Take the ultimate West Coast road trip this summer with The Best Coast—a full-color illustrated travel guide to all the must-visit roadside attractions, beloved landmarks, hidden histories, and offbeat delights on Washington, Oregon, and California’s historic highways, including the Pacific Coast Highway!

From San Diego, California, all the way up to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, you'll find unusual facts, hidden history, epic Americana, and off-the-beaten-path adventures up and down the coast.

This Road Trip Atlas Includes:

• Route Maps - the coastal route via historic Highways 101 and 1 (the PCH) and an inland route up Highway 99
• City Guides - San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Portland, and Seattle
• 30+ Itineraries and Side Trips - Catalina Island, Joshua Tree National Park, Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks, wine country, Crater Lake National Park, the Columbia River Gorge, Mount Rainier National Park, the San Juan Islands, and Vancouver, BC.
• Travel Tips - safety, rules of the road, wise planning, and packing lists (for the traveler and for the car)
• Wildlife Checklists
• Index of places, parks, and attractions
• Resources - navigational aids, travel information, passes and permits, books, websites, and films

Hit the road with this one-of-a-kind road trip travel guide through California, Oregon, and Washington that tells the story of the diversity and depth that created the West Coast we know and love today!

Emily Elizabeth loves her very big red dog, Clifford, and together, they share countless adventures. From playful activities to caring for each other, their bond is truly special.

Join them as they explore the joys of friendship and the unique challenges of having a dog as big and red as Clifford!

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a children's book packed with 100 bedtime stories about the lives of extraordinary women from the past and the present, illustrated by 60 female artists from all over the world. This book inspires girls with the stories of great women, from Elizabeth I to Serena Williams.

This must-have volume brings readers on an empowering journey, introducing them to the real-life adventures of trailblazing women from Elizabeth I to Malala Yousafzai. The unique narrative style transforms each biography into a fairytale, filling readers with wonder and curiosity to know more about each hero. Each woman's story is accompanied by a full-page, full-color portrait that captures her rebel spirit.

Beautifully written and richly illustrated. A sing song bedtime story sure to become a family favorite.

Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana is a unique and thought-provoking exploration of one of the most enduring tales in Hindu mythology. Devdutt Pattanaik, a renowned mythologist and illustrator, offers a fresh perspective on the Ramayana, focusing on Sita, the central female figure in the epic.

The book delves into the complexities of Rama, the king known for his devotion to a single wife, and the controversial decision to abandon her in the forest. This act is examined not just as a narrative but as a reflection on notions of fidelity, property, and self-image.

Devdutt Pattanaik highlights the various retellings of the Ramayana across different cultures and times, each trying to solve the puzzle of the epic in its own way. The narrative approaches Rama by speculating on Sita: her childhood with her father, Janaka; her life in the forest with her ascetic husband; her interactions with the women of Lanka; and her profound connections with nature and divinity.

Through vivid illustrations and engaging storytelling, Pattanaik presents Sita not only as the demure Gauri but also as the untamed Kali, transforming the stoic prince of Ayodhya into a deity. This beautifully illustrated retelling invites readers to rethink and reimagine one of India's greatest epics.

Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids in the Pacific Northwest. He's living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he's madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy.

With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life's complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what's important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart.

Filled with hand-drawn info-graphics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen's experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.

Customer (holding up a book): What’s this? The Secret Garden? Well, it’s not so secret now, is it, since they bloody well wrote a book about it!

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops was a Sunday Times bestseller, and could be found displayed on bookshop counters up and down the country. The response to the book from booksellers all over the world has been one of heartfelt agreement: it would appear that customers are saying bizarre things all over the place - from asking for books with photographs of Jesus in them, to hunting for the best horse owner’s manual that has a detailed chapter on unicorns.

Customer: I had such a crush on Captain Hook when I was younger. Do you think this means I have unresolved issues?

More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops has yet more tales from the antiquarian bookshop where Jen Campbell works, and includes a selection of ‘Weird Things...’ sent in from other booksellers across the world. The book is illustrated by the BAFTA-winning Brothers McLeod.

High above the sky stands Swarga, paradise, abode of the gods. Still above is Vaikuntha, heaven, abode of God. The doorkeepers of Vaikuntha are the twins, Jaya and Vijaya, both whose names mean 'victory'. One keeps you in Swarga; the other raises you into Vaikuntha. In Vaikuntha there is bliss forever, in Swarga there is pleasure for only as long as you deserve.

What is the difference between Jaya and Vijaya? Solve this puzzle and you will solve the mystery of the Mahabharata.

In this enthralling retelling of India's greatest epic, the Mahabharata, originally known as Jaya, Devdutt Pattanaik seamlessly weaves into a single narrative plots from the Sanskrit classic as well as its many folk and regional variants, including the Pandavani of Chhattisgarh, Gondhal of Maharashtra, Terukkuttu of Tamil Nadu and Yakshagana of Karnataka.

Richly illustrated with over 250 line drawings by the author, the 108 chapters abound with little-known details such as the names of the hundred Kauravas, the worship of Draupadi as a goddess in Tamil Nadu, the stories of Astika, Madhavi, Jaimini, Aravan and Barbareek, the Mahabharata version of the Shakuntalam and the Ramayana, and the dating of the war based on astronomical data.

With clarity and simplicity, the tales in this elegant volume reveal the eternal relevance of the Mahabharata, the complex and disturbing meditation on the human condition that has shaped Indian thought for over 3000 years.

Les Mains libres est un modèle de complicité artistique, où deux grands artistes se rencontrent pour créer une œuvre indissociable. Les dessins de Man Ray et les poèmes de Paul Éluard résonnent ensemble de manière intuitive.

Renversant l'ordre habituel des choses, Éluard précise que c'est lui, le poète, qui a "illustré" les dessins de Man Ray. Plutôt que de simples illustrations, les textes et les dessins dialoguent, créant des embarcadères vers des destinations imprévues.

Toutes les pages de ce livre témoignent d'une intuition active et partagée, toujours en mouvement et éclairante. Deux artistes découvrent leur champ commun, avec les mains libres et le bonheur d'être ensemble.

The missing piece sat alone, waiting for someone to come along and take it somewhere...

The different ones it encounters—and what it discovers in its helplessness—are portrayed with simplicity and compassion in the words and drawings of Shel Silverstein.

Forty years after its first publication, this much-loved Child's Play classic is as popular as ever. Ingenious die-cut holes bring this iconic nursery rhyme to life, and Pam Adams' fabulous illustrations lend humor and vibrancy to the proceedings.

Bouncy images, innovative die-cutting, and favorite rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child. Available in three formats, suitable for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers, and the nursery or classroom.

When it comes to children's books, it's hard to beat the bestselling team of author Laura Numeroff and illustrator Felicia Bond for creative and captivating tales that are both fun and educational. They continue the tradition that began with such whimsical titles as If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Moose a Muffin with yet another tale of actions and consequences: If You Give a Pig a Pancake.

Once again, Numeroff follows the potential effects of one creature's chaotic demands, creating a tale filled with beguiling characters, delightful anticipation, and a fun sense of adventure. In addition to being humorous and entertaining, If You Give a Pig a Pancake allows children to see how their own constant demands might frazzle their parents.

Kids should also enjoy studying the subtleties in Bond's colorful illustrations, such as the facial expressions of the book's adorable protagonist or the details found in a mountain of bubbles and the contents of a closet. Easy to understand, stimulating to both mind and eye, and irresistibly amusing, this is one book children will likely want to read over and over again.

What we have here is a bad case of stripes. One of the worst I've ever seen!

Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people think of her. In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in...a bad case of stripes!

Diary of an Early American Boy is part diary and part a re-creation of the life of Noah Blake, who was 15 in 1805. This book is a loving tribute to a vanished way of life, offering a richly illustrated journey into the past.

Readers will find themselves participating in a world that is all too rare in conventional histories, providing a unique glimpse into the daily life of early America.