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kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Sign of the Black Rock written and illustrated by Scott Chantler from the series Three Thieves For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5957

Hardcover CAD $17.95 978-1-55453-416-6 Paperback CAD $8.95 978-1-55453-417-3 Grades: 4 to 6 Ages: 9 to 12 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding adventure fantasy graphic novels Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell P Grade Level 3/4 © 2011 4-color 6 x 9 112 pages	Young readers (and adults, too) will feel transported by the clever, intricate plotline and superb, sweeping illustrations of this second title in the Three Thieves series. The action resumes as our three goodhearted fugitives stop at a roadside inn during a ferocious thunderstorm. Narrow escapes ensue as Grig, the scheming and selfish innkeeper, endeavors to capture the trio and secure a reward from the Queen. Tensions mount further as the Queen's Dragons arrive at the tavern, hot on the trail of the fugitives and immediately suspicious of the smarmy Grig. Will Grig get his due? Will the fugitives escape? And why hasn't Grig's gentle wife spoken a word in ten years? You can bet she's got a secret. Reviews “Readers should start with the first volume to get the characters’ back stories, but here’s an animated, breathlessly paced adventure that’s just hitting its stride.” — Kirkus Reviews, June 2011 “Touches of zany slapstick balance nicely with Dessa’s continued resolve to find her lost brother, and Chantler’s inviting cartooning captures it all with special aplomb.” — Booklist, October 2011 “The faces are simple, but emotive, and the detailed line work in the backgrounds and costumes helps considerably in giving the fantastic world a believable dimension. The book has gentle slapstick moments, which add to its appeal.” — School Library Journal, November 2011

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Sign of the Black Rock written and illustrated by Scott Chantler from the series Three Thieves For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5957

Hardcover CAD $17.95 978-1-55453-416-6 Paperback CAD $8.95 978-1-55453-417-3 Grades: 4 to 6 Ages: 9 to 12 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding adventure fantasy graphic novels Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell P Grade Level 3/4 © 2011 4-color 6 x 9 112 pages	Young readers (and adults, too) will feel transported by the clever, intricate plotline and superb, sweeping illustrations of this second title in the Three Thieves series. The action resumes as our three goodhearted fugitives stop at a roadside inn during a ferocious thunderstorm. Narrow escapes ensue as Grig, the scheming and selfish innkeeper, endeavors to capture the trio and secure a reward from the Queen. Tensions mount further as the Queen's Dragons arrive at the tavern, hot on the trail of the fugitives and immediately suspicious of the smarmy Grig. Will Grig get his due? Will the fugitives escape? And why hasn't Grig's gentle wife spoken a word in ten years? You can bet she's got a secret. Reviews “Readers should start with the first volume to get the characters’ back stories, but here’s an animated, breathlessly paced adventure that’s just hitting its stride.” — Kirkus Reviews, June 2011 “Touches of zany slapstick balance nicely with Dessa’s continued resolve to find her lost brother, and Chantler’s inviting cartooning captures it all with special aplomb.” — Booklist, October 2011 “The faces are simple, but emotive, and the detailed line work in the backgrounds and costumes helps considerably in giving the fantastic world a believable dimension. The book has gentle slapstick moments, which add to its appeal.” — School Library Journal, November 2011

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Sign of the Black Rock written and illustrated by Scott Chantler from the series Three Thieves For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5957

Hardcover CAD $17.95 978-1-55453-416-6 Paperback CAD $8.95 978-1-55453-417-3 Grades: 4 to 6 Ages: 9 to 12 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding adventure fantasy graphic novels Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell P Grade Level 3/4 © 2011 4-color 6 x 9 112 pages	Young readers (and adults, too) will feel transported by the clever, intricate plotline and superb, sweeping illustrations of this second title in the Three Thieves series. The action resumes as our three goodhearted fugitives stop at a roadside inn during a ferocious thunderstorm. Narrow escapes ensue as Grig, the scheming and selfish innkeeper, endeavors to capture the trio and secure a reward from the Queen. Tensions mount further as the Queen's Dragons arrive at the tavern, hot on the trail of the fugitives and immediately suspicious of the smarmy Grig. Will Grig get his due? Will the fugitives escape? And why hasn't Grig's gentle wife spoken a word in ten years? You can bet she's got a secret. Reviews “Readers should start with the first volume to get the characters’ back stories, but here’s an animated, breathlessly paced adventure that’s just hitting its stride.” — Kirkus Reviews, June 2011 “Touches of zany slapstick balance nicely with Dessa’s continued resolve to find her lost brother, and Chantler’s inviting cartooning captures it all with special aplomb.” — Booklist, October 2011 “The faces are simple, but emotive, and the detailed line work in the backgrounds and costumes helps considerably in giving the fantastic world a believable dimension. The book has gentle slapstick moments, which add to its appeal.” — School Library Journal, November 2011

written and illustrated by Scott Chantler

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Three Thieves

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Young readers (and adults, too) will feel transported by the clever, intricate plotline and superb, sweeping illustrations of this second title in the Three Thieves series. The action resumes as our three goodhearted fugitives stop at a roadside inn during a ferocious thunderstorm. Narrow escapes ensue as Grig, the scheming and selfish innkeeper, endeavors to capture the trio and secure a reward from the Queen. Tensions mount further as the Queen's Dragons arrive at the tavern, hot on the trail of the fugitives and immediately suspicious of the smarmy Grig. Will Grig get his due? Will the fugitives escape? And why hasn't Grig's gentle wife spoken a word in ten years? You can bet she's got a secret.

Curriculum Connections

Language Arts

Genre, Literature, Understanding

adventure

fantasy

graphic novels

Reading levels

Fountas & Pinnell

Grade Level

3/4

Hardcover

978-1-55453-416-6

Paperback

978-1-55453-417-3

Reviews

“Readers should start with the first volume to get the characters’ back stories, but here’s an animated, breathlessly paced adventure that’s just hitting its stride.”: — Kirkus Reviews, June 2011
“Touches of zany slapstick balance nicely with Dessa’s continued resolve to find her lost brother, and Chantler’s inviting cartooning captures it all with special aplomb.”: — Booklist, October 2011
“The faces are simple, but emotive, and the detailed line work in the backgrounds and costumes helps considerably in giving the fantastic world a believable dimension. The book has gentle slapstick moments, which add to its appeal.”: — School Library Journal, November 2011