Jules Feiffer
2) Smart George
Author
Series
George (Jules Feiffer) volume 2
Publisher
Michael Di Capua Books / Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When George's mother asks him to add one plus one, two plus two, and three plus three, George would rather eat, go for a walk, and take a nap. But soon George finds himself in a colorful dream about . . . numbers!
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Milo, a young boy with little interest in anything, takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth to the Lands Beyond where he meets an enchanting cast of characters that teaches him the importance of words, numbers, ideas, creativity, and enthusiasm for life. Includes an introduction by Maurice Sendak and "Celebrations of The Phantom Tollbooth" by various authors.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
When three daunting dolls intersect with one hapless heroine and a hard-boiled private eye, deception, betrayal, and murder stalk every mean street.
"As our story begins, we meet Annie Hannigan, an out-of-control teenager, jitterbugging in the 1930s. Annie dreams of offing her mother, Elsie, whom she blames for abandoning her for a job soon after her husband, a cop, is shot and killed. Now, employed by her husband's best friend--an over-the-hill...
Author
Publisher
Michael di Capua Books
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
"Before your very eyes, this little redhead is about to do something extremely daring. And scary. And she'll show you--she'll actually document, step-by-step--exactly how she does it. First, she takes her daddy and makes him stand very still, then, balancing herself on his shoe, she wraps her arms tightly around a leg and starts her perilous ascent to the summit"--Publisher's blurb.
11) Meanwhile
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Using a "magical" word from his comic books, Raymond escapes his mother's calls into a series of dangerous adventures.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Sadie and her father have been planning a trip to the zoo for a long time but something always gets in the way, so when they finally start out and her father sees some raindrops, Sadie insists there is no rain on her side of the car.
18) The odious Ogre
Author
Publisher
Michael Di Capua Books/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of an enormous, insatiable, and short-tempered Ogre, who terrorizes the countryside and dines on hapless townspeople before encountering a friendly young lady who uses innovative methods to stop him.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Eighty-nine-year-old Jules Feiffer delivers the tour de force of his illustrious career in this epic finale that dares "to try things that film noir could only dream of" (Chris Ware). In The Ghost Script, Feiffer plunges us into the blowzy, boozy world of Blacklist Hollywood, circa 1953: witch hunts and Reds and pinkos and starlets and a mysterious, orchid-growing mastermind, the renamed "Cousin Joseph," running a back- channel clearinghouse for victims...