"could see only silhouettes of the various reptiles as they moved around in their
cages, or slept, curled into shapeless dark masses. Their footsteps echoing off
the glimmering walls, the three siblings walked through the Reptile Room, toward
..."
" Get Ready to be Spooked! It was eleven o'clock at night. Peter was in bed on the second floor of the old house where he lived alone. It had gotten so chilly, he went downstairs to turn up the heat. As Peter was on his way back to bed, a black dog ran down the stairs. "Where did you come from?" Peter said. He had never seen the dog before. . . . Welcome to the frightening world of Scary Stories, a collection of folklorist Alvin Schwa ..."
"Dear possible reader of this book, I want to be a writer, just like my uncle Harold, who wrote a bunch of books about our friend Bunnicula. So I wrote this story. And boy! Did I ever get into trouble! My friend Delilah stopped speaking to me because I put her in my book. Uncle Harold stopped speaking to me because I didn't put him in my book. A writer's life isn't easy! But back to my story: It's about how a talented and lovable (not ..."
Roger, the Jolly Pirate(Reprint) by BrettHelquist Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2007 by Balzer + Bray ISBN-13: 978-0-06-443851-3, ISBN: 0-06-443851-1
" Roger is too jolly to be a pirate. He does not scowl, growl, or strike fear into sailors' hearts like his pirate friends. So poor Roger is sent away whenever there is any real pirating to be done. Then one day, in the middle of a great battle, Jolly Roger cooks up a wonderful idea . . . and pirate ships will never be the same again! "
Grumpy Goat(1st Edition) by BrettHelquist Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2013 by Balzer + Bray ISBN-13: 978-0-06-113953-6, ISBN: 0-06-113953-X
" Meet one Grumpy Goat. He's cranky, he's hungry, and he's never had a friend. He is making a terrible mess at Sunny Acres Farm, and the other animals just stay away. He knocks over the pigs' trough, kicks down the garden fence, and eats everything in his path. Until one special flower stops him in his tracks. And once Goat opens his eyes, his heart is soon to follow. See how stopping to smell the flowers really can change ev ..."
" A body on the tracks A teenage terrorist A mysterious wish-granting machine The world’s worst private detective The second volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading is chock-full of mystery, intrigue, and nefarious activity. Featuring some of the best writers around, and compiled by certified guy Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: Thriller is a pulse-pounding collection of brand-new short stories, each one guaranteed to keep you r ..."
"The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's soon to be a highly anticipated feature film!A classic collection of chillingly scary tales, collected and retold by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by renowned artist Brett Helquist (illustrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events and more!).Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark contains some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time. Walking corp ..."
"The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film!More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends. Folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.This paperback edition is illustrated in spine-tingling detail by renowned A Series of Unfortunate Events artist Brett Helquist. Read if y ..."
Bedtime for Bear by BrettHelquist Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2010 by Balzer + Bray ISBN-13: 978-0-06-050205-8, ISBN: 0-06-050205-3
"Wintertime is here, and that means it is bedtime for Bear. But Bear's friends don't think so. They want Bear to come and play outside in the snow. Bear can hear his friends calling. He hears them laughing and playing. Bear can't sleep. But it's bedtime! What is a bear to do?"
The Wright 3(Reprint) by Blue Balliett, BrettHelquist Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2007 by Scholastic Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-439-69368-4, ISBN: 0-439-69368-3
"From the New York Times-bestselling team behind Chasing Vermeer comes another thought-provoking art mystery featuring Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie house--now in After Words paperback!Spring semester at the Lab School in Hyde Park finds Petra and Calder drawn into another mystery when unexplainable accidents and ghostly happenings throw a spotlight on Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, and it's up to the two junior sleuths to piece together ..."
"A Series Of Unfortunate Events Box The Complete Wreck Books 1-13 is a collection of all the thirteen books of the series by Lemony Snicket The books are based on the theme of dark humour and unfortunate events The stories revolve around a group of orphans who keep falling into unfortunate experiences and how they manage to survive The series opens with the Baudelaire children who lose their parents in an accident This is followed by une ..."
The Ominous Omnibus(1st Edition) The Bad Beginning / Reptile Room / Wide Window by Lemony Snicket, BrettHelquist, Daniel Handler Hardcover, 595 Pages, Published 2005 by Harper Collins Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-06-078252-8, ISBN: 0-06-078252-8
"Within the pages of this omnibus, readers will discover all three books upon which the movie Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is based: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, and The Wide Window. Like the movie, this thick volume tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children, who despite being perfectly well-mannered are perfectly ill-fated. From the very beginning of Book the First, when the children learn of ate ..."
Howie Monroe and the Doghouse of Doom (Tales From the House of Bunnicula) by James Howe, BrettHelquist Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2003 by Atheneum Books For Young Readers Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-689-83952-8, ISBN: 0-689-83952-9
"Dear possible reader of this book, My editor asked me to write a third book in my series, Tales from the House of Bunnicula. And did I have trouble getting started! I was afraid I used up all my ideas. But faster than a writer can say "What if?" I came up with a story! It's about a lovable and smart (not to mention cute) orphan wirehaired dachshund puppy named Howie, who has a mysterious pain in his leg and is mysteriously invited to a ..."
"Everybody loves a carnival! Who can fail to delight in the colourful people, the unworldly spectacle, the fabulous freaks? A carnival is a place for good family fun - as long as one has a family, that is. For the Baudelaire orphans, their time at the carnival turns out to be yet another episode in a now unbearable series of unfortunate events. In fact, in this appalling ninth instalment in Lemony Snicket′s serial, the siblings must conf ..."
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events #6) by Lemony Snicket, BrettHelquist Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2002 by Scholastic, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-439-38600-5, ISBN: 0-439-38600-4
"Withiin the chapters of this story, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire encounter a darkened staircase, a red herring, some friends in a dire situation, three mysterious initials, a liar with an evil scheme, a secret passageway, and parsley soda."
"From debut author Jeff Seymour and bestselling illustrator Brett Helquist (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) comes this breathtaking fantasy adventure, starring an extraordinary new heroine and set in an unforgettable world where ships can fly.It takes a very special crew to keep the cloudship Orion running, and no one knows that better than Nadya Skylung, who tends the cloud garden that keeps the ship afloat. When the un ..."
"The League of Seven is the first book in an action-packed, steampunk series by the acclaimed author of Samurai Shortstop, Alan Gratz. In an alternate 1875 America electricity is forbidden, Native Americans and Yankees are united, and eldritch evil lurks in the shadows. Young Archie Dent knows there really are monsters in the world. His parents are members of the Septemberist Society, whose job it is to protect humanity from hideous gian ..."
The Floating Island(1st Edition) (The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme) by Elizabeth Haydon, BrettHelquist Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2008 by Starscape ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-4772-5, ISBN: 0-7653-4772-5
"Long ago, in the Second Age of history, a young Nain explorer by the name of Ven Polypheme traveled much of the known and unknown world, recording his adventures. Recently discovered by archaeologists, a few fragments of his original journals are reproduced in this book. Great care has been taken to reconstruct the parts of the journal that did not survive, so that a whole story can be told... Charles Magnus Ven Polypheme--known as Ven- ..."
"Petra, Calder, and Tommy, the sleuths at the center of the amazing CHASING VERMEER and THE WRIGHT 3, are back with a labyrinthine new mystery to solve.When Calder Pillay travels with his father to a remote village in England, he finds a mix of mazes and mystery . . . including an unexpected Alexander Calder sculpture in the town square. Calder is strangely drawn to the sculpture, while other people have less-than-friendly feelings towa ..."
The Bad Beginning(Reprint) Or, Orphans! (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1) by Lemony Snicket, BrettHelquist Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2007 by Harpercollins Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-0-06-114630-5, ISBN: 0-06-114630-7
"Make no mistake. The Bad Beginning begins badly for the three Baudelaire children, and then gets worse. Their misfortunes begin one gray day on Briny Beach when Mr. Poe tells them that their parents perished in a fire that destroyed their whole house. "It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed," laments the personable (occasionally pedantic) narrator, who tells the ..."