Best Selling Books by Rick Walton

THE DOTS WILL NOT BE JOINED is both a rich, sentimental memoir and a racy ''Compendium of Ideas''. It''s about sport (mainly football and cricket) but it carries wise, sometimes cheeky diversions - snapshots into what makes us and what liberates us. The *stories* and the challenges range. Rick Walton is a coach and a writer with a fearless, impossibly positive streak coursing through him. He recounts scary or electrifying visits to football and those wonderfully daft adventures so many of us have had in village teams. Combs forgotten in boots; lacerating North Sea gales; chunks of orange and blissfully sweet tea; ''team talks''. But we also have Proper Coaching - notions around how to approach and nourish and support players. There is the contention, too, that sport really can be ''good''; that how we play can matter. All this in a matrix of arty or philosophical hunches which unashamedly (but also humbly) celebrate the raw, The Human, the ridiculous, the unknowable, the ''unweighted''. Walton''s book is a one-off, daring to chase a zillion narratives so as to capture something actually rather profound about how activity works, in a world where the ''Social'' and Corporate kaleidoscopes are blurring, bending and maybe even crushing our will.

A collection of jokes and riddles for every aspect of summer, from the beach to camp to the baseball diamond.

The little white dog named Coconut brings puzzles, brain teasers, crosswords, mazes, word searches and riddles.

A hungry bullfrog hops a stagecoach to Ravenous Gulch where it tries to get something to eat, in this tale where each page must be turned to complete the sentence.

Features a collection of jokes about school with each page devoted to a different theme.

Tells the story of a bullfrog in the Old West who loses his hop, while teaching kids about compound words. Includes learning activities.

A fox chases a mouse through the different parts of a farm, in a book that highlights the usage of prepositions.

Rhyming text explores the many ways one can dance--like the leader of a marching band, like a crab on a sunny day, or like a tree as it waves in the breeze. Full-color illustrations.

"Yesterday when I washed my hair, / Bees attacked from everywhere. / I told Mom. She said, ''You''re funny. / That''s what you get for washing with honey.''"Everybody jumps to conclusions, but the leaps of logic Rick Walton makes in That''s What You Get! are rarely made. This rollicking tale of consequences illustrates some of the silliest scenarios imaginable. Here is a colourful page-turner that will leave audiences of all ages begging for more.

When the president of the United States has a frustrating day, he decides to go back to the place where he learned the most important lessons of all. Everyone has bad days. Even the president. So when his day starts off badly, Mr. President decides he is in need of a time--out from running the country. Disguising himself, he sneaks out of the White House, hurries down the street to the local school, and enrolls in Mrs. Appletree''s class. There Mr. President slides his fingers through globs of finger paint. He spins himself silly on the merry--go--round at recess. He practices saying "please," raising his hand, and taking turns. And he doesn''t miss a single beat when everyone does the hokey--pokey. But when he returns to the White House, he is greeted by a panicked secretary of state and two angry world leaders on the brink of war. Fortunately, Mr. President recalls what he learned in Mrs. Appletree''s class, and he comes up with just the right approach to avoid an international crisis. Children will delight in Rick Walton''s laugh--out--loud story and its over--the--top take on conflict resolution. Brad Sneed''s watercolor illustrations capture the humor of the story with their exaggerated, outsized characters and playfully distorted compositions.

A boy''s simple hopes for a normal day turn into a series of wild adventures.

A young boy meets a hungry aligator. Throw in mistaken identity and a pair of stinky socks, and you have all the fun and surprise of a fabulous picture book. Author Rick Walton tells an entertaining story while teaching language arts concepts to children. Jim Bradshaw''s playful and engaging illustrations make this a book you won''t want to miss.

Beautiful Games is about Big Relatable Stories, sport, genius and good practice. It''s a charged, urgent call to get us moving.

A collection of riddles about basketball, such as "What are a basketball player''s favorite flowers? Guard-enias".

A collection of riddles about the game of football, including "What do football kickers wear?" "Puntaloons".

Test your wits at sleuthing against the 25 capers inside. Once you think you''ve cracked the case, flip to the back and check the answers.

A collection of jokes and riddles about sea creatures, including Why did the shark wear a tuxedo? He was dressed to kill.

Girls can go crazy for puzzles with this collection of tricky teasers, clever crosswords, silly riddles, and so much more! Puzzle Crazy will tickle girls? funny bones, while sharpening their logic and problem-solving skills.

Little Tracker® is a guide thru out the story....helping Zebra to follow his tracks back to where and how he lost his stripes.

One morning, a few days before Halloween, Mrs. McMurphy wakes up to find a large pumpkin by her front door. "My mouth is here. I speak to you. When my teeth are here, I''ll eat you!" it says with a mischievous grin. Unafraid, Mrs. McMurphy politely places the threatening squash outside. But day after day the pumpkin returns to make good on its promise!

10 Little Monsters, looking for fun, Take a trip to Oregon!10 Little Monsters, they can''t wait, Cause Monsters LOVE the Beaver Stat

Little Tracker goes in search of Giraffe, for her help.

What''s more fun than a clowder of cats, a rafter of turkeys, a swarm of bees, or a pack of dogs? Herd of Cows! Flock of Sheep!--the latest word play from the king of language arts picture books, Rick Walton. After bringing in his corn, potatoes, beans, and tomatoes before a rainstorm, Farmer Bob decides to settle down for a good night''s rest. While he snoozes away, the river rises high enough to set his bed afloat down the river.This sends his animals into a panic--a drove of pigs outlines a plan, a colony of beavers races to chew down trees, a school of fish tries to create a dam, and so forth, until finally Farmer Bob is rescued by a nest of snakes and a herd of horses. It''s a barnyard adventure that will leave bands of children begging for more.

Old Mother Rabbit''s twenty-six children, each named for a letter of the alphabet, are lovingly put to bed.

A collection of jokes alluding to fairy tales.

When three scary witches decide they want the beautiful castles that three pigs have built for themselves, there are surprising results.

More jokes about names such as "What do you call a girl who babbles? Brooke."

A collection of jokes about chickens, e.g. What happened when the chicken ate cement? She laid a sidewalk.

More than one hundred riddles about outer space, such as When astronauts get married, where do they go? On honeymoons. and When can''t you visit the moon? When the moon is full.

A collection of riddles about pigs, such as "What constellation looks like a pig? The Pig Dipper."

Poor Cinderella! Sent to a place where no one even knows what "CTR" means, and forced to do awful chores! Her horrible cousins may try to stop her, but Cinderella has her eye on the ball-- the Royal Ball. With hard work and a few tricks she learned in Young Women''s class, she just might make ... but will the prince choose the right?

Rhyming text with puns on the sounds that different animals make offers advice on how to deal with each animal.