Build students' reading skills with this action-packed nonfiction book designed to engage students. Showcasing heroes and villains from Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse Comics, this informational text examines the history of comic books and their enduring popularity. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and Lori Oczkus, and featuring TIME content, this book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The detailed sidebars, fascinating images, and Dig Deeper section prompt students to connect back to the text and encourage multiple readings. Check It Out! includes suggested resources for further reading. Aligned with state standards, this title features complex content appropriate for students preparing for college and career readiness.

Black Beauty faces human cruelty and mistreatment in a world that cares little for the happiness of animals. Written in graphic-novel format. These reader-favorite tiles are now updated for enhanced Common Core State Standards support, including discussion and writing prompts developed by a Common Core expert, an expanded introduction, bolded glossary words and dynamic new covers."

The ninth great Dog Man adventure from the worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey - now available in an epic paperback edition. You'll howl with laughter! The Supa Buddies bamboozled the baddies, but all's not right in the world. Dog Man has a new problem to pound, and he's going to need his entire pack to help him. Will he go barking up the wrong tree? Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages: Explores universally positive themes such as empathy, kindness, persistence and the importance of doing good Full colour pages throughout For fans of Captain Underpants, The Bad Guys and Mac B., Kid Spy

The 39-Storey Treehouse is the third book in Andy Griffith's and Terry Denton's wacky treehouse adventures, where the laugh-out-loud story is told through a combination of text and fantastic cartoon-style illustrations. Andy and Terry's amazing treehouse has thirteen new levels (it used to be 13 storeys, then 26, but they keep expanding!) They've added a chocolate waterfall you can swim in, a volcano for toasting marshmallows, a bulldozer-battling level, a baby-dinosaur-petting zoo, a not-very-merry merry-go-round, a boxing elephant called the Trunkinator, an X-ray room, a disco with light-up dance floor, the world's scariest roller coaster and a top-secret thirty-ninth level which hasn't even been finished yet! And this year Terry has created the greatest invention that he-or anyone else-has ever invented . . . a Once-upon-a-time machine that will write and illustrate their entire book for them! Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!

Nikki Maxwell authors an advice column for the school newspaper in this fifth book of the "New York Times "bestselling Dork Diaries series.
Nikki Maxwell develops a sudden interest in student journalism that may or may not (okay, definitely does) have to do with the fact that mean girl Mackenzie has started writing a gossip column. And there just might be some juicy info involving Nikki's crush, Brandon, that Nikki doesn't want Mackenzie reporting to the world. So Nikki joins the school newspaper staff--and ends up as an advice columnist It's fun at first, answering other kids' letters. But when Miss Know-It-All's inbox is suddenly overflowing with pleas for guidance, Nikki feels in need of some help herself. Fortunately she has BFFs Chloe and Zoey on her side--and at her keyboard

Die atlete van die antieke wêreld kom in Athene bymekaar vir die Olimpiese Spele. Asterix en Obelix en die ander Galliërs skryf ook in, maar hulle beleef ’n terugslag: Die drink van towerdoepa is verbode, want dit is ’n opkikker. Kan die Galliërs die Olimpiese Spele wen sonder towerdoepa? En wat is die spesiale bestanddeel van die doepa wat staan in die hut waarvan die deur nie mooi sluit nie?

Asterix by die Olimpiese Spele is die 12de boek in die gewilde Asterix-reeks.

Jare gelede is Vercingetorix by Alesia verslaan en Gallie is amptelik oorwin...'n teer onderwerp waaroor die Alesiers (of sal ons se Alesjiers) nie graag praat nie. Tydens hierdie oorwinning het Vercingetorix sy skild aan Caesar se voete neergewerp (letterlik), en sedertdien is dit nooit weer gesien nie...En word dit dus 'n gesogte voorwerp waarna nie net Caesar nie, maar ook ons Galliese helde soek. Hulle soektog neem hulle na interessante plekke en elkeen het 'n storie om te vertel oor wat van die beroemde skild geword het. Hul begin te wonder of hul ooit in die regte hoop houtskool soek! Dalk is die skild nie so ver weg van hulle soos hulle dink nie...

Julius Caesar is vasbeslote om Asterix-hulle se woud te ontbos en te omskep in 'n moderne woonkompleks vir die Romeine met die naam die speelplek van die Gode. Cosinus is die talentvolle jong argitek wat die projek onderneem en hy dryf die slawe om die bome uit te trek en te begin bou. Eers probeer Asterix-hulle die bouproses verhinder, maar besef dat die slawe benadeel word. Die Speelplek van die Gode word gebou en die Romeine trek in. Hoe gaan die Galliers hul geliefde woud met wildevarke terugkry?

The fourteenth laugh-out-loud, fully-illustrated Diary of a Wimpy Kid book from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney! A global phenomenon with 250 million copies of the series sold worldwide!

This paperback edition features EPIC fluorescent sprayed edges!!

Big changes are in store for Greg Heffley and his family. They are making home improvements!

But with unwelcome critters, toxic mould and the walls coming down, soon Greg discovers renovations aren't all they are cracked up to be.

When the dust finally settles, will the Heffleys be able to stay . . . or will they need to get out of town?