Seattle, with its spectacular natural beauty and rough frontier history, has inspired writers from its earliest days. This anthology spans seven decades and includes fiction, memoirs, histories, and journalism that define the city or use it as a setting, imparting the flavor of the city through a literary prism. Reading Seattle features classics by Horace R. Cayton, Richard Hugo, Betty MacDonald, Mary McCarthy, Murray Morgan, and John Okada as well as more recent works by Sherman Alexie, Lynda Barry, David Guterson, J. A. Jance, Jonathan Raban, and others. It includes cutting-edge work by emerging talents and reintroduces works by important Seattle writers who may have been overlooked in recent years. The writers featured in this volume explore a variety of neighborhoods and districts within the city, delineating urban spaces and painting memorable portraits of characters both historical and fictional.

Reading Seattle: The City in Prose

Literature & Fiction

Donahue, Peter

Trombold, John

United States

University of Washington Press

Seattle, with its spectacular natural beauty and rough frontier history, has inspired writers from its earliest days. This anthology spans seven decades and includes fiction, memoirs, histories, and journalism that define the city or use it as a setting, imparting the flavor of the city through a literary prism.Reading Seattle features classics by Horace R. Cayton, Richard Hugo, Betty MacDonald, Mary McCarthy, Murray Morgan, and John Okada as well as more recent works by Sherman Alexie, Lynda Barry, David Guterson, J. A. Jance, Jonathan Raban, and others. It includes cutting-edge work by emerging talents and reintroduces works by important Seattle writers who may have been overlooked in recent years.The writers featured in this volume explore a variety of neighborhoods and districts within the city, delineating urban spaces and painting memorable portraits of characters both historical and fictional.

Join the merry band of mechanical men as they march through this high-tech collection of 33 fun-to-follow mazes. Can you help SubBot find his way to the sunken treasure? Or guide SnowBot as he snowboards down a mountain to the finish line? Kids will love helping these space-age characters — and they can color each page afterward. Solutions are included.

Robot Mazes (Dover Kids Activity Books: Fantasy)

Children's Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Dover Publications

Here they come to save the day! A crew of wonderfully wacky, not-so-super heroes, ready to accomplish daring feats in their own quirky ways. But they need you to guide them through thirty challenging mazes. Team up with the Chrome Dome, who blinds villains with the flash of his head; El Vez, the super-powered Elvis impersonator who serenades evildoers into submission; The Inflator, who magically appears to fix your tire in nothing flat; plus Cup o' Joe, Jean E. Us, The Masked Janitor, Laurie Gami, and others, sure to keep kids entertained for hours. Plus, the pages can be colored when mazes are complete.

Not-Your-Average Superhero Mazes (Dover Kids Activity Books: Fantasy)

Action & Adventure

Forget about Superman and Catwoman — they can't compare to these wild and wacky superheroes! Thirteen colorful stickers feature all-original costumed crazies: Stir Fry, Cup O'Joe, Jean E. Us, The Masked Janitor, Cat Scratch, Baitman, Really Tall Guy, El Vez, and others. These heroes are great for just about any flat surface.

Not-Your-Average Superhero Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers)

Activities, Crafts & Games

Dover `

These imaginative illustrations will thrill kids who are fascinated with cars and trucks. Ranging from a hot rod to an ice cream truck, 16 easy-to-color drawings cover a spectrum of vehicles, including a taxi and double-decker bus as well as dump and tow trucks. Remove the perforated pages after coloring and place near a light for luminous stained glass effects.

Cars and Trucks Stained Glass Coloring Book (Dover Stained Glass Coloring Book)

Cars, Trains & Things That Go

There's double the fun with this combination coloring and poster book! These 24 humorous illustrations feature a farmer, sheep, pigs, a zookeeper, lions, giraffes, and other creatures. After they're done coloring, kids can remove the perforated pages to assemble two 32 x 32 posters of a funky farm and a zany zoo. Includes complete assembly instructions.

Build a Poster Coloring Book--Farm & Zoo (Dover Animal Coloring Books)

Animals

Sixteen big, bold images of lovable robots will charm little fans of Transformers, WALL-E, The Iron Giant, and the Star Wars movies. Wacky scenes depict these fun-loving automatons using their mechanical gifts to serve ice cream, build a tree house, play games, and perform other activities with humorous efficiency. After coloring, place the images near a light source for glowing stained glass effects.

Robot Buddies Stained Glass Coloring Book (Dover Stained Glass Coloring Book)

Your new robot friends include a drink-dispensing 'bot, a bird-rescue unit, a marshmallow–slingshot robot, and a two-headed repair drone. With these 24 perforated picture pages, you can mix and match their components — the robot equivalents of heads, bodies, and legs — with those of other wacky automatons. Create all kinds of comical combinations and then color them!

Mix and Match ROBOTS (Dover Fantasy Coloring Books)

A merwolf? An elficorn? A dragclops? You decide! Twenty-four perforated picture pages include cartoon illustrations of the heads, bodies, and legs of a mermaid, werewolf, fairy, cyclops, dragon, wizard, genie, and satyr. Switch, swap, and color them to create your own crazy creature combinations!

Mix and Match FANTASY CREATURES (Dover Fantasy Coloring Books)

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Books by Donahue, Peter

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Reading Seattle: The City in Prose

Reading Seattle: The City in Prose

Robot Mazes (Dover Kids Activity Books: Fantasy)

Not-Your-Average Superhero Mazes (Dover Kids Activity Books: Fantasy)

Not-Your-Average Superhero Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers)

Cars and Trucks Stained Glass Coloring Book (Dover Stained Glass Coloring Book)

Build a Poster Coloring Book--Farm & Zoo (Dover Animal Coloring Books)

Robot Buddies Stained Glass Coloring Book (Dover Stained Glass Coloring Book)

Mix and Match ROBOTS (Dover Fantasy Coloring Books)

Mix and Match FANTASY CREATURES (Dover Fantasy Coloring Books)