Matt Phelan
Author
Pub. Date
2018
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New York Times bestselling, award-winning creator Matt Phelan's Knights vs. Dinosaurs is a fast-paced and funny middle grade illustrated adventure.
An ALA Notable Title
Renowned for their courage, their chivalry, and their ability to fight mythical creatures, the Knights of the Round Table must face their most dangerous opponents yet . . .
Let me tell you a secret about King Arthur's noble knights:...
An ALA Notable Title
Renowned for their courage, their chivalry, and their ability to fight mythical creatures, the Knights of the Round Table must face their most dangerous opponents yet . . .
Let me tell you a secret about King Arthur's noble knights:...
Author
Series
Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 1
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Every day at the Athensville Zoo the peacocks are allowed to wander freely among the visitors, delighting and guiding kids and grownups alike, and kind, curious Plum is the peacock most proud of their responsibility. But Itch the ningbing--a type of very small marsupial--doesn't understand why those birdbrains should get so much freedom while he's all cooped up. So he plots and plots, sure that he will escape and become the zoo ambassador!
Author
Pub. Date
2022
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"Intoxicating . . . it will be hard for young readers to put down."—New York Times Book Review
"A grand, giddy, and, at times, literally soaring tale."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"An amusing, fast-paced tale of land, sky, and spies."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Incredibly creative. . . . A little bit of history, a touch of mystery, and heaps
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Series
Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 3
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When Plum the peacock stumbles across a raccoon asking for help finding food on a gloomy day at the zoo, he is delighted to assist his new friend. But Scratch the raccoon doesn't stop there. More and more of Scratch's friends arrive, and soon the zoo is overrun by rowdy and rude raccoons. Though trouble might have found Plum, Plum has a plan to save the Athensville Zoo--and make a few new friends at the same time.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Wherever there is injustice, nefarious plots, or threats to society, the Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck are there to stop them!
A sly villain with a plan to cause havoc across the globe is no match for three extraordinary animals—and their two young human friends. From acclaimed author and artist Matt Phelan, The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck is a hilarious and action-packed middle grade adventure perfect
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The animals of the Athensville Zoo are thrilled to be visiting a local school to star in a presentation-everyone except for a very nervous peacock named Plum. And then an unexpected blizzard strands the animals at the elementary school overnight-yikes! From award-winning author Matt Phelan, creator of “Knights vs. Dinosaurs” and its two sequels, this companion to “Leave It to Plum!” is a young middle grade novel perfect for reluctant readers...
8) Turtle walk
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Description
"A family of turtles goes for a long, long walk that has an unexpected and very fun ending"--
10) Sweater weather
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
Description
"On a crisp, fall day and evening, rambunctious bear cubs turn getting dressed into an adventure"--
12) Pignic
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"A pig experiences adversity but in the end enjoys a perfect summer day"--
13) Druthers
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
Challenged to use her imagination on a boring, rainy day, little Penelope shares time with her daddy while envisioning herself at the zoo, as a cowgirl, flying to the moon, and sailing to an island filled with dinosaurs.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
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221 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm,
Description
In 1783 France, ten-year-old Emile works as Benjamin Franklin's caretaker, but after he finds himself in the middle of a sinister plot, he helps France's undercover guardians, a sheep, a rooster and a duck save the world.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
201 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Description
In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven-year-old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary challenges: local bullies, his father's failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot's abandoned barn - a sinister...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
223 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color map ; 21 cm
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The year is 1908, and a troupe of vaudeville performers has arrived in sleepy Muskegon, Michigan to spend the summer. Young Henry Harrison is fascinated with the animals and performers, but mostly with a slapstick performer his own age named Buster Keaton, who is also a master prankster and loves to play baseball.
17) Around the world
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Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
235 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. maps ; 21 cm.
Description
Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers--avid bicyclist Thomas Stevens, fearless reporter Nellie Bly, and retired sea captain Joshua Slocum--embark on epic journeys.
18) Snow White
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Description
The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins,...
19) I'll be there
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (upaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 23 cm.
Description
A young boy and his mother talk about what she did for him as a baby, what he can do for himself now, and that she will always be there when he needs her.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Description
Xander Panda's plan to host a panda party falls through, since he is the only panda at the zoo, but when he extends the invitation to all of the bears, complications ensue. Includes author's note on the wonders of the animal kingdom and the international effort to save pandas from extinction.