Christopher Nicholas: 47 books

As part of the unique, science Know-It-Alls! Series that features stunning covers and engaging text, this book puts the spotlight on Spiders! Did you know that some spiders are big enough to eat frogs, lizards and small birds? Awesome life-like illustrations and informative stat boxes, filled with...

As part of the unique, science Know-It-Alls! Series that features stunning covers and engaging text, this book puts the spotlight on Lizards! Did you know lizards have two big eyes and can see very well? In fact, some lizards can even look in two directions at the same time. Learn about the largest...

As part of the unique, science Know-It-Alls! Series that features stunning covers and engaging text, this book puts the spotlight on Snakes! Did you know that snakes have two eyes? But they don’t have any eyelids, so they can’t blink. Awesome life-like illustrations and informative stat boxes,...

As part of the unique, science Know-It-Alls! Series that features stunning covers and engaging text, this book puts the spotlight on Volcanoes! Did you know that scientists that study volcanoes are called volcanologists? Learn about the three main types of volcanoes: cinder cone, shield volcanoes...

As part of the unique, science Know-It-Alls! Series that features stunning covers and engaging text, this book puts the spotlight on Fish! Did you know that fish can see all the way around themselves, without turning their heads? This comes in handy when they are looking for food. Awesome life-like...

As part of the unique, science Know-It-Alls! Series that features stunning covers and engaging text, this book puts the spotlight on Bears! Did you know the Sun Bear is the smallest of all the bears? Sun Bears are not much bigger than a dog! They have a yellowish-orange mark on their chest that looks...

As part of the unique, science Know-It-Alls! Series that features stunning covers and engaging text, this book puts the spotlight on Kittens! Did you know a kitten’s whiskers grow to be a little longer than the length of its body? Learn why a kitten always lands on its feet and other fun facts....

As part of the unique, science Know-It-Alls! Series that features stunning covers and engaging text, this book puts the spotlight on Wolves! Did you know a wolf can pick up the scent of an animal from a mile (1.6km) away? Awesome life-like illustrations and informative stat boxes, filled with interesting...

Oh, no! Woody has been kidnapped by a toy collector! Buzz races to the rescue, but Woody’s not sure he wants to leave. Should he stay and enjoy a life of fame, or return to Andy, the boy who really loves him? The blockbuster film Toy Story 2 is retold in this full-color, 24-page storybook.

The acclaimed author of Veronica and A Trip to the Stars returns with a dazzling new novel based on one of the great legends of musical history.   New Orleans, 1900.The virtuoso cornet player Charles “Buddy” Bolden invents jazz, but after a life consumed by tragedy, the groundbreaking sound of...

“A large, lavishly inventive novel . . . an American descendant of The Arabian Nights . . . erudite and artful entertainment.”—The New York Times Book Review At a Manhattan planetarium in 1965, ten-year-old Enzo is whisked away from his young adoptive aunt, Mala. His abductor turns out...

Best known as a novelist, Nicholas Christopher began publishing poems in The New Yorker in his twenties, and has published eight collections, praised over the years by poets and critics as being among America’s most important poets. Reviewing his selected poems, Crossing the Equator, published eight...

Film noir is more than a cinematic genre. It is an essential aspect of American culture. Along with the cowboy of the Wild West, the denizen of the film noir city is at the very center of our mythological iconography. Described as the style of an anxious victor, film noir began during the post-war...

"Walk on the Wild Side," the first anthology to plumb the maze of American urban life, gives us the city in all its forms: ethnic, economic, religious, political, sexual, intellectual. Poet and novelist Nicholas Christopher has chosen 115 poems from sixty poets, representing more than twenty cities....