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"A hilarious, moving story of two sisters who embark on a road trip to protect the legacy of their brilliant, deeply troubled artist mother, grappling with the many scars of the past that have kept them apart When Mattie and Nora's mother, the brilliant, troubled, and world-renow...

After a top-secret experiment goes wrong, a hyper-intelligent invisible raptor escapes the lab and begins wreaking havoc in the surrounding neighborhood. When the creature's identity is uncovered, it soon becomes clear that a disgraced paleontologist alongside his ex-girlfriend, ...

A present contains a monstrous secret. An uninvited guest haunts a Christmas party. A shadow slips across the floor by firelight.A festive entertainment ends in darkness and screams. Who knows what haunts the night at the dark point of the year? This collection of seasonal chille...

"For best friends Bunbun and Bonbon, it's the perfect day -- until a rainstorm spoils their picnic! Super capes, super strength, and super teamwork make them superheroes, just like the characters from their favorite comic books. But when the going gets tough, will they find the c...

"What starts as a simple training mission becomes a dimension-spanning adventure for the sons of Superman and Batman, and Superboy teams up with the Teen Titans for the first time in the stunning second volume of Super Sons! Superboy (Jonathan Kent) is excited to have a night out...

"A young woman faces the trials and tribulations of being a superhero while still living an ordinary life, including struggling to make rent, buying her capes from secondhand stores, and being overshadowed by her superhero brother"-- Provided by publisher.

"Superman's Pal needs to save the day! Jimmy Olsen has an amazing piece of alien technology: the SuperCyclopedia. But when a villain tricks him and clones the book, Jimmy feels responsible for all the mischief the SinisterCyclopedias cause! He's too embarrassed to ask Superman fo...

Abby thinks her boyfriend Mark is an ordinary accountant until he tells her that he is The Crusader, and she is forced to deal with a few of his super-ex-girlfriends while figuring out how to have a nice first Christmas together.

Be a hero, learn how to help when someone is hurt, and make a difference with this must-have first aid book Not all heroes wear capes -- discover how you can become a hero in any accident or emergency with best-selling author Dr Punam Krishan. Accidents happen, even when you are ...

Cara's mother is missing and the rest of her family is ignoring the problem or is busy with other things. But when a watery spector begins to haunt the family's Cape Cod home, Cara and her brothers realize their scientist mother may not have been who they thought she was. With t...

Those who have encountered Cape Cod|or merely dipped into an account of its rich history|know that it is a singular place. Robert Finch writes of its beaches: "No other place I know sears the heart with such a constant juxtaposition of pleasure and pain, of beauty being born and ...

This heartfelt middle grade debut about grief, creativity, and the healing power of friendship shows that not all heroes wear capes and is perfect for fans of John David Anderson and Ali Benjamin. Whether they're on the baseball field or in Nate's basement devouring the newest is...

Heroes and Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an array of characters-with and without capes. Featuring ten all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to comics to contemporary adve...

"For many years Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, the golden couple of the Jazz Age, moved from hotels to rented villas to apartments in Paris. Wherever they lived, Zelda brought along her paints. Few people know she painted at all, and fewer know she made paper dolls. But throughout h...

"Tuffy loves Tim. And Tim loves Tuffy. But Tim also loves Ultra Dog. He watches Ultra Dog on TV. He reads Ultra Dog books. He even has an Ultra Dog cape, sleeps in a bed made with Ultra Dog sheets and wears Ultra Dog underwear. So when Tuffy's next door neighbor, a trouble-making...

Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, the Avengers, the X-Men, Watchmen, and more: the companion volume to the PBS documentary series of the same name that tells the story of the superhero in American popular culture. Together again for the first time, here co...

"July 4th is coming, and for professional foodie Samantha Barnes, it's all about the picnic. Okay, and the fireworks. And the parade. But mostly the picnic. What could be better than a DIY clambake followed by the best blueberry buckle in the world? Sam has finally found the perf...

"On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of Cape Cod. Over a century and a half later, Ben Shattuck does the same. With little more than a loaf of bread, brick of cheese, and a notebook, Shattuck sets out to retrace Thoreau...

This book includes 60 comprehension-based projects. First, kids read any book, then they complete an engaging activity to show what they understand about the book they've read.

"Akiba's Beat is a modern-day satirical spin on a classic Japanese RPG formula. Set in a true-to-life recreation of Tokyo's Akihabara ward ("Akiba" for short), players will take control of a party of characters led by protagonist Asahi Tachibana as they seek to rid the town of an...