Joseph Rosenbloom

Deputy Dan sets out to foil Shootin' Sam's dastardly plan to rob a train.

Deputy Dan Gets His Man

Deputy Dan devises a plan to capture a notorious gang of bank robbers.

Deputy Dan and the Bank Robbers

An “immersive, humanizing, and demystifying” (Charles Blow, New York Times) look at the final hours of Dr. King’s life as he seeks to revive the non-violent civil rights movement and push to end poverty in America. At 10:33 a.m. on April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., landed in Memphis on a flight from Atlanta. A march that he had led in Memphis six days earlier to support striking garbage workers had turned into a riot, and King was returning to prove that he could lead a violence-free protest. King’s reputation as a credible, non-violent leader of the civil rights movement was in jeopardy just as he was launching the Poor Peoples Campaign. He was calling for massive civil disobedience in the nation’s capital to pressure lawmakers to enact sweeping anti-poverty legislation. But King didn’t live long enough to lead the protest. He was fatally shot at 6:01 p.m. on April 4 in Memphis. Redemption is an intimate look at the last thirty-one hours and twenty-eight minutes of King’s life. King was exhausted from a brutal speaking schedule. He was being denounced in the press and by political leaders as an agent of violence. He was facing dissent even within the civil rights movement and among his own staff at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In Memphis, a federal court injunction was barring him from marching. As threats against King mounted, he feared an imminent, violent death. The risks were enormous, the pressure intense. On the stormy night of April 3, King gathered the strength to speak at a rally on behalf of sanitation workers. The “Mountaintop Speech,” an eloquent and passionate appeal for workers’ rights and economic justice, exhibited his oratorical mastery at its finest. Redemption draws on dozens of interviews by the author with people who were immersed in the Memphis events, features recently released documents from Atlanta archives, and includes compelling photos. The fresh material reveals untold facets of the story including a never-before-reported lapse by the Memphis Police Department to provide security for King. It unveils financial and logistical dilemmas, and recounts the emotional and marital pressures that were bedeviling King. Also revealed is what his assassin, James Earl Ray, was doing in Memphis during the same time and how a series of extraordinary breaks enabled Ray to construct a sniper’s nest and shoot King. Original and riveting, Redemption relives the drama of King’s final hours.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Last 31 Hours

Redemption

Essential for every young comedian, with 100 cartoons and index. "Gr.3-7. Rosenbloom is providing a service."--SLJ. "A must...all ages."--PW. 128 pages, b/w illus. throughout, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

Doctor Knock-Knock's Official Knock-Knock Dictionary

It's dangerous to find over 1,750 riddles in one place, and the silly cartoons throughout this collection only make it harder to stop turning the pages. They're organized into 20 categories to keep you from getting lost (or losing your mind). Still, you can't stop turning the pages as you riddle yourself over money, getting sick, hurling insults, thinking up comebacks, enjoying nature, driving, playing, using computers. Just in time, the last riddle appears: What do joggers say when they leave you? So long�gotta run. 352 pages, 160 b/w illus., 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

The Little Giant Book of Riddles

Riddles for children, including "What is green and goes slam, slam, slam, slam?" (A four-door pickle) and "What snack do robots serve at parties?" (Assorted nuts.).

The Zaniest Riddle Book in the World

Over 500 knock-knocks, 80 cartoons. Index. "Gr.4-7. Sure to be appreciated by its intended readers."--SLJ. "Helpful resource book for teaching plays on words."--Library Materials Guide, CSI. 128 pages, b/w illus. throughout, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

Nutty Knock Knocks!

Weekly Reader Books Presents the Gigantic Joke Book

Over 1,000 jokes, 96 drawings. Index. "Gr.4-6. A gigantic compendium of rib-tickling, giggle-inspiring one liners, puns, funny stories, put-downs...Clever and witty."--SLJ. "True kid appeal."--Learning. 256 pages, b/w illus. throughout, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

The Gigantic Joke Book

Mike Artell

An illustrated collection of tongue twisters for children.

Zany Tongue-Twisters

Like junk-food snacks, this biggest little collection of jokes has so many irresistible chuckles that we can't laugh at just one... Tourist (to farmer): Lived here all your life? Farmer: Not yet. Father: Bonnie, please take the dog out and give him some air. Bonnie: Sure, Dad. Where's the nearest gas station? Enjoy jokes about teachers, parents, brothers and sisters, doctors and patients, Martians and earthlings. And groaner book-and-author lists (Sport Injuries by Charlie Hawes; Cookouts Italian Style. Plus tongue twisters, shaggy dogs, first dates, and yes, Waiter, There's a Fly in My Soup jokes. 352 pages, 218 b/w illus., 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

The Little Giant Book of Jokes

Gyles Brandreth

Pronouncing punishing puns provokes pure pleasure, passing pain, plus palate paralysis with this comprehensive collection of alphabetically arranged tongue twisters.

The Biggest Tongue Twister Book in the World

An illustrated A-Z compilation of some of the world's toughest tongue twisters including "'Twixt six thick thumbs stick six thick sticks" and "Truly rural, Truly rural, Truly rural."

World's Toughest Tongue Twisters

An illustrated collection of hundreds of difficult tongue twisters, arranged alphabetically.

The Little Giant Book of Tongue Twisters

Drawings and text consisting solely of riddles follow a boy through his daily activities from the time he wakes up until he turns in for the night.

Ridiculous Nicholas Riddle Book

A collection of riddles on a wide range of topics for jokesters of all ages.

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