18 books like Swiss Family Robinson
Far out fairy tales
What do you get when classic fairy tales are twisted about, turned inside out, and reworked for the graphic novel format? Far Out Fairy Tales! Discover what Snow White would be like if she were raised by robots. Find out how Cinderella's story plays out when she walks the path of the ninja. Play along when three billy goats named Gruff get stuck inside a video game. Chase down the Big Bad Wolf…
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The Tempest (adaptation)
An illustrated, abridged version of the Shakespeare play with background information and explanatory stage directions.
Shares: Islands, Survival, Cartoons and comics, Comic books
The Wild Robot
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal…
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Slappy's tales of horror
A collection of short graphic novels featuring characters from famous "Goosebumps" stories includes "Ghost Beach," in which two siblings investigate a local legend and discover a terrible secret about their family.
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Dragonball (Doragon bo-ru)
Goku and Bulma have found five of the Dragon Balls, but they must find Kame-Sen'nin, the Turtle Hermit, and face the Emperor Pilaf, who wants the balls for himself, before they will have all seven.
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Sami and the time of the troubles
A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street.
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Legend of Sleepy Hollow
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1820. Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy…
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Le Crabe aux pinces d'or
Following a series of mysterious clues, Tintin and Snowy trail a dangerous gang of opium-smugglers through the scorching Sahara desert and the alleys of a Moroccan port.
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The dead of night
Australia has been invaded. Nothing is as it was. Six teenagers are living out their nightmare in the sanctuary of a hidden valley called Hell. Alone, they make their own rules, protect what is theirs, and struggle for courage and hope in a world changed forever. Seeking supplies, allies, and information, the friends make forays into enemy territory, drawing on nerve and resourcefulness they…
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G.I. Joe
COBRA COMMANDER STRIKES BACK!
       And in Springfield, Dawn Moreno will have her revenge…
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Operation Sherlock
Bruce Farrington Coville (, born May 16, 1950) is an author of young adult fiction. Coville was first published in 1977 and has written over 100 books.
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The Dragon of Lonely Island Reissue (Dragon of Lonely Island)
Three children spend the summer with their mother on a secluded island where they discover a three-headed dragon living in a cave and learn what it means to be a Dragon Friend.
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Astro boy
The robotic Astro Boy battles a deadly underground tank, helps solve a murder, and prevents the world from being destroyed by a robot bomb.
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Star Wars, the Clone Wars
A very interesting and fascinating nonfiction book about world war 2 with very detailed descriptions about how world war 2 started and how it ended.
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Star Wars Legends Epic Collection
Collecting Star Wars: Jango Fett — Open Seasons #1-4, Star Wars (1998) #7-18 And Material From Star Wars Tales #8 And #21-24. Delve deep into the dark past of Jango Fett! Find out how he became a Mandalorian warrior — and battled his way through war and slavery to become the bounty hunter who caught Count Dooku’s eye! Meanwhile, Ki-Adi-Mundi seeks a wayward Jedi on the backward world of Tatooine,…
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The Adventures of Tintin
“For his first trip, what seemed the most important to me—at the time—was this country from which often terrifying and always extremely contradictory echoes were reaching us: Soviet Russia.” –HergéJanuary 10th, 1929. Brussels. With his dog Snowy by his side, a young journalist gets on a train to Moscow. For Tintin, it's the beginning of a great adventure. For Hergé, the real beginning of his…
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Werewolves
In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (from Ancient Greek ), is an individual who can shapeshift into a wolf or therianthropic hybrid wolf–humanlike creature, either voluntarily or involuntarily due to a curse or other affliction. In modern fiction, especially film, transformations are often depicted as triggered by the full moon and transmitted by a bite or scratch from…
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Mystery Ranch
Violet and Jessie begin an adventure when they journey to Centerville to keep Aunt Jane company on the family ranch.
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