Ben Hatke
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 1
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever. But then, one day at the flea market, Maddy does talk -- to tell Jack to trade their mom's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's the best mistake Jack has ever...
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone--carried into another realm by an ogre. When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor through the portal, they are ready for anything . . . except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even the power of their magic plants may not be enough to get them back to earth alive. Alone and injured, Jack and Lilly must each face their own monsters--as well as giants...
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 2
Publisher
Astronave
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Fame has a price Zita has become a galactic superstar! After all the adventures she went through to rescue her friend Joseph from her, she must now find her way back home. How do you know who to trust when you're the most famous space traveler and everyone wants to help you? To complicate things even more, there is a robot that has impersonated her and is causing problems. Can she get out of this mess full of invading aliens and false identities?
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Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 1
Publisher
Astronave
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Puede que Jack sea el único chico que destesta el verano... ¡Y con razón! Su madre empiza un segundo trbajo y lo deja a cargo de Maddy, su hermana autista. Maddy nunca habla, Jamás, Hasta que un día, en el mercadillo, rompe su silencio y convense a Jack para que intercambie el coche de su madre por una caja de semillas misteriosas. Es el mejor error que Jack ha cometido nunca. Lo que empieza como un proyecto inofensivo en el jardín detrás de...
Author
Series
Julia's house volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Julia's house is restless. Julia and her family of lost creatures are ready to move on. But where will they go? And how will they get there? Don't worry!;Julia has a plan for that! Julia always has a plan. But when Julia's plans all fail... What's left for her?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Julia's house volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Julia's flying house has come down to earth--and sprouted legs! Now it roams the landscape looking for the perfect spot to settle down. But just as Julia spots the Perfect Spot, off in the distance--her walking house trips! It tumbles down a steep mountain side, and Julia and her creatures are scattered across the hills while her runaway home continues rolling off on an adventure of its own"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 3
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she faces her biggest challenge yet in the third and final installment of the Zita adventures. Wrongfully imprisoned on a penitentiary planet, Zita has to plot the galaxy's greatest jailbreak before the evil prison warden can execute his plan of interstellar domination!" --
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
20190903
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack and Lilly are no strangers to heroics. They've befriended dragons, battled giants, and even earned the loyalty of a goblin army. So when they meet Zita the Spacegirl, fresh from her interplanetary travels and seeking their help to face a new threat, they're more than ready for another adventure. But the danger growing just outside the door to their world is greater than anything the new friends could have imagined..
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Zita is determined to find her way home to Earth, but her exploits have made her an intergallactic megastar, and as her true self is eclipsed by her public persona, she faces a robot doppelganger, unsure of who she can trust.
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When young Zita discovers a device that opens a portal to another place, and her best friend is abducted, she is compelled to set out on a strange journey from star to star in order to get back home.
11) Little robot
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When a little girl finds an adorable robot in the woods, she presses a button and accidentally activates him for the first time. Now, she finally has a friend. But the big, bad robots are coming to collect the little guy for nefarious purposes, and it's all up to a five-year-old armed only with a wrench and a fierce loyalty to her mechanical friend to save the day!" --
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
English
Description
"Goblin, a cheerful little homebody, lives in a cosy, rat-infested dungeon, with his only friend, Skeleton. Every day, Goblin and Skeleton play with the treasure in their dungeon. But one day, a gang of 'heroic' adventurers bursts in. These marauders trash the place, steal all the treasure, and make off with Skeleton--leaving Goblin all alone. It's up to Goblin to save the day--but first he's going to have to leave the dungeon and find out how the...
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"It was supposed to just be a normal basement--some storage boxes, dust, you know, the usual basement stuff. But when Milo is sent by his mother to fetch a sock from the basement of the historic home they've moved into, Milo finds a door in the back that he's never seen before. Turns out that the basement of his house is enormous. In fact, there is a whole world down there. As Milo travels ever deeper into the Basement World, he meets the many Things...
Author
Publisher
Astronave
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Atrapan en un remoto lugar del espacio, de estrella a estrella, haciendo frente a MONSTRUOS… ROBOTS… y con la ayuda de NUEVOS AMIGOS… una niña de la Tierra llamada Zita debe encontrar el camino de vuelta a casa.
Trapped in a remote part of space, from star to star, facing MONSTERS… ROBOTS… and with the help of NEW FRIENDS… a girl from Earth named Zita must find her way back home.
Author
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the 12th century tales of the indomitable trickster fox Reynard, this offbeat tribute to the archetypal rogue has a satisfyingly old-fashioned feeling to it. Although this Reynard adventure is entirely the creation of modern fairytale master Ben Hatke (Mighty Jack), it fits seamlessly into the body of Reynard tales still beloved in Europe to this day. Featuring evocative, charming black-and-white illustrations and a swiftly moving narrative,...
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 2
Publisher
Astronave
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Maddy ha sido secuestrada y Jack y Lily deben cruzar el portal al otro reino si quieren recatarla de las garras del ogro. Lo que allí descubren - un mundo repleto de criaturas peligrosas – les hará ver que quizás ni sus semillas mágicas serán suficientes para mantenerlos con vida. Heridos y sin ayuda de nadie, Jack y Lily tendrán que hacer frente a sus propios medios, a gigantes, y a un rey duende que, quizás, sea la ayuda que tan desesperadamente...
Author
Series
Julia's house volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Julie welcomes all lost and homeless creatures into her house, whether they be cats or trolls, ghosts or dragons, but soon realizes that each must have a chore in order for the arrangement to work.
Author
Series
Missy Piggle-Wiggle volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has left her Upside-Down House and the animals that live there in the care of her twenty-something niece, Missy. Luckily for the town's families, Missy Piggle-Wiggle is capable of concocting the same sort of inventive cures for bad behavior that made her aunt an indispensable community resource"--
Author
Series
Missy Piggle-Wiggle volume 3
Publisher
Square Fish, Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Even though she, her upside-down house, and its animal occupants are under quarantine with the Winter Effluvia, Missy Piggle-Wiggle manages to dispense cures to the misbehaving children of Little Spring Valley.