Culture shock! That's what Nikki experiences when her father is transferred from Laguna Beach to Seattle. Gazing up in the gray drizzle at the gargoyles on the apartment building that is her new home, she tells herself that life as she knows it is over, that boredom is all she can hope to look forward to.But that was before she saw the people in the mirror – and before she met the gorgeous young man next door.... Don't miss The People in the Mirror...

Explore the delicious possibilities of sweet and savory waffles with this collection of mouthwatering recipes. Who can resist the tempting peaks and valleys of buttery, perfectly golden waffles? This delightfully illustrated cookbook features more than thirty recipes-plus a dozen toppings to sprinkle, spread, drizzle, and otherwise gild the waffle-including childhood classics like the basic Buttermilk Waffle and elegant updates like Ham and Gruyère...

Learn fresh jelly roll variations using the sweet dough base. Father Dominic will help you shape blueberry filled breakfast butterflies and a cherry-filled sweetheart coffeecake with a powdered sugar drizzle.

"We all love rain--until we are ready for some sun! This joyful ode to rain for kids 2 to 6 explores a child's many emotions when it comes to wet weather. In this charming picture book, a young child's conversation with the rain poetically captures the ever-shifting feelings we have when it comes to drizzles and downpours. She thanks the rain for helping the strawberries and carrot seeds to grow, and delights in splashing in the puddles with her little...

Instead of grumbling about the rain, two little girls enjoy how it makes shiny black streets, forms fun puddles, and sounds like tap dancers on the roof of their bus.

Lal and his brother Dilip miss home. They don't like drizzle, midges, or the tiger skin rug in their creepy new house. All they want is to leave Scotland and go back to India. But that's before they make friends with Jenny, the girl next door--and before the tiger skin rug comes back to life. The tiger tells them it will take them home in return for their help, but it must first fulfill an old promise. An adventure story in which the young protagonists...

Honey is a lot like olive oil; how do you know what type to select from the farmers' market or the store shelf? Are all honey bears created equal? What makes one variety of honey different from another? Which is better for baking and which is best for savory dishes? Why is one darker than another in color, what does that mean? All these questions and more will be answered in Taste of Honey. Veteran cookbook author Marie Simmons helps readers understand...

Whether a drizzle or a downpour, if you're not prepared for rain, it can ruin the day. On the other hand, rain can be fun to play in, and it is an essential element to life on Earth. Young readers learn how rain forms and about the water cycle, which are important concepts of the early elementary science curriculum. They'll learn about rain's significance to plants and animals. Carefully selected images support the well-crafted, accessible narrative,...

Have you ever felt plucked out and suddenly dropped by the hand of God into the wasteland? Have you felt desolate, dry, and fragile? No sign of God, no sound of water? Here is the personal and passionate, "Me too!" that fans of Leslie Parrott have been waiting for. For "Seattlite" Parrott, rain isn't a date-canceling, mood-altering nuisance. Rather, that first drop of rain and the following drizzle or downpour is a persistent, positive, mystical fact...

During this rainy season, the rainfall comes almost daily in heavy floods of water. It does not drizzle apologetically for hours on end, rather, the heavens brood darkly and angrily for a while as tension increases and the atmosphere gets heavier and heavier till at last and very suddenly the sky explodes in dramatic and overpowering force. Water then pours onto the landscape in great torrents almost as if the rain Gods are in a fury of bad temper...