Jules Feiffer
1) Smart George
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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!
2) Bark, George
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George the puppy's mother is in for a big surprise when she takes him to the veterinarian to find out why he does not bark.
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"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.
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Para sumar a una carrera legendaria que incluye un premio Pulitzer, un Óscar de la Academia, dos premios Obie y galardones por la obra de una vida de la National Cartoonist Society y la Writers Guild of America, Jules Feiffer nos presenta aquí su primera novela gráfica negra. Matar a mi madre es un sentido homenaje a las películas y los tebeos inspirados por los pulps de su infancia. Reviviendo al The Spirit de Eisner, con ecos de Hammett,
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"Jimmy has one thing going for him. Though he's no good at sports and not much better in school, he can draw. Which is what he does. Day and night. Comic books. Jimmy's dream is to be a great cartoonist someday, even greater than Walt Disney. Father thinks Jimmy is wasting his time. And Mother, well, her mind is always on something else, so she isn't much help ... "--front jacket flap.
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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...
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Our story opens in Bay City in 1931 in the midst of the Great Depression. Big Sam sees himself as a righteous, truth-seeking patriot, defending the American way, as his Irish immigrant father would have wanted, against a rising tide of left-wing unionism, strikes, and disruption that plague his home town. At the same time he makes monthly, secret overnight trips on behalf of Cousin Joseph, a mysterious man on the phone he has never laid eyes on, to...
13) A bad friend
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Presents the drama entitled "A Bad Friend" by Jules Feiffer in which a middle-aged couple are committed to the civil rights of American spies the Rosenbergs. But their teenage daughter has other political ideas and discovers how costly they really are.
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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.
16) The odious ogre
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An ogre terrorizes villages until he meets a friendly villager.
18) Which puppy?
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Puppies from around the world--along with some would-be puppies--compete with one another to become the First Family's new puppy.
20) No go sleep!
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A baby does not want to go to sleep, even as everything else around her wishes her a good night.