"George Shannon and Julie Paschkis take us on a delicious cookie journey, showing how many hands work together so that one hand can take the cookie out-- and so that you can take a huge yummy bite!"--Jacket p. [2].

A family can be many things, in this story that introduces numbered groups from one to ten.

A man is thrown in jail for picking up a rope. A student earns one hundred points on his math and history tests, yet fails both classes. A spider saves a fugitive from a legion of warriors. A farmer buys a cow, a horse, and a donkey, all with a single ear of corn.... Each of the eighteen stories in this book is true, technically. But each is also a lie. In his second collection of "true lies" from around the world, George Shannon challenges young...

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal that hands, as they carry out ordinary tasks, are also showing love.

Little witch Cordelia loves to spell, but can she beat the long-time champion in the Witchy Spelling Bee?