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Publisher:
Books on Tape
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
How did Jon Scieszka get so funny, anyway? Growing up as one of six brothers was a good start, but that was just the beginning. Throw in Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, jokes told at family dinner, and the result is Knucklehead. Part memoir, part scrapbook, this hilarious trip down memory lane provides a unique glimpse into the formation of a creative...
3. Knucklehead
Publisher:
AMC Networks
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Description:
When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn's housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother, (Alfre Woodard) Langston must take his future into his own hands. He sets out to find the one doctor he believes can cure him, a celebrity magazine columnist who touts questionable prescription drug cocktails. Langston strives for independence from his mother, his...
4. Knucklehead
Author:
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
In Knucklehead we meet Marcus Hayes, a black law student who struggles, sometimes unsuccessfully, with the impulse to confront everyday bad behavior with swift and antisocial action. The cause of this impulse is unknown to him.When Marcus unexpectedly becomes involved with the brilliant and kind Amalia Stewart, her love and acceptance pacify his demons. But when his demons return, he is no longer inclined to contain them.
Author:
Publisher:
Viking
Pub. Date:
2008
Lexile measure:
750L
Language:
English
Description:
How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner.
Author:
Publisher:
Anvil Press
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Description:
Winner of the W. O. Mitchell/City of Calgary Award A debut collection, these stories are set in the corporeal world of adult endeavour: the mall, the office, the subdivision. It's these settings that W. Mark Giles exploits-locking his sights on eerily familiar characters, excavating their fears, intimacies, and the dark machinery behind their actions. He taps into our collective longing for moments of clarity and awe, recognizes our thwarted potential...
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Series:
Knucklehead Fred volume 1
Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
Knucklehead Fred is a whimsical, rhyming story about a fun-loving, energetic boy named Fred. His parents just can't figure out how to make him sit still and listen! But when Fred finds himself in need of a favor, Mom and Dad use it as a perfect opportunity to teach him a thing or two about responsibility.
Author:
Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
After struggling with behavior problems at school, Fred is presented with a challenge by his school principal, Mr. Boronstine. He promises Fred that if he can be a model student for one week, he will be presented with a special surprise. Will Knucklehead Fred rise to the occasion and be the best he can be? Or will he fail to control himself and miss out on a special treat? Find out in this second installment of this whimsical children's book about...
Author:
Series:
My weirdtastic school volume 2
Language:
English
Description:
While attending the live taping of a hilarious Saturday morning kids TV show, A.J. and his friends must figure out what to do when the host, Uncle Fred, whose childlike behavior isn't an act, refuses to grow up!
12. Knuckleheads
Author:
Publisher:
Dzanc Books
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
Description:
At heart, these stories explore generational intersections, with teenagers confronting the moments that will foment their directions to adulthood, and adults searching out opportunities for change in their present lives, gazing back on their own defining experiences in order to help chart new courses. Jeff Kass is a teacher of English and creative writing at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, MI, and works as the Poet-in-Residence for Ann Arbor Public...
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
Still spry at ninety-three, Theodora has lived long enough to see her family grow into an insufferable bunch of truculent knuckleheads. Having finally gathered the whole bickering brood together for the holidays at her South Carolina home, the grand matriarch pines wistfully for those extravagant, homey Christmases of her childhood. How she misses the tables groaning with home-cooked goodies, the over-the-top decorations, those long, lovely fireside...
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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On a warm spring evening in South Los Angeles, a young man was shot and killed on a sidewalk minutes away from his home, one of hundreds of young men slain in Los Angeles every year. His assailant ran down the street, jumped into an SUV, and vanished, hoping to join the vast majority of killers in American cities who are never arrested for their crimes. But as soon as the case was assigned to Detective John Skaggs, the odds shifted. Here is the kaleidoscopic...
Author:
Language:
English
Description:
Douglas Green considers his late pound puppy - a knuckleheaded dog named Shirelle - to be the greatest teacher he's ever known. "If Shirelle were in a fancy restaurant," he writes, "she might climb onto someone's table and eat their food, but she would never, ever, insult the waiter." The Teachings of Shirelle is the hilarious and uplifting story of how this unique pooch taught her guardian to live life to the fullest.This touching ode to...