Mark Crilley, Author . Dell/Yearling $4.99 (, $4.99 each ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-440-41651-7
Fourth-grader Akiko, thanks to a group of aliens, finds herself on a rescue mission to save a kidnapped prince in these two volumes. PW
called Planet Smoo
a "stylish debut." All ages. (June)
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Mark Crilley, Author . Delacorte $10.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-385-73111-9
Crilley, creator of the Akiko series, introduces a new hero in an action-adventure reminiscent of the Spy Kids movies. Left alone while his parents, who supposedly run a pesticide business (Bugz-B-Gon) in Indiana, are off on another "skeeter gig,
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Mark Crilley. Watson-Guptill, $18.99 ISBN 978-0-38534-633-7
This instructional book offers thorough and practical lessons in drawing. The instruction is solid, covering proportion, shading, loose sketching, self-criticism, drawing shadows, and negative space. Each chapter features a drawing assignment. But...
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Mark Crilley, Author, Mark Crilley, Illustrator Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $9.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-385-32724-4
In this stylish debut, aliens from the Planet Smoo summon an Earth girl to find a kidnapped prince. Fourth-grader Akiko admits she has no experience as a rescuer: ""I'm only ten years old... I don't have many years of anything."" Nevertheless, Smoo's
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Mark Crilley, Author, Mark Crilley, Illustrator Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $9.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-385-32728-2
Akiko in the Castle of Alia Rellapor marks the final installment in Mark Crilley's interplanetary series. Fourth grader Akiko and her crew at long last make it to the castle where Prince Froptoppit is imprisoned. But unforeseen problems threaten...
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Mark Crilley, Author, Mark Crilley, Illustrator Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $9.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-385-72968-0
As a show of gratitude for rescuing Prince Froptoppit, the King of Smoo sends Akiko and her friends on a vacation to the planet Quilk to visit their famous zoo in Akiko and the Intergalactic Zoo by Mark Crilley. But the zookeeper wants Akiko for...
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Mark Crilley, Author, Mark Crilley, Illustrator Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $9.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-385-72969-7
The titular heroine and friends vie for the coveted Centauri Cup in an intergalactic race in the latest series adventure Akiko and the Alpha Centauri 5000 by Mark Crilley. Akiko's greatest concern is their safe return to Earth, but when fellow...
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Mark Crilley, Author, Mark Crilley, Illustrator Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $9.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-385-73042-6
When Mr. Beeba tells Akiko that Poog's in trouble, the fifth-grader sets out on her most urgent mission yet in Akiko and the Journey to Toog by Mark Crilley-to save Poog's home planet Toog. Unfortunately the Toogolians are not particularly ...
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Mark Crilley. Watson-Guptill, $18.99 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-1-984858-43-6
Crilley (Mastering Manga) returns with an accessible but simplistic guide for readers keen on making their own comics. Instead of a textbook format, Crilley disguises his teachings through a narrative focused on Emily, a naive young teen eager to...
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Mark Crilley. Little, Brown, $24.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-368-04088-4; $17.99 paper ISBN 978-1-368-04099-0
An apathetic white American teen must open himself up to new experiences to find his way home in a foreign country in this expansive graphic novel by Crilley (The Comic Book Lesson). Paul has been visiting with his older brother, Theo, in Taiwan for
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