New Releases by Michael Dahl

Simple text using illustrations teaching children manners.

When an alien offers HAL JORDAN a superpowered ring, he becomes the new GUARDIAN OF EARTH.

"The librarian helps Owen defeat the legendary Inkfoot"--Title page verso.

A woman tells Carlos that a monster, not a storm, has taken her friends.

Noor must protect her friend using capabilities she didn''t know she had.

Thirty years ago, BRAINIAC shrank the city of KANDOR and sealed it inside an unbreakable glass container. The evil supercomputer is still exploring the universe, collecting cities from hundreds of planets. SUPERMAN must stop BRAINIAC from bottling up METROPOLIS, and then save KANDOR -- the last remnant of his home planet, KRYPTON.

Eli is a young stowaway on a ship bound for North America. A strange birthmark on his arm, in the shape of a dragon, begins to sting. Then he meets a sailor on the ship with a dragon tattoo. The tattoo, and a weird cargo hidden on the ship, hold the secret to Eli''s real identity.

Teenage friends Kong and Shen hike through the Gobi Desert in search of the Hills of the Seven Dragons, but something or someone is following them across Mongolia.

Museum of Monsters is a Capstone Press publication.

Dark, gritty stories for less-confident readers.

Examines fun and easy ways to learn about synonyms.

The Library of Doom - the world''s largest collection of strange and dangerous books. Some books so evil that they must be imprisoned deep underground, but when the Librarian tries to dispose of one vile volume, he risks being buried alive in an eerie tower that holds a legendary secret.

Teaches readers to recognize and use verbs.

Describes what adverbs are and provides examples of them used in different sentences.

Learn to count by tens with Finn and friends.

Introduces adjectives through a picture tale depicting the adventures of different kinds of animals.

Discusses wheels and axles, what they are and how they are used.

A reader of fairy tales, a young princess longs for the day when a prince will save her from a dragon or witch, but when she finally is chased and locked in a tower she decides to take matters into her own hands.

Text and photographs describe common things that are black, including tires, hockey pucks, and black cats.

Beautiful color is all around us, and it''s everywhere in these award-winning books. Kids can almost taste the sweet oranges bursting from the book''s pages and feel the lush, green grass tickling thier toes.

Describes different types of computer crime, how it is detected, and what is being done to make computers safe.

Describes clues bodies leave behind about the cause of death, procedures for autopsies, and ways medical examiners form an opinion about how a death has occurred.

Introduces the numbers from one to twelve as family members pick a variety of vegetables from the garden. Includes counting activities and fun facts about growing vegetables.

Uses marine animals, such as twelve jellyfish and two seals, to count down from twelve to one. Readers are invited to find hidden numbers on an illustrated activity page.

Contains a collection of rhyming riddles that introduce new words to the early reader.

An introduction to the geography, history, people, and culture of Brazil, the largest country in South America.

Describes many different kinds, uses, and benefits of levers.