by (W) Jan M. Flynn (A) Matt Rockefeller
Impossible Creatures meets The Giver in this unforgettable fantasy series starter perfect for kids 8-12! When twelve-year-old Rain bonds with the last wild griffin, she has the chance to change her fortune—and possibly her world.“Powerful, inspiring, and absolutely wonderful.”—Shannon Messenger, New York Times best-selling author of the Keeper of the Lost Cities seriesAs an orphan on the lowest rung of society, twelve-year-old Rain is destined for a future of hard labor—until she meets a wild griffin and bonds with him.An old law says that bond entitles Rain to an education at the elite Griffin Riders Academy instead of a life in the mines. But Rain’s Rise threatens to topple Griffin Land’s fragile hierarchy, and those at the top are determined to see her fail. So they task Rain with proving herself: Armed with just her wit and accompanied by her best friend and an unlikely ally, Rain must scale the highest peak in Griffin Land and defeat the monster at its summit.Rain’s success could change the world. But with an impossible quest ahead, will she and her griffin even survive?Filled with awe-inspiring black-and-white illustrations, Griffin Speaker is both a delightful friendship-adventure story and a hopeful tale of resistance in an unequal world.
Jan M. Flynn has worked as a stage and television actor, a middle school English and drama teacher, a specialty hardwoods store owner, and a state director of a national non-profit health organization. At one point she performed in a theme park where she rode a camel, a water buffalo, a Brahma bull, and a temperamental llama. So it makes complete sense that she is now a writer! Her award-winning short fiction has appeared in anthologies, literary magazines, and journals. She lives in Boise, Idaho, with her husband and their needy cat. Find her on Facebook @JanMFlynnAuthor, on Instagram @Jan_M_Flynn, on BlueSky @JanMFlynn, and on her website at JanMFlynn.net.Matt Rockefeller is a visual storyteller inspired by adventuring in the mountains, interpretive dancing with friends, and pondering the many wonders of the universe. In addition to drawing and writing comics, he works as a book illustrator and visdev artist for TV and film animation. He lives in Portland, OR with his family including a little dog that may or may not be a fox.
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Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Uscita: 05/05/26
Ordinabile fino al 06/04/26
By Jan M. Flynn. Artist Matt Rockefeller.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 17,99
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 16,23
Data di uscita: 05/05/26
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by (W) C. S. Jennings
Narwhal & Jelly meets The Mouse and the Motorcycle in this action-packed, hilarious graphic novel series perfect for early and reluctant readers ages 5-9. Ham and Shelby are the perfect racing team. Too perfect—Ham is bored. But what will they do when their racecars are stolen—by a CAT?!Shelby and Ham are the greatest team in pet shop racing history! But . . . so are all the other pet shop racing teams. Ham is sick and tired of races that end in ties.Luckily—er, unluckily?—there's a problem: The hobby shop's new cat is holding their cars hostage. Will their feline foe, and a new friend with ideas for outsmarting her, be enough to shake things up?
C.S. Jennings is the illustrator of over two dozen books for kids; workingwith publishers such as Penguin Books for Young Readers, Scholastic, Clarion, and Union Square Kids. His specialties are character design, middle grade, and humor in storytelling. He’s the author of Animal Band; Hello, Texas!; and Too Close Panda, and he illustrated the Texas Library Association’s Bluebonnet 2020-2021 Master List book, From an Idea to Disney: How Imagination Built a World of Magic (Clarion). He also works in the animation world—as animation lead for Richard Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly, and assistant animation director on the director’s newest film, Apollo 10½ (2022). He was assistant animation director on both seasons of Amazon’s Undone. C.S. believes in being part of the kid lit community. From 2016 to 2020 he was Illustrator Coordinator for the Austin chapter of The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, an organization he’s been a member of for over sixteen years. A Texas native, he makes his home in Austin where he bikes and hikes, exploring the hill country for inspiration. See more of his work at https://csjennings.com/.
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Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Uscita: 05/05/26
Ordinabile fino al 06/04/26
By C. S. Jennings.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 10,99
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 9,91
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Data di uscita: 05/05/26
Final Order Cutoff: 06/04/26 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)
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