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"OK. A lot of the stuff we said on the back of the last book was NOT TRUE. We now admit that The Bad Guys is WEIRD. We also admit that it features ALL the weird stuff we said it didn't. PLUS there's now a whole bunch of even weirder stuff involving an over-sharing bat, a really scary new character who lives in the woods, and a strangely confident little guy with a mullet. So, uh, don't relax, maybe FREAK OUT a little and have your MIND BLOWN by the...

"More household hijinks with Lincoln Loud and his ten sisters: Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lisa, Lola, Lana, and Lily. Learn the ins and outs of the living in THE LOUD HOUSE and thriving in the chaos. Back-to-school shopping with 10 sisters? No problem! How to get the coveted grape popsicle as soon as it arrives in the house? Easy! Dad's night to cook? Send for pizza! Plus, get an inside look at the life of Lincoln's best friend Clyde McBride!...

"Tom Gauld returns with his wittiest and most trenchant collection of literary cartoons to date. Perfectly composed drawings are punctuated with the artist's signature brand of humour, hitting high and low. After all, Gauld is just as comfortable taking jabs at Jane Eyre and Game of Thrones. Some particularly favoured targets include the pretentious procrastinating novelist, the commercial mercenary of the dispassionate editor, the willful obscurantism...

In three stories, best friends Red Robot and Blue Robot learn about how sometimes they can make mistakes or say the wrong things yet still be friends with each other.

"The self-proclaimed king of his neighborhood, know-it-all pigeon Joe Pidge takes new-to-town Pluto Rocket under his wing, but instead learns a thing or two from this alien on a secret mission"--

"Accompany Death on his mandatory yearlong sabbatical with these thoughtful, humorous illustrations from Brian Rea"-- Death is on the clock day and night; he never calls in sick or takes a day off. So what happens when Human Resources forces Death to take all his unused vacation days at once? Rea takes us on a peak inside Death's diary as he documents his yearlong sabbatical, from skydiving to online dating. -- adapted from back cover

A graphic novel series by Dav Pilkey, the bestselling author and illustrator of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series. Readers of all ages will unleash their own creativity as they open the door to visual comic-book storytelling with the help of Dav Pilkey and his heartfelt, humorous, and amazing cast featuring Li'l Petey, Molly, and Flippy in Cat Kid Comic Club.

"Mr. Patel is concerned that Sanjay and Craig watch too much television and don't read enough. Somehow he gets them to read Grimms Fairy Tales and instead of a book report, Sanjay and Craig present the stories to Mr. Patel as seen through their eyes. Tufflips becomes The Big Bad Wolf, Belle Pepper becomes Little Miss Hot Wing, the Dicksons become The Three Rockin Pigs,-and thats just the beginning! Who knows where this will all lead and whether or...

"S.U.I.T. headquarters is under attack, and Mango and Brash are going undercover and underground disguised as city sewer workers to unclog a sticky situation. But when their search for the criminal Crackerdile backfires, the toilets they travel through back up--and the InvestiGators take the blame for it! Can Mango and Brash restore their good name and put the real culprit behind bars before the whole city is in deep water?"--Publisher's description....

"From the author of Fun Home, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times"--