Henry Carter Hull

After an especially 'busy' day, a preschool-age boy overhears his mother say, 'He's been a monster all day.' So the little boy starts to fantasize about what life as a monster would be like. 'I wonder why Mommy thinks that of me? I guess if she does then a monster I'll be! I'm big and strong! I grumble and growl and scare people off with a sneer and a scowl. Being a monster is fun!' There are no rules to remember or manners to follow. And monsters...

In the latest picture book from Hello! Lucky, a cheerful narrator guides a class of nervous critters through their very first day of school. What you learn in school will last all year! So how about a hooray-for-school cheer?

A mad scientist, a spiteful two-headed dragon, and a parliament of sorcerers intent on wiping out witchcraft. The things a modern witch has to put up with to get the job done! Gosha Armitage never thought she'd turn down a person in need, but some jobs are more trouble than they're worth. When a firm of sorcerers asks her to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a famous painter, her first instinct is to turn her back and walk away, but with...

From the sublime to the ridiculous, and every star-date in-between, nine authors follow in the footsteps of great speculative fiction humorists such as Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett in this collection of ten wild and weird tales sure to put a smile on your face. A beautiful multiverse criminal, a heartbroken pizza baron, and a dog named Pepperoni. All in a day's work in the life of government agent Marlon Phillips in "Farewell, My Lovely Slip-Slider"...

A librarian with deceptively dangerous skills is sent back in time to Tzarist Russia in this "laugh-out-loud farce" and homage to Muriel Spark (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Never underestimate a librarian. Comfortable padded and in her middle years, Shona McMonagle may look bookish and harmless, but her education at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls has left her with a deadly expertise in everything from martial arts to quantum physics....

Renowned artist/author duo Brian and Wendy Froud present, for the first time, the backstory of Cottington Hall and its intriguing inhabitants: the Cottington family and the faeries living among them. The rise and fall of this eccentric British family gives us humorous, and sometimes tragic, glimpses into how the Cottingtons became inexorably entwined with the faeries during the late 19th and 20th centuries. When a descendant, Maddi, visits the Cottingtons's...

Read along with Disney! Explore the charming video-game world of Sugar Rush, from Disney Animation Studio's latest film, Wreck-It-Ralph. This book features an original story about the film's spunky heroine, Vanellope von Schweetz, as well as illustrations by one of the artists who worked on the film.

Buzz has a homework assignment to write a fairy tale and he asks Fly Guy to help. Fly Guy doesn't like to think of himself as some of Buzz's suggestions-an ugly troll, a smelly pig herder-so he becomes a handsome prince instead! Prince Fly Guy flies to a dark castle, fends off a giant, and rescues a beautiful princess. Even reluctant readers will enjoy this fun, zany story about Fly Guy's adventure in a fairy tale! En el último libro de la serie...

Simon Hannaford is in need of some fast money, and murder seems the obvious solution. Specifically, a 1930s Murder Mystery Weekend, to be held at Madingley Grange, his aunt's superbly hideous gothic mansion. Simon and his sister are meant to be housesitting, but surely Aunt Maude would not begrudge them the chance to earn a few nearly honest shekels. As the guests arrive-each one dottier than the last-Simon's grand plans quickly go awry. Meanwhile,...

The story starts with the death of Constable Garrett... and continues with his resurrection as a conscious cyborg initially controlled by Spencer Langley aged 13, inventor, entrepreneur and car thief. Things get even more complicated with the introduction of sinister criminals and Garrett's ex partner. Includes graphic replays every third chapter for the entertainment of all.