Books published by Andrews McMeel Publishing

"YouTube Mastermind" Orion Carloto turns raw emotion into powerful, digestible verse in her debut collection of poetry.

Bitter Sweet Love is the much-anticipated second collection of internationally best-selling poet Michael Faudet, author of Dirty Pretty Things, a finalist in the 2015 Goodreads Readers Choice Awards.

A poet, journalist, and activist, Alicia Cook offers a soundtrack of survival.

It all started when Phoebe skipped a rock across a pond and accidentally hit a unicorn in the face.

Best-selling poet Lang Leav presents a gorgeous hardcover gift book featuring the best of Lullabiesand Love & Misadventureplus thirty-five new poems

Beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully conceived, Love & Misadventure will take you on a rollercoaster ride through an ill-fated love affair.

The hilarity of The Oatmeal.com presented in book form with 35 never-before-seen pieces and 25 classic favourites from the Website

This revised edition of Urban Dictionaryfeatures the latest and greatest definitions ever for the words that define our world.

Step into the enchanting world of Prythian with this dreamy cocktail book, inspired by Sarah J. Maas's bestselling series, A Court of Thorns and Roses. Immerse yourself in the magic, romance, and intrigue of the fae courts as you sip on these tantalizing elixirs. This book features more than 50 cocktail and mocktail recipes recipes based on your favorite people, places, and themes from the series, as well as amuse-bouche pairings, sure to satisfy both mortal and fae alike. Entertain your guests with: Nesta's Dirty Martini Tamlin Tequila Cocktail The Bloody Amren Rhysand's Calming Tea (Mocktail) Elain's Garden Velaris Dessert Feyre Darling This is the ideal gift for fans who fantasize about moving to Velaris, or as a 'treat yourself' purchase before your next romantasy book club!

"How do you make an octopus laugh? With ten-tickles!" With every joke illustrated, this book is full of laugh-out-loud jokes the whole family will enjoy! "What happened to the dalmation that went through the washing machine? It came out spotless!" Perfect for road trips, rainy days, or as a gift for any occasion, The Epic World's Best Jokes for Kids is complete with dad jokes, knock-knock jokes, and very punny art from the first three volumes of the series. Every joke is illustrated! From the New York Times-bestselling authors of the Happiness Is ... series, this book truly is the ultimate bundle of family-friendly humor and fun.

Feel more productive, less frustrated, and better equipped to thrive with ADHD. Dr. Perry Mandanis draws on decades of proven strategies to deliver game-changing techniques in this engaging and practical full-color card deck.

Kitten Ninja is back in three adorable new stories for comics-loving kids of all ages! Before he became Metro City's greatest defender, Cat Ninja was a cute and cuddly kitten facing tiny foes! In book 2 of this popular series, Kitten Ninja faces down a tall tower, takes on a swarm of leaves (while fighting a rumbly tummy!), and battles to find a new favorite spot when he outgrows his favorite box. Plus, with lots of love and support from his old ninja master, he learns kindness--and that even ninjas need a little help, now and then.

Wordscapes, the top-rated word game played by more than 14 million fans, is now a puzzle book with the same word challenging fun! Wordscapes combines the best of word search, anagrams, and crosswords! Challenge your brain and vocabulary by connecting letters to find as many hidden words as you can, then fill-in the crossword grids to complete each puzzle. Organized by difficulty level, these 250 anagram word puzzles start easy but ramp up fast! Sharpen your mind, improve your smarts, and enjoy the challenge of these addicting word puzzles.

Never have the secret lives of relationships been so clearly and amusingly on display as in Tommy Siegel's Candy Hearts comics. Tommy Siegel's Candy Hearts comics persistently charmed comics fans since their debut online in 2020, revealing the most awkward and funny truths about relationships. Each Candy Heart character literally has their true intentions stamped on their chest, but are almost always hilariously out of synch with their partners, friends, or family members. This sequel to the 2021 collection includes dozens of new Candy Hearts comics exploring issues of trust, commitment, and separating the merely horny from the truly affectionate. The Secret Lives of Candy Hearts delves into fraught topics such as wedding planning, cohabitation, dating profiles, pets, bromance, and a lot more!

Fungi Unveiled: Immerse yourself in cultural tales, scientific revelations, and vivid psychedelic visuals--a botanical masterpiece that enchants both the curious and the connoisseur. Explore the secret lives of 60 mushrooms in Powerful Mushrooms. Powerful Mushrooms tells the story of 60 mushrooms - divided by taxonomy and healing properties. This elegant book also highlights cultural, scientific, and historical anecdotes for readers to enjoy. All further exalted by pop- and psychedelic-style images, this book is a pleasure to browse and will become a classical botanical treatise. The mushrooms will be divided into the following categories: Exquisite Mushrooms Visionary Mushrooms Venomous Mushrooms Medicinal Mushrooms Mycoremediation Strange Mushrooms & Incredible Things

Raegan Fordemwalt--poet and author of the runaway hit Lover Girl--is back with the highly anticipated follow-up collection of poetry and art, Prince of Hearts. Following the success of Lover Girl, Raegan Fordemwalt returns with Prince of Hearts. An indirect sequel to her bestselling debut, this all-new collection of art and poetry takes readers along the narrator's journey through abandonment and dismantled trust following the loss of significant relationships, both platonic and romantic. A far-too-relatable retelling of the courage required to survive young love, first heartbreaks, and your early-20s, Prince of Hearts is a look through both the rearview and the windshield along the journey to self-love.

A beautiful and practical guide to calming anxiety and stress through spiritual practice by a leading Christian counselor. God desires for His children to live abundant, joyful lives. He is also a Healer when human anxieties get in the way of the good life He intends. In fact, He has provided many ways to harness calm even within the hustle and bustle of modern life. This workbook features simple exercises and action-oriented steps that incorporate solid mental health strategies with Christian teaching about God's provision and healing. The book guides you through: Gratitude practices Finding calm in God's creation Taking honest feelings to God through connecting with Scripture, praying, and journaling Letting go of what we can't control and surrendering to God

A witty and inclusive bathroom book for the modern reader packed with fascinating world facts and phenomena, presented in an elegant, giftable package. Full of fascinating trivia, unusual facts, and conversation starters, The Modern Bath­room Reader strikes the perfect balance of light-hearted humor and mind-blowing smarts with just enough faux sophistication to be the perfect addition to any powder room. This inclusively curated compendium is a treat to weary, doomscrolling eyes. Savor the abundance of strange histories, pop-culture oddities, esoteric quotes, and refreshingly classy illustrations sprinkled throughout. Marvel at the surprising origins of everyday things from the comfort of your commode.

A class clown and brainiac cook up the ultimate operation when they swap identities at their elementary school in this laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel, perfect for fans of Cat Ninja, Dog Man, and Big Nate. Nick's a straight-A student. Sy's a class clown. But when they start at a new school, misunderstandings cause everyone to think Nick's the class clown and Sy's the brainiac. Eager to fit in, they make a pact: Nick will teach Sy how to be a convincing brainiac, and Sy will help Nick pose as a jokester. But the two soon learn it's not easy to fake your way through fifth grade, and the longer their charade goes on, the harder it is to come clean. When the two impostors meet a girl with a secret of her own, the three form an unlikely friendship that challenges everything they thought they knew about what it means to "be yourself." This debut graphic novel series by cartoonist Tate Godwin is teeming with fun, hijinks, and embracing who you are--and all the many facets of what makes up your identity.

An enchanting collection of Phoebe and Her Unicorn comics from New York Times bestselling author Dana Simpson. In this shimmering new sequence of storylines from the world of Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Marigold and Phoebe delve into the world of reading by forming their own book club, and unlikely new friendships form when Lord Splendid Humility meets Marigold's frenemy, Dakota. But there's plenty of adventure and intrigue, too, and when Marigold goes missing, Phoebe sets out to find her unicorn best friend and makes a shocking discovery.

Big Nate delights middle grade readers with stories of mischief and misadventure in these full-color comics featuring sixth grader Nate Wright and friends at P.S. 38. Big Nate is a legend at P.S. 38, where he and friends Francis, Teddy, Dee Dee, Chad, and others manage to make sixth grade interesting with all kinds of pranks, drama, sports, and good times. The all-time leader in detentions, Nate is never far from the spotlight. This new collection of Big Nate comics from Lincoln Peirce includes over 170 full-color comics and abundant laughs for the whole family.

Discover the heartwarming magic of Johanna Spyri's beloved tale in this gorgeous graphic novel adaptation. From the author of the critically acclaimed Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel comes another thoughtfully retold children's classic. When young Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in a small shepherd's hut in the Swiss Alps, everyone expects him to turn her away. He has a bad reputation: mean, growly, and harsh as the cold mountain winds. But Heidi is quick to take on any challenge, whether it's keeping an eye on the rebellious goats, learning to read, or melting Grandfather's icy heart. Heidi's adventures take her up and down her beloved mountain, from picnics in the high alpine meadows all the way to the distant streets of Frankfurt and a city life she could never have imagined. But when homesickness strikes, Heidi must weigh old friendships with new ones and find her place in an expanding world. Given new life as a graphic novel in artist Ofride's warm, folk-art-inspired style, Heidi celebrates the joy of storytelling, the wonders of nature, and the healing power of kindness.

Pel's an all-star baseball legacy. Tommy eats, sleeps, and farts sports. The two friends will have to put their skills to the test in their first-ever travel tournament with their baseball team in the second book of this fun illustrated series told in dual POVs that's so hysterical you might just poop yourself. Perfect for fans of The Last Kids on Earth, Big Nate, and The Secret Zoo. When eleven-year-old Tommy made his hometown's baseball travel team, he thought he'd be set for life. He thought he'd be royalty. He thought he'd become a member of the Super Sports Society. And that's all kind of true . . . it will all happen, AFTER he wins his first travel tournament. Meanwhile, Tommy's best friend, Pel, is also going to his first tournament, and using his dad's old baseball glove is a punch-in-the-gut reminder that he's no longer here. Or, as Ma says, is he? Join Tommy, Pel, Diesel, Clutch, Alfredo, Goetz, and the members of the Bulldogs (wait . . . no, the TurdlesI) in their first-ever travel baseball tournament. Of course, there's tons of LOL-worthy moments, like a laser tag game gone wrong, an incident involving bunch of chili flakes on pepperoni pizza (don't try that one at home), and a rival team that's gotta go down. Hopefully. This book is the second in The Super Sports Society series by Bryan Chick and Brett Radlicki. It's humor at its finest, interwoven with lessons about life, friendship, coming-of-age, battling anxiety both on and off the field, and grief. "Equal parts baseball and potty humor with an added whiff of conflict resolution." - Kirkus, for The Super Sports Society vol. 1 "The dialogue between characters will make the reader feel like they are in the huddle alongside Tommy and Pel!" - Matt Eicheldinger, bestselling author of Matt Sprouts and the Curse of the Ten Broken Toes "Bryan Chick and Brett Radlicki hit an easy home run with The Super Sports Society. Full of heart and humor, The Super Sports Society is cool enough to wear sunglasses indoors." - Terrance Crawford, bestselling author of the Piggy series

Mack Moon has always loved space, so it's EPIC when he discovers that his three pets are actually secret agents from P.E.T.S. But it's NOT-so-epic when Mack finds out they're here because an evil space ferret, Barbara has arrived on planet Earth. Mack Moon dreams of being the first kid in space. So imagine his surprise when he discovers that his three regular pets--a goofy Labrador named Pickles, a tough gray cat called Lady, and a goldfish dubbed The Fish--are actually undercover agents. They belong to a secret agency called the Planetary, Enforcement, Tactics, and Stealth, AKA the P.E.T.S. When the True Form of Evil, aka a ferret named Barbara (and yes, she gave herself that nickname), crash lands into Mack's hometown, the P.E.T.S. must spring, jump, and swish into action to stop her. Barbara's goal? Take over plant Earth. After that? Eat pancakes. Extra fluffy, please. Add in a battalion of poop-slinging space monkeys, a TV news station that's gone to the dogs, and an epic pillow fight--and you're holding in your hands the perfect recipe for an action-packed and hilarious graphic novel that's perhaps even more delicious than Mack's dad's super-awesome ravioli.> Except pancakes...MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Mack Moon and the P.E.T.S. is a hilarious and LOL-worthy, action-packed space adventure that's perfect for fans of Galactic Hot Dogs, The Last Kids on Earth, The Moosicians, and Zita the Spacegirl. 3, 2, 1 . . . Commander Moon, prepare for blast off! This is a brand-new full-color graphic novel series that's Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth meets The Secret Life of Pets.

Journey into the days of yore, where knights searched for greatness, magic was ever-present, and destiny was just a moment away. This medieval-themed card deck, full of stunning illustrations detailing the characters of King Arthur and his court, invites players to enjoy two medieval card games and try their hand at Cartomancy, a style of fortune telling. Look to the past to find your future with Cards of Camelot.

From the creators of the bestselling game and upcoming Netflix show comes an exciting new way to experience all of the zany Exploding Kittens fun!