Superhero Dog

Does your dog really love you? Or, like many owners, is your dog only your best friend when you are cuddling on the couch? When you step outside your front door, is he more interested in every passing dog, bird or half-eaten bag of chips that you come across? Does the mere thought of letting your dog off lead get your heart racing with panic? Well that's how I used to feel, until I discovered how to control - and train - my dog using play. Now I enjoy stress-free walks wherever I take him.

Telling the remarkable tale of a man who is still remembered on the streets of New Orleans and in the hearts of professional-wrestling fans, this book aims to restore the overlooked Junkyard Dog to his proper place in the history books. In 1979, Sylvester Ritter, also known as the Junkyard Dog, managed to break one of the final color barriers in the sport by becoming the first Black wrestler named undisputed top star of his promotion, and this biography reveals all the famous feuds and business back stories that made him a wrestling legend.

Wanda and Wumble are a small pair with vast ambitions. One an aspiring alchemist, and the other her faithful hound, the pair bond as wizard and familiar to begin their pursuit of magic. As a newly made wizard without any training, resources, or even a home to return to, Wanda will have to forge her own way on a path where constant dangers lurk. Even the simple act of furthering her alchemy education swiftly becomes a harrowing ordeal.

Fog, feathers, and foul play descend on Maplewood Bay. Blakely Monroe, still finding her footing as the new owner of the Oceanspray B&B, hopes a birdwatchers’ weekend will be a calm escape from her messy past. Instead, her slightly OCD routines—and her breakfast buffet—are disrupted when Rosemary Bellamy, the town’s most disliked historian, is found dead at the lighthouse steps. Pulled into the storm, Blakely juggles gossip from best friend Marnie, steady guidance from neighbor Bobby Zion, and Scout’s sharp nose for clues. But Maplewood’s secrets run deep. Was it the poetry-...

A seaside B&B, a staged murder party… and one very real corpse. Blakely Monroe thought hosting Oceanspray’s first murder mystery party would be the perfect way to boost bookings at her late aunt’s beloved bed-and-breakfast. With her color-coded schedules and a slightly obsessive need for order, she’s prepared for spilled drinks and squabbling guests—not for a despised property developer to be found truly dead by the buffet, clutching her grandmother’s shepherd’s pie recipe card. Determined to protect her B&B’s reputation, Blakely digs in. She’s joined by Marnie, her ...

What happens after the superhero gets the girl? Nobody said being married was easy, but try being married to a superhero. Not only is there laundry, cooking, and a career to balance, but throw in a few supervillains and your day’s booked. Ariana, Victoria, and Emma’s men spend more time saving the world than doing dishes. These wives want some semblance of a normal married life, but would settle for an uninterrupted meal together. How can they compete with saving the world? When a catastrophic earthquake devastates Shadow Town and crime spirals out of control, the city needs help. ...

Rhett is strong. He’s heroic. He’s what every woman wants… …if only his wife would notice. Even without superpowers, Rhett fights side-by-side with Rayne, his superhero wife. Together, they’ve kept Summercoast safe for over eight years by defeating all sorts of dark forces. That was until now… There’s a new supervillain in town: a mad scientist with abilities this couple has never seen before. Dark Lightning is the first supervillain with powers stronger than Rayne’s, and the first villain that she can’t defeat. It’s like he knows everything about her—and it’s not ...

Welcome to Maplewood Bay—where breakfast comes with a side of murder. Blakely Monroe thought running a bed and breakfast would be peaceful. But when the most hated food critic in town drops dead in a breakfast tart, her grand opening turns into a crime scene. Now the guests are gossiping, the muffins are suspiciously missing, and the police aren’t exactly helpful. Armed with a color-coded planner, her slightly OCD instincts, and Scout—a dog with a nose for clues—Blakely teams up with her farmer neighbor, Bobby, to uncover the truth. But Maplewood Bay is full of secrets. Like Nora ...

Get ready for a wild and wacky adventure in "The Brown Note: The Epic Poop-tastic Quest!" Meet Tommy, a young inventor with big dreams of winning "The Young Inventor of the Year Competition." But there's just one problem – all his inventions are total duds! Tommy's quest for a winning idea takes a hilarious twist when he stumbles upon something unexpected. On his way home from school one day, Tommy discovers an old keyboard hidden in a pile of junk. But this isn't your ordinary keyboard – it's contains the legendary Brown Note! And this note has some seriously stinky surprises in store....

Madison Steele has a problem. Actually, she has several. Her fundraising assignment needs five million dollars (ugh), her superpowers have a nasty habit of melting everything in sight (oops), and the billionaire she planned to con out of his money? Yeah, he’s definitely not supposed to be this complicated. What was meant to be a simple charity ball kidnapping turns into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse—one where Madison’s the cat, but the mouse is secretly a lion in disguise. And as her best-laid plans start going up in flames (literally), she has to wonder: Is it still villainous ...

All his life, twelve-year-old Ben Grishop has been practically nonexistent. Hardly anyone knows who he is, he’s not good at anything no matter how hard he tries, and he blends into all chairs and benches. But when he and his friends Joe and Dana are abducted by aliens one fateful summer night, they have the chance to become famous for saving the universe. That is, if they can survive a planet full of giant, man-eating, French-speaking crabs, a pair of tuxedoed, gibberish-spouting men with handlebar mustaches, and the mysterious “immensely powerful, evil force from The Realm Beyond." ...

Emily Tate never planned on becoming a supervillain. One minute, she's grieving her sister, the next, she's plotting revenge with a team of superpowered women she met in a wine bar. Totally normal Tuesday night, right? The Wonderful Wons – the city's so-called "heroes" – destroyed everything Emily held dear. They saved millions by redirecting a missile, but forgot to check for casualties when it hit a chemical plant. Emily's sister. Her friends' loved ones. Forty-two people who trusted heroes to protect them. Gone. Now, armed with her new ability to float dramatically (essential for ...

Thea Mendel is living in her car because there's a ghost in her house. At a Halloween party, she meets someone who believes her, a boy with green eyes and ghosts of his own named Thomas. Someone wants to do worse to Thea than kill her, and in order to find out who they are and what they want, the two of them will have to deal with a clan of unusually helpful vampires, unexpected Shoggoths, and all the weird that Rhode Island can throw at them. And that's a lot of weird.

Lola was a buckshot-riddled stray, lost on a Memphis highway. Cody was rejected from seven different homes. Ace had been sprayed with mace and left for dead on a train track. They were deemed unadoptable. Untrainable. Unsalvageable. These would become the same dogs America relied on when its...

Snow, spice, and one very inconvenient corpse. Blakely Monroe’s Oceanspray B&B is aglow for Maplewood Bay’s Christmas Market when Karen, a fussy vendor, face-plants by the mulled wine—and doesn’t get up. A list-loving hostess who straightens table runners mid-crisis, Blakely is shoved from holiday planner to reluctant sleuth when her dog, Scout, noses out trouble. Farmer-next-door Bobby Zion (steady hands, quicker smile) and Grandma Rose (armed with gingerbread and opinions) round out a team equal parts heart and hilarity. Snow seals the grounds, the lights flicker, and anonymous ...

In this heart-pounding third installment of the Midnight Society series, "Rise of the Skinwalkers," Tyler, Maya, Olivia, Connor, Alex, and their faithful dog Whisp face their most terrifying challenge yet. An unexpected invitation leads them to Ashberry Grove, a hotbed of alien activity nestled in Utah, where they must join forces with the enigmatic Shaman Conclave 35 to uncover the truth behind the deadly shapeshifting skinwalkers. The mysterious spaceship Mobula adds another layer to the complex puzzle they must solve. As they battle the ever-evolving threat, the Midnight Society ...

Bolt är en stor TV-Stjärna! Han spelar en roll i en actionserie där han har superkrafter och slåss mot bovar, och han trivs som fisken i vattnet. Men det finns ett problem; Bolt tror att TV-serien är på riktigt! Så när han en dag rymmer från filmstudion i Hollywood ut i den riktiga världen hamnar han genast i problem. Han skickas av misstag i en fraktkartong till New York, och han är fullt övertygad om att hans fiktiva ägare Penny har blivit kidnappad. Så Bolt beslutar sig för att återvända till Hollywood för att rädda Penny!

What would happen if a dog became a superhero? In this exciting middle grade adventure, Joe is a run-of-the-puppy-mill cocker spaniel who dreams of being special, but suffers with the curse of being average. He lives in the suburbs of Barksdale with his friends Elwood, a dopey mutt who looks like a genetic mishap, and Frank, a plump wiener dog. When the dogs devour heaping mounds of dog food that is laced with plutonium, their DNA evolves. Joe transforms into MegaDog, a superhero with a passion for funky music. Elwood mutates into Baywolf, a sleek, black wolf with a hip-hop attitude, and ...

Twin disasters strike Bowwow in rapid succession! Unknown forces steal rare biblical artifacts from the history museum. Will they ever be recovered? Meanwhile, a fiery supervillain and the Condiments Gang show up in Catburg City. They cut a wide reign of terror through the industrial district, bombing banks and robbing businesses. Who is this masked menace? What is his sinister plot? Can Power Pup withstand the heat of his wrath?

Several years had passed since Hotdog Man had perished by the hands of General Gouda, the world went back to an era of peace and tranquility. During this time, Hotdog Man was in another dimension, a world of the spirits, where he was in a war with the demonic Dr. Mustard and his army of ghost soldiers. Meanwhile, in the land of the living, Hotdog Jr., had grown up into a mild manner teenager. The Eyno Gems had been destroyed, leaving our heroes unable to access their incredible powers.