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This is the story of a girl who liked to wander... It's hard to make an honest living in a land brimming with magic and mystery, and treasure hunter Luvander is tired of being a penniless adventurer. Ever in search of gold and glory, she sets off for a fabled dungeon "the Dragon's Maw", an ancient labyrinth, at the bottom of which slumber endless wealth...or certain doom! A loner by trade, Luvander is forced to team up with a team of scraggly...

Julie, Lucie, and Alia are best friends who share the same passion: dance! A new year of classes has begun and this year, in addition to their regular ballet and modern dance classes, the three girls are introduced to a new style of danceAfrican folk! Powered by deep percussion-based music, this style is unlike anything theyve ever tried before. While the girls enjoy their new art form, problems at home and in the classroom threaten to cause them...

Smurf vs. Smurf and Smurf Soup get the Anthology treatment! While Papa Smurf works in his laboratory, two Smurfs begin arguing about the proper use of the word "smurf." Smurfs that live in the northern part of the village use it as a verb (as in "bottle smurfer"), while the southerners use it as a noun (as in "smurf opener"). Without Papa Smurf around to calm things down, the argument quickly escalates until the northern and southern smurfs divide...

Timothy Top is a grade school kid going through a hard time. His parents are constantly quarreling, and he's feeling like an outsider among his classmates.His fascination with nature and superheroes makes for an unusual combination that few of his peers can relate to. But when a crooked businessman moves into the neighborhood with plans to "reinvent the local park" into a concrete monstrosity devoid of nature and life, Timothy sets out on a mission...

A Junior Library Guild Selection Reading books is fun . . . but what about making them? Armed with new colored pencils, Henrietta's ready to try. Peek over her shoulder as she draws the story of a brave young girl, a three-headed monster, and an impossibly wide world of adventure. Whether read aloud to a toddler or discovered by a young reader, Liniers' celebration of the creative process is sure to make everyone want to bring out their pencils. Also...

"The original Octonauts books have inspired a popular animated television series broadcast worldwide. This story introduces The Octonauts, a crew of adorable animals who roam the oceans in search of adventure, treasure, and fun! From their undersea base called "the Octopod", the Octonauts explore a colorful world. The crew of eight talented critters, including a brainy octopus, brave polar bear, daredevil kitten, and scientific sea otter, is...

Stop the presses! Blue Journalism is coming to the Smurfs Village. When word of mouth stories get distorted being passed along from Smurf to Smurf, Reporter Smurf is on the scene to get the scoop and report the facts! But what happens when the newspaper airs the village's dirty laundry for all to read? One reader is more than ready to believe what he sees in print...and his name is Gargamel!

What could be better than Christmas? Christmas in London, thats what! Julie, Lucie, and Alia are excited to get a letter from their friend Prune, inviting them to visit her in England. This is going to be the vacation of a lifetime! The only problem is that Prune doesnt exactly have time off in mind; she wants the girls to help her pull off a Christmas musical, which wouldnt be too bad if rival Carla hadnt come along for the occasion, as well. The...

In the spirit of Calvin & Hobbes, Mutts, and Krazy Kat, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) uses a shifting cast of children, talking animals, imaginary monsters, sensitive robots, occasional elves, and anthropomorphized objects to perform gags, philosophize, muse on nature, and engage in surreal, artistic flights of fancy. With delicate, calligraphic pen work and understated watercolors, the comic skips lightly from style to style and subject to subject, as Liniers...

Raowl is not a hero for the faint of heart: he slices, dices, and decapitates anyone standing between him and a kiss from a princess. Unfortunately for Raowl, the first princess he encounters doesnt find him to her liking. So when Raowl rescues a second princess, he doesnt take no for an answerand as it turns out, the two have a lot in common! Raowls rage is all the greater when the princess is kidnapped and taken to a castle full of cannibals, and...