<div>In the first book of a multibook series, find out how a round, jolly baby became the great white hope of the Milky Way&#8212;and ringleader of the Guardians of Childhood. Up there in the sky. Don&#8217;t you see him? No, not the moon. The Man in the Moon. He wasn&#8217;t always a man. Nor was he always on the moon. He was once a child. Like you. Until a battle, a shooting star, and a lost balloon sent him on a quest. Meet the very first guardian of childhood. MiM, the Man in the Moon.</div>

The Man in the Moon

<div>Forget the bunny trail.&#8230;In this addition to the groundbreaking series from the legendary William Joyce, Guardian E. Astor Bunnymund is on the warpath. Pitch, the Nightmare King, and his Fearlings had been soundly driven back by Nicholas St. North and company in the first Guardians&#8217; adventure. But now Pitch has disappeared completely&#8212;and out of sight does NOT make for out of mind. It seems certain that he&#8217;s plotting a particularly nefarious revenge, and the Guardians suspect he might have gone underground. But how can they find him there? Enter E. Aster Bunnymund, the only emissary of the fabled brotherhood of the Pookas&#8212;the league of philosophical warrior rabbits of imposing intellect and size. Highly skilled in martial arts (many of which he invented himself), Bunnymund is brilliant, logical, and a tunnel-digger extraordinaire. If the Guardians need paths near the Earth&#8217;s core, he&#8217;s their Pooka. He&#8217;s also armed with magnificent weapons of an oval-sort, and might just be able to help in the quest for the second piece of the Moonclipper. This second book in The Guardians series is about much more than fixing a few rotten eggs&#8212;it brings the Guardians one step closer to defeating Pitch!</div>

E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth's Core!

<div>Don't miss The Rise of the Guardians, soon to be a major motion picture in theaters November 2012. The second picture book in Academy Award winner William Joyce&#8217;s The Guardians of Childhood series tells how the Sandman dreamed up his sweet-dreams legacy. This eBook edition includes audio! One foggy night, the Man in the Moon has a startling thought: When the moon is less than full and bright, who will keep children safe at night? He needs a backup plan! Or a backup Guardian, as it were. His keen eye falls upon a sleepy little fellow living on a sleepy little island who is a sweet-dreamer extraordinaire. Since good dreams always trump bad ones, this means Pitch, the Nightmare King, will be further thwarted in his nefarious quest to terrorize children. So Sanderson Mansnoozie seems the perfect choice. But there are two problems. Firstly, given that Sandy has never had a bad dream, how can MiM convince him how important this new role is to the happy-being of children everywhere? And secondly, how can MiM keep this snoozy ally awake long enough to help? This follow-up to The Man in the Moon, a New York Times bestseller called &#8220;dazzlingly inventive,&#8221; by Publishers Weekly, introduces us to the sleepy little fellow to whom we owe many a good nights&#8217; rest, the second Guardian of Childhood, the Sandman.</div>

The Sandman

<div>Beware a tooth fairy queen scorned in this, the third chapter book of Academy Award winner William Joyce&rsquo;s The Guardians series. There&rsquo;s a lot more to this tooth-swiping sprite than meets the eye! When last we heard, the Guardians were resting easy with the knowledge that the children of Santoff Clausen were finally safe from Pitch&rsquo;s dastardly plans. But is it all a ruse, a scheme, a lull the evil Nightmare King has deviously concocted? Whatever Pitch&rsquo;s plans, what he doesn&rsquo;t know is that there&rsquo;s a new Guardian in town, and she&rsquo;s not the type to forget old grudges. Actually, she&rsquo;s not the type to forget anything&#8212;because this Guardian is none other than Toothiana, the Tooth Fairy herself. She&rsquo;s fierce and fast and crossing her will lead to a multitude of troubles. And, it turns out that, well, all those teeth she has been collecting? They contain memories. The forgotten memories of childhood&hellip;including the memories of how to fly. Young Katherine is hopeful that these memories might help her to remember her parents. The Guardians hope they&rsquo;ll offer even further protection from Pitch. You can see how this information would be invaluable to our heroes. But it could also be invaluable to Pitch&hellip;</div>

Toothiana, Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies

<div>When a king&#8217;s pinky grows stinky, it is up to a smallish boy and a smallish pea to come up with a GIANT plan to save the kingdom&#8212;a fractured fairy tale from William Joyce and Moonbot Studios, the masterminds who brought you The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. You might think you know the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, but you might want to think again. In this fairy tale with a twist, it hasn&#8217;t rained in days and the king has dictated that something must be done&#8212;his royal pinky is getting stinky! With a little magic from a wizard, young Jack, paired with his pea pod pal, will find a GIANT reason as to why there&#8217;s no water left in the kingdom...and prove that size doesn&#8217;t prevent anyone from doing something BIG.</div>

A Bean, a Stalk and a Boy Named Jack

<div>A love of drawing and an understanding librarian help a struggling student find his voice in this quirky and creative ode to artistic expression, featuring a book within a book, from the brilliant minds that brought you The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore and The Numberlys. Billy loves to draw. He draws on books and on his homework and even on his math tests&#8212;he might not get the answer right, but doesn&#8217;t it look swell sitting in a boat at sea? His teacher doesn&#8217;t think so, and neither does the principal. But the librarian has an idea to help Billy apply his illustrations to his learning: a book-making contest! So Billy gets to work, reading everything he can about meteors, mythology, space travel, and&#8230;mucus? Yep, Billy&#8217;s book is about the world&#8217;s smartest booger, who stays tucked away until right when he&#8217;s needed&#8212;say, to solve multiplication problems, or answer questions from the President. Billy&#8217;s sure his story is a winner. But being a winner doesn&#8217;t mean you always win. Full of nostalgic references to a time when TV was black-and-white and Sunday newspapers had things called the funnies, this wildly fun story-within-a-story is based loosely on the childhood of children&#8217;s book legend William Joyce, and includes a sewn-in mini-book that tells the tale of the world&#8217;s smartest booger.</div>

Billy's Booger

<div> Based on a groundbreaking study, analysing data on 200 management practices gathered over a 10 year period. Reveals the effectiveness of the 4+2 practices (4 primary and 2 of 4 possible secondary) practices that really matter &#8211;&#8211; the ones that, if followed rigorously, ensure sustained business success. With a new introduction by the authors. With hundreds of well&#8211;known management practices and prescriptions promoted by consultants and available to business, which are really effective and contribute to the growth and continued success of a company? Which do little or nothing? Based on the "Evergreen Project," a massive, 5 year study involving the business school faculties of ten universities, the authors set out to find the management practices that truly promote long&#8211;term growth and success. Their findings will revolutionize the art and practice of business management.The book shows that there are essentially six management practices that all successful companies must master simultaneously. They range from focusing on a strategy of growth to maintaining the depth and quality of human talent in the organization.</div>

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Books By William Joyce (7 Books)

The Man in the Moon

E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth's Core!

The Sandman

Toothiana, Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies

A Bean, a Stalk and a Boy Named Jack

Billy's Booger

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