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Adam Rex
You've Reached Sam meets The Good Place in this deeply-felt, surreal love story about a girl, a boy, a dreamer, and a dream from best-selling and award-winning author Adam Rex.
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Helvetica the raven lays three eggs, but when she returns to her nest Viridian the dragon has moved in--so Gumluck devises a series of contests to determine who should have…
"A sleeping baby rolls out of the house and across the nation on a series of larger-than-life adventures"--
Frankenstein wants to marry his undead bride in peace, but his best man, Dracula, is freaking out about the garlic bread, and the Headless Horseman wishes everyone would stop drooling…
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After having saved the Earth from the threat of Gorg – a maneuver that cloned many, many cats – our favorite duo becomes famous, though not in a good way…
Frankenstein tiene mucha hambre, pero ninguno de sus vecinos quiere compartir con el la comida y solo le arrojan comestibles podridos para ahuyentarlo. Lo que ellos ignoran es que lo…
A stunning look at what happens when the moon lands in a girl’s back garden.
You’ve Reached Sam meets The Good Place in this deeply-felt, unconventional love story about a girl, a boy, a dreamer, and a dream from best-selling and award-winning author Adam Rex.
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A half-changeling boy, twins involved in a bizarre secret experiment, and a clurichaun in a red tracksuit try to save the world from an evil cereal company whose ultimate goal…
Original publication and copyright date: 2013.
Eighth-grader Scott Doe and his companions must save the world from a terrible faerie invasion and put an end to the diabolical cereal company Goodco once and for all.
This picture book is a sincere and funny Be Yourself book.
This book is If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School Don’t! meets The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors.
Fully illustrated with photos, drawings, newspaper clippings, and comic sequences, this original debut novel by a noted illustrator is a hilarious, perceptive, and genre-bending story about a 12-year-old girl who…
Frankenstein is about to marry his undead bride. But first, he has to meet his future in-laws, and stop his best man, Dracula, from freaking out about the garlic bread…
Being a monster isn’t just about frightening villagers and sucking blood. Monsters have their trials, too. Poor Frankenstein’s cupboard is bare, Wolfman is in need of some household help, and…
Gumluck, a young, na?ive wizard, does his best to help the local townspeople (and a small friendly ghost) with his sometimes critical raven sidekick, Helvetica.
Neil Gaiman, Adam Rex (illus,)
Can Chu hold back his sneezes at school?!
Adam Rubin
In Ancient Times, Gladys the dancing chicken goes on an epic adventure when she is mistaken for a magical chicken who grants wishes to those she encounters.
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Neil Gaiman,Adam Rex
Accompanying his family on a visit to the beach, Chu the little panda looks forward to playing in the sand and wading in the water while wondering how his colossal…
Chu es un pequeano panda … a diferencia de sus estornudos. Cuando Chu estornuda, cualquier cosa puede suceder. AQuae ocurriraa hoy? –Casadellibro.
Chu is a little nervous about his first day at school. Will he make friends? The teacher asks everyone to introduce themselves and talk about what they really like to…
Drew Daywalt
A laugh-out-loud funny new children’s book from the author of The Day the Crayons Quit. The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors reveals the epic tale behind everyone’s favourite playground game!
Mac Barnett
Retired private detective and current seventh-grader Steve Brixton has a new career: taking out the garbage on Wednesdays for five bucks a week. But it’s hard to leave the old…
Boss Baby meets Interrupting Chicken in this heartfelt story of a curious kid conquering a control-hungry bad guy.
Katy Kelly
In her fourth book, eight-year-old Lucy Rose, a not-so-average girl with a not-so-boring life in Washington, D.C., helps a friend turn a plumbing store into a bakery–among the many, many…
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The hilarious tale of love between a hapless ox and a fabulous gazelle, told in correspondence.
Mac, the author, fires Adam, the illustrator, over their artistic differences about Chloe, the main character of their book, until Mac realizes both of their talents are needed and they…
Neil Gaiman
Chu and his family are going to the beach. Chu is excited. He will get to play in the sand and wade in the water. But what will happen if…
Kate Messner
An inspiring and informative book for kids about the past and future of America’s presidents.
Who will be the NEXT president? Could it be you?When George Washington became the…
A New York Times bestseller from Newbery Medalist Gaiman and acclaimed illustrator Rex is now available as a board book. When Chu, a little panda, sneezes, bad things happen. But…
A funny fable about perspective, teamwork, and learning that our whole society is based on appreciating what makes each one of us special.
Adam Rex,Christian Robinson
It’s the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone’s just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. What will the children do once they come? Will…
On the first day of school, a young panda learns about the special things his animal classmates can do.
You’ve played the game. Now read the legend of the three great warriors who started it all… Rock, Paper, Scissors! –Front jacket flap.
Newbery Medalist Gaiman and acclaimed illustrator Rex are back with the sequel to their bestselling Chu’s Day. In this story, Chu, a little panda with a big sneeze, heads out…
You may think you know how this book was made, but you don’t. Sure, the author wrote many drafts, and the illustrator took a long time creating the art, but…
Despite being told that she is nothing but empty calories, Candy is excited by her big break–being digested by the body, in this humorous exploration of the digestive system, presented…
A blue whale is longer than thirty dogs lined up nose to tail. Its tongue weighs as much as four hundred cats. Blue whales make terrible pets….Just ask Billy Twitters.
Just after learning that Earth’s scientists no longer consider him a planet, an unhappy Pluto takes a visitor from Earth on a tour of the solar system, sharing facts along…
Every family has its special aunt: the cool aunt, the wacky aunt, the scary aunt. But this family has ALL THE AUNTS.
After saving the United States, Steve Brixton has opened his own agency. Steve gets a call to solve the case of the Fairview diamond but it turns into an even…
Rex Adams
Rex Adams describes scores of safe, all-natural foods available everywhere that may instantly relieve ulcers, arthritis, kidney stones and gallstones, urinary problems, heart, lung and arterial disease, emphysema, cataracts, and…
