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Silent Limericks
America has been a country beset with strifeThe sixties -- not the time for the quiet life.This story is one samplePart of a larger exampleOf the stories with which the sixties were rife. If you haven't checked out this book (four weeks on the NYT Best-Seller list this winter!), whyever not? It is very much [...]
Outer Space Limericks
Small children rocketing about outer space!They have adventures all over the place!Until SupermusclemanComes in with a planThen the kids will just kick him in the face! Let me just say, Sardine has one of the most excellent cats ever. It has such a wonderful hat to sit on! And it flies! What more could you [...]
Different (But Similar) Limericks
Once upon a time there was published a book Here at First Second we gave it a new look. The fish float on top On the jacket they stop The new look gives this book a new hook. We love the way our designer, Colleen AF Venable, made the new hardcover edition of Same Difference [...]
Robot Limericks
There once was a robot and a dog They went together, like the gears of a cog. The dog went away He's gone to this day While the robot must continue the daily slog. This is one of my favorite books that we have published. Ever.Â
JOANN SFAR documentary screening in NY
test headingHear ye! Here's the first chance to see the new documentary by Sam Ball, about the excellent and prolific and deliriously talented Joann Sfar! Check out this preview first:   Joann Sfar Draws From Memory, director Sam Ball’s documentary portrait of the French comics artist and filmmaker (Dungeon, The Rabbi’s Cat, Little Vampire) will receive [...]
Flatiron Snacks: Le Pain Quotidien
test heading (photo ganked from here) We've got a Le Pain Quotidien down the block from us (actually looking at the 'coming soon' signs down the street, it looks like there may be another within reasonable walking distance in the very near future), and they are an excellent thing. (When you order hot chocolate at [...]
Happy New Year!-1
test heading (from The Galt Museum & Archives. Like the WWII people above, we are also celebrating, but for a different purpose.) It's 2013! We are very excited for this day, as we have been waiting for it since the past. We're going to be publishing so many good books this year, guys! And we'll [...]
World War II Limericks
There were three siblings who lived in France In the days of World War II, they had no chance To live without strife So all of their life Was lived out from a defensive stance. This book won a Sidney Taylor Honor for Jewish Literature. So it is officially very good!
Flatiron Snacks: Laut Thai
test heading (photo ganked from here) Laut Thai is a (relatively) new Thai-Malaysian restaurant down on 18th Street. The last time I went there it was the middle of a snowstorm and my friend and I both ended up soaked and very grateful for their delicious hot soup. However! As we have already established, delicious [...]
Book Give-Away: Friends With Boys
While you're catching up with Friends With Boys over the holidays, you can also enter to win a copy of your very own over on GoodReads, where we're doing a give-away. We just got books in the office, and they look wonderful and lovely and you all should have copies of your very own! (Probably [...]
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