnon takes you on a creative journey of techniques and projects in The Jewelry Architect as she uses a variety of materials and tools to create gallery-quality bracelets, necklaces, and rings. Beautiful color photographs and clearly written instructions will give you the building blocks to combine wirework, metal clay, beadwork, and traditional metalsmithing to create one-of-a-kind, wearable art pieces. Learn how to combine techniques and how to manufacture a variety of components such as clasps, hooks, earring findings, and ring bases to customize your work. Revel in Kate''s signature style, an earthy melange of metal, beads, and fibers, as you make 16 gorgeous fashion-forward projects. In addition, The Jewelry Architect shares tips on the best ways to reinforce beadwork, bind edges, string components, form metal clay ring bands, fuse rings, create head pins, and so much more. With The Jewelry Architect, you will learn how mixing techniques and media can create art-to-wear jewelry.

Beginning with an overview of the properties of metal clay, including safety information and metalsmithing terms, this thorough resource offers detailed procedures for creating a variety of components, settings, findings, attachments, 3-D forms, and textured effects. Each technique is shown with step-by-step photography to make it easy for jewelry makers at the advanced beginner to intermediate levels to learn the art of metal clay, while the enclosed DVD offers the opportunity to see the author''s signature style in action. The 12 unique projects within have multiple components made from metal clay, including clasps, chains, and settings; moveable and removable pieces; unusual textures and patinas; and unique construction and engineering. Creative tips on incorporating beads are also included. This handbook offers jewelry artists the design inspiration needed to create gallery-level pieces that are truly wearable art.

From Saturday Night Live legend Kate McKinnon comes the highly anticipated third book in her #1 New York Times bestselling series about mad science, three peculiar sisters, and the mysterious Millicent Quibb!

Prepare-se para uma aventura completamente maluca, com três irmãs, uma minhoca gigante faminta e uma cientista um tanto... esquisita. Gertrude, Eugênia e Didi vivem com os tios e os primos em uma velha casa, até que, numa inesperada reviravolta, são convidadas para estudar na escola comandada por uma tal de Millicent Quibb. Com ajuda da excêntrica Quibb, o trio descobre que uma sombria organização — a Associação de Pesquisa Crenética — criou um kyrgalops, uma minhoca voraz que devora desde pedras a filhotes de cachorro, e que ameaça destruir toda a cidade para libertar seu fundador, o temido Talon Tubaronü. Agora, as garotas vão precisar de toda a sua esperteza para impedir o desastre — e, quem sabe, descobrir alguns segredos pelo caminho.

Tre sorelle. Zero buone maniere. Infinite invenzioni mortali. Perché essere normali, quando puoi salvare il mondo con un pizzico di follia? Gertrude, Eugenia e Dee-Dee Porch non sono fatte per le buone maniere o per la loro spocchiosa famiglia adottiva. Dopo aver (accidentalmente) incendiato l''ennesima accademia per signorine, ricevono un invito impossibile da rifiutare: la Scuola di etichetta Millicent Quibb per giovani scienziate pazze. Qui le regole di galateo sono sostituite da invenzioni folli, animali innaturali e minerali esplosivi. La pizza può essere fatale, il vicepreside è un paguro blu con intestini infiniti, e la genialità conta più dei buoni voti. Ma quando una setta malvagia scatena un verme gigante affamato di pietra, le sorelle dovranno salvare la città abbracciando ciò che le ha sempre rese speciali. Un''avventura brillante e anarchica su come trovare la propria voce, costruire la propria strada e combattere mostri assassini con la scienzapazza. «Questo libro mi turba. Mi spaventa. Non vedo l''ora di rileggerlo». Lemony Snicket «Un divertente promemoria del fatto che sono proprio le tue stranezze a renderti straordinario». The Times «Irresistibilmente spietato e super divertente». Kirkus Reviews «McKinnon fa un’ode alle stranezze in una commedia assurda e imprevedibile». Publishers Weekly

The second volume in the wildly popular architectural beadwork series from Kate McKinnon and a worldwide team of beaders.

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Si tu es étrange et que tu déranges, bienvenue à l''école de science folle ! Gertrude, Eugénie et Didi Porch ne parviennent à s''intégrer nulle part : ni dans la parfaite petite bourgade d''Antiquarium, ni au sein de leur famille adoptive si respectueuse des règles, et encore moins dans leur exigeante école des bonnes manières. Elles sont trop occupées par leurs expériences scientifiques (souvent catastrophiques) pour ça ! Après un énième renvoi, les trois filles sont invitées à l''académie de Mélisande Malice, experte en sciences folles, qui porte un bernard-l''ermite sur l''épaule, élève des moules dans sa baignoire et cultive des roses électriques, entre autres foldingueries. Grâce à ses leçons insolites et à ses inventions farfelues, les soeurs Porch pourront enfin apprendre à se réjouir d''être originales et uniques ! Et, accessoirement, sauver leur ville d''un complot de génies maléfiques... " Un festin d''invention sans fin, Millicent Quibb se lit comme un mélange entre Edward Gorey et Kurt Vonnegut : hilarant, fièrement étrange et légèrement tordu, mais avec une vraie humanité et une immense douceur au cœur de l''histoire. " - Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine et les Enfants Particuliers, #1 des ventes du New York Times " Il n''est guère surprenant que Kate McKinnon écrive avec ce même humour et cette même tendresse uniques qui ont conquis le public à maintes reprises. Ses personnages excentriques et inoubliables dans L''extravagante école de Mélisande Malice feront rire aux éclats les lecteurs et les inspireront à imaginer des expériences pour les générations à venir. " –; Chris Colfer, Le Pays des contes, #1 des ventes du New York Times " Rien d''étonnant à ce que ce livre m''ait fait éclater de rire –; après tout, c''est Kate McKinnon qui l''a écrit ! Mais j''ai aussi été ravi de rencontrer cette galerie de personnages malins et attachants, et de me laisser emporter dans un monde fou et mystérieux qui m''a rappelé, de la plus délicieuse des façons, les histoires que j''adorais enfant. (Et que j''aime encore plus aujourd''hui.) Les enfants vont dévorer ce livre ! À moins qu''un ver vorace ne les dévore avant... " –; Trenton Lee Stewart, Le mystérieux cercle Benedict et Les Gardiens des secrets " Ce livre me trouble. Il m''effraie. Je n''ai qu''une hâte : le relire. " –; Lemony Snicket, Les Désastreuses Aventures des orphelins Baudelaire