The Bobos Save The Day

"The Bobos Save The Day" is an exciting tale of adventure and fun on a rainy day. When all the children in the neighborhood gather together at one home, they become very bored and feel there is nothing to do. The real fun begins when one one Mom teaches them to use their imagination and go on a journey in their own living room. Here they develop a story about the adventures of the Bobos. The Bobos are tiny imaginary creatures that only children can see who live in the forest and protect the land and creatures from harm. As they travel through the forest, they play with their friends and go on many adventures until they are faced with a problem only they can solve. The Bobos then have to save their friends in the forest from the terrible, horrible rainy day. This story encourages children to use their own imagination to develop adventures when they feel they have nothing to do. It also teaches them to use creativity and teamwork to solve problems.

In his bestselling work of “comic sociology,” David Brooks coins a new word, Bobo, to describe today’s upper class—those who have wed the bourgeois world of capitalist enterprise to the hippie values of the bohemian counterculture. Their hybrid lifestyle is the atmosphere we breathe, and in this witty and serious look at the cultural consequences of the information age, Brooks has defined a new generation. Do you believe that spending $15,000 on a media center is vulgar, but that spending $15,000 on a slate shower stall is a sign that you are at one with the Zenlike rhythms of nature? Do you work for one of those visionary software companies where people come to work wearing hiking boots and glacier glasses, as if a wall of ice were about to come sliding through the parking lot? If so, you might be a Bobo.

Little Bobo the orangutan is ready to have new adventures in the rain forest.

The irresistible stars of I Must Have Bobo! return in another everyday adventure in domestic disharmony, complete with an audio recording! Willy wants to write a storybook starring Bobo—and act out revenge fantasies on Earl—but Earl keeps wrecking the story (hence the desire to act out revenge fantasies!). Quit it, Earl…and stop stealing Bobo! But sometimes it only takes a small thing to realize that even sworn enemies have something in common. For instance: Bobo and Earl both have very snakey tails! Is that a truce? Don’t count on it.

When Toby and Huon Doofuzz, and their friends Tom Halfweeg and William Mumford, form the Doofuzz Dudes Club, they dream of having a fabulous adventure. This dream becomes reality when they unearth a treasure chest buried in a secret cave. The four adventurers from Sunshine Grove have no idea how this discovery will lead them on to a fantastic adventure and into a fabulous world inhabited by giants, dragons, evil sorcerers, witches and other frightening creatures.

"The Princess and The Pink Palace" is the enchanting story of a little girl who spends her days dreaming of becoming a princess and living in a palace with a handsome prince. She is so facinated with becoming a princess that she has a hard time seeing the beauty in things around her. This is a story of a little girl who learns that sometimes things are not what they seem, and beauty is something you can find around you if you learn to see through different eyes. She also learns that happiness is something you choose to have and not something you can buy.

When Sammy the Sloth falls asleep on a tree branch during a big windstorm, Diego must rescue him before the branch breaks.

When Willy wakes up there is trouble. Where is Bobo? Willy needs Bobo. But Earl the cat likes Bobo, too. A favorite toy is hard to share…especially when it’s a sock monkey. Because sharing is caring. Sharing is great. But you know what’s best (according to Earl the cat)? Not sharing at all! With sparse text and a modern-nostalgic vibe, this retro-fun book tells it like it is when it comes to sharing a favorite toy. Oh, Earl! Leave Bobo alone.