Author: Hanamori Pink
Publisher: Kodansha USA
ISBN: 1684918219
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Lukia Nanami is turning seventeen. Her family has just moved to a town by the sea, and on her first walk down to the beach, she saves a handsome surfer from drowning. The next day, she's shocked to discover he's not only a classmate at her new school, but has no idea who she is, and insists he was saved by a mermaid! A new chapter in the saga of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, from original artist Pink Hanamori!
The Mermaid of Brooklyn
Author: Amy Shearn
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447230280
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Amy Shearn has written a fierce and vivacious book about motherhood, astounding in its honesty, fearless in its humor and exploding with love. THE MERMAID OF BROOKLYN is a joyful and exhilarating read' Maria Semple, author of the New York Times bestselling WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE? Jenny Lipkin, former up-and-coming magazine editor and current stressed-out mother of two, is struggling. With two demanding children, she is adjusting to life as an average mother, drinking coffee in the playground and complaining about breastfeeding, sleepless nights and how to get the buggy on the subway. And then, one summer evening, her husband Harry goes out to buy cigarettes and doesn’t return. Jenny reaches breaking point. She is contemplating ending it all, but when she falls off the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River, she finds a surprising ally – and a magical way to rethink her ideas about success, motherhood and relationships. But confronting her inner demons is no easy task . . .
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447230280
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Amy Shearn has written a fierce and vivacious book about motherhood, astounding in its honesty, fearless in its humor and exploding with love. THE MERMAID OF BROOKLYN is a joyful and exhilarating read' Maria Semple, author of the New York Times bestselling WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE? Jenny Lipkin, former up-and-coming magazine editor and current stressed-out mother of two, is struggling. With two demanding children, she is adjusting to life as an average mother, drinking coffee in the playground and complaining about breastfeeding, sleepless nights and how to get the buggy on the subway. And then, one summer evening, her husband Harry goes out to buy cigarettes and doesn’t return. Jenny reaches breaking point. She is contemplating ending it all, but when she falls off the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River, she finds a surprising ally – and a magical way to rethink her ideas about success, motherhood and relationships. But confronting her inner demons is no easy task . . .
Dear Mermaid
Author: Alan Durant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406359879
Category : Letters
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Join Holly as she learns about a magical undersea world in this picture book containing a real gift.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406359879
Category : Letters
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Join Holly as she learns about a magical undersea world in this picture book containing a real gift.
Mastering Manga with Mark Crilley
Author: Mark Crilley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440324344
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
It's THE book on manga from YouTube's most popular art instruction Guru! There's more to manga than big, shiny eyes and funky hair. In these action-packed pages, graphic novelist Mark Crilley shows you step-by-step how to achieve an authentic manga style—from drawing faces and figures to laying out awesome, high-drama spreads. You'll learn how a few basic lines will help you place facial features in their proper locations and simple tricks for getting body proportions right. Plus, you'll find inspiration for infusing your work with expression, attitude and action. This is the book fans have been requesting for years, packed with expert tips on everything from hairstyles and clothing to word bubbles and sound effects, delivered in the same friendly, easy-to-follow style that has made Mark Crilley one of the "25 Most Subscribed to Gurus on YouTube." Take this opportunity to turn the characters and stories in your head into professional-quality art on the page! Packed with everything you need to make your first (or your best-ever) manga stories! • 30 step-by-step demonstrations showing how to draw faces and figures for a variety of ages and body types • Inspirational galleries featuring 101 eyes, 50 ways to draw hands, 40 hairstyles, 12 common expressions, 30 classic poses and more! • Tutorials to create a variety of realistic settings • Advanced lessons on backgrounds, inking, sequencing and layout options
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440324344
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
It's THE book on manga from YouTube's most popular art instruction Guru! There's more to manga than big, shiny eyes and funky hair. In these action-packed pages, graphic novelist Mark Crilley shows you step-by-step how to achieve an authentic manga style—from drawing faces and figures to laying out awesome, high-drama spreads. You'll learn how a few basic lines will help you place facial features in their proper locations and simple tricks for getting body proportions right. Plus, you'll find inspiration for infusing your work with expression, attitude and action. This is the book fans have been requesting for years, packed with expert tips on everything from hairstyles and clothing to word bubbles and sound effects, delivered in the same friendly, easy-to-follow style that has made Mark Crilley one of the "25 Most Subscribed to Gurus on YouTube." Take this opportunity to turn the characters and stories in your head into professional-quality art on the page! Packed with everything you need to make your first (or your best-ever) manga stories! • 30 step-by-step demonstrations showing how to draw faces and figures for a variety of ages and body types • Inspirational galleries featuring 101 eyes, 50 ways to draw hands, 40 hairstyles, 12 common expressions, 30 classic poses and more! • Tutorials to create a variety of realistic settings • Advanced lessons on backgrounds, inking, sequencing and layout options
The Mermaid and the Shoe
Author: K. G. Campbell
Publisher: Kids Can Press
ISBN: 9781525305580
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
In this delightful picture book, Minnow seems to be the only one of King Neptune's fifty mermaid daughters who has no particular skill or accomplishments. That is, except for her persistence in asking many, many questions. But one day, as Minnow is drifting in the ocean all alone, a single red woman's shoe floats toward her seemingly from out of nowhere. Never having seen a shoe before, Willow becomes intrigued by what it might be. When no one in the kingdom can tell her, she sets off on a quest to find out and, along the way, uncovers answers to many of the things that have been vexing her, including what her true purpose is!
Publisher: Kids Can Press
ISBN: 9781525305580
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
In this delightful picture book, Minnow seems to be the only one of King Neptune's fifty mermaid daughters who has no particular skill or accomplishments. That is, except for her persistence in asking many, many questions. But one day, as Minnow is drifting in the ocean all alone, a single red woman's shoe floats toward her seemingly from out of nowhere. Never having seen a shoe before, Willow becomes intrigued by what it might be. When no one in the kingdom can tell her, she sets off on a quest to find out and, along the way, uncovers answers to many of the things that have been vexing her, including what her true purpose is!
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch: Aqua 1
Author: Hanamori Pink
Publisher: Kodansha USA
ISBN: 1684918219
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Lukia Nanami is turning seventeen. Her family has just moved to a town by the sea, and on her first walk down to the beach, she saves a handsome surfer from drowning. The next day, she's shocked to discover he's not only a classmate at her new school, but has no idea who she is, and insists he was saved by a mermaid! A new chapter in the saga of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, from original artist Pink Hanamori!
Publisher: Kodansha USA
ISBN: 1684918219
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Lukia Nanami is turning seventeen. Her family has just moved to a town by the sea, and on her first walk down to the beach, she saves a handsome surfer from drowning. The next day, she's shocked to discover he's not only a classmate at her new school, but has no idea who she is, and insists he was saved by a mermaid! A new chapter in the saga of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, from original artist Pink Hanamori!
Under the Mermaid Angel
Author: Martha Moore
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307548538
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Jesse leads a pretty boring life in just about the most boring place in the universe -- otherwise known as Ida, Texas. She cannot forget the death of her baby brother seven years ago, and how she just couldn't pray for him when he was sick. She never talks about it though, not even to her best friend, which is something she doesn't have, anyway. But all that changes when Roxanne moves into the trailer next door. Thirty years old, with her fake fur coat, wild red hair, and romantic notions, Roxanne is a revelation to Jesse. Why has she moved to Ida, of all places? Their growing friendship will change Jesse's life, giving her back a vision of hope beyond the mundane world around her.
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307548538
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Jesse leads a pretty boring life in just about the most boring place in the universe -- otherwise known as Ida, Texas. She cannot forget the death of her baby brother seven years ago, and how she just couldn't pray for him when he was sick. She never talks about it though, not even to her best friend, which is something she doesn't have, anyway. But all that changes when Roxanne moves into the trailer next door. Thirty years old, with her fake fur coat, wild red hair, and romantic notions, Roxanne is a revelation to Jesse. Why has she moved to Ida, of all places? Their growing friendship will change Jesse's life, giving her back a vision of hope beyond the mundane world around her.
Phantom Pirates
Author: Daren King
Publisher: Quercus Children's Books
ISBN: 0857384104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
It's holler-day time again, but things never run smoothly for our ghosties. Intead of a luxury cruise, the friends find themselves aboard a ship of phantom pirates - how frightful! And when the friendly ghosties discover that the pirates plan to invade a still-alive ship, they simply have to help - after all, it is the polite thing to do!
Publisher: Quercus Children's Books
ISBN: 0857384104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
It's holler-day time again, but things never run smoothly for our ghosties. Intead of a luxury cruise, the friends find themselves aboard a ship of phantom pirates - how frightful! And when the friendly ghosties discover that the pirates plan to invade a still-alive ship, they simply have to help - after all, it is the polite thing to do!
Good Housekeeping
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Mermaid Park
Author: Beth Mayall
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781595141378
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Amy escapes family difficulties by immersing herself in her job at a mermaid-themed water show.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781595141378
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Amy escapes family difficulties by immersing herself in her job at a mermaid-themed water show.
Last Note
Author: Anna Seidman
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1644684519
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Whoever decided that the only constant in life is change never consulted Monica Lawrence. She resists every new reality that comes her way during her high school and college years, from a diagnosis of diabetes to a new stepfather who she swears is trying to be as different from her real dad as possible. The person who sees her through it all is Kelly, who has been her best friend ever since Monica offered Kelly help (okay, probably too much help) in history class during their sophomore year of high school.Kelly impulsively ties the knot at twenty while Monica fiercely guards her independence, leading to unspoken resentment until one day the two finally go their separate ways. When Kelly shows up at Monica's door two years after the friends' aEURoebreak upaEUR, embroiled in a scenario straight out of Jerry Springer, will Monica try to reserve her judgment and let Kelly back into her life; or will she, for the first time ever, embrace a break with the past?
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1644684519
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Whoever decided that the only constant in life is change never consulted Monica Lawrence. She resists every new reality that comes her way during her high school and college years, from a diagnosis of diabetes to a new stepfather who she swears is trying to be as different from her real dad as possible. The person who sees her through it all is Kelly, who has been her best friend ever since Monica offered Kelly help (okay, probably too much help) in history class during their sophomore year of high school.Kelly impulsively ties the knot at twenty while Monica fiercely guards her independence, leading to unspoken resentment until one day the two finally go their separate ways. When Kelly shows up at Monica's door two years after the friends' aEURoebreak upaEUR, embroiled in a scenario straight out of Jerry Springer, will Monica try to reserve her judgment and let Kelly back into her life; or will she, for the first time ever, embrace a break with the past?