Davis takes a look at wrong choices and the confusion plaguing Christians in the modern church and offers suggestions on how to make right choices.

The Reverend Corina Youngblood, minister of the African Spiritual Church of Mercy, is a woman powered by Jesus and the santos. Her corner store, St. Jude Lamb of Light Botanica, which caters to the eclectic religious and spiritual needs of New Orleans, is threatened by her Cuban ex-lover and mentor Elroy Delgago's plans to open a K-mart-like Superbotanica nearby. Gus Houston, a displaced former army officer now ersatz chaplain at an exclusive girl's school, stumbles into Corina's store, discovers her mesmerizing powers, and strikes up a profitable and prophetic relationship, sending Corina...

Writing this book reignited in me a childlike thrill of discovery. What started out as a book of silly limericks led me into the weird world of the creatures about which I was writing. Consequently I decided to follow each limerick with a section called "What's the Scoop?" In it you'll find some unusual facts that many books don't cover about that animal. The last part of the book contains several activities called "What Did You Scoop Up?" It has exercises to help kids remember what they read. If you laugh half as much while reading this book as I did while writing it, you better buckle up.

This hardbound edition of the popular paperback with the same title is designed for libraries, schools, and other organizations that lend books. It does not contain the interactive games in the back of the paperback. Its target audience is ages 7-12, but older students and adults have praised it as well. The feedback from teachers who have tested this book in their classrooms has been phenomenal. Some students formed their own contests, completing the workbook games and sharing the bizarre facts they learned about animals. OUT ON A LIMERICK will suck you in before you hit page 1. Check out...