Author : Jim Averbeck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 31,48 MB
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442494476
After his aunt is kidnapped, an 11-year-old boy staying at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel in 1956 tries to find herNwith the help of filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. The two embark on a madcap journey full of hidden doorways, secret societies, cryptic clues, sinister villains, and cinematic flair.
Author : Jim Averbeck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 31,37 MB
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442442700
Little Dragon wreaks adorable havoc in this energetic picture book from the creator of Except If. With a PHOOSH and a Grrrrrr and a CANNONBAAAALLLLLL! Little Dragon tears through his day (and the house). But even when he gets a little too rambunctious, there’s no OH NO! that Mama’s kiss can’t fix. Jim Averbeck celebrates both the tremendous energy of a little boy and the tenderness shared between mother and child in this vibrant picture book that begs to be read aloud.
Author : Jim Averbeck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 21,68 MB
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1416995447
An egg is just an egg, except if, after hatching it becomes something else.
Author : Jim Averbeck
Publisher : Margaret K. McElderry Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,70 MB
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481477900
The precocious Sophia and her pet giraffe Noodle learn how to look at life, love, and art in this latest installment of the series that Kirkus Reviews calls “fun, clever, and empowering.” Sophia loves her family and her wonderful pet giraffe Noodle, so when she gets an assignment to draw something she loves, she wants to make it extra special. Taking her teacher’s advice, Sophia uses a little perspective and creates a work she calls Love. Before she can place her masterpiece on the refrigerator, her whole family has to approve of the painting. But this is the Whitney, the Guggenheim, the Louvre of refrigerators. Can Sophia persuade them to take a chance on a new perspective, so they can see love from her point of view?
Author : Jim Averbeck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 29,6 MB
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481405144
All Sophia wants for her birthday is a pet giraffe, but as she tries to convince different members of her rather complicated family to support her cause, each tells her she is using too many words until she finally hits on the perfect one. Includes glossary.
Author : Jim Averbeck
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,72 MB
Release : 2020-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781948959049
Alice wants everything in her bedroom to be blue before she falls asleep.
Author : Jim Averbeck
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 48,33 MB
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1250215137
Trevor is a lonely yellow canary looking for a friend. He stretches his wings the width of his boring cage and notices the tree outside stretching its branch. And on the end of that branch? Another canary! But he’s so shy and quiet. Trevor knows just how to make him feel comfortable. This is an elegantly told, truly unique tale by author Jim Averbeck and illustrator Amy Hevron, of a canary who befriends a lemon and finds that you don’t have to be two of a kind to form a meaningful and lasting friendship.
Author : Jim Averbeck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 16,10 MB
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442494484
When his aunt is kidnapped, an eleven-year-old boy staying at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel in 1956 tries to find her, with the help of Alfred Hitchcock.
Author : Jim Averbeck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 13,61 MB
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481477897
Sophia quickly learns her new pet comes with two giraffe-sized problems in this enterprising sequel to One Word from Sophia, which was named one of the best picture books of 2015 by Kirkus Reviews. Sophia and Noodle, her One True Desire, are together at last. But Noodle comes with two gigantic problems, and those problems are tearing Sophia’s family apart! Can a little creative experimenting save Noodle? Or will Sophia have to bid him adieu?
Author : Liam Francis Walsh
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 11,42 MB
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338167103
A page-turning sci-fi adventure set in 1953, featuring a clever girl who, against all odds, must outsmart bullies, the FBI, and alien invaders during the height of the communist Red Scare. The New York Times Book Review calls Red Scare a “masterly graphic novel debut... tightly wrought, intense, unpredictable... breathtaking action sequences... pacing is remarkable... a virtuosic performance.” "Red Scare is a brilliant, fast-paced adventure. Action, history, and a tiny bit of fantasy collide in eye-popping panels, loaded with heart." -- Max Brallier, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth series Peggy is scared: She's struggling to recover from polio and needs crutches to walk, and she and her neighbors are worried about the rumors of Communist spies doing bad things. On top of all that, Peggy has a hard time at school, and gets taunted by her classmates. When she finds a mysterious artifact that gives her the ability to fly, she thinks it's the solution to all her problems. But if Peggy wants to keep it, she'll have to overcome bullies, outsmart FBI agents, and escape from some very strange spies!
