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Follow Nancy's Genius Plan to sneak a sweet treat in this delicious and devious board book!Nancy has a genius plan: sneak through the house without disturbing anyone and enjoy a warm piece of Aunt Fritzi's delicious cornbread. But it's not quite as easy as it sounds! In this entertaining, heartwarming, and lightly interactive board book, children will delight in helping Nancy carry out her genius (and delicious!) plan.

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From critically acclaimed cartoonist Olivia Jaimes, this fresh new spin on the beloved comic Nancy will delight young readers with its honest and comically ingenious depiction of its mischievous, larger-than-life main character. Life is going great for Nancy. She’s enjoying school, having fun with her friends, and has even earned a spot on the Robotics Club. But when the pandemic forces everyone to stay home and go to school online, she develops a bad case of the blues. Fortunately, nothing can keep Nancy’s spirit down for too long—not with her ingenious imagination, epic talent for mischief, and the loyal companionship of friends like Sluggo, Agnes, Esther, Lucy, and her dog, Poochie. By highlighting one young girl’s resilience and daily adventures, this collection of Nancy comics provides a funny, lighthearted look at the challenges and small delights experienced by kids everywhere in recent years. Perfect for reluctant readers with an appetite for humour, Nancy and Friends accurately depicts school and social life in the 21st century and will be a joy for parents and teachers as well as children.

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'One of 2018's greatest comic pleasures' — The AV Club'... thanks to the brilliance of its young new writer-artist—pseudonymous Olivia Jaimes—Nancymania is real.' — Rolling Stone'... short, sweet, and endlessly relevant.' — Smithsonian MagazineIn 2018, Olivia Jaimes became the first woman to write and illustrate the classic comic strip Nancy. Her fresh, irreverent take on the classic comic strip has become a sensation with readers and has earned praise from dozens of media outlets, several of which have named it the best comic of the year. This hardcover collection includes the first nine months of Jaimes' run on Nancy, along with an introduction, essay, interview with the author, and a special gallery of Nancy fan art by the author.  

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Three friends. Two worlds. One epic notebook. Escape into The Chronicles of Deltovia, the greatest story still being written! Three middle school girls—Misha, June, and Ollie—know their epic fantasy story could be the next Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones. The only holdup is they have to write it first. But that’s a trifling concern: they’ve bought a $1.99 composition notebook, and they’re going to pass it back and forth over the course of their 7th grade school year to build the world and characters as a team.Together they invent and explore the mysterious land of Deltovia, while also writing about what’s going on in their actual middle school lives in the notebook, too. The book's unique format presents each of their daily entries, book chapters, notes, plans, and imaginative world-building, giving readers a firsthand look at the creative process and the fantastical new realm of Deltovia.This thrilling and irreverent new illustrated novel series about three middle school girls' quest for literary greatness is written and illustrated by Olivia Jaimes, whose fresh reboot of the comic strip Nancy earned praise from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, The AV Club, Slate, and readers across the Internet. The Chronicles of Deltovia is the first book in her new series, The Very Genius Notebooks, which combines imagination and real-world drama, and delightfully mixes scenes of friendship, fantasy, and middle-grade illustrated novel fun.

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