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My Kingdom of Darkness: A Branches Book (Pets Rule! #1) Paperback – June 28 2022
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Pick a book. Grow a Reader!
This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!
Meet Ember, a rescue Chihuahua who has just been adopted by the Chin family. Ember is no ordinary dog: he thinks he is an evil overlord, destined to rule the world. He enlists the help of the other pets in the house, like Smelly Steve the hamster and Neo the canary, to take over the neighborhood. Their first mission is defeating Masher, the mean squirrel who lives next door. But to his shock, Ember finds himself growing attached to his “minions”, the Chin family―especially Lucy. Does Ember still have what it takes to control of the neighborhood… and the world?
With laugh-out-loud humor, engaging artwork on every page, and nonstop action that will have readers rushing to turn the pages, Pets Rule is the just-right series for any emerging reader!
"This early chapter book expertly cultivates a larger-than-life pseudo-antihero... an infectiously silly series starter." -- Kirkus Reviews
- Reading age6 - 8 years
- Print length96 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level1 - 3
- Lexile measure570L
- Dimensions13.34 x 1.91 x 19.05 cm
- PublisherScholastic Inc.
- Publication dateJune 28 2022
- ISBN-101338756338
- ISBN-13978-1338756333
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"This early chapter book expertly cultivates a larger-than-life pseudo-antihero... an infectiously silly series starter." -- Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire by Susan Tan:
* “Cilla’s empathy, candor, and skill at turning a phrase indicates that her claim to be a future author extraordinaire is completely justified . . . Anyone who spends time with Cilla Lee-Jenkins will look forward to reading her in the future.” -- Booklist, starred review
“Heartwarming and poignant! Meeting Cilla felt like making a new best friend. I can’t wait to share the book with my own daughter.” -- Grace Lin, bestselling author of Newbery Honor book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver
“Tan writes in a fun and spunky voice that brings to mind favorite characters such as Junie B. Jones, Ramona Quimby, and Fancy Nancy but is still all her own . . . Readers will identify with Cilla and wish they were friends with her in real life.” -- School Library Journal
“In Tan’s debut novel… readers will meet spunky 8 ½ year old Cilla, who is 50% Chinese, 50% Caucasian and I think 100% wonderful… I suspect young readers will want to reach into the pages and hug her!” -- Rachel Renee Russell writing for Amazon’s Omnivoracious, bestselling author of The Dork Diaries
About the Author
Wendy Tan Shiau Wei is a visual development and storyboard artist for animated series, advertising, and films, and an illustrator for children’s books and publishing. Her works are able to be found in TV commercials, radio stations, advertisements, shows, publishing, and fashion. Wendy loves telling stories through her works; storyboarding and comics are two of the ways she expresses her thoughts and feelings. She lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with her family; visit her online at wendytansw.carbonmade.com.
Product details
- Publisher : Scholastic Inc. (June 28 2022)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 96 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1338756338
- ISBN-13 : 978-1338756333
- Item weight : 136 g
- Dimensions : 13.34 x 1.91 x 19.05 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #19,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #57 in Children's Pet Books (Books)
- #134 in Exploring North America for Children
- #205 in Chapter Books for Children (Books)
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About the authors
Susan Tan has worked with children's books since the age of 14, when she had her first job working in the children's room of the Concord Public Library. She went on to study children's literature while at Williams College, and got her PhD from the University of Cambridge in children's and Young Adult literature. While in graduate school, she began to write a children’s book of her own which became her debut novel - Cilla Lee-Jenkins, Future Author Extraordinaire. Cilla is based on Susan’s own experiences growing up in a mixed-race family. A second book in the Cilla series, titled Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book is A Classic is scheduled for release in 2018. Susan was the 2015 Gish Jen Emerging Writers Fellow at the Writers’ Room of Boston, and teaches at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
You can follow her on Twitter (@susansmtan), or write her a message through her website: www.susantanbooks.com
Wendy Tan is a Chinese-Malaysian artist, born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Drawing has always been her interest, but she only started to draw passionately during high school. After this, Wendy took a design course and graduated with a Diploma in Multimedia Design. Wendy's keen interest for storytelling began with film and animation during her time working as a storyboard artist and visual development artist in the Malaysian animation industry. Today Wendy loves using illustration to tell stories through her work, often implementing dramatic color and light. During free time, she enjoys reading, traveling, spending time with family and her puppy, Lucky.