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Cat Kid Comic Club: From the Creator of Dog Man
A pioneering new graphic novel series by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of the internationally bestselling Dog Man and Captain Underpants series.
In Cat Kid Comic Club, Li’l Petey, Flippy, and Molly introduce twenty-one rambunctious, funny, and talented baby frogs to the art of comic making. As the story unwinds with mishaps and hilarity, readers get to see the progress, mistakes, and improvements that come with practice and persistence.
Squid Kid and Katydid, Baby Frog Squad, Monster Cheese Sandwich, and Birds Flowers Trees: A Haiku Photo Comic are just some of the mini-comics that are included as stories-within-the-story, each done in a different style, utilizing humor and drama, prose and poetry, illustrated in different media including acrylics, pastels, colored pencils, felt-tip markers, clay, hand-made cardboard sculptures, photographs, pipe cleaners, construction paper collages, and cookies.
Readers of all ages will be inspired to dream up their own stories and unleash their own creativity as they dive into this new graphic novel adventure from Dav Pilkey and his heartfelt, humorous, and amazing cast of characters in the Cat Kid Comic Club.
For kids 7 and up.
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The Mystics #1 Heroes Reborn
This graphic novel is for kids 8 – 12.
Everyday kids become powerful and stop the spread of evil!
In the ancient times of Gods and heroes, evil attempted to seize the world disguising themselves as six different gods. While they were spreading all their power of destruction, six heroes, each with extraordinary powers and brandishing sacred weapons, rose against these incarnations of evil. The evil was defeated and sealed in a secret place within the red desert on the planet Mars.
Today, enter six young heirs: Yuko of Japan, Parvati of India, Amir of Egypt, Abigail of Germany, Miguel of Mexico, and Neo of Greece suddenly pulled from their everyday lives. About to face the greatest threat that the contemporary world has ever known, in a flash, they get to discover just how worthy successors they may be of the ancient heroes.
Getting to Know the Authors
Philippe Ogaki – Born in the Agen neighborhood of Nouvelle-Aquitane, France in 1977, Philippe has always dreamed of becoming a cartoonist. But not believing his dream was possible, he turned to studies in industrial design, which he later completed with a degree in interior design at Boulle school.
Patricia Lyfoung – Passionate very early about drawing, she did her graduate studies at the Estienne school then at the Gobelins in Paris. She first worked as a storyboard assistant at Marathon Animation on the Totally Spies series and Martin Mystery. She is the author of The Scarlet Rose from Papercutz
Patrick Sobral Patrick Sobral worked as a porcelain decorator for twelve years before devoting himself exclusively to the job of comic book author
