Frank Carlson Library

Do you like monsters? Discover the legends behind some of the most powerful creatures ever imagined while learning to draw them at the same time using this step-by-step guide.

Ever since automobiles were invented, people have been driven to design the most attractive cars possible. Have a gas learning about the history of roadsters and sports cars in this informative title, while also taking the step-by-step drawing instructions for a joyride.

Gifted with the ability to draw maps of worlds that are beyond imagining, K2 O'Hero, sworn to keep his family's Magical history a secret, must use his gift to find a crossing point into one of those worlds when his baby sister is kidnapped.

Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a biological illustrator. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this career, in the framework of the steam, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, movement. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.

Dana is spending two weeks in Japan, but in spite of her love of manga and Japanese culture, being there with her former best friend Melissa and her new exclusive clique might make the experience lonelier than expected.

"Elusive art thief Lars Heinrich returns to New York City looking to settle a score. Super sleuth seventh-grader Edmund Xavier Lonrrot will need not only his photographic mind and artistic talents, but any skill he possesses with cracking codes as a string of the city's historical monuments become potential clues in what could become one of the greatest heists in history"--

"Drama, family secrets, and a KGB spy in his own kitchen! How will Yevgeny ever fulfill his parents' dream that he become a national hero when he doesn't even have his own room? He's not a star athlete or a legendary ballet dancer. In the tiny apartment he shares with his Baryshnikov-obsessed mother, poetry-loving father, continually outraged grandmother, and safely talented brother, all Yevgeny has is his little pencil, the underside of a massive...

"Excitement and imagination run wild as Naomi, Melvin, Poppy, Gilbert, Curly, and their siblings get back to making comics with originality and laughter. But wait--have they cleaned their rooms yet? After their chores, the rambunctious group presents even more amazing mini-comics. By working together, the baby frogs discover that small things can have a huge impact"--

"A story about being your truest self--and trusting your truest friends. Cliques. Crushes. Comics. Middle school. Ever since Tyler started getting into art and hanging out with Emmie, his friends and teammates have been giving him a hard time. He wonders why can't he nerd out on drawing and play ball? Emmie is psyched that she gets to work on a comics project with her crush, Tyler. But she gets the feeling that his friends don't think she's cool enough....

"Flippy, Molly, Li'l Petey, and twenty-one baby frogs each have something to say. Naomi and Melvin don't see eye to eye and Poppy perceives the world differently than her siblings. Will the baby frogs figure out how to work together and appreciate one another's point of view -- both inside and outside the classroom?"--