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  • Hacks for Minecrafters: Mods: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

    Megan Miller

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Aug. 20, 2019)
    From the author of Hacks for Minecrafters comes the updated guide to the latest mods released for 1.12! If you want to be the best at Minecraft, you’ve got to read up on the latest tricks. This book is packed with full-color screenshots showing the newest, coolest mods available in Minecraft. Minecraft was designed to allow other people to modify it. And while there are several successful game guides on the market already, this book is the first “unofficial hacker’s” super-guide dedicated to adding mods (modifications) to your Minecraft game. Mods add content to the game to alter gameplay, changing the creative feel of the game or giving the players more options for how they interact within the Minecraft world. Mods can make your game run faster, they can add new mobs, mechanics, and quests, and even entirely new dimensions to play in. Hacks for Minecrafters: Mods explores a full range of modifications, including: Installing modsMust-have modsMods o’ magicTech modsPlaying with modpacks Change the rules of your world with each mod you add—anything is fair game! This book explores today’s range of modded Minecraft play, from the must-haves to the fanciful. Written for seven- to twelve-year-old Minecrafters and packed with over one hundred colorful screenshots, this is the ultimate guide on Minecraft mods. Keep your game new and exciting with all these expert tips and tricks.
  • Hacks for Minecrafters: Command Blocks: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

    Megan Miller

    Paperback (Sky Pony, May 28, 2019)
    From the bestselling author of Hacks for Minecrafters comes the updated 1.13 guide to using command blocks in the world of Minecraft!If you want to be the best at Minecraft, you’ve got to read up on the latest tricks. This book is packed with full-color screenshots showing the newest, coolest ways to use one of Minecraft’s coolest features. With Hacks for Minecrafters: Command Blocks, kids will learn everything they need to know about manipulating and programming command blocks within Minecraft. As well as clearly explaining the commands and how to use them, this book has tons of fun tricks and projects for making your own custom maps and mini-games. Other tips cover:Giving and getting lootPutting any enchantment on a weaponCustomizing villagersSupercharging mobs with data tagsCreating a massive fireworks displayCombining command blocks to make programsPacked with expert tips, cheats, and hacks on command blocks, including a reference to commands, and block, item, and entity IDs, and exactly how you use them, and with over one hundred screenshots, Hacks for Minecrafters: Command Blocks shows exactly how the experts wield command blocks and make fun modifications to the Minecraft world.
  • The Unofficial Holy Bible for Minecrafters: A Children's Guide to the Old and New Testament

    Christopher Miko, Garrett Romines, Wanda M. Lundy, Terry A. Smith

    Paperback (Sky Pony, March 3, 2015)
    Now boys and girls can learn stories from the Bible with amazing full-color images from their favorite game: Minecraft!Minecraft has swept the gaming world by storm. Parents of children who play Minecraft will love this fun, educational collection of Bible stories. With the world of Minecraft as a backdrop using vivid, full-color screenshots, children will experience the Bible as never before.With fascinating scripture and narrative simplified to teach young readers, this is the perfect gift. The images created are not only of magnificent, vast terrains often found in Minecraft but also feature artfully re-created Bible characters, such as Adam and Eve, and superb designs of the pyramids and Noah’s ark.With over 470 images, young readers will explore the story of creation, the journey of Abraham, David and Goliath, Moses’s great journey, The Tower of Babel, the birth of Jesus, the Last Supper, and much more!Authors Garrett Romines and Christopher Miko are teachers who have used Minecraft to create imaginative worlds in their classrooms. Now, they have created Bible stories with virtual blocks to produce vibrant, 3-D worlds filled with adventure and astonishing imagination. The Unofficial Holy Bible for Minecrafters makes the Bible more entertaining, engaging, and accessible for children than ever!
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  • The Unofficial Minecrafters Mysteries Series Box Set: 6 Thrilling Stories for Minecrafters!

    Winter Morgan

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Oct. 2, 2018)
    For boys and girls who love Minecraft, here are six exciting stories from a bestselling author that will take them into the world of their favorite game.Edison—skilled alchemist and potion maker—wants nothing more than to practice his skills and win a few competitions. But when a chest of loot mysteriously vanishes from his house, he and his best friend Billy are drawn into an investigation to discover who could have stolen from them—and from their neighbors. Together, they discover that they are good at this sleuthing thing and are drawn into a variety of cases from stolen loot, to a mysterious skeleton invasion, to a cursed island!Included in this box set are the following novels by best-selling author Winter Morgan: Stolen Treasure, Beneath the Blocks, The Skeleton Secret, The Case of the Creepers, Trapped in the Temple, Mystery on Mushroom Island.Join Edison as he becomes more than just an alchemist, but the best detective in the Overworld!
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  • Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

    Megan Miller

    Hardcover (Sky Pony, Oct. 21, 2014)
    From the author of Hacks for Minecrafters comes the most encompassing guide ever to the many amazing builds you can create in Minecraft! With more than 100 million registered Minecraft accounts and rights picked up by Warner Brothers for an action-adventure film in the style of The LEGO Movie, Minecraft is on its way to becoming the next big children’s brand. This adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO. While there are several successful game guides on the market already, this book will be the first unofficial “hacker’s” guide dedicated to building and geared toward seven- to twelve-year-old Minecrafters.With Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder, kids will learn how to build the coolest stuff, including an underwater house, a pirate ship, and a fortified castle! Other tips will help gamers:Find the best locationsChoose their favorite styleLearn how to get started with foundations and wallsBecome landscaping expertsLearn how to decorate their living roomAnd much more!Packed with expert tips, cheats, and hacks on planning all types of buildings and with over one hundred screenshots, Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder shows exactly how the experts bring their amazing structures to life, from designing realistic roofs and exteriors to planning crenellated castle battlements. Detailed step-by-step illustrated guides will let every kid follow along to build their very own awesome castles, bridges, and farms and add the decor and landscaping details that bring their creations to life.
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  • Hacks for Minecrafters: Redstone: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

    Megan Miller

    Hardcover (Sky Pony, April 14, 2015)
    From the author of Hacks for Minecrafters comes the most encompassing guide ever to redstone in the world of Minecraft!With Hacks for Minecrafters: Redstone, kids will learn the basics of manipulating redstone to make amazing contraptions, with clear and illustrated explanations of redstone power and current, as well as how to build essential redstone logic gates, loops, and circuits. Hacks for Minecrafters: Redstone will also demonstrate exactly how to construct some classic and crazy contraptions and machines, including:Automatic doors and furnacesHidden traps and staircasesTNT cannonAutomatic wheat or sugar-cane farmMob piston grinderAnd much more!Packed with expert tips, cheats, and hacks on redstone and with over one hundred screenshots, Hacks for Minecrafters: Redstone shows exactly how the experts wield redstone power and build amazing contraptions. In Minecraft, the risk of attack is ever-present, and players need to utilize every resource available to them, especially redstone.Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love stories told with LEGO bricks, books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. We also publish books for fans of Minecraft and Pokemon GO, including books full of useful hacks, tips, and tricks, as well as Minecraft adventure stories for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, featuring a magical academy similar to Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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  • Hacks for Minecrafters: Command Blocks: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

    Megan Miller

    Hardcover (Sky Pony, May 19, 2015)
    From the author of Hacks for Minecrafters comes the most encompassing guide ever to command blocks in the world of Minecraft!With Hacks for Minecrafters: Command Blocks, kids will learn everything they need to know about manipulating and programming command blocks within Minecraft. As well as clearly explaining the commands and how to use them, this book has tons of fun tricks and projects for making your own custom maps and mini-games. Other tips cover:Giving and getting lootPutting any enchantment on a weaponCustomizing villagersSupercharging mobs with data tagsCreating a massive fireworks displayCombining command blocks to make programsPacked with expert tips, cheats, and hacks on command blocks, including a reference to commands, and block, item, and entity IDs, and exactly how you use them, and with over one hundred screenshots, Hacks for Minecrafters: Command Blocks shows exactly how the experts wield command blocks and make fun modifications to the Minecraft world.
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  • The Giant Book of Hacks for Minecrafters: A Giant Unofficial Guide Featuring Tips and Tricks Other Guides Won't Teach You

    Megan Miller

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Feb. 5, 2018)
    More than 350-full-color pages of tips, tricks, and secrets that will help every boy and girl become a master of Minecraft.Here New York Times bestselling author Megan Miller teaches Minecrafters everything they want to know about manipulating and programming command blocks within Minecraft, manipulating redstone to make amazing contraptions and machines, how to add modifications to their Minecraft game, and more! Other tips will help gamers:Make their own custom maps and mini-gamesBuild essential redstone logic gates, loops, and circuitsExplore today’s range of modded Minecraft play, from the must-haves to the fancifulAnd much, much more!Packed with expert tips, cheats, and hacks! This guide shows users exactly how the experts wield command blocks and make fun modifications (like giving and getting loot and customizing villagers), wield redstone power and build classic and crazy contraptions (like automatic doors and furnaces, and hidden traps and staircases), and keep their games new and exciting with mods (from utilities to full-fledged gameplay extensions and modpacks). Hundreds of screenshots help readers follow along with each tip, step-by-step, to master the Minecrafting world.
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  • Hacks for Minecrafters: Mods: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

    Megan Miller

    Hardcover (Sky Pony, March 1, 2016)
    From New York Times bestselling author Megan Miller, Minecraft tips and tricks book to help boys and girls make the most of their gameMinecraft was originally designed to let other people modify it. Unlike the other successful gaming guides already on the market, this one is the first unofficial “hacker’s” guide specifically for adding mods (modifications) to your Minecraft game. Its hacks for Minecrafters are designed for players ages 7-12, but Minecrafters of every age will enjoy it and find it useful. This adventuring series is ideal for fans of the classic good vs. evil fight, magical schools like Hogwarts, and games like Pokemon GO, Minecraft, and Terraria. With adding mods, Minecrafters can make their own adventures within Minecraft. Mods add content to the game that can change gameplay. This gives the players more options for how they play in the world of Minecraft. This Minecraft mods book can guide readers to adding new mechanics, mobs, and quests to their games as well as entirely new dimensions to play in. The rules of your gaming world can be changed with each and every mod you add! This book is a great gift for any Minecraft lover in your life. It is one of several Megan Miller Minecraft books. Anyone interested in Minecraft mods will use this hacks for Minecrafters book.
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  • Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

    Megan Miller

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Jan. 15, 2019)
    New York Times bestselling author. Here is a guide for boys and girls to the many amazing builds you can create in Minecraft.With hundreds of millions of players, Minecraft has taken control of gamers all over the world. With Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder, you'll be able to take back that control! Now you can craft your world exactly how you want it to look, all while discovering the hidden gems of the game.Updated to add enew function and crafting systems, illusioners, parrots, and building materials like glazed terracotta and concrete, Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder, explains how to build the coolest stuff, including an underwater house, a pirate ship, and a fortified castle! Other tips will help gamers:Find the best locationsChoose their favorite styleLearn how to get started with foundations and wallsBecome landscaping expertsLearn how to decorate their living roomAnd much more!Packed with expert tips, cheats, and hacks on planning all types of buildings and with more than one hundred screenshots, Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder shows exactly how the experts bring their amazing structures to life, from designing realistic roofs and exteriors to planning crenellated castle battlements. Detailed step-by-step illustrated guides will let every kid follow along to build their very own awesome castles, bridges, and farms and add the decor and landscaping details that bring their creations to life.
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  • Hacks for Minecrafters Box Set: 6 Unofficial Guides to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won?t Teach You

    Megan Miller

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Nov. 1, 2016)
    If you love to play Minecraft, then the Hacks for Minecrafters Box Set is what you need to play your very best game. Six great books at one great price. Have fun!Here are six full-color books to help you play, help you win, help you show off to your friends: Hacks for Minecrafters, Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder, Hacks for Minecrafters: Combat Edition, Hacks for Minecrafters: Command Blocks, Hacks for Minecrafters: Redstone, Hacks for Minecrafters: ModsWhether you want to learn how to fight smart, build something amazing, or adapt your world with game-changing mods, these books will be your go-to guides. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs and complete with easy-to-follow directions, the Hacks for Minecrafters books are packed with expert tips, cheats, and hacks. The Hacks for Minecrafters Box Set is the perfect gift for any Minecraft fan.
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  • Hacks for Minecrafters

    Megan Miller

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Feb. 19, 2019)
    Bestselling author! An all-encompassing, full-color guide to combat in the world of Minecraft.With hundreds of millions of users, Minecraft is one of the world's most played games and one of the world’s biggest children's brands. Hacks for Minecrafters: Combat Edition covers function and crafting systems, illusioners, parrots, and building materials like glazed terracotta and concrete.In Hacks for Minecrafters: Combat Edition, readers will learn how to defend their property and fight off hostile mobs and monsters like zombies, spiders, and skeletons! Other tips include:Updated enchanting for armor, weapons, and moreHow to deal with new behaviors for hostile mobsThe best ways to defeat new hostile mobs, such as killer bunnies, ocean-dwelling guardians, elder guardian mini-bosses, and the rare endermiteAnd much more!Packed with expert tips, cheats, and hacks on fighting all types of enemies and with more than one hundred screenshots, Hacks for Minecrafters: Combat Edition shows exactly how the experts defend themselves and fight attackers, from cave spiders to creepers to zombie pigmen. In Minecraft, the risk of attack is ever-present, and players need to know how to build weapons, set traps, and escape to safety.
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