30 whimsical LLLamas (their spelling) posed for original watercolor portraits and told their stories to Susan Gainen. "Meet the LLLamas" introduces the LLLama Families (Purple, Green, Blue, Red, and Beach) and tells individual LLLama stories. Some of the LLLamas that readers will meet are: Candy Wafer LLLama, former SpokesLLLama for international candy companies who was replaced by a giggling animated candy bar; Blue Dot LLLama, owner of the hip bar and restaurant called "My Blues Heaven & Potato Palace," and Loretta, Italian LLLama Grand-mama, whose mushroom and basil risotto is...

The Backyard Roosters of Saint Paul is a collection of portraits and stories documenting 45 of Saint Paul, Minnesota's finest whimsical roosters. Their stories mark them as leaders in their avian community. Susan Gainen is a Whimsical Wildlife Documentarian whose Prime Directive is to Spread Whimsy. Her living room studio is on a path and flyway well-traveled by creatures who drop in to sit for portraits, tell stories, and (all too often), eat her snacks. Some eat-and-run; others stay for years. By giving Saint Paul's Roosters an opportunity to tell their stories through her writing and...