Martha Brockenbrough creëert boeiende verhalen voor jonge lezers, waarin fantasierijke plots worden verweven met een heerlijk gevoel voor humor. Haar werk voor volwassenen verkent speels de nuances van taal, met humoristische inzichten in veelvoorkomende taalkundige valkuilen. Als gepassioneerde pleitbezorger van grammaticale precisie, promoot ze de kunst van duidelijke en effectieve communicatie. Brockenbroughs schrijven is zowel onderhoudend als tot nadenken stemmend, en nodigt lezers uit om de rijkdom en complexiteit van taal te waarderen.
Old Dog's bones are sore, but he still likes to take long slow walks--but since the little girl arrived, his people are too rushed. He's feeling kind of lonely and left out--but now the girl is learning to walk, and once again he has a companion, one who likes to explore the world at his pace.
The school year is about to start, and Bigfoot is worried about all the things that could go wrong--but he also remembers that all his friends will be there.
The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar Takes on Madison Avenue, Hollywood, the White House, and the World
This book is for people who experience heartbreak over love notes with subject-verb disagreements...for anyone who's ever considered hanging up the phone on people who pepper their speech with such gems as "irregardless," "expresso," or "disorientated"...and for the earnest souls who wonder if it's "Woe is Me," or "Woe is I," or even "Woe am I." Martha Brockenbrough's Things That Make Us (Sic) is a laugh-out-loud guide to grammar and language, a snarkier American answer to Lynn Truss's runaway success, Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Brockenbrough is the founder of National Grammar Day and SPOGG -- the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar -- and as serious as she is about proper usage, her voice is funny, irreverent, and never condescending. Things That Make Us (Sic) addresses common language stumbling stones such as evil twins, clichés, jargon, and flab, and offers all the spelling tips, hints, and rules that are fit to print. It's also hugely entertaining, with letters to high-profile language abusers, including David Hasselhoff, George W. Bush, and Canada's Maple Leafs [sic], as well as a letter to --and a reply from -- Her Majesty, the Queen of England. Brockenbrough has written a unique compendium combining letters, pop culture references, handy cheat sheets, rants, and historical references that is as helpful as it is hilarious.
Flora and Henry were born a few blocks from each other, innocent of the forces that might keep a white boy and an African American girl apart; years later they meet again and their mutual love of music sparks an even more powerful connection. What Flora and Henry don't know is that they are pawns in a game played by the eternal adversaries Love and Death, brilliantly reimagined as two extremely sympathetic and fascinating characters. Can their hearts and their wills overcome not only their earthly circumstances, but forces that have battled throughout history?
Schutzengel in Schwierigkeiten! Heidi (17) hört eine Stimme in ihrem Kopf: die von Jerome. Jerome ist Heidis Schutzengel und soll sich in der Seelen-Reha den Zutritt zum Himmel erarbeiten. Nur leider hat er oft Besseres zu tun, als auf sie aufzupassen. Wie an dem Tag, als Heidi mit ihrem Hund in den zugefrorenen Teich einbricht – da kann Jerome nur noch ihre Seele retten. Dass die dann im Körper ihres Hundes landet, ist nun wirklich nicht seine Schuld!