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The Wild Things (Fur-Covered Edition) by Dave Eggers

The Wild Things—based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay cowritten with Spike Jonze—is about the confusions...
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Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the...
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story (with Lisa Brown)

The Latke Who Couldn't Stop... by Daniel Handler

Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukkah. Lemony Snicket is an alleged children’s book author. Lisa Brown is an alleged...

Baby Fix My Car by Lisa Brown

Are you a parent? Are you tired of driving around in an old wreck of an automobile?

How to Dress for Every... by Lisa Brown

Want to dress like the Pope? Well, why not?
Baby Do My Banking

Baby Do My Banking by Lisa Brown

Are you a parent? Have your finances become a chore?

Baby Make Me Breakfast by Lisa Brown

Little ones learn to help out around the house with this humorous book from McSweeney’s new Irregulars series. Many people...
Baby Mix Me a Drink

Baby Mix Me a Drink by Lisa Brown

Supposedly written for babies, but really for their parents, this series hilariously suggests that babies can do things like mix...
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story

The Latke Who Couldn't Stop... by Lisa Brown

Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukkah. Lemony Snicket is an alleged children’s book author. Lisa Brown is an alleged...