New Releases by Michael Dahl

From grinding on rails to landing that last big half-pipe trick, Goodnight Skateboard follows a young girl''s day at a skateboarding competition until she says goodnight to her favorite extreme sport. With rhyming text and action-packed imagery, author Michael Dahl captures the excitement and energy of the skatepark and the awesome athletes who skate. This Sports Illustrated Kids picture book will have skateboarding fans everywhere cheering for bedtime.

The Beast slips into the Heroes Hold, hunting for a powerful book, and it is up to the Librarian and his helpers to stop him.

On the edge of a golden lake, fugitives Zak Nine and his Quom friend Erro discover an ancient golden building and stumble into a room with eight sides and eight doors, seven of which are traps which will kill, and one of which will lead to a way out--and it is up to Zak''s experience with games to figure out which is the safe door before this octagon kills them.

Deep within the Library of Doom, thieves capture one of the Silent Ones and order him to guide them to the Lost Archives, but he refuses to betray the Librarian and his secrets.

After stowing away on a spacecraft, Zak and his alien friend, Erro, did not expect to end up on the prison planet called Alcatraz, but here they are; their latest plan to escape involves stowing away on another spacecraft--unfortunately this one is only going to Alcatraz''s nearby metallic moon, a prison just as deadly as Alcatraz itself.

Commas love taking breaks. In fact, they want everyone to take breaks! Follow along and learn all about commas.

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How many ways do we move around? Explore five different kinds of Creative Movement in Locomotion! March, Hop, Skip, Gallop, Run.

Aboard a strange bus, a girl hears a sound coming from a hatch under her seat. When she lifts the hatch, a hand reaches out and grabs her. Then another hand and another! Are the body parts reaching for help ... or do they want something more?

Hundreds of trophies, awards, and souvenirs fill the Batcave''s hidden rooms. Each one tells a story of danger, villainy, and victory. This is the tale of Mr. Freeze''s freeze ray! And why this trophy now stands in the Batcave . . .

A young girl slides into the first-row seat of her school bus. The cool kids won''t let her sit in the back. But today, she''s glad to sit up front. Row by row, the seats in the back of the bus begin disappearing! Will her row be next? Bestselling author Michael Dahl (LIBRARY OF DOOM and IGOR''S LAB OF FEAR) takes young readers on the ride of their life in this addictively creepy series, SCHOOL BUS OF HORRORS!

A pair of mysterious magic shoes appears every night under Daphne''s bed, and they give her the ability to walk through solid objects, like a phantom, but there are consequences for wearing them--and that is only one of the chilling stories in this collection.

When Bradley takes a shortcut through the graveyard one evening, he encounters a mysterious girl who keeps jumping out from behind the gravestones; she is wearing clothes that resemble a doll that Bradley took from his sister and accidentally ruined, and now that doll with the melted face is back for revenge--and the reader will find five more equally chilling stories in this collection.

In Ravenville''s library there is a special, hidden room for biographies of local people, but when Darren enters the room looking for a book to use for a homework assignment he discovers that there is something hungry living among the shelves, and people who enter rarely come out--and that is only one of the scary stories in this collection.

When the Librarian returns to his castle after lengthy travels, he finds that someone has stolen his collection of deadly books, and until he can get past a beast the thief left behind and track them down, the world is in great jeopardy.

Years before Krypton explodes, the ruthless super-villain Brainiac shrinks the capital, Kandor, to miniature size and adds it to his collection of cities from across the universe.ÊWhen Brainiac eventually reaches the Earth, and turns his shrinking ray on her cities, Superman comes to the rescue and halts his evil plans!

Panda goes to Fox''s house to play. But Panda has never been on a play date before. The two little animals overcome their shyness, share toys, play games, learn to eat their snacks with manners, and have a fun day they will never forget. This bright, gentle board book will comfort and delight little learners as they prepare for their own first play date.

There is plenty to fear in this collection of short, and really scary stories, including: The floating face, What they found in the alley, and The goblin in the grass, among others.

Don''t turn off the lights when reading this collection of spine-chilling tales. A strange, silent girl who only appears in phone pictures. A school prank with a Christmas elf that goes terribly wrong. A piece of chalk that draws frighteningly fast. A boy''s bone-tingling encounter with the world''s weirdest toothpaste! With writing prompts and discussion questions to continue the fright, you''ll be spooked long after you finish reading.

A song about Albert Einstein''s journey on a train and how it impacted his understanding of relativity. Includes hardcover book, online music access, and music CD.

The most fearsome book in the Library of Doom contains a single sentence, but if it is read, the reader will vanish into nothingness. Now the book is on the loose, and there''s only one hero who can read its story.

Erik has nightmares that he can''t even tell his best friend about. He sees his face in the mirror with fangs and lizard-like eyes. Could the dreams come true? And who are shadowy kids who follow him after school? They seem even more dangerous than the dreams.

Jack writes a letter to the Librarian because he needs help. His brother has been eaten by a book!

In rhyming text a child, home from a game, bids goodnight to all the sights and sounds of a school football game.

After a big melt down, Little Monkey uses new skills to calm down.

Little Lion likes to play, but he has to learn how to share.

Many years after the death of his parents, BRUCE WAYNE comes face to face with their killer, JOE CHILL. While chasing down the cold-blooded crook, BRUCE recalls the story of his own past and how he became the world''s greatest crime fighter . . . BATMAN.

Sam Stevens has grown since the days when his parents chained him up at night, and when he returns to the tower in the forest he meets three other teenagers with dragonblood.