Juan Calle

"A father comforts his restive son by telling him that people all over the world have imagined that heroes can help turn their bad dreams into good ones (with bilingual Spanish translation)"-- Provided by publisher.

The reader's choices determine whether three friends will survive after being mysteriously transported back in time to when huge insects swarmed the skies and fearsome dinosaurs ruled.

Tragic pasts, secret identities, compelling personalities the best character designs are built on these essential factors! This ultimate guide shows readers how to create costumes that reflect their characters powers, how to design a team of characters with interesting group dynamics, and how backstory can contribute to a character's flaws and strengths. Using classic designs, poses, and powers as references, readers will create their own unique characters....

"Billy is looking forward to the frog dissections at school (so delightfully gross!), but his disrespectful behavior toward his teacher (whom he thinks is a witch) and the frogs earns him detention--so he sneaks back at night planning revenge, only to find that the dissected frogs have come back to life, multiplied, and are out to get their revenge on him"--Verso page.

When intergalactic evil strikes, heroic astronauts, aliens, and robots spring into action! This ultimate guide shows readers how to create bizarre extraterrestrial life-forms, design amazing robots, and deck their characters out in space gear. Readers will draw inspiration from Earth s insects and strange animals as they bring their own alien species to life. They ll build diverse planets and mind-blowing star fields for their characters to conquer...

"When Aaron Kingston's BMX bike is badly damaged during a stunt, a local bike shop owner offers to fix the bike for free if Aaron will represent the shop at a local race; but when the race starts Aaron and his rival Castel find themselves transported to another dimension, in a race that nobody is supposed to survive--and they must cooperate because if they die this terrifying dimension will take over the earth"--Verso page.

"This is an autobiography of a Latina TV news anchor. Growing up near Sacramento, CA, little Leticia dreams of being a TV newscaster. But no one on TV looks like her. This shy, small-town girl overcomes barriers, like her fear of public speaking, to become the first in her hardworking Mexican family to attend college. Then, starting as an intern, she climbs the ladder, travels to different cities, and reports on a rainbow of stories. Eventually she...

"Harry and Ava are space cadets living aboard Vantia1, a massive space station that was created after a black hole swallowed their home planet. The black hole was the work of an evil scientist, Vellis, who is holding Harry's parents hostage--and now he's invented a new and terrifying Beast, a three-headed droid dog that can dig up the precious element Vellis needs to power his deadly superweapons. Only Harry and Ava can defeat Vellis and rescue everyone...

Publisher Annotation: Dao is a funny red panda who can travel through space and time. Ethan and Emma join him to discover how the art of manganime came from Asia. In this adventure, Ethan and Emma will discover how Japanese animation and comics originated. Dao is the perfect guide to show how anime and manga have managed to dazzle the world. The trio travel to ancient Japan to watch the artists share their stories. Then they move into the 20th century...

Provides step-by-step instructions on drawing steampunk characters, discussing tips used by professional illustrators.