Cece Bell
1) El Deafo
Author
Series
Lexile measure
420L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 250L
Physical Desc
66 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shares the interactions of the rule-following Chick and the absent-minded Brain, whose friendship is tested by miscommunications and misunderstandings about good manners.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
" Hey out there! All you hepcats and music mavens! Do you like to boogie with beagles? Groove with goats? Twist and shout with tapiers? Then this is the collection for you! Twenty-six of the coolest alvums ever created, featuring songs by animal musiciand. these talented critters are coming at you now with multitudes of musical stylings -- from amazing Americana to zippy zydeco -- all chosen especially for you by that connoisseur of the canorous,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 200L
Physical Desc
66 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Oh! Oh, oh, oh! Look what Brain found. Chick and Spot say it is an egg. Brain says it is an eyeball. Is it an egg or an eyeball?
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
370L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Confusion abounds when a poorly spoken donkey says to a grammarian yam, "I Yam a Donkey!" This is a humorous introduction to the different tenses of the auxiliary verb "to be."
Author
Series
Inspector Flytrap volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
98 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to become the greatest detective that ever grew, Inspector Flytrap, a Venus Flytrap, and his assistant, Nina the Goat, investigate "big deal" mysteries at an art museum, a cookie shop, and a garden.
Author
Series
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
AD 360L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Homonyms cause great confusion as an increasingly cranky yam tries to make introductions and provide explanations to a newly-arrived and rather silly donkey.
9) Itty Bitty
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 18 x 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Itty Bitty may be a very, very tiny dog, but he finds a way to make a home in the big, big world.
10) Bee-wigged
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Jerry, a large bee who longs to have friends, finds that by putting on a wig he can pass for a boy, until one day while he is leading the annual school parade the wind starts blowing very hard.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
470L
Physical Desc
42 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Rabbit is excited. He is going to surprise his good friend Robot at home. Ding dong! When Robot opens the door, he is surprised. He wasn't expecting Rabbit. In fact, he is already engrossed in a game of checkers with another friend, Ribbit. Rabbit is not so sure about Ribbit. While Robot thinks everything she says is humorous, all Rabbit hears is ribbit, and she eats flies with her popcorn. Gross! This story looks at the misunderstandings and bumps...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
10 books (233 pages ; color illustrations) in a cloth bag ; (35 x 44 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Famous toy actor Sock Monkey finds it almost impossible to kiss his costar while filming the singing cowboy movie "Hubbub at the Happy Canyon Hoedown." Yee-haw! Sock Monkey lassoes a part in a singing cowboy movie -- if he can only get up the nerve to kiss the leading lady.
Author
Series
Inspector Flytrap volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
98 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to become the world's greatest detective, Inspector Flytrap, a Venus Flytrap, assisted by his assistant, Nina the Goat, investigates a thrilling mystery at the Capitol Building at the request of President Horse G. Horse.
15) Crankee Doodle
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A pony tries to convince his cranky owner to take a ride into town. Includes notes about the song, "Yankee Doodle."
Author
Series
Inspector Flytrap volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
100 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When his goat assistant is arrested for stealing the golden pickle paperweight, a mystery-solving Venus flytrap is determined to find the real thief.
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
xv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of humorous stories from over two dozen contemporary female writers, as well as autobiographical essays, comics, poems, and comic strips.
19) Bug patrol
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
AD 420L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Captain Bob of the Bug Patrol keeps a watchful eye on bugs everywhere.