Books with author Kara West

Want to discover the darkest, most twisted fairy tales your parents never told you? The Scholarly Banana is an irreverently nerdy graphic novel series that summarizes, analyzes, and lovingly ridicules the craziest traditional fairy tales that have shaped our world!BEWARE: This is not your children’s story hour! Here, we celebrate the real, uncensored stories—and the real, uncensored facts associated with them—as accurately as possible, but in the most fun and joyful way!Fitcher’s Bird is a classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. If you’ve never heard of this story before, just imagine Beauty and the Beast. The difference is that in Fitcher’s Bird, “the beast” is not a handsome prince. He’s a mangy, rabid beast. Who kills people. And keeps corpses in the house.In this debut issue, we’ll celebrate and gently mock the feather-encrusted train wreck that is Fitcher’s Bird. We’ll also discuss high-brow, scholarly matters about the tale like historical inspirations, comparative literature, and phallic symbols.If you love dark fairy tales, history, over-analysis, comedic asides, and quirky artwork, this series is a must-read. It’s like CliffsNotes meets The Muppets meets Mystery Science Theater 3000. But with fairy tales. And of course, a banana. He’s a Scholarly Banana, though. You can tell by his glasses.

If there's doubt, I can't help but worry. It's life or death. It's not as simple as the flick of a coin.' Stephanie dreams of being accepted into art school but questions her talent. She has a major crush on the hottest boy in school and is desperate for him to notice her. But when Steph's mother unexpectedly becomes ill, Steph meets Richard and feels an instant attraction, but he is damaged and finds it difficult to share the events surrounding his brother's death. Steph struggles to work through the complexities of life, love and death. She becomes increasingly obsessed with helping her mother before it's too late. When things spin out of control, she thinks she's going crazy... "... an effective page-turner that personalises and dramatises the important social issue of organ donation, in a very readable, resonant style." - Stephen Measday, author "... focuses on the important issues of organ donation and transplantation without overloading it with too much information." - Julie Edwards, Transplant Australia "Overall, an excellent way to introduce a difficult subject in a sensitive way." - Dr Robert Brooks