Chris Carpenter

age 6+ Wacky alphabet book pokes fun at silent letters and more. Parents need to know that P Is for Pterodactyl shows kids lots of English words that are hard to spell (or pronounce) because they begin with silent letters, like pterodactyl, aisle, knight, and knot, or have silent letters in them.It also gets into words that come from languages other than English, like gnocci and tsunami, and plays with homonyms like sea and see.

Word nerds rejoice! Someone finally wrote a book that gives the nod to the quirks of the English language. The title, P Is For Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever, is not a judgment; it’s the actual name of the book! Just so you know, we may get a small share of the sales made through affiliate links on this page.

by Chris Carpenter Take one of gay writer Bret Easton Ellis’ novels, a twist of Alfred Hitchcockian femme fatale/double life sensibility, European indie filmmaking realness, and a lot of male-on-male sex. Shake vigorously, pour, and you will end up with Sebastian, an engrossing new movie from the writer-director of 2018’s acclaimed gay romance, A Moment in the Reeds. It opens in US cities beginning Friday, August 2.