Adam Rex
Author
Series
Smek (Adam Rex) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her mother is abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (or "Smekday" Eve since the Boov invasion), 11 year-old Tip hops in the family car and heads south to find her and meets an alien Boov mechanic who agrees to help her and save the planet from disaster.
4) Cold cereal
Author
Series
Cold cereal saga volume 1
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A boy who may be part changeling, 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 is world domination.
5) Why?
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Would-be supervillain Doctor X-Ray swoops into the mall, threatening destruction, only to be confronted by a little girl asking "why" to his every declaration, until finally he is forced to reveal, and understand, the root of his anger--and so departs in peace.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
A girl experiences a tumultuous and overwhelming visit from her aunts, but when they finally say good-bye she discovers that the uncles are on their way to visit.
10) Unstoppable!
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.
Author
Series
Smek (Adam Rex) volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Gratuity Tucci and her alien friend, J.Lo, journey to New Boovworld, one of Saturn's moons, to clear J.Lo's name after a string of misunderstandings"--
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
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 the way.
15) Will
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for kids is concerned. Each book is a collection of original short stories, but these aren't your typical anthologies—each
...Author
Series
The story of Gumluck the wizard volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gumluck, a young, naaive wizard, does his best to help the local townspeople (and a small friendly ghost) with his sometimes critical raven sidekick, Helvetica.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
From New York Times bestselling creators Drew Daywalt, author of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home , and Adam Rex, author-illustrator of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich , comes a laugh-out-loud hilarious picture book about the epic tale of the classic game Rock, Paper, Scissors. You've played the game. Now read the legend of how it all began . . . Long ago, in an ancient and distant realm called the Kingdom of Backyard, there...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
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 first president of the United States, there were nine future presidents already alive in America, doing things like practicing law or studying medicine.
When JFK became the thirty-fifth president, there were 10 future presidents already...
Who will be the NEXT president? Could it be you? When George Washington became the first president of the United States, there were nine future presidents already alive in America, doing things like practicing law or studying medicine.
When JFK became the thirty-fifth president, there were 10 future presidents already...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
While stuck in a dream, eighteen-year-old Zelda explores the far reaches of the dreamscape with a timid boy named Langston, but as they grow closer and closer, they discover truths neither of them wants to face.
Author
Series
The Brixton Brothers volume 1
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective and must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded information.