Barry Blitt – illustratör

Legendary baseball manager Casey Stengel worked with such greats as Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle; he led the New York Yankees to a record-breaking TEN pennants and SEVEN World Series in twelve years; he invented “platooning,” a way to use players that revolutionized the game; he was a prankster who became famous for sayings like “Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.”   The brains behind any baseball team is its manager . . . and here’s a picture-book biography about the best, most beloved and entertaining manager in history!"A first-rate picture book for baseball fans." —Booklist, Starred

"I was dramatically shaped by my grandmother and my aunts because they convinced me there was always a cookie available. Deep down inside I''m four years old, and I wake up and think out there, there''s a cookie. Every morning I''m going, you know, either it can be baked or it''s already been bought, but it''s in a jar . . . somewhere. . . ." — Newt Gingrich in 1994,

from his Renewing American Civilization Lecture Series

Picking up where its hilarious predecessor left off, this wickedly witty new treasure trove of outbursts, bon mots, and miscalculations draws from every corner of the political arena: foreign affairs, the White House, the scandals, the media, the campaign trail, and more. The laughs come from politicians past and present, including Republican presidential hopefuls Bob ("I don''t think I''m mean. I don''t throw things at my wife or staff.") Dole and Phil ("I''m carrying so much pork I''m beginning to get trichinosis.") Gramm.

David Olive proves beyond a doubt that oral ineptitude knows no political affiliation, and that even history''s most revered politicians could, at times, put foot firmly in mouth.

The great Sir Thomas More once said, "Anyone who deliberately tries to get himself elected to public office is permanently disqualified from holding one." After reading this priceless compendium, we''re sure you''ll agree. Or perhaps President Clinton''s campaign adviser, Paul Begala, put it best: "Politics is show business for ugly people."

"Well, I don''t have much job security." — Bill Clinton, on why he still plays the saxophone

"If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle." — Hillary Clinton

"I understand my critics are fixated and pathologically disoriented, but they are my opponents. Why should I try to correct them?" — Newt Gingrich

"We''ve never had a president named Bob. And I think it''s time." — Bob Dole

"I''ve got a lot to learn about Washington. Why, yesterday I accidentally spent some of my own money." — Senator Fred Thompson

"Let me win the election and after that you come ask me questions about how I run a government." — Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien

"Last year I was Bambi, this year Stalin. From Disneyland to dictatorship in twelve short months." — British Labor Party Leader Tony Blair

Here are more than 120 hysterical, philosophical, rhetorical, and commonsensical poems and pictures that explore the perfectly not-so-perfect world of picky kids, Miss Muffet''s revenge, magic homework wands, yellow snow, and Sunday''s sundaes! New York Times bestselling author Karma Wilson and renowned New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt have created a brilliantly entertaining poetry collection sure to be a source of pleasure and inspiration to kids everywhere.

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THINK CHILDREN ARE THE CUTEST,CUDDLIEST, MOST WONDERFUL, SAINTLY CREATURESIN THE ENTIRE WORLD.THESE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN.THEY HAVE NICE THINGS. THEY COLLECT FRAGILE POTTERY. THEY HAVE CANDLELIT DINNERS IN FANCY RESTAURANTS. THEY GO TO MOVIES. THEY HAVE WHITE CARPETS.PEOPLE WITH SMALL CHILDREN HAVEN''T BEEN TO A RESTAURANT WITHOUTPLASTIC SILVERWARE IN YEARS. THE LAST MOVIE THEY SAW IN A THEATER IS NOWON AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS. THEIR HOUSE LOOKS LIKE IT WASDECORATED BY PEE-WEE HERMAN.BABY''S FIRST TATTOO IS FOR THEM.For years parents have been buying baby books to document all the precious moments in their new baby''s life -- Baby''s First Tooth, Baby''s First Haircut, Baby''s First Step. What have been ignored for too long are those "alternative" precious moments that really should be written down, celebrated, and remembered -- Baby''s First Projectile Vomit, Baby''s First Tantrum in a Crowded Grocery Store, Baby''s 10,000th Dirty Diaper. Otherwise you might forget them and think of becoming parents once again.