April Fool’s! Or Is It?

Check out these headlines from our April newsletter and try and guess which ones are true and which ones lies! Find out the answers after the jump.

Celebrities: It’s sweet that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are responsible pet owners, but insisting the dog go to therapy might be a little over the top. How do you say projection in dog, again?

Movies: Justin Bieber is set to star in the new Lorax movie! Dr. Seuss would not approve. Baby, baby, baby, NO.

Science: A five-year-old has made a major contribution to science. We’re still trying to figure out the scientific mystery of socks disappearing from the dryer…

Fashion: Gaga has apparently gone off shoes…and has taken to wearing horse hooves, real ones, instead.

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

In celebration of the greenest day of the year, here’s a selection of some green book covers that AREN’T about environmentalism! You’d be surprised how hard these were to find. Maybe it’s because common publishing wisdom states that people don’t buy books with green covers. (We’re not making that up.) Apparently, Shel Silverstein, Dr. Seuss, and L. Frank Baum beg to differ…

Have a safe and happy holiday!

The Giving Tree

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Horton Hatches the Egg

Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss

The Maltese falcon

A classic Penguin Crime edition of The Maltese falcon by Dashiell Hammett

The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo

The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo by Judy Blume

The Wonderful Wizard of OZ

The Wonderful Wizard of OZ by L. Frank Baum

Green Rider

Green Rider by Kristen Britain

An Awesome Book!

An Awesome Book! By Dallas Clayton

And, okay, we lied. This last book is slightly about environmentalism, but the picture was cute and title made us laugh.

Sleeping naked is green

Sleeping naked is green by Vanessa Farquharson