Books with author Nick Smith

The Witch Boy meets The Legend of Korra in this breathtaking, epic graphic novel. After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. As the twins learn more about the Communion, and themselves, they begin to hatch a plan to avenge their family and retake their royal home. While Hawke wants to return to his old life, Grayce struggles to keep the threads of her new life from unraveling, and realizes she wants to stay in the one place that will allow her to finally live as a girl. This title will be simultaneously available in hardcover.

Autumn Murphy is an average Asian American teenager – strong-willed, intelligent, and kind of geeky. She feels invisible to everyone but her adoptive parents and her childhood sweetheart Dean. A natural beauty, she’s more skilled at kung fu than applying mascara.Previously homeschooled, Autumn simply wants to make it through her first year at a public high school without embarrassing herself. This goal goes on the backburner when Autumn learns she is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan's Golden Family, and a Natigai, a budding shaman with supernatural powers. Skeptical and resentful of her newfound skills and responsibilities, Autumn’s first instinct is to reject them.But the horrific murders and kidnappings taking place in her home town force Autumn to confront her destiny, and with the help of the Guardian Spirits, to use her new elemental powers to heal her community and herself.

The Witch Boy meets The Legend of Korra in this breathtaking, epic graphic novel. After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. As the twins learn more about the Communion, and themselves, they begin to hatch a plan to avenge their family and retake their royal home. While Hawke wants to return to his old life, Grayce struggles to keep the threads of her new life from unraveling, and realizes she wants to stay in the one place that will allow her to finally live as a girl. This title will be simultaneously available in paperback.

There are few who have made a mark on 2018 quite like BTS, the seven member Korean K-Pop group that is singlehandedly reviving the Age of the Boyband with their electric tracks, explosive dance routines and unnervingly perfect hair. BTS may have been catapulted to international acclaim this year, but there’s still a whole world of facts and stories from the six years it took for them to become the first K-Pop act to hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Become a fully-fledged ARMY and learn about the members, the songs, and all of the stages along their journey from pre-debut training to global stardom.

I wrote this book originally in 1965 to show young people how to have fun doing simple monster make-ups. It was published as a 60s magazine and was sold for many years as a back issue. I’ve been a professional makeup artist now for forty years but I still remember the thrill I had making myself up as monsters when I was a teen-ager. What I wanted to do with this book was to provide young amateurs with the information they need to understand and enjoy this art. The book begins with very simple make-ups and ends with some complicated ones. All are explained and illustrated in detail and most of the monsters are ones which I invented for this book. The various make-ups are designed to illustrate the greatest variety of methods and materials. The knowledge you gain from each will enable you to create many make-ups of your own. All of the examples are monsters because they are the most popular, but many of the techniques may be used for character make-ups as well. I’ve brought the text completely up to date in materials and techniques. I hope that this revised edition will introduce many more to the magic of make-up. (from the Preface)

The Witch Boy meets The Legend of Korra in this breathtaking, epic graphic novel. After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. As the twins learn more about the Communion, and themselves, they begin to hatch a plan to avenge their family and retake their royal home. While Hawke wants to return to his old life, Grayce struggles to keep the threads of her new life from unraveling, and realizes she wants to stay in the one place that will allow her to finally live as a girl. This title will be simultaneously available in paperback.

NEW! Non-fiction. Ideal for Guided reading and writing. Also for independent reading and writing. Suitable as take home readers. Interactive books. Good for children who are high-interest, lower ability. Age range: 4-11 years. Provides thorough coverage of literacy strategy for Foundation (P1) through to Year 6 (P7). Can also be used with Year 7+ (S1+). Book banded. Teacher's Notes available separately on CD-ROM. Size: 16cm tall x 19cm wide. Published 2003. 16 pages.