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| Bertie's Picture Day, by Pat
Brisson/ K,W Bertie wants to look spiffy for his class picture, but a disastrous weekend of losing a tooth, getting a shiner, and a bad haircut result in his looking "interesting" instead. Read more about Bertie in Hot Fudge Hero |
| The Paint Brush Kid, by Clyde
Robert Bulla/ K Gregory and his friends help their neighbor, Uncle Pancho, save his house from demolition by painting a mural of his life on the house's walls. Read more about Gregory in The Chalk Box Kid |
| T.R. Goes to School, by
Terrance Dicks/ K T.R.--a teddy bear named Teddy Roosevelt--is bored with staying in his owner Jimmy's bedroom all day, so he convinces Jimmy to take him to school with him. Read more about T.R. in T.R's Halloween |
| The Thanksgiving Day Parade
Mystery, by Marion Markham/ K Twin sisters Mickey & Kate Dixon are on the case when a whole marching band dissapears right before the big parade. Read the other books about Mickey & Kate, such as The April Fool's Day Mystery, and The Birthday Party Mystery |
| All Star Fever: A Peach Street
Mudder's Story, by Matt Christopher/ K,W Shortstop Bus Mercer has been dreaming of making the all-star team, but foolish personal decisions almost cause him to blow the big tryout game. Read the other books about the Peach Street Mudders, such as Centerfield Ballhawk & Man out at First |
| I'm Out of My Body--Please
Leave a Message, by Dan Greenburg/ K When Zack's friend Spencer spends the night, the boys discover how to leave their bodies and travel around New York City. But now they have a problem--they can't figure out how to get back inside themselves!! Read the other books in the Zack Files series, such as Zap! I'm a Mind Reader, and Through the Medicine Cabinet |
| Nannies for Hire, by Amy Hest/
K When best friends Casey, Jenny, and Kate decide to take care of Jenny's baby sister, they find the job, complete with feeding, crying, and dirty diapers, to be much more than they bargained for. Read more about Casey, Jenny, and Kate in Pajama Party and Party on Ice |
| The Worst Kid Who Ever Lived on
Eighth Avenue, by Laurie Lawlor/ K What was in that big black bag that Leroy, the "worst kid who ever lived on Eighth Avenue," buried in his backyard? That's what the Eighth Avenue gang of Mary Lou, Tommy, Leo & Lynn want to find out! |
| Pa Lia's First Day, by Michelle
Edwards/ K,W On her first day in her new school, Pa Lia Vang can't find her classroom, is knocked down by a bully, and gets into trouble for passing notes. Could things get any worse? Read the other books in the Jackson Friends series, such as Talent Show & Zero Grandparents |
| Spider Storch's Fumbled Field
Trip, by Gina Willner-Pardo/ K,W Field trips are great, unless you're Spider Storch, whose trouble-making gets him sent back to the bus to eat with the ogre of a bus driver. Read the other books in the Spider Storch series, such as Spider Storch's Teacher Trouble, and Spider Storch's Carpool Catastrophe |
| Louise Takes Charge, by Stephen
Krensky/ K,W Louise Page has a problem, and his name is Jasper Hall. Jasper is the class bully, and he almost ruins their class project--until Louise comes up with a plan for the whole class to outsmart him. Read more about Louise in Louise Goes Wild and Louise, Soccer Star |
| Where are the Bears? by Kay
Winters/ K On the first day of camping season, Mother Bear warns her cubs to beware of campers! But the cubs are just "sooo" curious, they have to get a close-up look at the campers, and cause some mischief. |
| The Lunchroom of Doom, by
Daniel Pinkwater/ K,W Werewolf Club member Billy Furball has been banned from the school lunchroom for having a food fight with himself. Worse yet, Dr. Mendoza, the Board of Education Psychiatrist, insists that none of the members of the club are really werewolfs because werewolves don't exist. How will the boys handle such problems? Read the other books in the Werewolf Club series, such as The Magic Pretzel. |
| The Return of Rinaldo, the Sly Fox, by Ursel Scheffler/
K,W Rinaldo, the Sly Fox, is up to his old tricks--and plenty of new ones. He escapes from Bruno the Duck Detective by hiding out right under his nose, and then pulls a trick on the town's people in order to make some money. But Rinaldo may have met his match in a glamorous movie star. Has the Sly Fox finally been outfoxed? Read more about Rinaldo in Rinaldo on the Run |
| The Bogeyman Caper: An Eagle-Eye Ernie Mystery, by Susan
Pearson/ K,W Is there a bogeyman in the yellow house? Ernie doesn't believe in them--but what else could be making such creepy noises? Read more about Eagle-Eye Ernie in The Tap Dance Mystery |
| Annabel the Actress Starring in "Gorilla My
Dreams," by Ellen Conford/ K,W Annabel, who will take any job as long as it involves acting, works as Queen Kong, a paid gorilla at a five-year-old's birthday party. Read the other books about Annabel, such as Annabel the Actress Starring in Just a Little Extra |
| Gloria's Way, by Ann Cameron/ K,W After appearing as Julian Bates's best friend in many of Cameron's other stories, Gloria finally has six stories of her own, including dealing with a "pain-in-the-neck" parott from next door and training a puppy. Read more about Gloria in Ann Cameron's books about Julian & Huey |
| Rosie's Big City Ballet, by
Patricia Reilly Giff/ K, W A special visitor is coming to Rosie's ballet class, and she is going to choose just one girl to play a part in her summer ballet. Rosie wants the part more than anything. Does she stand a chance? Read the other books in the Ballet Slippers series, such as Rosie's Nutcracker Dreams |
| Let Me Off This Spaceship, by
Gery Greer & Bob Ruddick/ W When Todd and Billy are kidnapped by creatures from outer space, they try to make as much trouble as possible so the spaceship captain will take them back to earth. |
| Horrible Harry and the Purple
People, by Suzy Kline/ W Harry insists there are invisible Purple People in Room 2B, and after he appears to tame a bee, and find a lost lunch card with the help of the Purple People, his skeptical classmates start to wonder if he is telling the truth. Read the other books in the Horrible Harry series, such as Horrible Harry and the Green Slime, and Horrible Harry and the Kickball Wedding. |
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