This is another great little book meant just for kids, that parents will enjoy reading to them. It is meant to be simple, and it is meant to teach. It is also meant to encourage love of reading, artistic accomplishment and just plain fun This is a perfect book for the child who is begging you to learn to read, and a perfect book for the child who is refusing to read, because both will suddenly be reading if they follow this series. (It's sort of like magic ) This is the second book in Penelope Dyan's Penny Mouse Early Reader Series, and it is based upon tried and true materials Dyan created as a teacher years ago, tried and true techniques that worked Penelope Dyan has been published in Kindergartner Magazine, Instructor Magazine and Humpty Dumpty Magazine and is a former K-12 teacher who brings her expertise straight to the pages of these books She brings her love of children to every book she writes and truly believes that every child is special and unique, just like these little books Dyan's 'Surfer Girl' is recognized by the Girls Voices In Literature Database, Miami University, Florida, and was the winner of Best Teen book at both the 2008 New York Book Festival and the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival

This is a lively retelling of Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Follow the quick-witted Danish prince as he carries out his plan to avenge his father's death, from the play that catches the king's conscience to the gripping and bloody finale. This engaging story is presented as an exciting and fast-paced graphic novel which remains faithful to William Shakespeare's original text. A major world classic made accessible even to reluctant readers. A straightforward narrative in modern English accompanies key excerpts from Shakespeare's original dialogue, and difficult words and phrases are explained as they occur. Speech bubbles work with the main text to emphasise and enhance the retelling. Endmatter provides information about the author, the historical background to the period in which the author lived and a timeline of world events that places the work in its historical context.

Jim Toomey is "a breath of fresh water." --Washington Post Lauded for sparking dialogue on topics relating to marine life, Sherman's Lagoon appears in 250 newspapers in 30 countries in 6 languages. Collecting more than 42 weeks of Jim Toomey's Sherman's Lagoon, this collection transports readers to an imaginary lagoon near the South Pacific island of Kapupu, where a cast of coral reef critters live a charmed aquatic lifestyle. Commenting on such timely issues as rising sea levels, degrading water quality, and environmental pollution, inhabitants of Toomey's nautical neighborhood include Sherman, an always-hungry, but otherwise typical kind of great white shark, and his witty pearl-wearing wife Megan, along with friendly Fillmore the turtle, geeky fish Ernest, macho hermit crab Hawthorne, and salty old Captain Quigley, who remains vengeful after loosing his leg to Sherman. This is the 13th Sherman's Lagoon cartoon collection, in addition to two treasuries.

Lee Post - world-renown (well at least known in his own cul-de-sac) brings his slightly weird, sarcastic wit to print in this compilation of cartoons compiled from his wildly popular comic strip, Your Square Life, that ran in the Anchorage Press for far too many years to count. Sympathize with his odd assortment of robots, clueless losers, bored office workers and other characters as they muddle thru life in these cynical, sometimes too realistic, always hilarious cartoons. He elevates the un-cool parts in all of us to the status of comic strip superstars, celebrating the underdogs and those uncomfortable moments we all would like to pretend never happened. Check out some of his cartoons on his blog as Yoursquarelife.blogspot.com. The cartoons are drawn in a funny, yet realistic fashion and fill 148 pages of fun Great for anyone who is slightly off, slighty weird, slighty in need of a good laugh. Great gift for anyone who has visited Alaska or lives in Alaska and is a fan of The Anchorage Press, Alaska's alternative weekly and second largest paper in the state About the Author: Lee Post is a cartoonist, who spent the last six years creating a funny, sarcastic weekly comic strip, Your Square Life, for The Anchorage Press, Anchorage's (Alaska) second largest newspaper. Seen by tens of thousands each week, during its run, his over 300 cartoons depicted life in Alaska in all its glory and weirdness. His artwork has appeared on the cover of numerous newspapers, in special exhibitions and world-wide in magazines as far away as South Africa (which is really far when you consider he lives in Alaska). His comic strip was even the inspiration for a play, 'The Simple Dating System'. He continuesto churn out comics and observations at yoursquarelife.blogspot.com. When he's not doodling, he lives in Alaska with his lovely wife. They love to bike, hike, and enjoy the wonders of Alaska and the gooey goodness of the funnel cakes at Saturday Market.

Freaks! Monsters! Girls! The art of illustrator David Hartman. Now back in print. David Hartman is a director and producer of cartoons for film and television, however, his real passion is monsters. Dark, twisted and humorous works of the macabre. 96 pages in full color with a forward written by Rob Zombie. "Dave Hartman's artwork is like a school of Japanese piranha blasted from a photon canon into a blood red sky...he is kick ass." Jack black (Tenacious D, King Kong)

From the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of THE DARKEST MINDS comes an extraordinary graphic novel about magic, friendship and discovering your power.

Extraordinary things don't happen to fourteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabil, a talented weaver who dreams about life outside of her tiny village. But that all changes when a mysterious young wizard named Wayland North appears and asks for Sydelle's help. He's got a shocking secret that could stop a war between kingdoms ... if he can reach the capital with the news in time.

As Sydelle and Wayland race against the clock to deliver their message, they must contend with wild weather and a dark wizard who will do anything to stop them. But the sudden earthquakes and freak snowstorms may not be a coincidence. And as Sydelle discovers more about North's past and her own strange abilities, she realises that the fate of the kingdom may rest in her fingertips.

How did a teenager become an extraordinary Super Hero? Meet Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, an amazing Super Hero who can stretch and bend in any shape she likes! Join Kamala and her allies as she battles the enemies who threaten Jersey City, New York. Step into this amazing world in this thrilling Level 2 DK Reader. Exciting images, simple vocabulary, and a fun quiz will engage young Super Hero fans and help them build confidence in reading. (c) 2022 MARVEL

Travel to space with Captain Marvel as she flies into action alongside Ms. Marvel, Monica Rambeau and other awesome Super Heroes. Meet Earth's Defender, Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, one of the universe's most powerful Super Heroes. In this book, young readers can learn all about Carol and join forces with her marvellous Super Hero friends as they fight back against alien invaders and super villains. Take a cosmic trip into space with this thrilling Level 2 DK Reader. Exciting Marvel comics images, clear vocabulary and a fun quiz will test the young Super Hero at heart and help them in building their reading ability as they learn about Captain Marvel and other favourite Marvel comics characters. Marvel Who Is Captain Marvel? Reader Level 2 features: - Appealing nonfiction content which helps to develop the habit of reading widely. - Gorgeous comic book illustrations break up the text for young readers who are still building their confidence. - Fun quizzes that support comprehension skills. This book is ideal for children aged 5-7 who are learning to read, including Young Super Hero fans who like Captain Marvel or who enjoy Super Hero themes.

Become an instant expert on all things Spider-Man with this handy pocket-sized guide! Discover everything you ever needed to know about Spider-Man and the Spider-Verse! Is Spider-Man speedier than Spider-Ham? Who has more fighting skill, Venom or Ghost-Spider? This pocket guide to the Spider-Verse gives young Marvel fans a one-stop source of amazing facts to wow their friends with! With a Pocket Expert in hand they'll win any schoolyard debates about character superpowers, origin stories, key foes, and gadgets. (c) 2022 MARVEL

A boy notices his classmate is always alone. He starts hanging out with her only to find that at the start of the next week, she loses her memory. He resolves to befriend her each week.

Meet 14 very special Marvel Super Heroes.

Captain Marvel is brave. Moon Girl has big dreams. Hawkeye likes new challenges and Black Panther protects people. Super Heroes come from different worlds, but what unites them all is fighting for good.

DK's Marvel We Are Super Heroes introduces children to cool, inspirational characters with different backgrounds and personalities, from Miles Morales to America Chavez. Children will learn more about their favourite heroes, get to know new heroes, and discover the similarities with themselves. Celebrate who you are and find out what it takes to be a hero!

The Big Red Dog is hitting the big screen! It's a race through NYC in this graphic novel based on the new live-action Clifford movie. Emily Elizabeth is struggling to fit in at home and in school when she meets Clifford, a tiny red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. But when Clifford undergoes a magical growth spurt overnight, he attracts the attention of a genetics company looking for a way to supersize animals. With the help of her Uncle Casey, the people in her neighbourhood, and some new friends made along the way, Emily Elizabeth and Clifford have to go on the run across New York City! This graphic novel adaptation will feature original illustrations and exclusive new scenes and stories not seen in the movie. Full colour, original illustrations by Chi Ngo! The perfect companion to the new movie. A beloved classic, Clifford the Big Red Dog is sure to be a hit with old and new fans alike.

One of Peyo's most iconic smurfs, the Astrosmurf, gets the deluxe ANTHOLOGY treatment. Fifty years ago, mankind set off into outer space. Now, a smurf sets foot on another planet . . . or does he? Could it possibly be a smurfspiracy to fool Dreamy Smurf into becoming the Astrosmurf? Or has Dreamy Smurf gone where no Smurf has gone before? Also featuring "The Smurfs and the Howlibird" and "The Cursed Land," a "Johan and Peewit" story appearing here in a U.S. edition for the first time

The Smurfs have delighted us all with their silliness, bravery, heroism, and heart for over 50 years, and now we finally have a definitive collection of Peyo's original comics to see where it all began.

Women can save the world. More than 50 incredible female Super Heroes from the Marvel Comics universe inspire girls and women of all ages to be powerful, passionate and persistent.

From Captain Marvel and Wasp to Storm and Shuri, this beautiful book profiles dozens of aspirational female comic-book characters, all of whom use their intelligence, strength, kindness and courage to help others and save the world. Fierce fan-favourites such as Gamora, Squirrel Girl and Black Widow feature alongside lesser known faces from all corners of the Marvel comic-book universe. Young girls will discover modern, diverse heroes they can relate to and look up to, including America Chavez and Kamala Khan. Featuring a foreword by Marvel Comics writer Kelly Thompson, DK's Fearless and Fantastic! is the ultimate tribute to Marvel's most powerful women and girls, and a treasured gift for comic fans.

Illustrated with stunning comic-book artwork, and featuring inspiring quotations, each short biography is carefully curated to focus on the character's key abilities and achievements. With four chapters based on personal qualities - Determined, Daring, Compassionate and Curious - this book for girls and women of all ages will create new fans of comics, as well as inspiring comic-book creators of the future.

___________________________________ What do you want to be when you grow up? Discover the new daring tales of inspiration from over fifty iconic British icons today, who have each harnessed their curiosity and ambition and turned it into their own superhero power. With a special introduction by Stormzy! Every inspirational figure has something that makes them special, just like you. Just look at: * Princess K, who went from tapping her foot under the desk at school, to dancing centre stage at Glastonbury * Dina Asher Smith, who started out crawling at lightning speed and became the fastest British woman in history * Reggie Yates, who used his power of empathy to connect instantly both in person and through the TV * Riz Ahmed, whose ability to code-switch between cultures and creative outlets let him excel as a scholar, actor, activist, and rapper * Liam Charles, who followed his childhood passion in the kitchen to become a Bake Off master This is a book filled with inspiring journeys, to encourage and empower you to harness your power, and become your own superhero. 8% of the RRP for all print sales in the UK of Superheroes will be donated to MERKY FOUNDATION LIMITED (Registered Charity No. 1186891)

He's yellow - but he sure ain't mellow! Everyone's favourite antisocial prankster, Bart Simpson, returns in another collection of hilarious, brain-busting adventures! Bart's little league games get technical in "Batter Up Bart"; Lisa learns "The Three Stages of Teaching" the hard way; Nelson and Bart cause handcuffed havoc in "Cuff it Up"; Springfield Elementary is haunted by a diabolical detention slip in "Final Detention"; Bart goes to extreme measures to win a bet in "Birth of a Salesman"; Principal Skinner falls foul of another of Bart's schemes in "The One Man School"; and Sherri and Terri make their move on Bart in the cootie-infested "Kiss of Blecch!". All these stories and many more can be found in "The Big Beastly Book of Bart"!

Dive into this visually stunning, middle-grade graphic novel about a spunky Vietnamese American surfer girl and her cantankerous talking cat who plunge into a fantasy world of oceanic marvels . . . and mayhem!

Trot, a Vietnamese American surfer girl, and Cap'n Bill, her cranky one-eyed cat, catch too big a wave and wipe out, sucked down into a magical underwater kingdom where an ancient deep-sea battle rages. The beautiful Sea Siren mermaids are under attack from the Serpent King and his slithery minions--and Trot and her feline become dangerously entangled in this war of tails and fins.

This beautiful graphic novel was inspired by The Sea Fairies, L. Frank Baum's "underwater Wizard of Oz." It weaves Vietnamese mythology, fantastical ocean creatures, a deep-sea setting, quirky but sympathetic main characters, and fast-paced adventure into an imaginative, world-building story.

Exactly who, or what, is the Black Panther?! So you want to know how T'Challa became the mighty Black Panther-the strongest and swiftest man in all Wakanda? This guide has all the answers to your questions, including: Where is Wakanda? Who else has worn the Black Panther suit? Why is Vibranium so important? Packed with Super Hero secrets and jokes, this book is sure to make you a Wakandan whizz in no time. The perfect gift for young fans of Marvel Comics and Super Heroes, Marvel: Black Panther Rules! is an exciting, playful and fact-filled journey into the wondrous world of the Black Panther - and shows you what it takes to be a hero! (c) 2020 MARVEL

Journey into the thrilling world of international espionage as one of Britain's most covert MI-6 divisions,The Nest, recruits a brand-new secret agent to their team: SPY SEAL! Follow the newbie spy and his furry colleagues on exciting train rides, high-speed car chases, down secret underground tunnels, and high-flying air adventures-- all in an effort to hunt down a dangerous British-turned-Soviet double-agent-- a slippery spy who poses as an upscale art dealer while covertly killing off important figures of Parliament. What is the reasoning behind this double-agent's terrorist actions? Why are three masked bunny rabbits vandalizing paintings at every London gallery? And just what is this elusive CORTEN-STEEL Phoenix anyway? Check out this deluxe format edition to decipher the answers to these and other puzzling questions in RICH TOMMASO'S (SHE WOLF) latest series, visually reminiscent of such classic comics as THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN and USAGI YOJIMBO. Book One of Rich Tommaso's newest and most exciting secret agent comic series. Collects Issues 1-4

Journey through the entire Marvel universe in this comprehensive book of official Marvel maps! This fully illustrated collection of detailed Marvel maps begins in New York before moving out to America, planet Earth, the solar system and the entire universe. With recognisable buildings from the Marvel comics located in situ, detailed buildings, such as the Avengers Mansion and the Xavier Institute, and zoom-ins to scenes from the comics, this comprehensive book maps out the whole Marvel universe. The biggest Marvel characters are put under the spotlight: see all of Spider-Man's costumes, the whole X-Men line-up, the history of Black Widow, the different incarnations of Hulk and much more besides. Marvel Universe is the ultimate book for all fans of this unique universe, young and old.

Journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land where fantastical creatures await in this book packed with stickers! This fun activity sticker book for kids features images and artwork from Disney's new movie Strange World. Discover all the key characters, locations, and moments and relieve the movie magic with more than 100 stickers to choose from. Disney Strange World Ultimate Sticker Book includes: - Exciting facts about the film, key characters, locations, and events. - Appealing and easy-to-read text for kids aged 5-7. Disney Strange World The Ultimate Sticker Book will help kids to relive the wonder of Disney's newest movie. The fun stickering activities will keep children aged 5-7 entertained and amused for hours on end. With over 100 stickers featured, Disney Strange World Ultimate Sticker Book is the perfect gift for youngsters, and is sure to delight.