Books with author A Schneider

Every kind of bird and beast has to sleep, from the monkeys in the jungle to the whales in the ocean to the ants under the ground. But not Fred. His to-do list is far too long! Armed with plenty of imagination, this determined little boy and his attempts to resist bedtime are sure to strike a chord with today's over scheduled families. Drowsy animals of all stripes look on in disbelief as Fred keeps on going and going and going, until . . . Could it be that, after so much activity, even Fred needs to rest? Shhh. Close the book softly, and please let Fred sleep.

The doctors want to know why Lys did it.Lys wants to know too.Sixteen-year-old Lysandra Blake is forced to question her sanity after attempting to rip her mother’s eyes out of their sockets. Lys has no idea where this Need came from, she just wants it to go away.The possibility of a normal life seems lost, when the mysterious Jeremiah Mason appears. He assures Lys that she’s not crazy. Instead she’s addicted to a rare and deadly drug she swears she never took. He offers her hope in the form of his recovery facility. Afraid of who she will hurt next, Lys clings to the chance that she can be cured. At the facility, Lys meets Kamau, a seventeen-year-old from Mozambique with perfect table manners and secrets of his own.Together they discover Mason lied about their condition. When Lys starts seeing visions, and the two of them are kidnapped, they find themselves thrown headfirst into a world of unbelievable powers and dangerous possibilities.If you’re a fan of Michael Vey and the X-Men and care about compelling characters this series is for you. Download your copy today!What Readers are Saying:“New Sight is a high-octane YA urban/paranormal fantasy thriller.”“The world that Jo creates is an awesome one where magic is real and it’s a real problem.”“Jo Schneider does an amazing job in revealing the inner turmoil of the protagonist: euphoria vs. guilt, strength vs. the overriding compulsion to succumb to her deepest of urges.”

This colorful story in rhyme, for both children and adults, will put a smile on your face. You will observe the flamboyant Anatoly flaunting his magnificent dewlap to his female fan club and learn lots of solid facts about these fascinating and abundant little Floridian creatures. When showing off, with his push-ups and head nodding, there is a crisis as he hits his dewlap on a rock. That red and yellow dewlap of his is now black and blue and he is more than depressed about it. His chance encounter with a Monarch butterfly sets him on the right path toward improving his character and not relying on looks for his popularity.

Chicken Fact or Chicken Poop is a science-rooted, fact-based, and study-reinforced manual designed to help you weed through the facts and fictions about your flock. Chicken keepers have access to more information than ever these days, which makes it harder than ever to determine whether what you're reading is a chicken fact or just plain chicken poop. A seemingly reputable blog may tell you one thing while a magazine could say the complete opposite! A farmer may give some homespun wisdom that another may say is complete phooey. This is where Andy Schneider, The Chicken Whisperer, comes in. Schneider has assembled a team of leading chicken experts to help you sort through common facts and fictions about how to keep your flock happy and healthy.Chicken Fact or Chicken Poop covers topics including nutrition, trauma, parasites, medication, predators, and human health. This go-to reference gives you more of everything you need to know, and didn't know you needed to know, about backyard and urban chickens.

One of the great masters of 20th-century art, the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti captured the existential loneliness of modern humanity with his spindly, attenuated figures whose life-like gazes pierce the vastness of space. Uniting more than 250 sculptures, paintings, drawings and graphic works, this extensive monograph is an exemplary overview of his oeuvre.The book underscores the continuity between the two remarkable bodies of work that characterize his career: the pre-1935 works, which included the finest of all Surrealist sculptures, and the post-war masterpieces. As a result of a profound artistic crisis that began in 1934, when Giacometti returned to working from the model and thus broke with the Surrealists, the artist began tackling the problem of situating figures in space in an entirely new way. Painting played a key role in the solutions that Giacometti found to this problem, and the discussion here of the relationship between his two- and three-dimensional works reveals him to have been as great a painter as he was a sculptor.Contributions by several notable art historians address contemporary research issues and offer a comprehensive record of Giacometti's life and work. Among the many photographs of the artist and his circle are images by such notable photographers as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ugo Mulas and Man Ray.

It is 1966 and Mel is a teenage girl in the small town of Lake Oswego, Oregon. She also happens to be the only one who can figure out where alien material is hidden that came from a UFO crash outside Roswell, New Mexico back in 1947. The Air Force wants it so they can keep their cover-up, and the KGB will kill her to get the technology. But she is driven to find it because she knows it is her father’s last wish.The most famous UFO event in history was the discovery of a crashed flying saucer and alien bodies outside Roswell, New Mexico in July, 1947. The military put out a press release saying they had recovered a flying disk, but recanted the next day, stating it was a big misunderstanding and just a weather balloon. Over the following days the military from Roswell Army Air Field covered it up: They cordoned off the crash sites, recovered the bodies and debris, threatened the local population into silence, and switched out pieces of a weather balloon for the crash debris in a big press event. And the most important interplanetary incident in history remained buried for years. But what if someone managed to sneak material out of the crash site, and decades later it was hidden in a secret location. And, what if the only person who could figure out that location was a young teenage girl?

If one of life’s major quests is for balance, it’s no surprise that Traverse City keeps topping national “best” lists. Here, visitors and locals come for the life balance—the serenity offered by the lapping of waves along hundreds of miles of sandy beach, a dark sky just made for wishing upon stars, the simplicity of picking up dinner at a roadside farm stand or from a chef who got her start at one. There’s a balance, too, of the simple and the elevated, as local chefs get noticed on the national stage, wineries scoop up international competition awards, and galleries attract acclaimed artists. There’s an old legend claiming that a dip in the waters of the 45th parallel, which passes through the region, will cure all that ails you. Others think simply a visit with the right mindset and at least one beach bonfire before you go might do the same. Discover for yourself in 100 Things to Do in Traverse City Before You Die.

Meet the Social Climber. Charming to the masses, fully intriguing, she is nothing if not unique and confident. Call her a rising star, a fashion-forward thinker, just don't mistake her for the (let's admit it) arrogant and awful It Girl. The SC is far superior. She is the girl everyone knows -- and actually admires. The girl you want to be. But social climbing isn't easy. It starts with a serious reality check and an unlevel, highly competitive playing field: high school. You need skills to reach the peak of the high school A-list now, and making varsity cheer isn't even a start. So step behind the velvet rope with this powerful and hilarious field guide. Unlock the secrets of popularity and personality. Go on, embrace the Climb.

It is 1966 and Mel is a teenage girl in the small town of Lake Oswego, Oregon. She also happens to be the only one who can figure out where alien material is hidden that came from a UFO crash outside Roswell, New Mexico back in 1947. The Air Force wants it so they can keep their cover-up, and the KGB will kill her to get the technology. But she is driven to find it because she knows it is her father’s last wish.The most famous UFO event in history was the discovery of a crashed flying saucer and alien bodies outside Roswell, New Mexico in July, 1947. The military put out a press release saying they had recovered a flying disk, but recanted the next day, stating it was a big misunderstanding and just a weather balloon. Over the following days the military from Roswell Army Air Field covered it up: They cordoned off the crash sites, recovered the bodies and debris, threatened the local population into silence, and switched out pieces of a weather balloon for the crash debris in a big press event. And the most important interplanetary incident in history remained buried for years.But what if someone managed to sneak material out of the crash site, and decades later it was hidden in a secret location. And, what if the only person who could figure out that location was a young teenage girl?

Lysandra Blake may have thwarted Mason’s plan to bring magic back into the world, but she and her friends are far from safe. With the touch seal leaking waves of unstable power, and Mason trying to break more users, they are fighting an uphill battle.An uneasy alliance with the New isn’t enough, so Ayden asks Kamau to reach out to his tribe. The tribes are secretive, paranoid and more apt to kill outsiders than listen to anything they say, but when Mason’s touch users exhibit powers beyond the norm, Kamau agrees.Lys and the rest are thrust into a world of hidden powers and drastic consequences. It doesn’t take long for Lys to realize she’s out of her league, and she quickly finds that she is dangerously close to losing what little control she has gained over her magic.

Perfect for fans of John Green, Nicola Yoon and Gayle Forman. If you've managed to survive disaster, what happens when it strikes again?Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them - a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His own tragedy waited until he had everything to lose. In one night, a reckless driver shatters Ezra's knee, his athletic career, and his perfect life. No longer part of the popular crowd, Ezra finds himself at the table of misfits, where he encounters Cassidy Thorpe. Intelligent, effortless and wonderfully weird, she is unlike anyone Ezra's ever met before. Together they discover flash mobs, buried treasure, secret movie screenings and a poodle with a questionable history. But as Ezra dives into new friendships and new love, he is forced to ask: if you've managed to survive disaster, what happens when it strikes again? "Maybe it's time to expand your list of literary crushes to include someone other than Augustus Waters." MTV.com "I couldn't help but think of John Green's novels - I think his fans will eat this up." Publishers Weekly "Heartbreaking and hilarious. I have no doubt that girls everywhere are going to fall madly, deeply, hopelessly in love with Ezra Faulkner." Sarah Mlynowski, NYT bestselling author. "This is one of the most literary teen books I've read for a long time - up there with John Green - and it's a delight to read… the ending absolutely blew me away, being unpredictable, powerful, and altogether fantastic." The BookbagSevered Heads, Broken Hearts is a lyrical, witty and heart-wrenching novel about how difficult it is to play the part that people expect, and how new beginnings can stem from abrupt and tragic endings.