A Girl, a Boy, and a Monster Cat
A Girl, a Boy, and a Monster Cat

Author: Gail Gauthier

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-06-21

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 110112699X

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Sam’s house would have been the perfect place for Brandon to go after school. The big-screen TV is on all the time, and Sam is a boy. Instead, Brandon’s mom sends him to Hannah’s, where he is forced to play imaginary games in which Hannah is always the hero. Even the cat, Buttercup, gets more exciting roles than Brandon. Then a new neighbor moves in with a tiny dog who is actually quite fierce. He gives Hannah lots of material for games, but when Buttercup defends her territory with some malicious tactics, reality becomes much more exciting than fiction. With humor perfect for 2nd and 3rd graders, Gail is certain to win over this younger audience.

Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

Author: April Genevieve Tucholke

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0147514088

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For fans of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, American Horror Story and The Walking Dead comes a powerhouse anthology featuring some of the best thriller and horror writers in YA Stefan Bachmann, Leigh Bardugo, Kendare Blake, A. G. Howard, Jay Kristoff, Marie Lu, Jonathan Maberry, Danielle Paige, Carrie Ryan, Megan Shepherd, Nova Ren Suma, McCormick Templeman, April Genevieve Tucholke, Cat Winters A host of the sharpest young adult authors come together in this collection of terrifying tales and psychological thrillers. Each author draws from a mix of literature, film, television, and music to create something new and fresh and unsettling. Clever readers will love teasing out the references and can satisfy their curiosity at the end of each tale, where the inspiration is revealed. There are no superficial scares here; these are stories that will make you think even as they keep you on the edge of your seat. From blood horror, to the supernatural, to unsettling, all-too-possible realism, this collection has something for anyone looking for an absolute thrill.

A Girl, A Boy, and Three Robbers
A Girl, A Boy, and Three Robbers

Author: Gail Gauthier

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-07-03

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 110101119X

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Perfect humor for 2nd and 3rd graders. When Brandon has to go to Hannah’s house after school, she always gets to be the leader while he has to play her sidekick or some villain she’s out to destroy. Then the horrible Sunderland kids try to steal Hannah’s monster cat, Buttercup, and suddenly Brandon and Hannah have an exciting real-life mission on their hands. All the games of vampire hunter and enemy agent in the world couldn’t have prepared them for the task of saving Buttercup from the Sunderlands’ grubby clutches.

My Life Among the Aliens
My Life Among the Aliens

Author: Gail Gauthier

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786236046

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Two brothers begin to wonder if it is their mother's unusual cooking that is attracting the aliens that keep showing up at their house.

MARRIED IN HASTE
MARRIED IN HASTE

Author: Roz Denny Fox

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2012-03-15

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1459236513

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Ben Galloway and Abby Drummond both work with children—he’s a pediatrician and she’s a teacher—and they’ve both ended up with custody of their respective nieces and nephews. They decide that combining their households is the best solution to their individual problems. Which it is—except that their solution leads to a whole new set of problems. Kids before marriage. Not the easiest route to married bliss. And not the route Ben and Abby would’ve chosen. But love for their unexpected family brings them together in all the ways that count.

Manga for the Beginner Chibis
Manga for the Beginner Chibis

Author: Christopher Hart

Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Published: 2011-07-05

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0823008282

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The ultimate guide to creating chibis! They populate manga with chunky bodies, oversized heads, and huge expressive eyes. They're schoolgirls and schoolboys, magical girls and mad scientists, fairies and fighter princesses, cyborgs and sci-fi secret agents, bikers and bad samurais, robots and rebel leaders. They've even got chubby pets and zany monster sidekicks! They're chibis! Excruciatingly cute, highly stylized, and beloved in all manga genres (fantasy, magical girls, shounen, anthro, sci-fi-, and more), without them, manga would barely exist. And now you can learn, step by step, how to draw virtually every chibi out there, how to "chibify" ordinary manga characters—and how to invent your very own designs! Covering facial expressions, those iconic manga eyes, costumes, character interaction, and story settings, Manga for the Beginner Chibis has it all.

The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales
The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales

Author:

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2023-06-20

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 0231558082

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In Edo-period Japan, readers relished works known as kibyōshi that combined text and illustration on the same page, much like comic books and manga. Monsters often took center stage in these stories. This book presents a selection of Edo monster comics in English for the first time, introducing readers to a captivating, humorous, and eye-opening genre of popular fiction. The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales collects five kibyōshi published between 1778 and 1807, chosen for both entertainment value and stylistic variety. Their authors reinvent traditional Japanese monsters as contemporary characters who mirror the foibles of the human world. They tell stories such as: The lover of the long-necked rokuro-kubi makes a ridiculous attempt to rescue her from her human captor. A mischievous river creature steals a jewel lodged deep inside a boy’s buttocks, setting off a curious chain of events involving a historical samurai and a real-life “fart man.” A demon girl from hell is sent to the world of the living in order to destroy a sacred Buddhist statue—but things don’t go quite as she plans. Exploring the grotesque, comic, bumbling, salacious, and charming world of these creatures, the stories also provide a glimpse into the society and culture of Edo-period Japan through the monsters’ distorted lens. The kibyōshi are reproduced in their entirety, conveying the feel of the original comics and allowing readers to experience the full visual impact of the monsters.