This book is funny, serious, and really weird. I should have called it "The Book of Nonsense," but that didn't make any sense. I hope it will "quack" you up. A few secrets to happiness are hidden in it, but not really well because I want you to find them. One of them is laughter. I used to think that my secret was wine, till one day one of those silly ducks stole my bottle, and I had to sober up. I know which one it was too, cause I recognize that voice, saying "When possible, make a legal U-turn." My mind was working that day, so I realized he was right. I wrote this book for your enjoyment, encouragement, education, and any other benefit you can get that will help you a little in your travels through life.

This book is funny, serious, and really weird. I should have called it "The Book of Nonsense," but that didn't make any sense. I hope it will "quack" you up. A few secrets to happiness are hidden in it, but not real well because I want you to find them. One of them is laughter. I used to think that my secret was wine, till one day one of those silly ducks stole my bottle, and I had to sober up. I know which one it was too, cause I recognize that voice, saying, "When possible, make a legal U-turn." My mind was working that day, so I realized he was right. I wrote this book for your enjoyment, encouragement, education, and any other benefit you can get that will help you a little in your travels through life.

"Perfect for reading aloud, this counting book not only contains bright bold illustrations but also has lots of . . . sound effects that children will love to replicate." -- BOOKLIST Down by the marsh, by the sleepy, slimy marsh, one duck gets stuck in the muck . . . Can two fish, tails going swish, help? What about three moose, munching on spruce? Bright, spirited illustrations by Jane Chapman enhance this one-of-a-kind counting tale by Phyllis Root - a feast of sounds and numbers that will have listeners scrambling to join in the slippy, sloppy fun.

Daniel Handler and Lemony Snicket compile the year's best new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and category-defying gems aimed at readers 15 and up.

Home to many people before us, the land has a history all its own. The trials and tribulations suffered by the occupants of the ground, that we temporarily call our own, is forever etched into that history. What secrets does the land hold? The Jackson family is about to find out. It is 1831 when Andrew and Mahalia Jackson and their six children homestead the land that lies north of Wildcat Creek. Twenty years have passed since the Myaamia tribe called this place their home. After they build a cabin and barn near the woods, the family hears strange noises at night. Andrew tries to pass it off as the wind or animals, but Mahalia fears the forest is haunted and believes her daughter, Lucinda, is cursed. As a big black cat watches over her domain from high in the trees as her father had asked of the Great Mysterious, the Jackson family soon discovers that no one owns the ground forever. The curse is as real as the spirits who remain. As time passes, how many other families will make the same discovery? Missing Trust is a tale of the land that overlooks Wildcat Creek, the curse of an old Indian, and the families who attempt to carve out a life, despite the devastating events that befall them.

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