Best Selling Books by Mary Rodgers

The memoirs of Mary Rodgers—writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and “a woman who tried everything.” “What am I, bologna?” Mary Rodgers (1931–2014) often said. She was referring to being stuck in the middle of a talent sandwich: the daughter of one composer and the mother of another. And not just any composers. Her father was Richard Rodgers, perhaps the greatest American melodist; her son, Adam Guettel, a worthy successor. What that leaves out is Mary herself, also a composer, whose musical Once Upon a Mattress remains one of the rare revivable Broadway hits written by a woman. Shy is the story of how it all happened: how Mary grew from an angry child, constrained by privilege and a parent’s overwhelming gift, to become not just a theater figure in her own right but also a renowned author of books for young readers (including the classic Freaky Friday) and, in a final grand turn, a doyenne of philanthropy and the chairman of the Juilliard School. But in telling these stories—with copious annotations, contradictions, and interruptions from Jesse Green, the chief theater critic of The New York Times—Shy also tells another, about a woman liberating herself from disapproving parents and pervasive sexism to find art and romance on her own terms. Whether writing for Judy Holliday or Rin Tin Tin, dating Hal Prince or falling for Stephen Sondheim over a game of chess at thirteen, Rodgers grabbed every chance possible—and then some. Both an eyewitness report from the golden age of American musical theater and a tale of a woman striving for a meaningful life, Shy is, above all, a chance to sit at the feet of the kind of woman they don’t make anymore—and never did. They make themselves.

When he hears his parents talking about a boy so rotten he will some day end up in jail, Simon imagines all the things he thinks might make a boy that rotten.

Hadley is pretty much the model student: straight As, perfect attendance, front row in class. So what if she''s overstressed and overscheduled: She''s got school covered. (Life—not so much.) Ms. Pitt is the kind of teacher who wants you to call her by her first name and puts all the chairs in a circle and tells her students to feel their book reports. Hadley wishes Ms. Pitt would stick to her lesson plan. Ms. Pitt wishes Hadley would lighten up. So when Hadley and Ms. Pitt find themselves switched into each other''s bodies, the first thing they want to do is switch right back. It takes a family crisis, a baffled principal, and a (double) first kiss to help them figure out that change can be pretty enlightening. Even if it is a little freaky!

Previously published as A Billion for Boris Annabel Andrews is back in her body, but life is still anything but normal. When her brother, Ape Face, and her boyfriend, Boris, discover a TV that airs its programs a day early, they''re suddenly faced with lots of opportunities. Boris wants to make billions of dollars, but Annabel wants to help mankind. They''ve got to decide what to do before someone figures out what''s going on.... An ALA Notable Children''s Book

Two generations worth of practical and imaginative ideas about the house, decorating, entertaining, living with children, husbands--and oneself.

The daughter of an affluent Austrian diplomat, Kirchner moved with her family to Germany just as Hitler''s war machine was gaining momentum. Like thousands of civilians, she would be caught between clashing armies, eventually fleeing on food for safety behind Allied lines.

Not your ordinary travel guide, Travel Wise with Children blends travel and learning through unique, easily applied hands-on projects! A must have book for parents, teachers, home-school parents, and grandparents.

Theatre, Inc., Johnny George, executive director, presents "Once Upon a Mattress," book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, Dean Fuller, lyrics by Marshall Barer, music by Mary Rodgers, directed and choreographed by Edmund Balin, music directed by Jay Froman, sets and costumes by Don Bolen.

In Locating Alexandra Rodgers shows how Luke managed to build bridges between seemingly disparate worlds.

"No us ho creureu, ningú que tingui una mica de seny no s''ho podria creure, però és del tot cert, absolutament cert! Aquest matí, quan m''he despertat, m''he trobat que m''havia convertit en ma mare." L''Annabel té tretze anys, és desordenada i malparlada, no es pentina mai, es menja les ungles i porta ferros, té un germà petit insuportable i una mare més estricta que les altres. L''endemà d''una discussió, l''Annabel es desperta i s''adona que s''ha convertit en la seva mare. ¿Serà la seva oportunitat per fer tot el que li doni la gana?

«Tinguin la seguretat absoluta que totes i cadascuna de les paraules d''aquest document són la veritat absoluta verbatim. Ho dic perquè soc una persona a la qual de tant en tant li passen coses rares, però ningú no em creu.» Les coses han tornat a la normalitat per a l''Annabel Andrews des d''aquell dia tan bèstia en què es va convertir en la seva mare. Continua enamorada d''en Boris, el seu simpàtic amic del pis de dalt, i encara l''empipa l''insuportable del seu germà petit, el Cara de Mico. Però la normalitat no durarà gaire, a casa dels Andrews: quan el Cara de Mico arregla un televisor espatllat que en Boris li va vendre, passa una cosa insòlita, al·lucinant, increïble. En comptes dels programes habituals, aquest televisor mostra el futur... amb un dia d''antelació! S''hi veuen els programes de l''endemà, les pel·lícules de l''endemà i les notícies de l''endemà. L''Annabel creu que haurien de fer servir el nou televisor amb percepció extrasensorial per ajudar la gent, però en Boris té els seus propis plans.

A Quin dia tan bèstia!, l''Annabel Andrews es desperta i s''adona que s''ha convertit en la seva mare. Ara, a Un estiu capgirat, és Cara de Mico, el germà d''Annabel, qui es transforma. En qui? Doncs en el seu pare. I que li passa al pare? Doncs li passa que ha de marxar de campament -una cosa que odiava de petit-, jugar amb els amics del seu fill i moltes altres aventures i desventures. Mentre que Cara de Mico dirigeix, tan bé com pot, la gran empresa del seu pare. Un estiu ben bèstia!

Annabel fait une découverte étonnante : son petit frère, Ben, a tellement bien bricolé le vieux poste de télé que, maintenant, il transmet les émissions du lendemain ! Boris, le grand copain d''Annabel, a tout de suite une idée. Avec un peu d''astuce, il y a là un moyen fantastique de gagner beaucoup d''argent. Il lui suffit de jouer aux courses de chevaux, après avoir écouté les résultats donnés par la télé. De son côté, Annabel pense prévenir les incendies, les détournements d''avions et autres catastrophes... Mais voilà, rien ne va se passer comme prévu...

For use in schools and libraries only. A 13-year-old girl gains a much more sympathetic understanding of her relationship with her mother when she has to spend a day in her mother''s body.

Childhood, relationships with governesses, sister Linda: development of literary and musical abilties: early compositions, attitudes toward music in Rodgers household, Little Orchestra script writing; writing and producing ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, 1959, HOT SPOT, 1963, MEMBER OF THE WEDDING; relations with mother, Dorothy Rodgers, and collaboration on A WORD TO THE WIVES: creative process and personal objectives in writing children''s books, screenplay for Disney Studios; father, Richard Rodgers: illnesses, relations with family; travels; impressions of various composers and producers.

Follows the madcap adventures of the Andrews family through three different stories. In Freaky Friday, Annabel and her mother discover that they have switched bodies. A Billion for Boris continues with Annabel and her boyfriend Boris, and Annabel''s brother who begins predicting the future. In Summer Switch, Annabel''s father and brother trade bodies.

A thirteen-year-old girl gains a much more sympathetic understanding of her relationship with her mother when she has to spend a day in her mother''s body. Spanish language edition.