New Releases by Robert Paul Weston

This sweet and gentle picture book celebrates summer in Japan, as one little girl shares her love for bugs with her cousin who is visiting from America. Two young cousins who are separated by language, continent and culture meet for the first time when Jill''s family travels from America to Japan to stay with Natsumi''s family during the summer holidays. Natsumi''s nervousness about meeting her cousin from across the sea quickly disappears when she discovers that her cousin is a lot like her: they both love summertime''s hot sandy beaches, cool refreshing watermelon, festivals and fireworks. Then Jill asks Natsumi about the strange buzzing sound that comes from the nearby trees, and Natsumi is nervous once again. What if Jill is frightened of Natsumi''s cherished cicadas, the insects that sing the music of summertime? This is a tender, evocative story that celebrates the special pleasures of summertime and of reunions with faraway family and friends.

Le prince Cradoc a beau être un prince, il n''en est pas moins extrêmement ringard, à l''image de son royaume, Craspec. Qu''elle n''est donc sa surprise quand il reçoit une invitation pour le bal du royaume du Chic voisin ! L''événement le plus couru de l''année où se montrent les nobles les plus élégants ! Cradoc en est certain : on ne l''a invité que pour se moquer de lui. Et... c''est exactement ce qui se produit. Mais quand Cradoc rencontre Francesca, princesse des Chics, il tient peut-être sa revanche. Car Francesca a beau être l''héritière du royaume le plus chic, elle est surtout un rat de bibliothèque qui aime passer ses journées en pyjama. Au grand dam de son père... Et ensemble, ces deux ringards-là pourrait bien avoir une jolie leçon de style à nous donner !

A warm, gorgeous exploration of a little girl''s experience immigrating to a new country and missing her home and her grandmother, who still lives far away. Sakura''s dad gets a new job in America, so she and her parents make the move from their home in Japan. When she arrives in the States, most of all she misses her grandmother and the cherry blossom trees, under which she and her grandmother used to play and picnic. She wonders how she''ll ever feel at home in this new place, with its unfamiliar language and landscape. One day, she meets her neighbor, a boy named Luke, and begins to feel a little more settled. When her grandmother becomes ill, though, her family takes a trip back to Japan. Sakura is sad when she returns to the States and once again reflects on all she misses. Luke does his best to cheer her up -- and tells her about a surprise he knows she''ll love, but she''ll have to wait till spring. In the meantime, Sakura and Luke''s friendship blooms and finally, when spring comes, Luke takes her to see the cherry blossom trees flowering right there in her new neighborhood. Sakura''s Cherry Blossoms captures the beauty of the healing power of friendship through Weston''s Japanese poetry-inspired text and Saburi''s breathtaking illustrations.

Katrina Katrell voit des monstres partout. Mais personne de la croit jamais. Surtout pas sa tutrice, l''affreuse Mme Krabone. Pour échapper au lavage de cerveau que celle-ci lui réserve, Katrina s''enfuit. Et dans le métro où elle a trouvé refuge, elle réalise qu''elle n''a rien inventé. Car là-dedans vit une créature étrange, cornue et pleine de poils. Morty, tel est son prénom, est le dernier des zorgles ; tous ceux de son espèce se sont volatilisés. Alors Katrina, toujours en quête d''aventure, décide de l''accompagner dans son étrange pays, Zorgamazoo, à la recherche des zorgles disparus. Mais leur voyage pourrait bien les mener plus loin encore... Sur la lune, peut-être ?

When Jean-Remy receives a singing telegram from his long-lost sister, Eloise Yvette, the Creature Department is once again thrown into an invention frenzy. Rumor has it that the Ghorks have taken Heppleworth''s Food Factory hostage. And worse, they are threatening to make tasty treats of the creatures inside."

Kaz Barrett should be saving for college. Instead, he saves his pay from the Sit’N’Spin Laundromat to send his mother, who suffers from a rare neurological disorder, to a sleep clinic. But when he meets Zoey—a mysterious girl unlike anyone he has met—Kaz’s life begins spinning out of control in a whirlwind of lies, half-truths, and violence.

Im 2. Abenteuer von Elliot, Leslie und den Monstern müssen die Freunde verhindern, dass die widerlichen Ghorks alle Menschen in ganz Simmerville in Ghorks verwandeln. Die Zeit wird knapp, ein Chaos jagt das nächste und Elliot verwandelt sich in ein Monster. Kann das noch gut gehen?

u003cpu003eElliot von Doppler é um garoto à deriva no oceano do tédio da pré-adolescência. Nada de interessante acontece na sua vida e na pacata localidade de Bickelburgh. O que ele nem desconfia é que seu tio – o esquisitíssimo Archie – trabalha num lugar incrível, de onde saem inventos capazes de surpreender as imaginações mais delirantes. Tudo começa a mudar quando tio Archie o convida a conhecer essa enigmática fábrica.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003ePara tornar as coisas ainda mais misteriosas, o convite vem acompanhado de uma condição. Se quiser mesmo conhecer as instalações secretas da fábrica, Elliot terá de ir acompanhado da esquisita Leslie Fang. Mas o problema é: Leslie é sua arquirrival na escola. Além disso, vem de uma família com a inexplicável mania de mudar de cidade antes de estabelecer qualquer laço de amizade com os locais.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eA visita de Elliot e Leslie é o ponto de partida de O departamento das criaturas, lançamento infantojuvenil da Globo Livros que acaba de chegar às livrarias e que os estúdios Fox deve transformar em filme em 2016. Na trama, a dupla desvenda a verdadeira origem dos sucessos criados na fábrica DENKI-3000. O local desenvolve maluquices como balas wireless (para o consumidor baixar pela internet seu sabor preferido) e um surpreendente “transferidor de ideias”. É tanta criatividade que nem parece vir de mentes humanas...u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eCom uma linguagem divertida e criaturas inusitadas, o autor apresenta uma realidade que embaralha os conceitos de normalidade e bizarrice. O universo da DENKI-3000 e a galeria dos “criadores” que atuam no departamento mais importante da empresa são apresentados numa narrativa temperada com a dose certa de humor e excentricidade. As ilustrações – que seguem o mesmo espírito, enfatizando a atmosfera de encantamento – são assinadas por uma espécie de correspondente da DENKI-3000 no mundo real: a Framestore, maior empresa europeia de efeitos visuais.u003c/pu003e

Elliot, Leslie y las extrañas criaturas tendrán que ponerse garras a la obra si quieren salvar la compañía a tiempo. Elliot y Leslie creían que en Bickelburgo nunca pasaba nada. Bueno, excepto dentro de la DENKI-3000: la quinta compañía tecnológica más grande del mundo. Tras sus torres de cristal y pasadizos elevados hay una vieja mansión de la que surgen los inventos más increíbles que puedas imaginar. Y solo el tío Archie sabe lo que en realidad esconde la penúltima puerta del final del pasillo. Claro, hasta que Elliot y Leslie son invitados a echar una ojeada dentro. Tentáculos, criaturas jorobadas con aspecto de trol y dientes rotos. Seres con alas enanas que chisporrotean al volar. Pero el secreto mejor guardado de la Denki-3000 corre peligro y no hay tiempo que perder.

DENKi-3000 mit seiner genialen Monstertechnologie-Erfindungsabteilung ist von feindlicher Übernahme bedroht und Onkel Archie ist spurlos verschwunden! Eine schwere Aufgabe für Elliot und Leslie, die auch noch mit Dinosauriern, Ghorks und einer hinterhältigen Vizepräsidentin zu kämpfen haben. Ab 9.

"Stunning. . . . a bit like if you took Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Monsters Inc. and shoved them in a TARDIS."—Buzzfeed It’s a tentacled, inventive, gooey, world in there. . . . Elliot Von Doppler and his friend Leslie think nothing ever happens in Bickleburgh, except inside the gleaming headquarters of DENKi-3000—the world’s eighth-largest electronics factory. Beneath the glass towers and glittering skywalks, there''s a rambling old mansion from which all the company’s amazing inventions spring forth. And no one except Uncle Archie knows what’s behind the second-to-last door at the end of the hall. Until Elliot and Leslie are invited to take a glimpse inside. They find stooped, troll-like creatures with jutting jaws and broken teeth. Tiny winged things that sparkle as they fly. And huge, hulking, hairy nonhumans (with horns). It is unlike anything they’ve ever seen. But when Chuck Brickweather threatens to shut down the DENKi-3000 factory if a new product isn’t presented soon, the creatures know they are in danger. And when Uncle Archie vanishes, it’s up to Elliot, Leslie, and every one of the unusual, er, “employees” to create an invention so astonishing it will save the Creature Department.

The next middle-grade rhyming novel from the award-winning author of Zorgamazoo! Prince Puggly of the muddy, terminally unfashionable Kingdom of Spud is surprised when he receives an invitation to a lavish ball in the far more chic Kingdom of Spiff. Puggly is sure that the Spiffs will take one look at him and laugh him out of their kingdom. And that’s exactly what they do. . . . But then Puggly meets Francesca, the bookish Princess of Spiff, and together the two set out to teach Francesca’s Spiffian countrymen an absurd lesson in style. Award-winning author Robert Paul Weston once again delivers a humorous fantasy in rhyming verse that just begs to be read aloud. And this time, it comes with a message that’s sure to impress: There’s more to a person than how they are dressed.

Ever since his father''s arrest for the murder of Little Red Riding Hood, teen wolf Henry Whelp has kept a low profile in a Home for Wayward Wolves . . . until a murder at the Home leads Henry to believe his father may have been framed. Now, with the help of his kleptomaniac roommate, Jack, and a daring she-wolf named Fiona, Henry will have to venture deep into the heart of Dust City: a rundown, gritty metropolis where fairydust is craved by everyone and controlled by a dangerous mob of Water Nixies and their crime boss leader, Skinner. Can Henry solve the mystery of his family''s sinister past? Or, like his father before him, is he destined for life as a big bad wolf?

Offers a sophisticated rhyming adventure featuring a courageous girl named Katrina Katrell and her intriguing quest to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Zorgamazoo. 30,000 first printing.