New Releases by Jon Stone

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.

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.

Oh no! There is ANOTHER monster at the end of this book, in this beloved sequel to The Monster at the End of This Sound Book. This treasured tale is brought to life by lovable, furry old Grover AND lovable, furry little Elmo, who read aoud every page--while arguing about whether to turn them! Press 10 buttons to play sounds, music, and the voices of Grover & Elmo 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.''

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

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.

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.

Jon Stone was Albert Camus, Errol Flynn and Tintin compounded into poet form. He wrote work of vigour and flair from the age of 16 up to his death at 21. In this, the first volume of his selected works to be published, Mary Read argues that this daring boy-poet, who compared himself to Caligula and claimed to write out of idleness, wrought a compelling, utterly contemporary poetic terrain, teaming with emotional architecture; the modern world translated into a place of sorcery, piracy, rebellion and tyranny. "Stone. He travelled surreal pathways and painted visceral pictures so that you could stroke the canvas. The women he touched were on the same journey, some calm, some uneasy. He laid false trails, grasped at the earth, held air, set all in words to last forever. Stone." - Ronnie Goodyer

In the sequel to reader favorite "Monster at the End of This Book," furry old Grover is still fearful of monsters--and he learns that there''s another one at the end of this book! Just who is the monster at the end of this book?

Grover plays a game of hide and seek with the reader.

Grover demonstrates the resting places he has for various parts of his body.

Big Bird and Barkley, intent on finding Feng Huang, the phoenix of China, learn many things about the country while they search.

On Christmas Eve the Sesame Street friends exchange gifts, go skating, worry about Santa, and write their wish list.

Grover plays a game of hide and seek with the reader.