David Walliams
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it?
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
"When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster, a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole, she's determined to discover more. Then a chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, and sparks the adventure of a lifetime"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
Twelve year old Jack's grandpa lives in a rest home and often mistakes Jack for his World War II squadron commander, but when grandpa wants to escape his boring situation, Jack has to decide how he will help him.
5) The BFG
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
6) Mr. Stink
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Language
English
Description
Chloe hides a tramp she calls Mr. Stink because her mother promises to rid the town of tramps and eventually all the secrets are told.
Author
Publisher
MONTENA
Edition
Primera edición en español.
Language
Español
Description
"Ya conoces a algunos de los peores niños del mundo. ¿Estás preparado para conocer a niños AÚN peores? En este libro encontrarás diez nuevas historias sobre cinco niñas abominabilísimas y cinco niños que son malos no, lo siguiente. Entre otros, conocerás a Humberto, el Bebé Hambriento, quien básicamente ahuyenta a sus padres de casa comiéndose todo lo que encuentra (¡muebles incluidos!) Y a Isadora Aterradora, que se pasa el día haciendo...
10) Missing link
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world's foremost investigator of myths and monsters. Mr. Link only wants to find the missing branch of his sasquatch family, the yeti of Tibet, and hires Sir Frost to help him search. Unfortunately, Adelina Fortnight -- a fierce woman who has crossed paths with Sir Frost before -- holds the only map, and they are pursued by a villain hired by the Adventuring Society who would like Mr. Link's...
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Delight in these two hilarious, heart-warming comedies, based on the best-selling books by David Walliams. In Gangsta Granny, a little boy's dull evening with Granny turns wildly thrilling when Granny reveals her felonious alter ego. In Mr. Stink, chaos ensures when a little girl invites an odiferous homeless man and his lovable but rank Yorkshire terrier home for the holidays.