You've got to feel sorry for your average tree. It's got a lot to worry about: squirrels, thunderstorms, kids building forts. Oh, yes, and then there's that pesky business about changing colors for the fall...

Main character in Fall Is Not Easy is a tree that has its share of troubles with its fall colors. No matter what pattern its leaves change into--a smiley face, a a spotted cow, an "Eat at Joe's" sign--nothing seems to work out quite right. How will the tree solve its seasonal dilemma? Leave it to Marty Kelley, author/illustrator of Summer Stinks and The Rules to come up with the perfect solution....

These days, being a kid means following rules. Lots of rules. Want a piece of cake? You've got to eat your peas first. Getting dressed? Make sure you've got clean underwear on. It's getting so you can't even stick a peanut up your nose without getting in trouble. Where's the payoff? it's right here. Because Marty Kelley, the bestselling author of Fall Is Not Easy and has helpfully written all these rules down in this book--and he's even made 'em rhyme. The Rules is like an etiquette manual for the 21st century. It's filled with admonitions that every kid will recognize, and pictures that are so silly, they might even forget about all those rules--at least for a little while....

Summer stinks. What more do you need to say about a hot, sweaty, bug-riddled season? Well, Marty Kelley, author of Fall Is Not Easy has a few things to say (and draw) about summer--26 of them, in fact. Summer Stinks, Kelley's paen to the "estivally dispirited," takes a comic look at both the alphabet and summer. From "A is for ants" to "Z is for [bug] zapper," Summer Stinks is a seasonal treat that you can enjoy all year long....

At last, a grown-up brings to light some of the awful, horrible things kids must endure. A brother's smelly socks, a jump off the high-dive, or a sloppy kiss from a great-aunt-- hey, childhood isn't without peril. In-your-face graphic paintings paired with droll text will have readers chuckling and sympathizing....

In bestselling author-illustrator Marty Kelley's newest seasonal soap opera, a young worrywort with a vivid imagination takes his fears to extremes-with hilarious results. What if he slips on the snow? What if he falls through the ice? What if he's frozen-'til spring!?!?! The silliness builds like a snowball rolling downhill as our hero posits all the things could possibly go wrong in the winter wonderland outside of his house....

No one slanders a season like Marty Kelley. This time he goes after spring, in a hilarious rhyming tale. What's wrong with spring, you ask? As it turns out, just about everything--rain and mud everywhere, disappearing kites, runny noses (of course), and many more vernal vexations. Our heroine's problems are brought to life through onomatopoeia (Spring goes SCHLORP and GULP and EEWWW!)and Marty's charming and side-splitting full-color illustrations....