Best Selling Books by Josh Elder

Comics have gone from "scourge of the classroom" to legitimate teaching tools, and the Common Core State Standards for scholastic achievement now explicitly recommend their use in the classroom. Reading With Pictures: Comics That Make Kids Smarter unites the finest creative talents in the comics industry with the nation''s leading experts in visual literacy to create a game-changing tool for the classroom and beyond. This full-color volume features more than a dozen short stories (both fiction and nonfiction) that address topics in Social Studies, Math, Language Arts, and Science, while offering an immersive textual and visual experience that kids will enjoy. Highlights include George Washington: Action President by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey, Doctor Sputnik: Man of Science by Roger Langridge, The Power of Print by Katie Cook, and many more. Includes a foreword by Printz and Eisner Award-winning author Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese, Boxers and Saints). A downloadable Teachers'' Guide includes standards-correlated lesson plans customized to each story, research-based justifications for using comics in the classroom, a guide to establishing best classroom practices, and a comprehensive listing of educational resources.

In the far reaches of space, Maxwell and the Flash race to catch Weaponer Maximus before he can escape! Meanwhile, Lily, Wonder Woman, Cyborg and Batman regroup at the watchtower.

Batman and the Phantom Stranger must prepare the Justice League for the fight of their lives...right after Lily finishes updating her Scribblegram account.

Die tapferen Menschen, die unbarmherzigen Zerg und die noblen Protoss befinden sich im ewigen Kampf um die Vorherrschaft in der Galaxie und das nackte Überleben. Doch was passiert, wenn der menschliche Fahrer eines unbezwingbaren Panzers plötzlich durchdreht und Jagd auf Freunde wie Feinde macht? Wie verkraftet ein kleines Menschenmädchen den brutalen Angriff der Zerg auf die Raumstation, auf der sie lebt? Die Antworten darauf und auf viele andere Fragen gibt''s in StarCraft:Frontline!

The sequel to the video game SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED arrives in this title collecting SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED: A CRISIS OF IMAGINATION chapters #1-9, plus a digital short never before available in print! Following the events of Scribblenauts Unmasked, Madame Xanadu and Phantom Stranger enlist the help of Maxwell and Lily to save the DC Universe as we know it.

The Scribblenauts gang, joined by the newly-formed Ultimate League of Ultimate Justice, take on the Anti-Monitor and his minions in a battle for the future of the universe! Ahhh!

As the Anti-Monitor''s forces continue to grow, tensions on Earth start to mount as the world''s heroes gather within the Fortress of Solitude.

Maxwell, Lily and the Justice League take the fight straight to the Anti-Monitor''s homeworld.

Maxwell and Lily turn up at the House of Mystery for a visit with Madame Xanadu.

As the Anti-Monitor and his minions plan their next attack, Maxwell, Superman and friends encounter the unholy alliance of Brainiac and Lex Luthor.

Maxwell has done the unthinkable--he''s asked his ultimate nemesis, Doppelganger, for help against the Anti-Monitor''s forces. But will Doppelganger answer the call? Don''t count on it!

Trapped in the Phantom Zone, Maxwell and Lily must help Batman and Wonder Woman to remember who they really are. Plus: Superman vs. General Zod!

Looks like the bad guys have successfully erased the universe...so...what''s there to do now? Isn''t our story over?

Diplomacy was Diana''s focus when she came to Itari to help foster peace between tribes engaged in centuries-old conflict. But first, she must defeat Ares and his Spartoi warriors! "Vendetta" part 2 of 3.

The DC Universe and Scribblenauts world collide once more as the Phantom Stranger recruits Maxwell, Lily, and even a reformed Doppelganger to battle a mysterious new evil. But when the gang reaches Gotham City, what they find is even worse than what they imagined!

Vendetta part 1 of 3! Wonder Woman has always been both warrior and diplomat. Now, she works to bring peace to the Central African nation of Itari, where a centuries-old conflict threatens to plunge the nation into a bloody civil war.

Ares is confident that Wonder Woman will fail-even if by some miracle she defeats him in battle, the Itari people will never make peace amongst themselves. But Diana''s convinced that both battles can be won! "Vendetta" part 3 of 3.

Heroes aren''t born, they''re built... Billionaire inventor Tony Stark has been captured by an enemy army who want him to create a mighty weapon for them. Instead, he and a fellow captive hatch a daring plan-and the Invincible Iron Man is born!

Notre raison de combattre. Chacune des trois races de Starcraft, les Terrans, les Protoss et les Zergs fait l''objet dans ce chapitre d''une émouvante présentation de l''univers du jeu vidéo. Pendant que les combattants offrent leurs vies sur le champ de bataille. La motivation de chacun pour survivre fait alors l''objet d''une froide révélation. Le dieu du tonnerre. Tiré d''un récit poignant de Richard A. Knaak, un pilote de Thor, dont l''ego et l''avarice l''ont poussé à recruter deux alliés pour une mission-suicide, s''aventure dans la zone militaire de Mar Sara. Mais le trésor exceptionnel qu''il espère y trouver a un prix bien plus élevé qu''il ne le croyait. Arme de guerre. Un jeune garçon psionique de six ans se retrouve au centre d''un conflit brutal entre une colonie minière terran et l''armée zerg. Alors que la tension monte, les soldats et les mineurs font face à un choix impossible: sont-ils prêts à risquer leur vie pour un garçon de six ans ou risquer celle de l''enfant contre leurs assaillants sans pitié? Amure lourde (1er partie). Plein de combats épiques mettant en scène des mecha et autres vaisseaux, ce récit psychologique entraîne un jeune pilote de viking à devoir se mesurer contre son mentor. Et c''est la survie de toute une colonie qui en est l''enjeu. La détermination et la confiance de la jeunesse saura-t-elle triompher?