My Name Is Rocky

Do Irish superheroes actually sound Irish? Why are Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons funny? How do political cartoonists in India, Turkey, and the US get their point across? What is the impact of English on comics written in other languages? These questions and many more are answered in this volume, which brings together the two fields of comics research and linguistics to produce groundbreaking scholarship. With an international cast of contributors, the book offers novel insights into the role of language in comics, graphic novels, and single-panel cartoons, analyzing the intersections between the visual and the verbal. Contributions examine the relationship between cognitive linguistics and visual elements as well as interrogate the controversial claim about the status of comics as a language. The book argues that comics tell us a great deal about the sociocultural realities of language, exploring what code switching, language contact, dialect, and linguistic variation can tell us about identity – from the imagined and stereotyped to the political and real.

This is a tale about a battle for survival between the feline families that roamed and scavenged on the docklands of Liverpool soon after World War II and the vicious rodent hordes. Food is scarce, fights to the death are frequent, and the rodents fighting in large numbers are murderous in their attempts to kill as many kittens as possible to keep the cat families small in number. The leader of the rat pack, Retsina, an extremely clever and meticulous rat, is a freak of nature because of his size. He is a giant among the rodents. There is one large cat family who are a match for rats. They are the fighting Flynns who are led by Feral Flynn, a giant ginger tom, fearless and brave. He looks after his clan well. Battles up to now are even. Then one night, a new cat hero emerges, a loner who is soon to become the hero among the felines, a scourge on the rodents, who is sharp as a pin, ridiculously cute, and braver and swifter than any feline. He has arrived. Who is this stranger Pancho the Cat? Where did he come from?

When Rocky’s game of hide-and-seek in the big trees of Upstate New York takes a turn, the little owl gets taken on a ride, far far away from home just in time for Christmas. On her journey, Rocky encounters a number of people—some human, some gigantic and gold—places, including the big frozen pond and her first experience “inside," and most importantly, the glamour of unlimited mouse meals that she didn’t have to hunt for herself. Rocky’s Road to the Big City is sure to become a holiday story for the ages; a tiny, feathered piece of New York City holiday lore. Based on the events surrounding the arrival of the 2020 Rockefeller Christmas Tree in New York City, this book tells the story from the perspective of the tiny saw-whet owl who stowed away in its branches. Follow along on Rocky's harrowing adventure from Oneonta to the Big Apple and meet the kind humans who help her along her journey.

My Name Is Rocky is an inspiring story about a dog who always finds the bright side of any situation. Born under a railroad bridge with a homeless veteran, staying at an animal shelter, and finally being adopted by a loving family, Rocky is proof that it's not where you start, but where you finish.

This is a tale about a battle for survival between the feline families that roamed and scavenged on the docklands of Liverpool soon after World War II and the vicious rodent hordes. Food is scarce, fights to the death are frequent, and the rodents fighting in large numbers are murderous in their attempts to kill as many kittens as possible to keep the cat families small in number. The leader of the rat pack, Retsina, an extremely clever and meticulous rat, is a freak of nature because of his size. He is a giant among the rodents. There is one large cat family who are a match for rats. They are the fighting Flynns who are led by Feral Flynn, a giant ginger tom, fearless and brave. He looks after his clan well. Battles up to now are even. Then one night, a new cat hero emerges, a loner who is soon to become the hero among the felines, a scourge on the rodents, who is sharp as a pin, ridiculously cute, and braver and swifter than any feline. He has arrived. Who is this stranger Pancho the Cat? Where did he come from?

An animal adventure story for children 7 - 11 years old about friendship, courage and not giving up. When Hetty the Hedgehog's friends are kidnapped she is the only one that can find and save them. After losing her own family when she was young she is determined not to lose her friends too. She sets out on a difficult journey to rescue them, battling mean Seagulls, overcoming obstacles and coming face to face with the animal snatchers. She may be little but she is no ordinary hedgehog but will her training be enough to achieve such a big rescue?

Two Cowboys in New York is the story of what happens when two cowboys come for a friends wedding in the big city and find when they arrive that the brides father has disappeared. They offer to try to find out what happened to him after he left a meeting at the Port of New York and they become entangled with the New Yorks Mafia, who was robbing passengers at the port. The Mafia never ran into adversaries like these two cowboys before in their history. Indian Leader and Rocky Stone just didnt play by the same rules that the Mafia was used to facing. They were men of the west and lived by the code of the west. Indian and Rocky didnt back down, they would never quit until they either won or died trying. By the time they were through, things at the Port of New York would never be like it was before they came calling. Can Indian and Rocky find the brides father and let their friends wedding finally happen and corral the Mafia at the same time?