With genetic mutations, insane bullies, explosions, poisonous snakes, ghosts and other assorted comic mishaps.
My sister Ellen and I didnât get along. Itâs not that we didnât love each other, we just couldnât stand each other.
This book makes your family seem normal!
Warning! May contain traces of snake venom and slug slime.
Mark Binder is the Audie Award nominated author and storyteller, who tours the world sharing stories with readers and listeners of all ages.Â
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My family is so weirdâĻ
I wouldnât go so far to say that weâre psycho. Itâs just that strange things happen to us:Â explosions âĸ âĸ genetic mutations âĸ âĸ poisonous snakes âĸ âĸ ghost attacks and other mishaps.
Sometimes I wish that we could all just relax.
Seven stories and a chapter book/novella
Top 10 reasons to buy this book
10. Loaded with practical tips â like what to do if your sister is being eaten
9. Makes your family seem normal
8. Meet the worldâs smallest professional wrestler
7. Dynamite recipe for Flying Roast Turkey
6. Prevents bad breath in lab rats
5. Secret code that may reveal the meaning of life*
4. Action. Suspense. Flatulence.
3. New, improved, and now more than 72% slug-free! 2. Lasts longer than a pizza
1. More laughs than âJohnny Tremainâ
Mark Binder* likes baking bread and pizza. He loves reading and writing, swimming under water, dining well, breathing deeply, battling the forces of darkness, creating cool projects, having great adventures and telling lies about them. He lives in Providence with his wife, children and friends, and has a sneaking feeling that youâre reading this over his shoulder.
Mark transmits joy with story. He is the author of more than a twenty books and audio books for children, families and adults. Since 2000, he has performed before more than 185,000 listeners of all ages in more than 1,200 performances.
Mark graduated from Columbia University, where he studied mythology with T.E. Gaster and Storytelling with Spalding Gray. He holds an MA in English and Theater from the Trinity Rep Conservatory and Rhode Island College. He has studied yoga, contemporary dance, Decroux-style mime, and holds a third degree black belt in Aikido, the martial art for peace. He has taught an undergraduate course in âTelling Liesâ at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he was nominated for the John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching.