Adam Rex
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Series
Gumluck the wizard volume 1
Language
English
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Gumluck, a young, naíve wizard, does his best to help the local townspeople (and a small friendly ghost) with his sometimes critical raven sidekick, Helvetica.
9) Cold Cereal
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Series
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English
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From author Adam Rex comes the first book in the Cold Cereal Saga-a hilarious, clever, and action-packed adventure series with an educational hook. Scottish Play Doe-aka Scott-is used to being a little different. Sometimes he hallucinates things no one else can see. But then one of these hallucinations tries to steal Scott's backpack, and he comes face-to-face with an honest-to-goodness leprechaun named Mick who's on the run from, of all things, the...
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English
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Doug Lee is undead quite by accident-attacked by a desperate vampire, he finds himself cursed with being fat and fifteen forever. When he has no luck finding some goth chick with a vampire fetish, he resorts to sucking the blood of cows under cover of the night. But it's just not the same. Then he meets the new Indian exchange student and falls for her-hard. Yeah, he wants to bite her, but he also wants to prove himself to her. But like the laws of...
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English
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No one ever said it was easy being a monster. Take Frankenstein, for instance: He just wants to marry his undead bride in peace, but his best man, Dracula, is freaking out about the garlic bread. Then there's the Headless Horseman, who wishes everyone would stop drooling over his delicious pumpkin head. And can someone please tell Edgar Allan Poe to get the door already before the raven completely loses it? Sheesh. In a wickedly funny follow-up to...
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English
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Being a monster isn't all frightening villagers and sucking blood. Monsters have their trials, too. Poor Frankenstein's cupboard is bare, Wolfman is in need of some household help, and it's best not to get started on Dracula's hygiene issues. What could be scarier?
Nineteen hilarious poems delve into the secret lives of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Bigfoot, Godzilla, and others. In a range of styles that pay homage to everyone from Charles...
14) Tumblebaby
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books / Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A sleeping baby rolls out of the house and across the nation on a series of larger-than-life adventures"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books Llc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Meet Gumluck the Wizard, the star of a new chapter book series by the inimitable Adam Rex!
This is a story about magic, if you like that kind of thing. It is also a story about a ghost with amnesia, an unpopular fairy, an ungrateful little town, and an extremely wise and helpful raven (who happens to be a pretty talented storyteller). But mostly, it is about a friendly little wizard who lives inside a big hill and really, really,...
This is a story about magic, if you like that kind of thing. It is also a story about a ghost with amnesia, an unpopular fairy, an ungrateful little town, and an extremely wise and helpful raven (who happens to be a pretty talented storyteller). But mostly, it is about a friendly little wizard who lives inside a big hill and really, really,...
16) Will
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English
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Will's got it rough. He's practically the only kid in school who hasn't found out that he's a wizard or a vampire or the child of a Norse god. But when a supervillain takes over the school and all the kids with powers are gone, it's up to Will to try and save the day. A short story from the acclaimed collectionGuys Read: Funny Business, edited by Jon Scieszka.
18) Moonday
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English
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Adam Rex creates a fantastic tale that is both imaginative and beautiful; one that blurs the line between dreams and reality.
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English
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A fresh look at the first day of school, this time from the school's perspective.
"It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. What will the children do once they come? Will they like the school? Will they be nice to him?The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon recovers when he sees that he's not the only one going through first-day jitters."....
20) Why?
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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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.