Publisher: Publisher s10435
On Halloween night, an alien hiding in the woods near the town makes contact with Giulio. The latter, believing him to be a child disguised as an alien, takes him to his friends to go door-to-door trick-or-treating. But things get tricky when the creature slowly starts revealing its intentions to plunder Planet Earth... what will happen? Find out in the pages of DIRTY PLANET.
Superheroes - fictional characters fighting evil with superhuman powers, gadgets and way-out weapons - have fascinated us ever since Superman first donned his cape and tights back in 1938. This fantastic 128-page hardback book charts the growth of the genre, profiling the most notable superheroes and giving us insight into their creation. It's topped off by quotes - every superhero had a catchprase - trivia and a guide to collectibles, from Marvel Comics to Corgi Batmobiles, that fetch the highest prices on the collectors market.Show book
Can you get angry? Can you hide anger in a drawer? Is Fenek’s dad wicked or angry? Take a look inside the book, and together with Fenek look for the answers to these hard questions!Thanks to this book, your child will:learn about a new emotion: anger;understand that getting angry is something perfectly natural, and it is nothing bad;learn about the good ways of handling anger;understand which ways of dealing with anger are inappropriate.The Adventures of Fenek - Books for younger children Thematic series that respond to the needs of pre-school and kindergarten teachers, parents, and psychologists. 20-page brochures are published in series of four books each, and they are all thematically related.Show book
Yes, Chicagoland is an odd place. But the word is out that Megan, Raf, and Raf's talking dog Bradley are the team to go to when weirder things than usual start happening. Their Chicagoland Detective Agency takes danger in hand (and paw) to find a mysteriously missing puppy and an even more mysterious pack of dogs that only shows up once a month. Bradley's nose knows from the start that this is more than a simple case of stray pets . . . and a whole lot more than a stray case of full-moon transmogrification! Will high tech and haikus be enough to save them from the world's worst case of doggy breath?Show book
Lear, the aging king, decides to relinquish his throne and divide his kingdom evenly among his three daughters as determined by theiraffirmations of love. Enraged and disappointed over daughter Cordelia’s declaration, he banishes her and divides his kingdom equally between her two sisters. Jealousy and pride consume the two as they seek to control the kingdom. Treachery and betrayal lead to tragedy as the king slowly loses his grip on reality.Show book
In this highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling How to Be a Supervillain, Victor Spoil must save the world from an evil scheme to enslave the superheroes and villains -- to his parents' utter disappointment. A sequel has never been this good . . . at being bad! Victor Spoil hates the Junior Super Academy. It makes him cranky -- and his parents couldn't be prouder, because supervillains aren't meant to be nice. Until Victor confesses he wants to leave and become a librarian. The horror! But when superheroes and villains -- including his parents -- start disappearing, only a dedicated do-gooder like Victor can track them down. He discovers that the supers are being captured to square off against aliens in gladiator-like shows. And unlike the scripted fights that the supers usually sign up for, these battles are to the death! Victor and his fellow super students must join together and harness their super powers to battle this dastardly mega-villain. But to be a hero, Victor finally has to embrace his inner villain. Will he be able to stoop that low?Show book
In this collection from the hit webcomic, the pink-haired, sassy senior aims her caustic wit at aging. “Mirror, mirror, on the wall…What the freakin’ hell happened?” “My doctor told me to avoid any unnecessary stress. So I didn’t open his bill.” Created to give “the crazy old lady in all of us” a voice that can be heard from ten blocks away, Aunty Acid, along with her long-suffering husband, Walt, tells it like it is and has her own unique opinions on everything. In this collection, she talks about her lifetime of laughs, loves, good times, bad times, and too many bottles of wine to count. So, dive in and discover the perils of sagging boobs, how to grow old disgracefully, and more! Aunty Acid is created by Ged Backland and is brought to life by the team at the Backland Studio in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in Northern England.Show book
