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The adventures of sparrowboy

1997
After an encounter with a sparrow, Henry finds he is able to fly just like his favorite comic book hero HawkMan.

Garfield makes it big

1985
Contains reprints of the comic strip featuring America's funniest cat.

Disney's dream

2005
Abigail, Jacob, Zack, and Bo travel back in time to 1928 only to discover that the not yet famous Walt Disney has ideas about quitting.

Poppy or the snake?

2003
An adaptation of a fable by Aesop, in which an African-American man runs over a snake with his truck and, feeling guilty, agrees to take a snake home if he promises not to bite.

The fossil girl

Mary Anning's dinosaur discovery
1999
In simple cartoon style, tells the story of a twelve-year-old English girl's discovery in 1811 of an ichthyosaurus skeleton.

Scientific progress goes "boink"

a Calvin and Hobbes collection
1991
A collection of comic strips from "Calvin and Hobbes" poking fun at science.

Garfield, the truth about cats

1991
Collection of black-and-white cartoons in which Garfield the cat presents some facts about his fellow felines.

Garfield says a mouthful

1991
Collection of black-and-white cartoon strips featuring the perpetually hungry cat Garfield and his friends.

Greek myths for young children

1992
Retells eight Greek myths in a comic strip format, including "Pandora's box," "The twelve tasks of Heracles," and "Theseus and the Minotaur.".

Odysseus and the Odyssey

2013
In graphic novel format, retells part of "The Odyssey," the epic poem by Homer that describes the journey home from the Trojan War by Odysseus. After Odysseus outsmarts the witch Circe, she gives Odysseus valuable information to help get him and his men home safe, including how to get past the Sirens and evade the monster Scylla.

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