Best Selling Books by Liz Rosenberg

A book of poems about "children" in the widest sense--from children of the Nazi-torn Warsaw ghettos to the American poor, as well as poems of domesticity, love, and daily life.

A funny, heartfelt, perfectly pitched story about misunderstandings and the importance of true friendship. When a little girl thinks that her best friend James has been saying bad things about her behind her back, she takes action in the form of the silent treatment. As they go about their day and James tries harder and harder to get her to talk to him, they both realize that true friendship surpasses any rumor... or misunderstanding. A classic childhood situation is brought to life with humor and poignancy with energetic illustrations by Matt Myers and a simple, telling text by Liz Rosenberg. A Neal Porter Book

Tobias''s father is different from other dads, not only because he is a tyrannosaurus but also because he is busy all of the time. But when disaster looms during Field Day at Tobias''s school, his dad comes through. Full color.

A biography of the author of "Little Women" describes how she struggled to achieve her dream of becoming an author and discusses her private life and her accompishments.

Two sisters find that the horses of a broken carousel have come alive in the rain.

Can lighting really strike twice? Just ask Eve, whose husband walks out on her in the middle of a garage sale. Eve''s beloved Ivan died thirteen years ago in an automobile accident. Her charming, boyish Chuck has taken a different exit out of her life: hopping into his car in the middle of a garage sale with no forewarning and departing their formerly happy upstate New York home for points unknown. Now Eve''s a boat adrift, subsisting on a heartbreak diet of rue, disappointment, and woe-left alone to care for Ivan''s brilliant teenaged son, Marcus, and Chuck''s precocious, pragmatic nine-year-old daughter, Noni, while contending with Charlotte, Eve''s acerbic mother, who''s come north to "help" but hinders instead. But life ultimately must go on, with its highs and lows, its traumas and holidays, and well-meaning, if eccentric, friends. A house and a heart in disrepair are painful burdens for a passionate woman who''s still in her prime. And while learning to cope with the large and small tragedies that each passing day brings, Eve might end up discovering that she''s gained much more than she''s lost. A poignant, lovely, funny, and ultimately uplifting story of love, family, and survival, Liz Rosenberg''s Home Repair is an unforgettable introduction to a lyrical, wise, and wonderfully vibrant new literary voice.

The teenage years are filled with sadness, madness, joy, and all the messy stuff in between. This collection includes poems by Charles Bukowski, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, T.S. Eliot, Edgar Allen Poe, W.B. Yeats, Dorothy Parker, and many more, including teenage writers.

EVERYBODY''S GOING TO FALL IN LOVE WITH NOBODY, George''s imaginary friend. When they decide to fix breakfast together, Nobody suggests chocolate meat loaf, but they settle on pancakes, and cook up a storm . . . and a mess. Eventually order is restored, and pancakes are served. And Nobody eats more than anybody. Filled with clever wordplay that tells a story true to so many children’s experience, NOBODY will soon have many friends.

Agnes Hussein, descendant of the last sultan of Singapore and the last surviving member of her immediate family, has grown up among her eccentric relatives in the crumbling Kampong Glam palace, a once-opulent relic given to her family in exchange for handing over Singapore to the British. Now Agnes is seventeen and her family has fallen into genteel poverty, surviving on her grandfather''s pension and the meager income they receive from a varied cast of boarders. As outside forces conspire to steal the palace out from under them, Agnes struggles to save her family and finds bravery, love, and loyalty in the most unexpected places. The Moonlight Palace is a coming-of-age tale rich with historical detail and unforgettable characters set against the backdrop of dazzling 1920s Singapore.

Can Santa find you even if you are stuck in a motel room on Christmas Eve? A room without a chimney or a mailbox with your name on it? A winsome story, marvelously detailed illustrations and just a touch of magic make this handsome book ideal for sharing at holiday time.

Patrick Edward''s fierce monster mother helps him deal with some obnoxious bullies.

A collection of traditional and original nursery rhymes with a feminist slant.

An exquisite tour de force, The Laws of Gravity is a testament to what it means to be a family, what it takes to save a life, and the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love. Two families, bound by blood, hear terrible news. One decision holds the key to survival--but at a devastating cost. Nicole, auburn-haired, airy, and beautiful, discovers her body is betraying her. She turns to cousin and childhood best friend Ari for the cord blood he''s been banking for his own children. Ari stands firm, bringing them before the scales of justice. Solomon Richter, a state Supreme Court judge on the brink of retirement, is touched by this legal battle like no other. His blood case, he calls it. A case that calls into question the very things we live for: the enduring bonds of family, and the love that lasts a lifetime. It''s Nicole''s last chance, Ari''s last stand, and the judge''s last case. A novel of heartbreaking honesty, humor, and depth...an unforgettable story of finding love and finding family...The Laws of Gravity heralds Liz Rosenberg as a storytelling sensation.

Era uma vez uma garota chamada Maud que adorava histórias. Quando estava com14 anos, ela escreveu em seu diário: Adoro livros. Espero que, quando crescer, possa ter muitos deles. Maud não apenas cresceu com muitos livros, mas ela mesma escreveu vinte e quatro deles como L. M. Montgomery, e conquistou renome mundial com Anne de Green Gables. Por muitos anos, não se sabia muito sobre a vida pessoal de Maud. Sua infância foi passada com avós rígidos e retraídos, e suas reflexões sobrea escrita, suas lutas ao longo da vida com ansiedade e depressão, seu ano de paixão louca e sua difícil vida de casada permaneceram enterrados profundamente em seus diários pessoais não publicados. Por meio desta biografia, espíritos afins de todas as idades que, como Maud, nunca desistiram da substância das coisas que se esperava serão cativados novamente pelas palavras desta notável mulher.

Parents tell how they waited and prepared for the child that they wanted so much.