BOOKS
CALL ME IGGY (BOOK 1)
Never let your dead grandfather give you love advice or Spanish lessons.
CALL ME IGGY is middle grade graphic novel by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado about Iggy, a Colombian American teen who gets help from his grandfather’s ghost to win over his crush. Kirkus gave the book a starred review and called it, “A pitch-perfect example of teenage explorations of cultural identity.”
CALL ME IGGY (BOOK 1)
SPANISH VERSION
February 2025!
MONSTER LOCKER: BOOK 1
There’s more than books in Pablo’s locker.
October 2024!
Monster Locker is a middle grade graphic novel series by Jorge Aguirre and Andrès Vera Martinez, in which a sixth-grader named Pablo and his friends must stop various monsters that emerge from a portal inside of his locker from destroying their entire grade school.
BOOK 1:
GIANTS BEWARE
Make way for Claudette the giant slayer in this delightful, fantastical adventure! Claudette's fondest wish is to slay a giant. But her village is so safe and quiet! What's a future giant slayer to do? With her best friend Marie (an aspiring princess), and her brother Gaston (a pastry- chef-to-be), Claudette embarks on a super-secret quest to find a giant- without parental permission. Can they find and defeat the giant before their parents find them and drag them back home?
Giants Beware! offers up a wondrous, self-contained world in the tradition of the very best of Pixar. Claudette and her friends will have you laughing out loud from page one. Color by John Novak.
AWARDS: CCBC Choice (Univ.of WI), Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award ML, Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award Maser List, Amelia Bloomer Project/Feminist Task Force, Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List, Kentucky Blue Grass Award Master List, Maine Student Book Award Master List, California Library Association - Best Graphic Novels
Book 2:
DRAGONS BEWARE
Scrappy Claudette sets out once again with her pal Marie and her little brother Gaston to right wrongs and fight evil. And this time, it's personal. Claudette is out to get the dragon who ate her father's legs...and his legendary sword. But as usual, nothing is as simple as it seems, and Claudette is going to need Marie and Gaston's help more than ever. Color by John Novak.
Funny, fast, high-energy storytelling in an inventive and perilous fantasy landscape makes Dragons Beware! a fantastic follow-up to 2012's middle-grade hit Giants Beware! AWARDS: CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
Book 3:
MONSTERS BEWARE
Claudette is back AGAIN, and she’s ready to kick major monster butt! She’s fought giants, clobbered dragons, and now Claudette faces her biggest challenge yet... herself! Well, that and a gang of vile monsters. It all begins when Claudette’s town hosts the annual Warrior Games. After some sneaky maneuvering, Claudette manages to gets herself, Marie, and Gaston chosen as her town's representatives. But none of Claudette’s past battles has prepared her for this. And to make matters worse, they must stop the vicious Sea Queen and her evil children from using the Warrior Games to free the dark Wizard Grombach and conquer the world!
In Monsters Beware!, the third of the Claudette graphic novel series, Claudette is put the ultimate test. With her honor on the line will she learn that there's more to a fight than just winning? Color by John Novak.
Les Chroniques de Claudette Il était une fois… Fille d’un ancien chasseur de dragons, aujourd’hui en fauteuil roulant, Claudette rêve de reprendre le flambeau. En dépit de son âge et de sa petite taille, la jeune fille n’a peur de rien et ne rêve que d’en découdre avec des monstres et des géants. Accompagnée de sa meilleure amie, Marie, une aspirante princesse, et de son frère, Gaston, dont la plus grande ambition est d’être pâtissier, Claudette va se lancer dans une série d’aventures qui la verra affronter un géant, des dragons et un terrible sorcier.
GIGANTES, CUIDADO! O perigo ronda as muralhas da pequena Mont Petit Pierre. Ali perto, na montanha mais alta da região, vive o gigante devorador de pés de bebês, só esperando a hora de atacar mais uma vez o pacato vilarejo. Mas se depender de Claudette, seu irmãozinho Gaston e sua melhor amiga Marie, a temível criatura não terá vida fácil. Juntos, eles abandonam a segurança de suas casas rumo a uma grande aventura. A missão: derrotar o gigante e retornar à aldeia como verdadeiros heróis. Será que vão conseguir? Cheio de ação e humor, Gigantes, cuidado! é uma surpreendente história de amizade e coragem, um elogio à inteligência como alternativa à força bruta. Leitura para todas as idades.
Obři, bacha! Statečná a prostořeká Claudette má jediný cíl: stát se slavnou obrobijkyní. A čas utkat se s prvním obrem nastal právě teď! Ale zdá se, že v městečku, kde žije, se nikdy nic neděje. Ovšem když se dívka dozví, že jeho hradby byly postaveny na ochranu před strašlivým obrem, rozhodne se chytit příležitost za pačesy. Se svými přáteli a psem Rekem se vydává na odvážnou výpravu do hor s cílem vyřídit obra jednou provždy. Že si na něj netroufl žádný dospělý, neznamená, že si na něj Claudette nebude brousit meč!
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