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A Fin-tastic Finish (Shark School #5)
by Aaron Blecha Davy OceanHarry Hammer wants to befriend a tiger shark and become a sports legend at Shark Point Scout Camp in this fifth Shark School (mis)adventure. <P><P>Harry Hammer has a new hero: Turbo Tex, a gold-medal-winning tiger shark. Maybe Harry can be just like him at Shark Point Scout Camp! Tony, another tiger shark, joins the group right in time for their annual sports camp, and Harry is over the moon. <P><P>But Tony doesn't seem to want to be friends. How can Harry change Tony's mind and make his sporting dreams come true?
Splash Dance (Shark School #6)
by Aaron Blecha Davy OceanHarry Hammer enters a school dance contest in hopes of winning a fin-tastic prize in this sixth Shark School (mis)adventure. <P><P>Everyone in Shark Point is talking about the end-of-the-year school party. There's a dance contest with a super-cool Fintendo DS game system up for grabs! Harry's got his eye on the prize, but he needs someone to help him with his moves...especially when number one enemy Rick Reef enters the contest. Can Harry get into his groove and beat the competition?
Big Top Flop
by Carolyn Keene Peter FrancisHelp Nancy and her friends track down the crafty clown who stole George's junior ringmaster whistle in the fourth book in an all-new, interactive Nancy Drew chapter book mystery series. Includes space for readers to jot down their own ideas and solutions to the case!The Bingle and Bumble Circus is coming to River Heights, and Nancy, Bess, and George are super excited to see the clowns, animals, and acrobats. But most of all, they're excited about the Junior Ringmaster whistling contest! To win, all they have to do is be the kid who whistles the loudest and the longest. The winner of the contest will get to be Junior Ringmaster at the circus's opening night and they'll get a shiny silver whistle as a prize! After George wins, her friends can't wait to see her in the show. But when the time comes, she blows and blows her whistle...and nothing comes out. When she checks her whistle, George realizes that it was switched with a broken one! Will Nancy and her friends find the whistle-snatcher before the circus leaves town?
Captain Awesome and the Mummy's Treasure (Captain Awesome #15)
by George O'Connor Stan Kirby<P>Captain Awesome ventures into the depths of a museum to reclaim the mummy's ancient treasure in the fifteenth adventure of Captain Awesome and the Sunnyview Superhero Squad! <P>Eugene and his class are off to the Sunnyview Museum. At first, the trip seems booooring...until they stumble upon an Egyptian mummy and an ancient stone. <P>After a closer examination of the stone, Eugene knows that the symbols on it are a secret map to an ancient treasure hidden somewhere in the building. <P>Now it's up to Captain Awesome and the Sunnyview Superhero Squad to track down the treasure before they must head back to school! <P>With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Captain Awesome chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!
The Mystery of the Secret Society
by Marcos Calo Harper ParisEthan and Ella discover a secret society in Greece in the tenth book of Greetings from Somewhere, an exciting series about mystery, travel, and adventure.Ethan and Ella have never been anywhere as cool--or as old--as Athens, Greece. Surrounded by crumbling buildings and ancient sculptures, the twins are excited to follow in their Grandpa Harry's footsteps and explore the ruins. While they're exploring, they stumble upon a mysterious painting on an underground wall. What is it? And what in the world is the Society of Apollo? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
The Clover Curse
by Jennifer A. Bell Poppy GreenSophie finds a four-leaf clover that isn't exactly lucky in the seventh book of The Adventures of Sophie Mouse!Sophie Mouse is painting in Clio's Clover patch on a beautiful spring day when she spots something unusual. It's a clover...but it has four leaves! Four-leaf clovers are supposed to bring good luck, right? Sophie waits and waits for this good luck, but it seems like just the opposite is happening. She spills paint all over herself, she doesn't have any fun daydreams, and she forgets about an adventure she was supposed to go on with Hattie! Will Sophie ever be able to break this Clover Curse? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Adventures of Sophie Mouse chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
The Pegasus Quest
by Jordan Quinn Robert McphillipsIn the tenth fantastical adventure of The Kingdom of Wrenly series, Prince Lucas and Clara must rescue a young Pegasus.When a shooting star streaks across the night sky, Prince Lucas makes a wish for an epic adventure. Little did he know it would come true! As Lucas and Clara set out to investigate some mysterious happenings in Wrenly, they find a Pegasus that is lost and in danger. Will the two friends be able to help the mystical creature find its way back home to a floating castle high above in the clouds? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The Kingdom of Wrenly chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
The Otter
by Cynthia Rylant Preston McdanielsNewbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant brings the peaceful sounds, sights, and characters of the coast vividly to life in the sixth book of the Lighthouse Family series, in which the family assists an otter in need. On a lovely summer day, the lighthouse family hears the bell on the fog buoy ringing. It is an otter, whose sister is trapped in an old fishing net! With the help of some friendly dolphins and sawfish, the lighthouse family devises a plan to free the trapped otter—and makes two new friends along the way.
Robots Rule the School
by Sam Ricks Ada HopperIn the fourth DATA Set adventure, the DATA Set race to deprogram an army of robots before they take over Newtonberg Elementary School.One morning, Mrs. Bell, the science teacher, challenges the students to invent their own robots. The class builds their best creations and on presentation day, everything goes well...until all the robots start malfunctioning! Now it's up to the DATA Set and their new classmate, Olive Thompson, to deprogram these machines before an army of robots take over the entire school! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The DATA Set chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.
Basil of Baker Street (The Great Mouse Detective #1)
by Eve Titus Paul GaldoneNamed one of "13 Detective Book Series You Obsessed over as a Kid" by Buzzfeed.com and the inspiration for a hit Disney film, the masterful Great Mouse Detective series is now available to a whole new generation of readers!Basil--the famous sleuth of mousedom--lives in the cellar of Sherlock Holmes's house. A devoted admirer of the great detective, he has learned his craft by listening at the feet of Holmes himself. But will it be enough to help Basil solve his most baffling mystery yet? The Mystery of the Missing Twins is one of the strangest cases in Basil's career. With only a few crumbs of clues with which to find answers, how is he ever going to figure out where Angela and Agatha are being kept--and, of course, who mouse-napped them! Will Basil's mouse sleuthing skills be up to the task of finding the twins before it's too late?
Captain Awesome Meets Super Dude!: Super Special (Captain Awesome #17)
by George O'Connor Stan Kirby<P>Captain Awesome gets to meet his idol in this super special seventeenth adventure of the Sunnyview Superhero Squad! <P>In this super special, Captain Awesome encounters his biggest villain yet! <P>But just when all might be lost, someone lends a hand. And not just a regular hand. A super hand. Because it's Super Dude! <P>This super special is 160 pages packed with action! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Captain Awesome chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!
The Gift of the Magi
by O. HenryThe classic holiday tale of love, devotion, and the art of giving--written by one of the world's best-known short-story authors--will delight those both new to and familiar with this timeless narrative.
Persuasion
by Jane AustenAnne Elliot is the overlooked middle daughter of the vain Sir Walter Elliot, and her elder sister, Elizabeth, resembles her father in temperament and delights in the fact that as the eldest daughter she can assume her mother's former position in their rural neighborhood. Anne's younger sister, Mary, is a nervous, clinging woman who has made an unspectacular marriage to the heir to a bucolic but respected local squire. None of her surviving family can provide much companionship for the elegant-minded Anne, who, still unmarried at 27, seems destined for spinsterhood.
Raggedy Ann Stories
by Johnny GruelleMrs. Raffles, widow of the now-deceased A. J. Raffles (gentleman, amateur cricket player, and thief), continues the family legacy of crime -- but this time in America. These stories are narrated by her cohort, Harry "Bunny" Manders, previously the devoted friend and sidekick of A.J. Raffles, in much the same style as the original stories by E.W. Hornung.
Movie Madness
by Carolyn Keene Peter FrancisHelp Nancy and her friends find a prop that's gone missing from a superhero movie set in the fifth book in an interactive Nancy Drew chapter book mystery series. Grab a piece of paper and get ready to jot down your own ideas and solutions to the case!School is out for summer and the timing is great because a movie is filming in River Heights, and Nancy, Bess, and George--along with a bunch of their classmates--get to be extras in a scene shot at the playground! The movie features Glam Girl, a fashion-forward superhero who gets her powers through her clothes. When the girls arrive on set, they catch a glimpse of the super shoes that give Glam Girl the ability to run, jump, and kick with super-speed. An assistant explains to them that there is only one pair in existence and that they were custom-made for the actress Shasta's feet. Everyone goes wild as Glam Girl runs into the playground, blue shoes glimmering. But when Shasta's on a between-scenes break, the shoes go missing! The director says that if the shoes aren't found, they'll be leaving River Heights and their scene won't make it into the movie! Good thing Nancy happens to have her most important prop right in her pocket--her clue book. Who took the blue super shoes? Was it Paloma Garva, who needs a pair of blue shoes for her Junior Fashion Show? Was it Rosie the stunt-woman, who seems to envy Shasta's spotlight? Or was it the Popcorn Peeps, their classmates' film club, who need movie relics for their new museum?
Heart on Fire
by Ann Malaspina Steve JamesOn November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony made history--and broke the law--when she voted in the US presidential election, a privilege that had been reserved for men. She was arrested, tried, and found guilty: "The greatest outrage History ever witnessed," she wrote in her journal. It wasn't until 1920 that women were granted the right to vote, but the civil rights victory would not have been possible without Susan B. Anthony's leadership and passion to stand up for what was right.
Miss Fox's Class Shapes Up
by Eileen Spinelli Anne KennedyMiss Fox's class is back, and this time the students are lethargic and cranky until they learn to eat better, exercise, and get more sleep. "This class is going to get fit!" Miss Fox says. "So we can be ready for Field Day?" asks Frog. "Not just for Field Day," says Miss Fox. "For every day!"
Penny and the Punctuation Bee
by Moira Rose Donohue Jenny LawElsie, an exclamation point, announces loudly that she's sure she'll win the school Punctuation Bee. After all, an exclamation point has won the last three years. But Penny, a period, and her friend, Quentin, a question mark, decide to practice and practice. More than anything, Penny wants to beat Elsie, who brags way too much! The bee begins and one by one, the punctuation marks drop out. Finally, as the loudspeaker announces the end of the school day, only Quentin, Penny, and Elsie remain. It looks like a three-way tie. Then Quentin asks an important question that saves the day--for Penny! Moira Donohue, author of Alfie the Apostrophe, again makes punctuation fun in this up-close look at the important mark that stops everything--the period. Jenny Law's lively illustrations add just the right touch.
Miss Fox's Class Goes Green
by Eileen Spinelli Anne KennedyWhen Miss Fox shows up at school riding her bicycle, Mouse asks, "Do you have a flat tire?" "No," Miss Fox tells her students. "I am going green!" Soon everyone in the class is working to keep the earth healthy. Mouse takes shorter showers (and does her singing after!); Bunny brings a cloth bag to the supermarket; and Possum turns the lights off when he goes out. And Miss Fox's simple act has ripples even beyond her own students . . . the principal starts riding his bike, too, and soon the whole school is going green! As in Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class, Eileen Spinelli and Anne Kennedy have combined their talents to make a serious subject both funny and inspiring.
Librarian on the Roof!
by M. G. King Stephen GilpinWhen RoseAleta Laurell begins her new job at the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas, she is surprised that the children of the town think the library is for adults. She vows to raise the money for a children's section and spends a week living and working on the library roof, even surviving a dangerous storm. With the help of the entire town, RoseAleta raises over $39,000 from within the community and across the country. Today if you look through the front window of the Eugene Clark Library, you will see shelves stacked full with children's books and tables and chairs just the right size. You will see artwork on the walls, and a row of busy computers. Best of all, you will always find crowds of children who love to read and learn inside the walls of the oldest library in Texas.
Golden Delicious
by Anna Egan Smucker Kathleen KemlyPaul and Lloyd Stark, owners of the Stark Bro's Nursery in Missouri, were looking for the perfect apple. It would be sweet and juicy. It would bring them fame and fortune, and would be crowned Queen of the Apple World! Box after box arrived from farmers who were sure they had grown the perfect apple, but none of the apples was quite right.Meanwhile, many miles away in the hills of West Virginia, Anderson Mullins was inspecting his new farm. It had been a hot summer and everything was dry as dust. He certainly didn't expect to find a glossy, green-leaved tree loaded with shining yellow apples. When the Stark brothers received Anderson Mullins's yellow apples in the spring of 1914, they were astonished. Never had they tasted anything so crisp and delicious! Was this the apple they had been looking for? Paul Stark set out on a thousand-mile journey to see this marvelous tree for himself. Based on real events, this story of how the Golden Delicious apple came to be is perfect for discussions on nature and growing fruits and vegetables. Kathleen Kemly's detailed, cheerful art creates the perfect setting for Anna Egan Smucker's charming text. The author lives in West Virginia. The illustrator lives in Washington State.
The Memory Box
by Mary Bahr David CunninghamWhen Gramps realizes he has Alzheimer's disease, he starts a memory box with his grandson, Zach, to keep memories of all the times they have shared.
And God Created Squash
by Giuliano Ferri Martha Whitmore HickmanMartha Hickman's retelling of the Creation makes a familiar story as fresh and entrancing as an emerging world. Giuliano Ferri's playful paintings are inspired by wonder as he imagines a newborn earth, its varied inhabitants, and their infinitely loving Creator.
Ben, King of the River
by David Gifaldi Layne JohnsonChad can't wait for the camping trip. He just hopes his brother, Ben, won't ruin it. Ben was born with a developmental disability, and though he's five, he doesn't always act it. Ben doesn't like new things, and sometimes his behavior is embarrassing. Chad loves Ben, but life with him can be frustrating. The camping trip is great, and Ben especially loves being in the water. He splashes and plays and holds his hands high, like he's King of the River. But Chad sees some boys who make fun of Ben. The brothers encounter the same boys later and Chad expects the worst. But when he introduces Ben, something surprising--and wonderful--takes place.
Police Cat
by Wendy Rasmussen Enid HinkesNoodles wants to be an official member of the police department more than anything. But the rules won't allow cats on the squad, even if Noodles is the best rat-chaser in the city. Still, Noodles goes out every night and patrols the streets. One night he comes upon a pack of rats that are up to no good. While chewing wires the rats start a fire in a basement. Noodles gets into the house and wakes the sleeping children. The whole family escapes and Noodles is a hero. But, wait--Truman, the police dog with the K-9 unit, gets the credit. Will the rescued family set the record straight?