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Life Al Dente

Laughter and Love in an Italian-American Family

By: Gina Cascone

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Life Al Dente

Laughter and Love in an Italian-American Family

By: Gina Cascone

With the irreverence, gutsy spirit, and warmhearted hilarity that made Pagan Babies a classic, here is the Italian-American experience served up by the author who has been crowned the Patron Saint of Humor. Before the Sopranos, there were the Cascones....Life al Dente, the new memoir from the author of Pagan Babies, brings the same wit and wonder to the telling of Gina Cascone's Italian-American girlhood...well, boyhood actually. In an Italian family, few things are a greater handicap than being born female, but Gina's Dad generously decided to overlook this shortcoming and raise Gina as a boy -- the son he always wanted. As lawyer to numerous "alleged" mobsters, Dad had some colorful clients who would regularly gather around the basement pool table to talk business, drink, and be hustled by junior high Gina. There was no way Gina was going to turn into one of the big hair girls of Italian-American stereotype, but her journey would have all the bumps that come with that cherished immigrant ambition of moving from steerage to the suburbs in three generations. That sense of dislocation came early for Gina as her family moved from the kind of neighborhood where old men play bocce and the pet frogs are named Nunzio to one where Barbies and frozen food prevail. And though Gina's brains got her into the top high school, she quickly made the lonely discovery that she was the only one there whose name ended in a vowel. In our overly pasteurized and homogenized world, there's a real hunger to find and celebrate our connection to old world roots and traditions. Life al Dente abounds in hilarious stories, but also rewards readers with a genuine and poignant contemplation of cultural identity.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743486412

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9780743486415

Deadtime Stories: Invasion of the Appleheads

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

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Deadtime Stories: Invasion of the Appleheads

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

Katie and her eleven-year old brother Andy Lawrence move to Appleton, and while spending a day sightseeing at the famous Appleton Orchard strange things start happening, starting with their parents turning into appleheads and the town's children are turning into zombies.

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193

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Macmillan

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0765330687

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9780765330680

Deadtime Stories: Little Magic Shop of Horrors

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

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Deadtime Stories: Little Magic Shop of Horrors

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

A boy must save his headless best friend when a talent show magic act goes horribly awry.

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193

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Macmillan

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076533075X

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9780765330758

Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

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Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

Amanda maintains a pet cemetery in her backyard where she buries her dead pets, but when she and her friends prepare to bury a dead squirrel they find a grave with a doll in it, a discovery with links to a scary elderly neighbor.

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196

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St. Martin's Press

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0765369702

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9780765369703

Deadtime Stories: The Witching Game

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

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Deadtime Stories: The Witching Game

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

The Witching Game marks another creepy tale for beside the campfire or beneath the covers from "Twisted Sisters" Annette and Gina Cascone's Deadtime Stories—now a hit show on Nickelodeon! "Bloody Mary." It was just a silly wishing game—one that Lindsey and her friends had played a hundred times before, in front of a dozen different mirrors. The game never worked. It wasn't supposed to. But when they play "Bloody Mary" in front of a strange antique mirror, the game quickly turns into a nightmare! One by one their wishes start coming true, with horrifying results. Something evil is lurking behind the looking glass... and Lindsey learns much too late that wishes don't come free—and that "Bloody Mary" is definitely not just a game! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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142999293X

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9781429992930

Life Al Dente

Laughter and Love in an Italian-American Family

By: Gina Cascone

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Laughter and Love in an Italian-American Family

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Simon and Schuster

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0743486412

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9780743486415

Pagan Babies

And Other Catholic Memories

By: Gina Cascone

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Pagan Babies

And Other Catholic Memories

By: Gina Cascone

The author looks back humorously on her experiences in Catholic school, including her first confession and first communion.

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164

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Simon and Schuster

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0743453271

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9780743453271

Unicorn Yoga

By: Gina Cascone,Bryony Williams Sheppard

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Unicorn Yoga

By: Gina Cascone,Bryony Williams Sheppard

The healing, restorative power of yoga has been known for centuries, and more people than ever are active practitioners. Now even the youngest of readers can learn this mind and body exercise, helping them set up a lifetime of healthy habits. Through clear, easy-to-follow instructions, a unicorn yogi, along with two energetic students, leads children through a ten-pose class. Kid-friendly back matter provides additional information on yoga, as well as tips on mindfulness, encouraging readers to develop their own daily practice.

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Sleeping Bear Press

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1534167412

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9781534167414

Around the World Right Now

By: Gina Cascone,Bryony Williams Sheppard

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Around the World Right Now

By: Gina Cascone,Bryony Williams Sheppard

In this multicultural travelogue through each of the 24 time zones, young readers are invited to travel the world and experience all the people, places, and things that exist on our planet right now. In every minute of every hour of every day, something wonderful is happening around our world. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, an artist sits behind his easel working on a painting. While at the same time in Greenland, an Inuit boy begins training his first pack of sled dogs. While in Madagascar, a playful lemur is trying to steal treats from a family's picnic, just as a baby humpback whale is born deep in the Pacific Ocean. A perfect read-aloud to help introduce geography and time-telling as well as a celebration of the richness and diversity of life on our planet.

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1634724046

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9781634724043

Pagan Babies

and Other Catholic Memories

By: Gina Cascone

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Pagan Babies

and Other Catholic Memories

By: Gina Cascone

As a child, Gina Cascone would hide under her bed, in the closet, and run away from her parents, hoping somehow to escape her worst fear. But she couldn't hide from the awful truth... She had to go to Catholic school. Do nuns have legs? Is Original Sin the "starter sin" for novices? Can the rosary be said in under fifteen minutes? These are some of the questions that vex young Gina Cascone as she makes her way, grade by grade -- and prayer by prayer -- through the rigors of a Catholic education. All the answers can be found in this hilarious classic of childhood foibles: the traumatic first day of school, the dorky plaid uniform complete with matching beanie, glow-in-the-dark rosary beads, first confession trauma, proper dashboard decor ("Cadillacs got Jesus; Oldsmobiles got Mary"), and the race to save the most "pagan babies," who weren't lucky enough to be born Catholic and American.

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149

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Simon and Schuster

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0743481992

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9780743481991

Jump Off the Cliff Notes

A Parody

By: Gina Cascone,Annette Cascone

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Jump Off the Cliff Notes

A Parody

By: Gina Cascone,Annette Cascone

Whether students have read or aspire to read the classics, the most commonly assigned literature is capsulized for everyone to enjoy, including Moby Dick, Old Man and the Sea, A Tale of Two Cities, and Dr. Suess's One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

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100

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1557850739

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9781557850737

Deadtime Stories: Grandpa's Monster Movies

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

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Deadtime Stories: Grandpa's Monster Movies

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

Another creepy tale for beside the campfire or beneath the covers from "Twisted Sisters" Annette and Gina Cascone's Deadtime Stories—now a hit show on Nickelodeon! C.T. and his cousin Lea are staying at their grandparents' old farmhouse. It's Grandpa's seventieth birthday, and everyone's celebrating with a big family reunion. All the weird relatives are here, and all they seem to want to talk about are "the good old days." C.T. and Lea think "the good old days" are pretty boring—until they find some home movies hidden away in the attic—movies from when their grandfather was just a boy. The home movies give them a piece of family history that the relatives never talked about. It seems that horses, cows, pigs, and chickens aren't the only creatures Grandpa's been taking care of on the farm. C.T. and Lea discover there's a monster among them—and this creature is dying to eat a lot more than the birthday cake! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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162

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Macmillan

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1429992980

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9781429992985

Deadtime Stories: The Witching Game

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

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Deadtime Stories: The Witching Game

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

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142999293X

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Deadtime Stories: The Beast of Baskerville

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

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Deadtime Stories: The Beast of Baskerville

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

Another creepy tale for beside the campfire or beneath the covers from "Twisted Sisters" Annette and Gina Cascone's Deadtime Stories—now a hit show on Nickelodeon! Everyone in Baskerville knows about Jimmy Leeds. In fact, Adam Riley and his friends have been telling scary stories about Jimmy for years—stories they don't really believe. After all, how can anyone believe in a half-human beast with horns and hooves? But the legend of Jimmy Leeds isn't just a story. When all the kids in the neighborhood decide to have a giant campout, Adam and his friends learn much too late that the streets of Baskerville aren't safe—especially after dark. One by one, Adam's friends start disappearing into the night. At first, Adam thinks it's some kind of joke—until he follows the hoofprints into the nearby woods, and finds himself face-to-face with the Beast of Baskerville.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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192

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Macmillan

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1429992948

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9781429992947

Deadtime Stories: Invasion of the Appleheads

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

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Deadtime Stories: Invasion of the Appleheads

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

Another creepy tale for beside the campfire or beneath the covers from "Twisted Sisters" Annette and Gina Cascone's Deadtime Stories—now a hit show on Nickelodeon! Katie and Andy Lawrence thought moving to a new town—especially one named Appleton—was awful enough. They were wrong. When their parents take them to Appleton's famous apple orchard for a haunted hayride, weird things start happening. The ghouls who haunt the orchard seem spookily real. The kids they see are acting very strangely, like robots or...zombies. Then Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence disappear—and in their place, Katie and Andy find creepy shrunken applehead dolls! Now Katie and Andy have to find a way to turn their parents back to normal—before it's too late At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Macmillan

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1429992956

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9781429992954

Grave Secrets

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

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Grave Secrets

By: Annette Cascone,Gina Cascone

When Amanda and her friends dig a grave for a dead squirrel, they discover the grave is already occupied-- and not by an animal.

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186

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1451779690

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9781451779691

Grandpa's Monster Movies

By: Annette Cascone

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Grandpa's Monster Movies

By: Annette Cascone

During a family reunion, cousins C.T. and Lea are bored until they find home movies hidden in the attic from when their grandfather was a boy, and they discover that cows, pigs, and chickens are not the only creatures living on the family farm.

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1484415299

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9781484415290

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