Mary Murphy

Mix and match the front and back of farm animals to create funny new species! If you could cross a calf with a chicken, would that be a cacken? How on earth do you make a chiglet? Would a kippy satisfy folks who love kittens and puppies? With this inventive book, children are invited to flip the pages to make outlandish creatures with silly hybrid names.

The Alphabet Keeper keeps all the letters caged in the dark, but one day they escape and use clever word play to outwit the keeper.

Celebrates the loving bond between mothers and babies on split-page, surprise-reveal spreads of kissing parent-child animal pairs, including elephants, tiny mice, and bubbling fish.

Children can experience the world as sensed by this little dog, from the first taste of breakfast milk to the feel of a big, warm hug, and finally, the sound of a bedtime story.

Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved best seller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th century. Mary McDonagh Murphy's Hey, Boo explores the To Kill a Mockingbird phenomenon and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding Harper Lee, including why she never published again. It also brings to light the context and history of the novel's Deep South setting and the social changes...

From the second season of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Joel and his robot friends add their comments to the film First spacship on Venus. In the film itself, an elite tem of scientists launches a mission to Venus to uncover the truth behind a cryptic alien message found in the Gobi Desert. From the seventh season of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mike and his robot friends add their comments to the film Laserblast. In the film itself, a teenager...