Ben Hatke
1) Mighty Jack
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 2
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck
Pub. Date
2016-
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack dreads summer because his single mother has to work and leaves him at home with his boring little sister who is autistic. She doesn't talk at all. Ever. But one day while they are at a flea market, she does talk. She tells Jack to trade their mother's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made!
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 3
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
222 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she faces her biggest challenge yet in the third and final installment of the Zita adventures. Wrongfully imprisoned on a penitentiary planet, Zita has to plot the galaxy's greatest jailbreak before the evil prison warden can execute his plan of interstellar domination!" --
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
205 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Zita is determined to find her way home to Earth, but her exploits have made her an intergallactic megastar, and as her true self is eclipsed by her public persona, she faces a robot doppelganger, unsure of whom she can trust
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
230 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"It was supposed to just be a normal basement--some storage boxes, dust, you know, the usual basement stuff. But when Milo is sent by his mother to fetch a sock from the basement of the historic home they've moved into, Milo finds a door in the back that he's never seen before. Turns out that the basement of his house is enormous. In fact, there is a whole world down there. As Milo travels ever deeper into the Basement World, he meets the many Things...
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
182 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When young Zita discovers a device that opens a portal to another place, and her best friend is abducted, she is compelled to set out on a strange journey from star to star in order to get back home.
Author
Series
Julia's house volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Julie welcomes all lost and homeless creatures into her house, whether they be cats or trolls, ghosts or dragons, but soon realizes that each must have a chore in order for the arrangement to work.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 x 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Goblin, a cheerful little homebody, lives in a cosy, rat-infested dungeon, with his only friend, Skeleton. Every day, Goblin and Skeleton play with the treasure in their dungeon. But one day, a gang of "heroic" adventurers bursts in. These marauders trash the place, steal all the treasure, and make off with Skeleton-leaving Goblin all alone! It's up to Goblin to save the day. But first he's going to have to leave the dungeon and find out how the rest...
Author
Series
Julia's house volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Julia's house is restless. Julia and her family of lost creatures are ready to move on. But where will they go? And how will they get there? Don't worry--Julia has a plan for that! Julia always has a plan. But when Julia's plans all fail... What's left for her?"--Jacket flap.
Author
Series
Julia's house volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Julia's flying house has come down to earth--and sprouted legs! Now it roams the landscape looking for the perfect spot to settle down. But just as Julia spots the Perfect Spot, off in the distance--her walking house trips! It tumbles down a steep mountain side, and Julia and her creatures are scattered across the hills while her runaway home continues rolling off on an adventure of its own"--
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 1
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
203 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever. But then, one day at the flea market, Maddy does talk -- to tell Jack to trade their mom's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's the best mistake Jack has ever...
11) Little robot
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
132 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a little girl finds an adorable robot in the woods, she presses a button and accidentally activates him for the first time. Now, she finally has a friend. But the big, bad robots are coming to collect the little guy for nefarious purposes, and it's all up to a five-year-old armed only with a wrench and a fierce loyalty to her mechanical friend to save the day!" --
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
254 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teaming up with new friend Zita the spacegirl, Jack and Lilly confront an army of dangerous giants and screeds ready to lay siege to Earth and determined to end all human life.
Author
Series
Missy Piggle-Wiggle volume 3
Language
English
Description
Even though she, her upside-down house, and its animal occupants are under quarantine with the Winter Effluvia, Missy Piggle-Wiggle manages to dispense cures to the misbehaving children of Little Spring Valley.
Author
Series
Missy Piggle-Wiggle volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has left her Upside-Down House and the animals that live there in the care of her twenty-something niece, Missy. Luckily for the town's families, Missy Piggle-Wiggle is capable of concocting the same sort of inventive cures for bad behavior that made her aunt an indispensable community resource"--
Author
Series
Missy Piggle-Wiggle volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
222 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Even though Missy Piggle-Wiggle is preoccupied with repairing her Upside-Down House that was damaged in a storm, she always finds time to administer her magical cures that rid children in Little Spring Valley of their unwanted habits and misbehavior.
Series
Flight explorer volume 1
Publisher
Villard Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
110 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
An anthology of short stories, by a variety of the international artists. Includes the full-color work of top animators for video games, DreamWorks, emerging Web cartoonists, and established comic book and graphic novel creators
Series
Comics Squad volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
145 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
An anthology of comics by well-known graphic novelists on the theme of detention.