"This is a great book if your creative juices are running dry." — Portland Book Review A collection of 642 outrageous and witty writing prompts: Banish writer's block with 642 Things to Write, a fun and playful journal that invites inspiration with plenty of space to write it all down. Brimming with entertaining exercises, this writing prompt journal is sure to get the creative juices flowing.

From crafting your own obituary and penning an ode to an onion, to telling a dying houseplant why it should live and making a case for your favorite fruit, writers of all levels will stretch their imaginations and put pen to paper.
From ridiculous to philosophical, the 642 writing prompts are sure to stimulate the mind and encourage creativity
From the literary minds of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, a workspace and creative community in downtown San Francisco. Thirty-five writers from The Grotto contributed to this prompt journal.

642 Things to Write About prompt journal will appeal to both novice and seasoned writers. Inspire creativity with 642 Thing to Write About.

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Dive into this treasure trove of offbeat, clever, and endlessly absorbing drawing prompts.
The perfect inspirational guided art journal: A rolling pin, a robot, a pickle, a water tower, a hammock, a wasp, a safety pin, a kiss. Some are deceptively simple (just try drawing a bicycle!), some are conceptually mind-bending (sketching the sound of girlish laughter?), and some are refreshingly basic (the only hard thing about drawing an egg is deciding how you want it to be cooked). Hip and helpful, 642 Things to Draw is the perfect inspirational sketchbook, sure to entertain and provoke the imagination of anyone ready to pick up a pencil.

- Includes 642 random drawing prompts to spark casual doodling while entertaining the mind.

- With a collection of silly, thought-provoking, simple, and complex prompts, this drawing ideas book will push your mind – and pencil – to think outside the box. 
- While there are no step-by-step, how-to-draw instructions included, you don’t have to be a skilled artist to enjoy the relaxing, stimulating, and entertaining drawing ideas.
Budding artists and experienced sketchers alike will find themselves invigorated by this collection of unique and wonderful drawing prompts.
642 Things to Draw is a guided journal that will inspire creativity, energize the mind and stimulate artistry in any aspiring or skilled creator.

642 Things To Draw Journal

This book chronicles the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the stories of the first women to play professional baseball in a league of their own. "In 1941, the world was at war, and with American men fighting overseas, the much-needed pastime of professional baseball was in danger of extinction—until women stepped up to the plate."
In this heartwarming illustrated history, the League's story is told by the ones who know it best: the players. Author Anika Orrock collects a variety of funny, charming, wince-worthy, and powerful vignettes told by the players themselves about their time playing the American pastime. 
- Features stories of grit and perseverance against all odds, told by the players themselves 
- Filled with player statistics, historical beats, headlines, and more; and fully illustrated in Anika's vibrant style 
- A visually engaging, readable women-led history book Written in an approachable manner and beautifully illustrated, The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League is a one-of-a-kind story told through the women's own voices and their own perspectives. This book ultimately proves that the incredible women of the AAGPBL truly were in a league of their own.

The Incredible Women Of The All-american Girls Professional Baseball League

“Have you ever dreamed of quitting the rat race and taking a year off—and then swiftly jolted back to reality? If so, A Year Off will give you the inspiration and the courage to make it happen in real life.” — The Independent
Wait for me... Who knew these three words said to a near stranger would start an international travel adventure? A Year Off is one part travel guide, one part travel essays and photos, and one part memoir documenting the story of Alexandra and David Brown, a couple who decided to take a year off from their jobs and 'regular lives' to travel the world together after only knowing each other for a few months. With many gorgeous photographs and actionable travel advice, A Year Off captures all the beauty and magic of the wanderlust spirit, guiding readers on how to take the same leap and showing them just how doable a journey this type of round-the-world travel is. Each chapter provides perspectives from both authors and tackles a different part of the journey, including:

- A look into David and Alexandra's story as they traveled the world together and got to know one another. 
- Colorful essays about adventure travel and all the life-changing moments that come along with it. 
- A practical travel guide providing tips on how to leave your job, budget, pack, plan your route, pace yourself, adjust to culture shock, and re-enter.
Turn your travel daydreams into reality with the help of the inspiring journey towards fulfillment, adventure, and learning to be present in the moment.

A Year Off

What distinguishes a mandarin orange from a clementine, an iris from a pupil, a tornado from a cyclone, and a bee from a wasp? The difference is in the details! This content-rich illustrated extravaganza distills the distinctions between an impressive collection of pairs—from animals to food to geography and more—offering enlightening trivia, amusing tidbits, and unforgettable facts in a highly browsable format. Young readers can dip in quickly to feed their curiosity, or delve into the details and stay awhile. With a bold, graphic art style and an accessible, smart text, this miscellany collection will enrich probing minds (or is it "brains"?!).

What's The Difference?

Gifts For Kids

This gorgeous new version of our bestselling One Line a Day journal features dreamy celestial watercolor artwork on the cover and shimmers with gold foil stars and gilded page edges. This handsome five-year diary will inspire thoughtful daily reflections and become a keepsake record to treasure long after its pages are filled.

Celestial One Line A Day

Books & Stationery

For new sweethearts and long-wed couples alike, poetry is the ultimate gift of love. The classic love poems gathered in this elegant volume capture the full spectrum of romance—desire, longing, passion, and partnership. From Emily Dickinson's steamy declaration that "were I with thee / wild nights should be / our luxury!" to Langston Hughes's gorgeous image of love as "a ripe plum / growing on a purple tree," this is an exquisite collection of swoon-worthy love poems for the ages. Curated by authors Jessica Strand and Leslie Jonath, with illustrations by Jennifer Orkin Lewis, Love Found is perfect for Valentine's Day, weddings, anniversaries, or spur-of-the-moment romantic gestures.

Love Found

Give someone a little sparkle with these beautiful cards adorned with famous gems, like the Hope Diamond, from the National Gem Collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Illustrated by popular artist Samantha Hahn, these treasured notecards feature fun facts about each gem on the back and are encased in a jewel-like box for safekeeping.

You're A Gem!

Featured in Epicurious, Chowhound, SF Chronicle, and nominated for a 2020 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Cookbooks
Nourish Me Home features 110 recipes in 6 chapters that pay homage to the seasons and the elements of water, fire, air, and ether. The curious, creative, fearless Cortney Burns—formerly of Bar Tartine—is back with a personal cookbook project about nostalgia, immigration, and her own uniquely delicious recipes. Cortney Burns's cooking always includes layered flavors and textures, surprising ingredients, and healthful twists, and her recipes range from weeknight turn-tos such as salads, soups, and vegetable-forward mains to the homemade liqueurs and ferments she's famous for. 
- Teaches readers how to convert their own experiences and sense of place into kitchen inspiration and development of a personal cooking style 
- Recipes cover mains to drinks and desserts to condiments, such as sauces and pickled fruits 
- Complete with hand-drawn illustrations and 100 vibrant photographs As in Bar Tartine, the pantry of preserved foods forms the backbone of this cookbook, adding all the physical and mental health benefits of fermented foods and streamlining cooking. The focus here is on healthy, vegetable-forward recipes, emphasizing techniques for turning proteins into side dishes or seasonings, rather than the main event. 
- A groundbreaking project that connects seasonal cooking to raising one's personal vibration 
- Perfect for home cooks, those dedicated to mindfulness, fans of Cortney Burns and Bar Tartine, foodies, professional chefs, and restaurateurs 
- Add it to your collection of books like Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat, Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden, and Dining In by Alison Roman

Nourish Me Home

Lizi Boyd brings her whimsical touch to a new series for the very youngest readers. In this first book, sturdy die-cut pages that children can flip back and forth reveal the fun details and actions of a menagerie of adorable animals that aren't quite ready for bed. Can you see where they are hiding? Whether for storytime, laptime, or bedtime, the buoyant colors, silly story, and playful interactive format will keep toddlers captivated.

Hide-and-sleep

Baby & Kids

Can you put two and two together? In Four Word Thinking, 2–6 players race to pair up hexagonal tiles with two-letter combinations to claim four-letter words—and victory! The domino style of play means every new card changes the available letters, so players must think FA-ST. This fun and frenzied game takes seconds to learn, minutes to play, and provides endless hours of fun for word-game enthusiasts of all ages.
SECONDS TO LEARN, MINUTES TO PLAY, FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY: The simple game mechanics and four-letter limit on words makes this game easy to learn and play, even for kids.
QUICK GAME OF ACTION AND REACTION: Think fast! The lightning pace of Four Word Thinking will bring high energy to any game night or family gathering.
DOMINOES MEETS BANANAGRAMS: Four Word Thinking pairs the matching aspect of dominoes with the quick wordplay of Bananagrams or Boggle for a unique game youÆll love!
A GREAT GIFT FOR WORD-GAME ENTHUSIASTS: Anyone who likes word play, or word and spelling games, will love Four Word Thinking. Plus, it comes in an eye-catching hexagonal box, making for a distinctive package.
INCLUDES: 54 hexagonal tiles, instruction card, 72 player discs, 13 tokens. For 2–6 players ages 8 and up.

Four Word Thinking

Looks just like stacked LEGO® bricks! LEGO® meets stationery: Note taking has never been this fun! This box contains over 200 colorful note sheets, each with a LEGO® brick design on one side and room on the other side for notes to save or send. Doubling as a keepsake box, the LEGO Note Brick is a perfect way to bring joy to friends, family, and the LEGO lovers in your life. 
- Box with lid (3 1/8 x 5 x 1½ inches) is designed to resemble a block of LEGO bricks 
- Box contains 224 full-color notes, each with a LEGO brick design on one side 
- When you've used up all the notes, the box can double as a place to organize and store your favorite LEGO bricks and builds. 
- A great gift for both young LEGO lovers and adult fans of LEGO (AFOL), as well as for those who enjoy unique stationery

Lego Note Brick (blue-green)

Fill this ceramic vase with fresh flowers to add literary charm to any room. Illustrated by avowed bibliophile Jane Mount and adorned with elegant touches of gold, it's the perfect gift for book lovers. The vase measures 5 3/8 x 8 x 2 1/2 inches and features this inspiring quote by Oscar Wilde on the back: "With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?"

Bibliophile Ceramic Vase: A Compendium Of Flowers

Stella's class is having a Mother's Day celebration, but what's a girl with two daddies to do? It's not that she doesn't have someone who helps her with her homework, or tucks her in at night. Stella has her Papa and Daddy who take care of her, and a whole gaggle of other loved ones who make her feel special and supported every day. She just doesn't have a mom to invite to the party. Fortunately, Stella finds a unique solution to her party problem in this sweet story about love, acceptance, and the true meaning of family.

Stella Brings The Family

An Oprahâs Favorite Things Pick for 2015. 

At once a priceless memento and a journey forward in time, this innovative book of 12 fold-and-mail style letters offers a unique way to capture the moment. Each letter bears a prompt to inspire self-reflection. Once written, the letters can be sealed with the stickers included and postdated. The keepsake bundle of letters is like a dozen diary entries for the future. A thoughtful present for anyone embarking on a new stage in their lifeâs journey, Letters to My Future Self offers both the gift of looking forward and the delight of remembering times past.

Letters To My Future Self

These entertaining and educational lacing cards feature Eric Carle’s charming illustrations from his bestselling book The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ and include favorite characters like the classic caterpillar and beautiful butterfly. Printed on thick, sturdy board, these lacing cards are durable and reusable, and perfect for small hands to hold. Lacing cards encourage hand-eye coordination, and help develop sequencing, dexterity, and motor skills, while also providing kids with hours of lace-up fun!

ERIC CARLE™, THE WORLD OF ERIC CARLE™, THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR™ (name and image) Illustrations copyright © 2012 Eric Carle LLC.

The World Of Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar Lacing Cards

Bravery in a box: accessible prompts in a pick-me-up package that will inspire bold, confident action, through facing fears, acting with confidence, living authentically, and pursuing dreams. The gift of fearlessness, taking action and speaking your mind, this is the gift of a more audacious, confident way of living. Includes 50 faux matchsticks with printed prompts.

Spark Courage

Baby animals are hiding on the farm! Lift the flaps to help each animal parent find their babies, from noisy chicks to messy baby pigs. Peekaboo fans will delight in revealing every adorable baby animal—and learning what special sound they make! With cleverly layered pages and distinctive limited-palette artwork, this is a board book series to treasure.

Peek-a-baby: Farm

Recent research reveals that inflammation has a negative impact on general wellness and can worsen many common health conditions, including migraines, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, arthritis, and gastrointestinal disorders. The good news? Eating certain foods and avoiding others can be a highly effective way to diminish and manage inflammation. In The Anti-Inflammation Cookbook, professional cook and inflammation sufferer Amanda Haas joins forces with Dr. Bradly Jacobs to explain which foods are beneficial and why and to share 65 delicious, simple inflammation-busting recipes. Sometimes good food can be the best medicine.

The Anti-inflammation Cookbook

People dream an average of two hours every night. In a lifetime, that can be years of dreaming! With plenty of space to write and draw, guided prompts and checkboxes to help dream recall, and fun facts sprinkled throughout, Strange Dreams invites users to take the time to appreciate the fascinating and elusive world of dreams.

Strange Dreams

Margaret Wise Brown Prize, Honor
A Junior Library Guild selection
This lyrical, loving picture book from popular singer-songwriter Laura Veirs and debut illustrator Tatyana Fazlalizadeh tells the story of the determined, gifted, daring Elizabeth Cotten—one of the most celebrated American folk musicians of all time.
Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasn't hers (it was her big brother's), and it wasn't strung right for her (she was left-handed). But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By age eleven, she'd written "Freight Train," one of the most famous folk songs of the twentieth century. And by the end of her life, people everywhere—from the sunny beaches of California to the rolling hills of England—knew her music.

Libba

Lupe Impala, El Chavo Flapjack, and Elirio Malaria love working with cars. You name it, they can fix it. But the team's favorite cars of all are lowriders—cars that hip and hop, dip and drop, go low and slow, bajito y suavecito. The stars align when a contest for the best car around offers a prize of a trunkful of cash—just what the team needs to open their own shop! ¡Ay chihuahua! What will it take to transform a junker into the best car in the universe? Striking, unparalleled art from debut illustrator Raul the Third recalls ballpoint-pen-and-Sharpie desk-drawn doodles, while the story is sketched with Spanish, inked with science facts, and colored with true friendship. With a glossary at the back to provide definitions for Spanish and science terms, this delightful book will educate and entertain in equal measure.

Lowriders In Space

Revive the lost arts of fermenting, canning, preserving, and creating your own ingredients. The Institute of Domestic Technology Cookbook is a collection of 250 recipes, ideas, and methods for stocking a kitchen, do-it-yourself foodcrafting projects, and cooking with homemade ingredients. The chapters include instructions on how to make your own food products and pantry staples, as well as recipes highlighting those very ingredients—for example, make your own feta and bake it into a Greek phyllo pie, or learn how to dehydrate leftover produce and use it in homemade instant soup mixes. 
- Each chapter includes instructions to make your own pantry staples, like ground mustard, sourdough starter, and miso paste. 
- Complete with recipes that utilize the very ingredients you made 
- Filled with informative and helpful features like flavor variation charts, extended tutorials, faculty advice, and instructional line drawings Also included are features like foodcrafting charts, historical tidbits, 100+ photos and illustrations, how-tos, and sidebars featuring experts and deans from the Institute, including LA-based cheese-makers, coffee roasters, butchers, and more. From the Institute of Domestic Technology, a revered foodcrafting school in Los Angeles, each chapter is based on the school's curriculum and covers all manners of techniques—such as curing, bread-baking, cheese-making, coffee-roasting, butchering, and more. 
- Complete with beautiful food photography, this well-researched and comprehensive cookbook will inspire chefs of all levels. 
- Great gift for foodcrafters, food geeks, food pioneers, farmers' market shoppers, as well as people who feel nostalgic for a slower way of life 
- Add it to the collection of books like Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat; The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt; and The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making by Alana Chernila

The New Homemade Kitchen

Hot on the heels of the runaway success Porn for Women , the female pornographers from Cambridge are now tackling the fantasies of new mothers. What really turns them on? The CWPC locked themselves in the lab for months to find out. And the results are in—this scientifically proven, steamy photo collection of hunky guys doing exactly what new mothers want. Prepare to enter a fantasy world, a world where men insist on changing diapers, where guys get up for 3 a.m. feedings, and where they just can't help but admire mom's sexy all-sweatpants wardrobe. Page after page of titillating shots and dream-worthy captions will make every mother swoon. In fact, it might just leave her begging for more. . . . Oh, daddy!

Porn For New Moms

Drawing makes you happy! This boldly illustrated handbook offers easy-to-follow drawing exercises—some thought-provoking, some meditative, all fun—inspired by art-therapy practices. Each page features an activity written by artist and activist Tim Shaw and brought to life with colorful art from Spanish illustration duo Cachetejack, offering readers simple strategies for boosting their confidence, reducing stress, and expressing themselves in meaningful and joyful new ways. With a distinctive, modern aesthetic, Draw & Be Happy will resonate with both new and experienced artists looking for fulfillment through creativity.

Draw And Be Happy

From high-end magazines and design-inspiration websites to stores big and small, bar carts are a must-have piece of furniture. This book provides all the answers to the question—how can I get that look at home? The Art of the Bar Cart features 20 different styled bar setups—from tricked-out vintage carts to a collection of bottles tucked into a cabinet—themed around favorite libations, personal style, or upcoming occasions. Readers can choose from the warm and inviting Whiskey Cart, the fun and fresh Punch Cart, or mix and match to suit any style. With easy tips to re-create each look as well as recipes for the perfect drinks to pair with each cart, this beautifully photographed guide is an inspiration to anyone looking to create a unique décor statement, and a drink to serve alongside.

The Art Of The Bar Cart

The booklover's ultimate journal! Filled with the best bookish art from avowed bibliophile Jane Mount, plus themed reading lists and room for notes, it's the perfect companion for any reader.

Bibliophile Reader's Journal

Notebooks & Journals

Say goodbye to FOMO (the fear of missing out) and make way for JOMO (the joy of missing out). In our busy lives of go-go-go and yes-yes-yes, JOMO is about unplugging, slowing down, and choosing activities intentionally—all without worrying what other people are doing. Packed with inspirational quotes, fun prompts, and offline activities—from "analog pleasures" and "books to read this year" to "ways to treat yourself"—this illustrated journal invites users to rebalance priorities, find happiness in being present, and reconnect with themselves. 
- MOVE OVER, FOMO: Embrace the joy of unplugging from technology and reconnecting with yourself! This guided journal is packed with fun, thought-provoking prompts and quotes, plus plenty of space for journaling. It will offer you accessible ways to let go of FOMO and foster personal growth. 
- JOMO IS AN ACT OF SELF-CARE: Actively choosing to "miss out" can make you more mindful and intentional with your time, and discover the happiness in simply being present. This guided journal will help you do just that. 
- A BEAUTIFUL GIFT: This illustrated journal is a thoughtful gift for anyone in your life who wants to step back from the rat race, rebalance their priorities, and seek out what truly makes them happy. 
- INCLUDES: Paperback journal with flexi-binding, 5 x 7 inches, 176 pages, full-color illustrations throughout

Jomo Journal

2021 Pura Belpré Children's Author Award Honor Winner of the Sid Fleischman Award for Humor PNBA Award Winner Globe & Mail Best Children's Book of Year Booklist Editor’s Choice
My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened groundhog. Don’t you want to read a book that starts like that?? Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She’s also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy…like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much…like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who’s Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when the horror that is square dancing rears its head in gym? Obviously she’s not gonna let that slide. Not since Millicent Min, Girl Genius has a debut novel introduced a character so memorably, with such humor and emotional insight. Even square dancing fans will agree…

Lupe Wong Won't Dance

Strange, outdated laws from each of the 50 U.S. states—some overturned, some still on the books, and some merely the stuff of legends—are depicted with sly wit by Olivia Locher. Incisive, ironic, and gorgeous, these images will appeal to art buffs and trivia fans alike. A foreword from American poet Kenneth Goldsmith and an interview with the artist by Eric Shiner, former director of the Andy Warhol Museum, contextualize rising-star Locher's photography. From serving wine in teacups in Kansas to licking a toad in Kentucky or perming a child's hair in Nebraska, breaking the law has never looked so good.