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Small Press Spotlight: Start your holiday shopping with Holiday House and Pixel+Ink Original
Looking for a few holiday gift ideas? Whether you have an avid reader or you are trying to get your child, niece, nephew, or neighbor into books, the Small Press Spotlight has some titles to add to your shopping list. Below are a few to check out from Holiday House and Pixel+Ink. Owl and Penguin (I Like to Read® Comics) by Vikram Madan (Holiday House, for ages 4-8 years, NEW) Best friends don’t need to be the same.
In Review: “SHED” by Richard Fairgray and Lucy Campagnolo
By Richard Fairgray and Lucy Campagnolo Published by Blue Fox Comics Review by Luke Williams The Book It doesn’t matter if it’s happy if all you’re looking for is an ending. A story of small towns and small minds against big dreams and big lobsters… After the death of her father, Amber seeks refuge in his small town, reopening his junk shop and looking for the happy ending she’s seen in so many movies – the one where a young woman relocates and dates two men.
Small Press Spotlight: HOLIDAY HOUSE has a slew of new books for young readers this June
School is almost out and that means your kids will need something to occupy them over summer break. The Small Press Spotlight has you covered! Holiday House has a bunch of cool titles for readers as young as four years old. Take a peek at the details below! Hoggy Went-a-Courtin’ (I Like to Read® Comics) by Ethan Long (Holiday House, for ages 4–8, on sale 6/14/2022) No one can catch Hoggy on the court. He’s the best at dribbling, shooting, and scoring.
The H Word: A Man Walks Into
Those four words alone establish a tone and a structure. They are completely open ended but so familiar that even a deviation from the form would seem played out to you. We know that the next two words will name a place, whether it’s a bar or a saloon or a fishmonger, we know it’s going to be somewhere, and (more importantly) it’s going to be somewhere easily understood by title alone. The second I say “A man walks into Cat & Fiddle,” the joke stops being universal.
Black Sand Beaches and Scary Stories: Richard Fairgray
Editor Sarah talked to award-winning comic and picture book author/illustrator Richard Fairgray all about his latest hauntingly good series Black Sand Beach. Read on to find out about his creative process, humour, character inspiration and more! What comes first in your creative process, character or story? Or something else? Usually, there'll be a tiny moment that captures my attention and I'll work outwards from there.
Sweet Penny and The Lion - A Review
I recently received the following free ARC (Advanced Reading Copy) of a new children’s book coming out for in exchange for an honest review. There once was a girl called Sweet Penny who did exactly as she was told. Her sister and brother disappointed her mother, but she never broke the mold. Penny was so nice and quiet that teachers forgot she was there. Being so good, doing just what you should, that just won’t get you anywhere.
SWEET PENNY AND THE LION
Being swallowed by a lion works watershed changes on young Penny’s character. Plainly cast as a riff on Maurice Sendak’s Pierre (1962) but lacking its progenitor’s internal logic (not to mention its narrative lilt), the episode introduces Penny as a tidy, quiet child who draws “boring…but nice” pictures of flowers, lets other kids steal her lunch, and always does as she’s told. One day a lion appears on the playground and gulps her down.
If I had an elephant by Richard Fairgray and Terry Jones : Fun, new imaginative picture book
If I had an elephant By Richard Fairgray and Terry Jones Illustrated by Richard Fairgray Colouring by Tara Black ISBN 9781775434764 Scholastic NZ Fun, imaginative and just the way childhood play should be. This talented partnership of writers and illustrator have again brought us another fun-filled humorous picture book. Young Henry begins the day by wishing he had an elephant and then takes us with him as he considers the awesome time they would have together.
Events - Powell's Books
Get off the couch! — but not until you're sure it's worth the effort. Stay abreast of Powell's readings, special events, offers, and more with our periodic updates. After taking up his enchanted sword against the dark sorcerer Arcannen, Paxon Leah has become the sworn protector of the Druid order. Now a critical hour is at hand, as a beloved High Druid nears the end of her reign and prepares to pass from the mortal world to the one beyond.
Events - Powell's Books
Get off the couch! — but not until you're sure it's worth the effort. Stay abreast of Powell's readings, special events, offers, and more with our periodic updates. After taking up his enchanted sword against the dark sorcerer Arcannen, Paxon Leah has become the sworn protector of the Druid order. Now a critical hour is at hand, as a beloved High Druid nears the end of her reign and prepares to pass from the mortal world to the one beyond.
Cheeky Comics Halloween Special 2025
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Everette Hartsoe's HELL RIOT #4-CYBERPUNK MONSTER HUNTER
Campaign Rewards FAQ Community Hell Riot is the code name of Terra Bella highly advanced special cyber-organic agent that suffered amnesia and is now working as a bartender in Elk Nevada. She has now gone rouge and with the use of her experimental cyber-human Enhancements will become a one-armed, one-woman/monster army seeking vengeance and stop the modern day mad-science.
With Harm To None: A Horror Story
Three best friends get together once a week to casually read some New Age books and drink wine and vent about their jobs. This all changes when they accidentally invite an ancient witch into their midst. If you enjoy films like THE CRAFT or THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, or fondly remember spending your entire tweens reading Silver RavenWolf (like I did!), pull up a cozy bean bag and join us! You can BYOP (bring your own pentacle) but witch hat cupcakes will be provided...
Update 5: 3 Days to Go! What Happened in Edmonton · The Ex-Wives of Frankenstein 1
As you may have seen, I printed up a tiny number of the book to test out paper stock and how the photo cover (my first time doing one of those) would look, and I took them with me to Baltimore Comic Con and Edmonton FanExpo to see how people (strangers) would react to the book. Things got kind of wild. The Baltimore rowd liked them, they snapped up the few copies I had and a couple of people even made their way back to tell me how much they loved it. Then there was Edmonton.
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