Author: Mary Labatt
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1553378229
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Canine detective Sam is bored at the prospect of spending a cottage weekend at Sagawa Lake - until she hears that the lake has a deep, dark secret.
Lake Monster Mix-Up
Author: Mary Labatt
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1553378229
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Canine detective Sam is bored at the prospect of spending a cottage weekend at Sagawa Lake - until she hears that the lake has a deep, dark secret.
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1553378229
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Canine detective Sam is bored at the prospect of spending a cottage weekend at Sagawa Lake - until she hears that the lake has a deep, dark secret.
A Parent's Guide to the Best Kids' Comics
Author: Scott Robins
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440229961
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." --Author Emilie Buchwald Filled with beautifully illustrated reviews and a wealth of recommendations, A Parent's Guide to the Best Kids' Comics lovingly and thoughtfully reveals a world of graphic novels sure to capture the imagination and curiosity of your child. Children's literature experts and library professionals Scott Robins and Snow Wildsmith select and review 100 age-appropriate books, and recommend another 750 titles for children from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade in this full-color, first-of-its-kind guide. You'll also find an educator's bibliography, website recommendations, and a bounty of resources to make this magical journey informative as well as delightful. Jeff Smith and Vijaya Iyer, producers of the highly acclaimed and award-winning Bone series, provide a Foreword for the book.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440229961
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." --Author Emilie Buchwald Filled with beautifully illustrated reviews and a wealth of recommendations, A Parent's Guide to the Best Kids' Comics lovingly and thoughtfully reveals a world of graphic novels sure to capture the imagination and curiosity of your child. Children's literature experts and library professionals Scott Robins and Snow Wildsmith select and review 100 age-appropriate books, and recommend another 750 titles for children from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade in this full-color, first-of-its-kind guide. You'll also find an educator's bibliography, website recommendations, and a bounty of resources to make this magical journey informative as well as delightful. Jeff Smith and Vijaya Iyer, producers of the highly acclaimed and award-winning Bone series, provide a Foreword for the book.
Graphic Novels
Author: Michael Pawuk
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440851360
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440851360
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.
Witches' Brew
Author: Mary Labatt
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1554534720
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Sam, a dog detective, and her friends investigate the new neighbors who might be witches.
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1554534720
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Sam, a dog detective, and her friends investigate the new neighbors who might be witches.
Orca Echoes Resource Guide
Author: Alex Van Tol
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554693780
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
The Orca Echoes are lively, entertaining short chapter books aimed at readers between ages seven and nine. These popular classroom favorites are well suited for social responsibility and character building programs. The Orca Echoes Resource Guide helps teachers open the door for meaningful classroom discussion. Professionally written guides with curriculum connections, writing exercises, discussion questions and activities are provided for each title in the Orca Echoes series. With additional information on teaching ideas, reading levels, literature circles and assessment, the Orca Echoes Resource Guide is a valuable tool for teachers using Orca Echoes in the classroom.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554693780
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
The Orca Echoes are lively, entertaining short chapter books aimed at readers between ages seven and nine. These popular classroom favorites are well suited for social responsibility and character building programs. The Orca Echoes Resource Guide helps teachers open the door for meaningful classroom discussion. Professionally written guides with curriculum connections, writing exercises, discussion questions and activities are provided for each title in the Orca Echoes series. With additional information on teaching ideas, reading levels, literature circles and assessment, the Orca Echoes Resource Guide is a valuable tool for teachers using Orca Echoes in the classroom.
Nastawgan
Author: Bruce W. Hodgins
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 096907834X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
A rich history of Canadian wilderness travel, "an utterly compelling collection," said The Globe and Mail, and "a gem -- it absolutely sparkles," according to Canadian Geographic. Declared by the Canadian Historical Association to be the best book published of its year on the regional history of Canada's North. With essays by William C. James, C.E.S. Franks, George Luste, Margaret Hobbs, John Jennings, Shelagh Grant, Gwyneth Hoyle, Bruce W. Hodgins, Jamie Bendickson, Craig Macdonald, Jean Murray Cole, John Marsh and John Wadland.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 096907834X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
A rich history of Canadian wilderness travel, "an utterly compelling collection," said The Globe and Mail, and "a gem -- it absolutely sparkles," according to Canadian Geographic. Declared by the Canadian Historical Association to be the best book published of its year on the regional history of Canada's North. With essays by William C. James, C.E.S. Franks, George Luste, Margaret Hobbs, John Jennings, Shelagh Grant, Gwyneth Hoyle, Bruce W. Hodgins, Jamie Bendickson, Craig Macdonald, Jean Murray Cole, John Marsh and John Wadland.
Dracula Madness
Author: Mary Labatt
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1553373030
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
"Based on the book Spying on Dracula by Mary Labatt"--T.p. verso.
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1553373030
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
"Based on the book Spying on Dracula by Mary Labatt"--T.p. verso.
The Case of the Trail Mix-up
Author: Laura J. Burns
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781595140166
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
When one of their classmates goes missing during the seventh-grade camping trip, Orville and Agatha set out find him.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781595140166
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
When one of their classmates goes missing during the seventh-grade camping trip, Orville and Agatha set out find him.
School Library Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
The Publishers Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description