An all-ages adventure about friendship and seeing past differences. "Enough wit to amuse... enough charm to beguile." The New York Times Mortimer is a young bird... who can't fly. His wings just aren't big enough, not yet, but that doesn't stop his well-intentioned parents from making him jump off the tree branch, again and again and again. It's terrifying and painful for Mortimer -- but he keeps trying. Then, one night, he overhears his parents talking, and discovers that they suspect he's a lazy bird! Mortified, Mortimer decides to run away from the nest. He won't return until he has learned how to fly. Mortimer's journey takes him to a place he has never seen or heard of before: The City! There, he discovers strange metal creatures (cards) and strange gangly creatures (humans) -- and meets the most talkative worm who has ever lived -- Lucius! Mortimer also happens to be a vegetarian, so the two strike up an almost immediate friendship. It's not soon before Lucius hatches a plan that will allow Mortimer to visit Wormland -- a plan that involves a human sock and the invention of the largest worm who has ever existed! But danger lurks as a group of military birds are planning an attack during Wormland's most important holiday, Wormy Squirmy Day. Caught in the middle, Mortimer will be forced to choose between siding with the worms and siding with the birds -- or will he?!

A collection from the LAUNCH lineup for beginning readers! Launch bridges the gap between children’s picture books and comics with three stages: Stage One - a few simple words, but mostly letters and sounds; Stage Two - more simple words, and repetition; Stage Three - expanded vocabulary, still beginning reader, plus in Stage Three we introduce sequential storytelling with one-panel, two-panel, and three-panel pages! All stories have fun, colorful artwork by amazing artists! The Supercats series of chapter books are Stage Two readers. Collects five Supercats titles, including: Supercats, Supercats Mewow, Supercats: Halloween Special, Supercats: Happy BD Mewow, and the Supercats Coloring Book.

From the LAUNCH lineup for beginning readers, this Supercats Coloring Book lets kids create their own adventures by coloring in Supercats artwork. Collects artwork from Supercats stories and never-before-seen pages. The kids can color and enjoy.

Wannabes is an ongoing action-packed series for all ages that follows the attempted rise of a new hero and a new villain in a world full of superheroes. Written and created by Mitchell Martinez, Wannabes is published by Scout Comics. Jordan and Walt love comics, especially those that follow the adventures of their favorite real-life superheroes! Jordan idolizes the high ideals and selflessness of the more noble heroes, but Walt prefers the street-level vigilantes who punish the bad guys with crippling force. When the fifteen-year-olds decide to don ski masks and patrol their neighborhood to become heroes themselves, they are easily beaten by a mugger and narrowly escape becoming stabbing victims themselves. Undeterred, they try again, but this time there are guns, and this time there are radioactive canisters, and this time... well read the trade of Wannabes to find out!

Saving Santa is a humorous and lightly satirical holiday fantasy for all ages, reimagining Santa Claus as the conflicted C.E.O. of a modern business enterprise. Written by Arun Narayanan and illustrated by Jessica Warrick, Saving Santa is published by Scout Comics. Lucy Goodshoe, an idealistic young elf from the North Pole inner city, just landed her dream job: assistant to Santa Claus, the CEO, founder, and face of the multibillion-dollar, global toy manufacturing and distribution empire known as North Pole Industries. But Lucy quickly discovers things are not so jolly on the top floor. While Santa has been distracted by fortune and fame, his bitter co-founder Rudy Rednose has pushed the company to ruthlessly focus on profit over everything else, firing hundreds of hardworking elves in favor of soulless robots. And this year before Christmas Eve, Rudy plans to replace Santa and his reindeer with a robot Santa and drones! But Lucy loves Christmas too much to let that happen, and now that she has access to the company's inner workings, maybe she can stop him! If she can remind Santa Claus of who he used to be before corporate interests sapped his Christmas spirit, then Lucy and Santa just might be able to take the company back and save Christmas—before it’s too late!