Moldy mozzarella, it was every mouse's worst nightmare! My old friend Creepella von Cacklefur called me one night and ordered me to join her for the weekend at her family's spooky castle. And before I could say "boo!" she'd mouse-napped me! Now I was stuck in the gloomiest, eeriest castle I'd ever seen. Even worse, I was surrounded by Creepella's creepy family! Oh, would I ever escape back to my safe, cozy mouse hole in New Mouse City?
This new format, crafted specifically for younger readers,features the original Tintin graphic novel plus brand-new content.Go "behind the scenes" with the true story about people, places andantiquities that Hergé drew from, filled with fun facts, lots ofpictures, and easy-to-read text! In this adventure: Tintin stumblesacross a model ship at the Old Street Market. Only it isn't justany model ship-it's the Unicorn, carved by one of Haddock'sancestors, and it holds a clue to finding pirate treasure!
When Geronimo Stilton finds out that the Pirate Cats are goingback in time to Venice in the year 1517, he knows they must beafter one thing: The Mona Lisa! Geronimo and friends must travel toRenaissance Italy to stop the Pirate Cats from stealing the MonaLisa and taking credit for what is arguably the world’s most famouspainting. But the Pirate Cats have an ace up their sleeve: someonein Geronimo’s crew is an imposter!
The Pirate Cats, led by Tersilla of Catatonia, are hittingGeronimo Stilton where he lives! They have travelled back in timein order to steal Johannes Gutenberg's original printing press!What mad scheme do the Pirate Cats have for the Purr-Ioinedpresses? Geronimo Stilton and his friends intend to find out whenthey travel to the city of Mainz, Germany in the year 1455 to stopthe Pirate Cats from tampering with history!
When Geronimo's nemeses the Pirate Cats try to travel tothrough time to the year 1889, they accidentally end up in 37993 BCWhen the cats meet their Neanderthal ancestors, they hear thelegend of a Giant Wooly Mammoth and come up with a plan to captureit and bring it back to the present, making them famous for alltime. Geronimo must travel to the Ice Age to stop the cats fromchanging history forever.
It's feudal Japan of the first Tokugawa. dynasty, and the Pirate Cats are trying to be assigned a specific fiefdom by the emperor. Why? You'll have to read this tale to find out - it will be a legendary romp, with Geronimo Stilton unwittingly becoming a legendary swordsman, Trap showing off his legendary appetite, and Thea Stilton accidentally inventing Kabuki theatre! A rattastic tale of honour, acrobatics, and ...cars?
Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth, and what follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly. This coming-of-age true story is sure to resonate with anyone who has ever been in middle school, and especially those who have ever had a bit of their own dental drama.
The Pirate Cats are up to no good again This time, Bonzo andcompany travel to Rome, Italy in the year 80 AD to the opening ofthe Colosseum, Rome's largest amphitheater. The evil felines wantthe world to think it was they who designed the Coliseum, andinfiltrate the Senate by posing as nobility. Geronimo and friendsmust hop into their speedy time machine and expose the cats' wilyplot, all the while taking in historical landmarks and breathtakingmoments of history.
Ambrose Bierce’s 1911 satire is blended with the surreal andmacabre art of Gahan Wilson, creating a funny yet poignant comicsadaptation. Switching seamlessly from illustration to full comicpanels and back again, Wilson brings his signature dark humor toBierce’s work. “The Devil’s Dictionary” is still popular to thisday, and has spawned numerous imitations, most recently “TheComputer Contradictionary” making it a perfect selection for“Classics Illustrated.”
Presenting Peter Kuper's acclaimed adaptation of UptonSinclair's The Jungle with powerful imagery and bold interplay ofart and text. "The Jungle," Sinclair's most influential novel,recounts the shocking tale of immigrant Jurgis Rudkus and hisfamily, who find themselves at the mercy of a brutal system in thestockyards of Chicago. The original book's exposure of thedangerous, unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industrycreated a public furor that led to the passage of the Pure Food andDrug Act. The mood and atmosphere is captured beautifully byKuper's art and text for this graphic novel adaptation of a classicbook that is still read by high school students and many others tothis day.
Another helping of hilarity, please! Garfield, the lovable feline who never met a lunch he didn'tlike, dishes up another book full of his heavy hijinx and weightywit. Garfield's put on a few pounds over the years, but he's notjust getting fatter, he's getting better! So keep the comedy andcalories coming! Whether he's painting Odie or chowing down onJon's favorite fern, Garfield proves he's still a ton of fun
This new format, crafted specifically for younger readers,features the original Tintin graphic novel plus brand-new content.Go "behind the scenes" with the true story about people, places andantiquities that Hergé drew from, filled with fun facts, lots ofpictures, and easy-to-read text! In this adventure: Tintin comes tothe U.S.A. to clean up the mean streets of Chicago but ends up inthe wild west! Will Tintin make it back home?
"The Raven, Annabel Lee, Eldorado, The Sleeper, The HauntedPalace, The City in the Sea." These are some of the world's mostfascinating, best-loved poems. Edgar Allan Poe'sverses--masterpieces of mystery, horror, melancholy, and hauntingmelody--grip the imagination and fuel the emotions. World-famousNew Yorker and Playboy cartoonist Gahan Wilson, whose work findsthe eerie in the most common of situations, brings the perfect,surreal touch to Poe's elegantly dark poems.
