INFANTILES Y JUVENILES

Don't miss the laugh-out-loud companion to the classic, The War with Grandpa--now a major motion picture--about a girl who must face off against her grandma or risk losing the biggest competition of summer. Meg is excited when she hears the Centennial Strawberry Days Celebration is holding a competition for kids. The winner will be crowned the official Strawberry Days Ambassador and get a pair of electric bikes! Meg knows with Dad as her partner, there's no way she can lose. But Meg's strawberry dreams turn sour when Dad can't participate and, worse, he's already invited Grandma Sally to replace him. Without even asking Meg! Grandma likes to play by her own rules and Meg realizes her chances at winning are at an all-time low. For Meg this means war! Only, Grandma is tougher than she looks and willing to give as good as she gets. As the competition begins, it becomes clear that Meg's summer will have the most epic showdown ever.

January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, Laura receives word of Freddie’s death in combat, along with his personal effects but something doesn’t make sense. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital, where she soon hears whispers about haunted trenches and a strange hotelier whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could Freddie have escaped the battlefield, only to fall prey to something or someone else? November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped in an overturned pillbox with a wounded enemy soldier, a German by the name of Hans Winter. Against all odds, the two form an alliance and succeed in clawing their way out. Unable to bear the thought of returning to the killing fields, especially on opposite sides, they take refuge with a mysterious man who seems to have the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear.

What if the narrator of the book you’re reading is just…WRONG?! This hilarious book from the author of The Day the Crayons Quit will have you correcting what you’re reading—and laughing! Do bicycles say cock-a-doodle-doo? Do firefighters shout Ding Dong! before they put out a fire? That’s what the narrator of this hilarious picture book thinks! Good thing there are some other characters in this book to set him straight… With bright bold illustrations, this laugh-out-loud funny story, written by the author of The Day the Crayons Quit, is sure to give kids—and grown-ups—a serious case of the giggles. Because a flower goes chugga-chugga-choo-choo. Right? Right?

Theodora, Sherman y Dexter se van a la Gran Manzana a pasar las vacaciones, ¡y no pueden esperar! Sin embargo, si Drácula y mamá pensaron que un viaje al extranjero mantendría a Theodora a salvo de monstruos malvados con intenciones siniestras, estaban equivocados. Porque Nueva York está repleta de Shadowmongers: criaturas sombrías y astutas controladas por el enemigo más siniestro de todos. Un enemigo que no quiere nada más que ver derribada a la Monstruosa Liga de Monstruos... y a Theodora con ella.

Después de enfrentarse a una bruja malvada, un esqueleto-cuervo ladrón y un ejército de muertos vivientes, Theodora Hendrix, una chica de diez años, está segura de que puede manejar cualquier cosa, hasta que conoce al desagradable inspector Shelley y a su aún más desagradable rata mascota. Shelley y Ratsputin han venido a espiar a la Monstruosa Liga de los Monstruos y están decididos a crear problemas en todo momento. Entonces Theodora hace un descubrimiento propio: un escarabajo maldito. Necesita destruirlo sin llamar la atención del inspector, y rápido. Lo que está en juego no podría ser más importante: si Theodora falla, su amada familia de monstruos se pudrirá en las cárceles más húmedas y oscuras de Transilvania.

Si crees que los monstruos no existen, tienes que hablar con Theodora Hendrix. La primera entrega de una nueva serie middle grade ideal para los lectores de El Libro del Cementerio de Neil Gaiman. La primera regla de la Montruosa Liga de los Monstruos es: manten a los monstruos escondidos de los humanos. Pero cuando el zombie Georgie y Bandido, su inseparable gato, encuentran a un bebe abandonado, no pueden dejarlo a su suerte ya que sería devorado por los trasgos. Así que se llevan a la pequeña a casa, donde rápidamente se vuelve parte de la familia. Han pasado diez años desde aquel día, y la joven Theodora no parece vivir asustada aun habiendo sido criada por monstruos. Pero ahora, una serie de cartas anónimas sugieren que alguien está a punto de revelar el secreto.