Author: Lorena Alvarez
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1910620599
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The mind-bending, psychedlic sequel to Lorena Alvarez's best-selling graphic novel debut Nightlights is now available in a new paperback edition! On a school field trip to the river, Sandy wanders away from her classmates and discovers an empty turtle shell. Peeking through the dark hole, she suddenly finds herself within a magical realm. Filled with sculptures, paintings and books, the turtle's shell is a museum of the natural world. But one painting is incomplete, and the turtle needs Sandy's help to finish it.
Hicotea
Author: Lorena Alvarez
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1910620599
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The mind-bending, psychedlic sequel to Lorena Alvarez's best-selling graphic novel debut Nightlights is now available in a new paperback edition! On a school field trip to the river, Sandy wanders away from her classmates and discovers an empty turtle shell. Peeking through the dark hole, she suddenly finds herself within a magical realm. Filled with sculptures, paintings and books, the turtle's shell is a museum of the natural world. But one painting is incomplete, and the turtle needs Sandy's help to finish it.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1910620599
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The mind-bending, psychedlic sequel to Lorena Alvarez's best-selling graphic novel debut Nightlights is now available in a new paperback edition! On a school field trip to the river, Sandy wanders away from her classmates and discovers an empty turtle shell. Peeking through the dark hole, she suddenly finds herself within a magical realm. Filled with sculptures, paintings and books, the turtle's shell is a museum of the natural world. But one painting is incomplete, and the turtle needs Sandy's help to finish it.
Nightlights
Author: Lorena Alvarez
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1910620572
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Every night, tiny stars appear out of the darkness in little Sandy's bedroom. She catches them and creates wonderful creatures to play with until she falls asleep, and in the morning brings them back to life in the whimsical drawings that cover her room. One day, Morfie, a mysterious pale girl, appears at school. And she knows all about Sandy's drawings... Nightlights is a beautiful story about fear, insecurity, and creativity, from the enchanting imagination of Lorena Alvarez.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1910620572
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Every night, tiny stars appear out of the darkness in little Sandy's bedroom. She catches them and creates wonderful creatures to play with until she falls asleep, and in the morning brings them back to life in the whimsical drawings that cover her room. One day, Morfie, a mysterious pale girl, appears at school. And she knows all about Sandy's drawings... Nightlights is a beautiful story about fear, insecurity, and creativity, from the enchanting imagination of Lorena Alvarez.
Yeliza Meet the “Hicotea” Again
Author: Samira Shukri Escheik
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524544973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
At the end of second sequel, Mother Nature was impressed with Yeliza and gives instructions to the Puerto Rican owl, Mucaro, to deliver directions to get close to the neighborhood where the mothers parents live in Puerto Rico. First, the girl stops by a place that was known for its traditional restaurants, then the girl followed to the town. On the way there, she meets again the activist Jicotea, a Puerto Rican turtle that she met before in the palmas altas manglar. It is an endangered species from Cabo Tiburones, a northwestern swamp of the island. It entertained Yeliza with a funny story about how Shrimp and their cousinsthe cocolagot together with the turtle to join the protest. After that, it ate part of Yelizas food, leaving the girl by herself in the middle of the crowd with the excuse that it has to lead the protest. Yeliza wandered along with a group of old folks that were walking toward the town. They were talking enthusiastically about the parade of the image of the Virgin of Carmen in the ancon down on the Barceloneta River as an opening of the July festivities dedicated for the holy patron. In this third sequel, Yeliza learns about the cultural and political aspects of the islands history. She learns about the importance of mangles to protect the endemic species and the migratory birds too. Yeliza had a funny third encounter with Jicotea, who took off the shell because of the hot weather in Puerto Rico. Sam is the writer of the fourth sequel of Yeliza Goes to PR. This will be the end of the third sequel that leads to the fourth book with more funny adventures and educations about culture and endangered species of Puerto Rico.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524544973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
At the end of second sequel, Mother Nature was impressed with Yeliza and gives instructions to the Puerto Rican owl, Mucaro, to deliver directions to get close to the neighborhood where the mothers parents live in Puerto Rico. First, the girl stops by a place that was known for its traditional restaurants, then the girl followed to the town. On the way there, she meets again the activist Jicotea, a Puerto Rican turtle that she met before in the palmas altas manglar. It is an endangered species from Cabo Tiburones, a northwestern swamp of the island. It entertained Yeliza with a funny story about how Shrimp and their cousinsthe cocolagot together with the turtle to join the protest. After that, it ate part of Yelizas food, leaving the girl by herself in the middle of the crowd with the excuse that it has to lead the protest. Yeliza wandered along with a group of old folks that were walking toward the town. They were talking enthusiastically about the parade of the image of the Virgin of Carmen in the ancon down on the Barceloneta River as an opening of the July festivities dedicated for the holy patron. In this third sequel, Yeliza learns about the cultural and political aspects of the islands history. She learns about the importance of mangles to protect the endemic species and the migratory birds too. Yeliza had a funny third encounter with Jicotea, who took off the shell because of the hot weather in Puerto Rico. Sam is the writer of the fourth sequel of Yeliza Goes to PR. This will be the end of the third sequel that leads to the fourth book with more funny adventures and educations about culture and endangered species of Puerto Rico.
A Viking Adventure
Author: Frances Durkin
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 1631633651
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
When the Histronauts travel back in time to the Viking era they’ll need your help to uncover the secrets of the past. Join them on their journey as they forage for food, decipher runes, build beautiful burial boats, and hear all about a Viking raid.
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 1631633651
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
When the Histronauts travel back in time to the Viking era they’ll need your help to uncover the secrets of the past. Join them on their journey as they forage for food, decipher runes, build beautiful burial boats, and hear all about a Viking raid.
#04 The Big Flush
Author: Trina Robbins
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 1467700436
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Poor Megan-history's repeating itself. She's been booted from Stepford Prep, and her father is sending her to visit Pine Lake Academy . . . a boarding school. This could mean the end of the Chicagoland Detective Agency! Raf and Bradley come along to get a sniff at the new school, but when Megan ducks into a restroom marked do not enter and Raf takes a sip from an old fountain, school becomes the least of their problems. Something spooky is knocking around in the pipes, and now it has its hooks in them. Have Raf and Megan really been taken over by a ghost from a hundred years ago? Can Bradley dig up the mystery that's dogged Pine Lake Academy for a century? What deeply buried dastardly deeds will bubble to the surface?
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 1467700436
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Poor Megan-history's repeating itself. She's been booted from Stepford Prep, and her father is sending her to visit Pine Lake Academy . . . a boarding school. This could mean the end of the Chicagoland Detective Agency! Raf and Bradley come along to get a sniff at the new school, but when Megan ducks into a restroom marked do not enter and Raf takes a sip from an old fountain, school becomes the least of their problems. Something spooky is knocking around in the pipes, and now it has its hooks in them. Have Raf and Megan really been taken over by a ghost from a hundred years ago? Can Bradley dig up the mystery that's dogged Pine Lake Academy for a century? What deeply buried dastardly deeds will bubble to the surface?
The Missing Cuckoo Clock
Author: Lynda Beauregard
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 1467773433
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
There's a new kid at Camp Dakota! It's Megan’s first year, and all she can think about is riding horses. But gravity seems to be getting in the way of all the campers' fun, from the stables to the beach. Then the big cuckoo clock in the main cabin goes missing. Who would take a cuckoo clock? Can the campers use the weighty facts they've learned to solve the mystery of where it went—and why? Look in the back of the book for experiments and more to help you become a science detective too!
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 1467773433
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
There's a new kid at Camp Dakota! It's Megan’s first year, and all she can think about is riding horses. But gravity seems to be getting in the way of all the campers' fun, from the stables to the beach. Then the big cuckoo clock in the main cabin goes missing. Who would take a cuckoo clock? Can the campers use the weighty facts they've learned to solve the mystery of where it went—and why? Look in the back of the book for experiments and more to help you become a science detective too!
The Bark in Space: Book 5
Author: Trina Robbins
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 1467736031
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Chicagoland can't get much weirder than this: Raf, Megan, and Bradley have been abducted by aliens from the planet Fnarf III! And not just your ordinary, everyday aliens, either. These extraterrestrials are intelligent canines, as smart as Bradley, who come from a world where dogs rule and humans drool. And they have a case Bradley can really sink his teeth into: the Fnarfian princess has gone missing, and the space-dogs need help from planet Earth's home team—the Chicagoland Detective Agency—to track her down. After uncovering zombies, mummies, were-mutts, and ghosts, is the Chicagoland Detective Agency up to the job of investigating their first interstellar caper?
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 1467736031
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Chicagoland can't get much weirder than this: Raf, Megan, and Bradley have been abducted by aliens from the planet Fnarf III! And not just your ordinary, everyday aliens, either. These extraterrestrials are intelligent canines, as smart as Bradley, who come from a world where dogs rule and humans drool. And they have a case Bradley can really sink his teeth into: the Fnarfian princess has gone missing, and the space-dogs need help from planet Earth's home team—the Chicagoland Detective Agency—to track her down. After uncovering zombies, mummies, were-mutts, and ghosts, is the Chicagoland Detective Agency up to the job of investigating their first interstellar caper?
Nick the Sidekick
Author: Dave Whamond
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1525300709
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Watch out, bad guys, there’s a new superhero in town! Nick was flattered to be chosen as Super Fantastic Guy’s assistant — picked for his intelligence, his investigative skills and his super-amazing hearing abilities. But Nick (who, by the way, hates being called a sidekick) didn’t realize that he would end up doing all of the work — and getting none of the credit. So, one day, when he overhears a gang of criminals planning an enormous bank heist, Nick knows he’s finally going to get the chance to prove himself. Or is he? Readers will be rooting for Nick — the true superhero — even if nobody else is!
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1525300709
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Watch out, bad guys, there’s a new superhero in town! Nick was flattered to be chosen as Super Fantastic Guy’s assistant — picked for his intelligence, his investigative skills and his super-amazing hearing abilities. But Nick (who, by the way, hates being called a sidekick) didn’t realize that he would end up doing all of the work — and getting none of the credit. So, one day, when he overhears a gang of criminals planning an enormous bank heist, Nick knows he’s finally going to get the chance to prove himself. Or is he? Readers will be rooting for Nick — the true superhero — even if nobody else is!
And Then There Were Gnomes: Book 2
Author: Colleen AF Venable
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 1467735027
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Sasspants, PI(G), the world's fluffiest detective, is back on the case?or she will be, if her sidekick Hamisher can convince her there's really a mystery afoot. Hamisher has made up so many stories, Sasspants doesn't believe him. But one by one the mice in Mr. Venezi's pet shop are going missing, and all the spooky clues point to...a ghost! Once our shaggy Sherlocks start digging for answers, they will stop at nothing to ferret out the truth!
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 1467735027
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Sasspants, PI(G), the world's fluffiest detective, is back on the case?or she will be, if her sidekick Hamisher can convince her there's really a mystery afoot. Hamisher has made up so many stories, Sasspants doesn't believe him. But one by one the mice in Mr. Venezi's pet shop are going missing, and all the spooky clues point to...a ghost! Once our shaggy Sherlocks start digging for answers, they will stop at nothing to ferret out the truth!
Zacktastic
Author: Courtney Sheinmel
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1634704215
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Upon the occasion of his tenth birthday, Zack learns from his uncle that Zack is descended from a line of genies. Before his uncle has time to fully explain the genie world, Zack is whisked through a bottle portal and sent on his first genie assignment. But he doesn't have a clue as to what he is supposed to do or what his powers might entail.
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1634704215
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Upon the occasion of his tenth birthday, Zack learns from his uncle that Zack is descended from a line of genies. Before his uncle has time to fully explain the genie world, Zack is whisked through a bottle portal and sent on his first genie assignment. But he doesn't have a clue as to what he is supposed to do or what his powers might entail.