Stephanie True Peters

In this adaptation of the fairy tale, Princess Aurora is the only one who was protected from the sleeping spell, and now that she is grown up she must leave the slumbering castle and gather the ingredients to make the potion that will free the kingdom from their perpetual nap. Written in graphic-novel format.

"Long ago, a beautiful maiden named Rapunzel lived a life of loneliness. Taken at birth by an evil witch, she remained hidden, locked within a giant tower. Then one day, a prince heard her voice through the forest. To reach her, he must climb Rapunzel's lovely locks and avoid being caught by the witch"--Unedited summary from book.

In this adaptation of the American folk tale, young Johnny Slimeseed is a gentle monster who does not look forward to Fright Night like the other monster kids in Nightmare swamp--so, with advice from a wise worm, he decides to plant a forest of slime trees to entertain the other swamp kids and give them something other than scaring humans to do. Written in graphic-novel format.

"Frank tends the garbage heap in the monster realm and builds inventions out of garbage scraps, so when he invents a robot named Stain who wreaks havoc and angers the monster population Frank must convince everyone Stain is not a threat"--OCLC.

Mole, Rat, and Badger are the best of friends. As for Toad, well... he's not he's a bad guy. It's just that he really, REALLY loves cars. If he sees a sporty vehicle, he can't help but ask to take it for a spin. And if he takes it for a spin, he can't help but find out how fast it goes. And whenever he finds out how fast a car can go, Toad tends to end up in big trouble. Will Toad's pals save him from ending up in prison, or will Toad land his friends...

Bianca has looked forward to sharing her love of soccer and drumming with her grandfather, but when Abuelo arrives, his ideas about how she should practice and play throw her off her game. Written in graphic-novel format.

"This illustrated survey book is a collection of forty diverse men who helped their communities"--

Anya and her older sister, Marina, used to be an unbeatable catcher and pitcher duo on the Geckos, a slow-pitch softball team, but now that Anya has joined Marina on the girls' fast-pitch team, they struggle to get along. Anya can't stand Marina's know-it-all attitude, and Marina thinks Anya doesn't take things serious enough. When their team's main catcher goes to play with another team for a few games, Anya steps in to be their back-up catcher....

Describes the 1347-1351 outbreak of plague in Europe, known as the Black Death, which killed one out of three people and changed the course of European history.