Neil Gaiman
1) Coraline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The orphan Bod, short for Nobody, is taken in by the inhabitants of a graveyard as a child of eighteen months and raised lovingly and carefully to the age of eighteen years by the community of ghosts and otherworldly creatures.
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The classic collaboration from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, soon to be an original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.
"Good Omens . . . is something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated. Lots of literary inventiveness in the plotting and chunks of very good writing and characterization. It's a wow. It would make one hell of a movie....
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defense is three women, on a farm at the...
5) Pirate Stew
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Long John has a whole crew of wild pirates in tow, and--for one boy and his sister--he's about to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a riotous adventure beneath a pirate moon. It's time to make some PIRATE STEW. Marvelously silly and gloriously entertaining, this tale of pirates, flying ships, doughnut feasts and some rather magical stew is perfect for all pirates, both young and old"--
6) Neverwhere
Author
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
248 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling author's ultimate edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his "preferred text"-and including his special Neverwhere tale "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back" Published in 1997, Neil Gaiman's darkly hypnotic first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the arrival of a major talent and became a touchstone of urban fantasy. Over the years, a number of versions were produced both in the U.S. and the U.K. Now Gaiman's...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
An absolute delight of a madcap story for the young (and young-at-heart) by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with equal parts pirates and piranhas, adventure and aliens, oddity and love.
"I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this: t h u m m t h u m m. I looked up and saw a huge silver disc hovering in the air above Marshall Road."
"Hullo," I said
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 310 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This third collection of short fiction by Gaiman includes previously published pieces of short fiction -- stories, verse, and a very special Doctor Who story that was written for the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved series in 2013 -- as well "Black Dog," a new tale that revisits the world of American Gods.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life. But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow?s best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling...
10) Norse mythology
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents a rendering of the major Norse pantheon that traces the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and the exploits of its characters, illuminating the characters and natures of iconic figures Odin, Thor, and Loki.
11) Chu's day
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Chu is a little panda with a big sneeze. When Chu sneezes, bad things happen. Will Chu sneeze today?"--Dust jacket.
13) Stardust
Author
Publisher
Spike
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
235p. 24cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chu and his family are going to the beach! Chu will get to wade in the water and play in the sand. But what happens if Chu sneezes? And what will happen if he doesn't?
16) The sandman
Author
Publisher
[Brilliance Audio]
Pub. Date
[2021].
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
12 sound discs (10 hours and 55 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Please note: This content is not for kids. It is for mature audiences only. Just like the original graphic novels, this audio adaptation contains explicit language and graphic violence, as well as strong sexual content and themes. Discretion is advised.??Hailed by the Los Angeles Times Magazine as "the greatest epic in the history of comic books," The Sandman changed the game with its dark, literary world of fantasy and horror--creating a global,...
17) Marvel 1602
Author
Series
Marvel Must-Have volume 88
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
10th anniversay edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A bold tale where Gaiman places several of Marvel Comics most popular characters four hundred years into the past. The year is 1602 and strange things are stirring in England. In the service of Queen Elizabeth, court magician Dr. Stephen Strange senses that the bizarre weather plaguing the skies above is not of natural origin. Her majesty's premier spy, Sir Nicholas Fury, fends off an assassination attempt on the Queen by winged warriors rumored to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different memories to answer the question, 'what do you need to...
19) Eternals
Author
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of the Eternals as they awake one by one from a strange dream and must come to terms with the fact that they are not ordinary people.
Author
Series
The sandman volume 11
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
150 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English