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2004
| The hilarious holiday handbook for those who are starting to see Scrooge's point of view. Let's face it-sometimes the joys of Christmas are enough to make us want to run away from home-with all of the eggnog, of course. But with a little wry humor, Ann Hodgman is here to tackle Christmas stress and bring cheer back into the holiday. Delving into such diverse topics as making Christmas for kids and adults, how many traditions are just too many, and much more, I Saw Mommy Kicking Santa Clausis ful....[more] |
1998
| Do people take one bite of your food, moan with delight and beg you for the recipe? Do they exclaim, "Out of this world!" and "Beyond perfect!" when they taste your cooking? When you cook from BEAT THIS!, they will. In a book that has become a classic for its unique combination of irresistible recipes and hilarious prose, Ann Hodgman throws down the gauntlet, with more than 100 recipes that she guarantees to be better than anyone else's. Recipes include: Apple Crisp, Baking Powder Biscuits, Beef....[more] |
1994
| This fun-filled guide offers humorous "advice" on what to do when you forget your locker combination, suspect your teacher is an escaped convict, or need a new and improved excuse to get out of gym class. It's outrageously silly, and tailor-made for the junior-high crowd. |
1993
| GROSS! With the help of a jar of crystals and some creepy spiders, Sam Moore's wild clone-Stinky Stanley-learns to shoot gooey spider webbing from his fingertips! And he accidentally sticks himself to the wall of his own tree house. With Sam's help, Stanley escapes the wall and is soon catching bugs, swinging from branches, and lassoing the neighborhood pets for an animal parade. But then an evil scientist-Dr. Wermer-kidnaps Stanley to perform experiments on him! Sam has to find his gross twin ....[more] |
2011
| Do you think you have the absolute best recipe for apple pie? Maybe your neighbor claims to make the best meatloaf around. Did your Italian grandmother serve the best spaghetti sauce this side of the Atlantic? Well, unless you or that neighbor or your grandmother is Ann Hodgman, you’re wrong! The book that the editor in chief of Vanity Fair called “the funniest, most engaging book about food I’ve ever come across” has now been revised and updated: more than half the reci....[more] |
2007
| Ann Hodgman's basement is home to three guinea pigs, a cage full of birds, a big gray rabbit, a prairie dog, a bulbul (look it up), two little rabbits, a hamster, and twenty-six pygmy mice. And that's just the basement.Would your parents ever let you have that many pets at once? If Ann Hodgman were your parents, she'd let you. Here is the true story of what it's like to live in her barnyarder, housewith more animals than you'll be able to keep track of. Any kid (or adult) who has ever owned or w....[more] |
2006
| From the trio responsible for the successful 1,003 series-comes 1,003 Great Things About Being Jewish, the perfect humorous gift book to celebrate being Jewish.Just a sampling of the gems within: " They say Aunt Rose's matzo balls could sink a ship . . . in case you're interested in doing that." Everyone knows that kosher hot dogs rule." A Hanukkah bush is a lot easier to bring home than a Christmas tree." Cool-looking blue and silver wrapping paper instead of red and green." Where else does a 1....[more] |
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