New Releases by Stanley MacK

Readers young and old alike will love this entertaining and timely comic book that offers a concise and accessible summary of the founding of the USA. With an uncanny relevance to modern American politics, contained within is the original revolt against taxes: the Boston Tea Party. That''s also not to forget the original Occupy movement: the Rebels in revolt against the status quo. A whimsical and informative pictorial history featuring a chubby, insecure King George III, rebellious and misunderstood colonialists, loud-mouthed and insensitive aristocrats and more.

In 1775, Penny and her friend Nick, a homeless orphan, find themselves amidst the conflict in Massachusetts as the colonists prepare to revolt against the British military.

In 1775, Penny and her friend Nick, a homeless orphan, find themselves amid the growing conflict in Massachusetts as the colonists prepare to revolt against the British military.

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Beginning with Abraham and Sarah, celebrated artist Stan Mack takes us on a rewarding pictorial journey across 4,000 years of Jewish history, through its ups and downs. From the biblical era to the twentieth century, with Mack''s signature wit and delightful sketches, we witness Moses receiving the Ten Commandments, the world''s first "oy," the creation of the Talmud, the Crusades, the Holocaust, the birth of the Israeli state, the evolution of the stand-up comic, and much more. In addition, we meet the men and women who have shaped the Jewish experience, including Maimonides, Theodor Hertzl, Irving Berlin, and Golda Meier. An illustrated narrative that celebrates the major characters and events that built this enduring culture, The Story of the Jews is a first of its kind and worthy of a sincere mazel tov.

Young people whose lives have been impacted by violence and crime, either as perpetrators or as victims, tell their stories. Also includes comments from concerned adults who work with these teens.

In this eye-opening collection, teenagers talk about their experiences with obsessive love, tormented love, bittersweet love, and love against all odds. Young adults can turn to these emotionally charged true stories to cope with their own pressures and the complications associated with relationships.

On their way to the mountains for their annual vacation, the Puddle family take the usual road but the road seems to have other ideas about where it wants to go.

A cat accused of taking a piece of cheese sets off a chain of events that involves the whole town.

The arrival of the King''s cat prompts the people to speculate about alphabetical characteristics it might possess.

One by one the bears leave the bed until there are none.

A counting book for children about musicians with their instruments.