Scott Altmann – illustratör

New to the Random House list is author Bill Doyle with a tale of monsters, magic, and mayhem.After Keats and Henry lose their bikes, they need money—fast. So the help-wanted ad at the supermarket seems ideal for them. All they have to do is weed Hallway House''s garden, find some lightbulbs in the attic, sweep the garage . . . and battle a shark-headed zombie. But no one told them about the giant bookworms in the library, the toe-biting carpet in the halls, and the kitchen sinkhole!From the Trade Paperback edition.

Fast on the fins of Attack of the Shark-Headed Zombie is Bill Doyle''s second tale of magic and mayhem.Mr. Cigam has a new job for Keats and Henry. All they have to do is capture one little slug in the Purple Rabbit Supermarket. Sounds easy, right? Wrong! First, the slug isn''t so little. Second, there''s way more than just one. And to top it off, the supermarket has gone all kooky—Mr. Cigam''s mixed-up magic has swirled down every aisle! There are pests in the produce and an angry snowman in frozen foods. Can Keats and Henry clean up this supermarket mess?From the Trade Paperback edition.

Following Attack of the Shark-Headed Zombie and Stampede of the Supermarket Slugs is Bill Doyle''s third tale of monsters and magic. Mr. Cigam has a new job for Keats and Henry—a job working for his mixed-up stepsisters, Lillian and Beatrice. The sisters have lost a magical compass at the Tophat Junkyard, and ever since then, they''ve lost their sense of direction as well. Now they need pleh! (That''s help spelled backward.) But for Keats and Henry, finding the compass isn''t going to be easy. Something else is searching for it, too—a magic-sniffing junkyard hog with wings, long sharp tusks, and an appetite for destruction!