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The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers (The Unbelievable Oliver #1)
By Pseudonymous Bosch. 2019
From the author of the bestselling Secret Series comes this funny chapter-book mystery about a third-grade magician and the wisecracking…
rabbit who is the secret brains behind his act.Eight-year-old Oliver dreams of being a professional magician, even though he has terrible stage fright. And now, his friends Teenie and Bea have gotten him invited to a classmate's birthday party as the paid entertainment! Desperate for help, he visits The Great Zoocheeni's Magic Emporium, but comes away with nothing more than a moth-eaten top hat.Oliver is in for a lucky surprise, though. Inside that top hat hides a wisecracking rabbit named Benny, who agrees to help Oliver with his act. But at the party, Oliver is accused of robbery! He'll need to solve the mystery of the missing robo-cat to clear his name before he and Benny can amaze the crowd with their grand finale.Project Me 2.0 (MAX)
By Jan Gangsei. 2019
An eleven-year-old boy on a quest to impress his suddenly cute, longtime friend accidentally manifests a tiny internet guru into…
existence in this hilarious MAX novel!All class clown Farley Andrew Turner (yes, that spells FAT) wanted the summer before seventh grade was to give his image a little boost…and maybe, just maybe, impress his oldest pal, whom he has a secret crush on. But when Farley accidentally manifests a tiny internet guru into existence (think genie, but far more annoying and without any ability whatsoever to grant wishes), his entire plan goes sideways. Now, in order to rid himself of the four-inch tall pest spouting ridiculous self-help advice and doing yoga on his mouse pad, Farley must complete all “Seven Steps to a Whole New You!”—no matter how embarrassing they may be. Which is how Farley finds himself outfitted in too-small spandex and suffering through daily jogs with his super-athletic dad, attempting to read War and Peace, and agreeing to play toy guitar in his best friend Burt’s newly formed off-pitch boy band. Unfortunately, it only goes downhill from there… But hey, no one ever claimed the path to enlightenment would be easy, did they?Mia goes up against a mighty robot in this sixth adventure of the Mia Mayhem chapter book series!Mia&’s best friend,…
Eddie, has built an awesome robot that&’s supposed to be a mighty cleaning machine! And at first, everything runs smoothly as the robot helps around the house and at regular school! But things quickly go haywire when Mia accidentally makes the robot grow three times its normal size. Does Mia have what it takes to go up against a mighty, big robot? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Mia Mayhem chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.Mia Mayhem Stops Time! (Mia Mayhem #5)
By Kara West. 2019
Mia learns to control time in this fifth adventure of the Mia Mayhem chapter book series!When Mia first learned she…
had superpowers, there was one ability that always came rather naturally: freezing time and people! So, when she finally learns the secret to controlling it, she’s excited to put her new skills to the test. But when she ends up accidentally freezing the entire town, will she find a way to make the clock start ticking again? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Mia Mayhem chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.Heidi Heckelbeck and the Wacky Tacky Spirit Week (Heidi Heckelbeck #27)
By Wanda Coven. 2019
Heidi’s school is having a school spirit week in the twenty-seventh Heidi Heckelbeck adventure!It’s Spirit Week at Brewster Elementary and…
everyone is excited! From Crazy Hair Monday to Wacky Tacky Wednesday to Superhero Thursday, students are invited to be as creative and zany as possible. Heidi and her friends can’t wait to dress up. But when Melanie Maplethorpe brags about being the most spirited student ever, Heidi decides to become the wackiest witch of all! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Heidi Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.Crash! Bang! Boo! (Junior Monster Scouts #2)
By Joe McGee. 2019
The Junior Monster Scouts celebrate The Village’s 150th birthday in the hilarious second chapter book of the Junior Monster Scouts…
series!It’s The Village’s 150th birthday celebration! And that means bright lights, popcorn machines, a marching band, and a musical merry-go-round. But not if Baron Von Grump can help it! If he shuts off The Village’s electricity, there won’t be any noise or merriment. Meanwhile, in Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory, Igor Jr. was specifically told not to touch anything, especially “that lever.” But Igor Jr. didn’t listen, and now the lab is a clunking, clanking, crackling mess of gears, electricity, and lightning. Can Vamprya, Franky, and Wolfy—the Junior Monster Scouts—fix Igor’s mess and save The Village party? Or has the Baron ruined the fun for everyone?Heidi Heckelbeck Takes the Cake (Heidi Heckelbeck #28)
By Wanda Coven. 2020
Heidi forgets her best friend&’s birthday in the twenty-eighth Heidi Heckelbeck adventure!Between reading, homework, school projects, and everyday life, Heidi…
Heckelbeck is a very busy kid. But when her busy life keeps her from remembering her friend Bruce&’s birthday, Heidi decides to throw a magical make-up party to apologize. Will he forgive her…or will this party be another magical mess? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Heidi Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.Saving Fable: Saving Fable (Talespinners #1)
By Scott Reintgen. 2019
Side characters can be heroes too in this charming and fast-paced adventure that is The Land of Stories meets The…
Phantom Tollbooth!Indira has been a character-in-waiting her entire life. So she can't believe her luck when she's finally chosen to travel to Fable and study at the renowned Protagonist Preparatory, a school known for producing the best heroes. But Indira's dreams of achieving hero status don't exactly go as planned. A failed audition lands her in the school's side-character track, and her best efforts to prove advisors--famous characters like Alice from Wonderland and Professor Darcy--wrong are constantly sabotaged. Indira is starting to feel like an evil antagonist might be to blame. As the danger spreads, Indira discovers all of Fable is under siege. With her friends Maxi and Phoenix by her side, she pieces together clues that will reveal who is behind the dark magic threatening them all. But the more Indira uncovers, the more doubt she feels about her place in this world of stories. After all, can a side character really save the day?Night of Dangers (The Adventurers Guild #3)
By Zack Loran Clark. 2019
Someone had made a terrible, tragic, fatal mistake. Unless, of course . . . Unless they'd done it on purpose.After…
falling victim to a vile betrayal, Zed is cut off from Brock and their friends and unable to warn them about a dangerous enemy on the move. The Adventurers Guild may have defeated the evil that cast the elves from their home, but that doesn't keep them in the Freestoners' good graces for long. An ordinary day at the market comes to a fatal end when a rare Danger infiltrates the city, leaving over a dozen dead. Tensions come to a boil as the city is threatened by upheaval from within and becomes alight with terror. Brock finds himself frustratingly unable to utilize his underground contacts...though the mysterious Lady Grey may not be finished with him yet. To come together to save their city from a timeless evil looking to settle a score, the young adventurers must learn to trust in each other again and be willing to do whatever it takes to stop the tragedy of the Day of Dangers from happening again.Geeks and the Holy Grail: Geeks And The Holy Grail (The Camelot Code #2)
By Mari Mancusi. 2019
Time travel, dragons, and saving the world? Sophie and Stu's spring break just got epic! Sophie is now a Camelot…
Companion, tasked with protecting the spirit of King Arthur throughout the ages, so it's no surprise when she and Stu get sucked in to another Arthurian adventure. This time, the two best friends must get the Holy Grail into King Arthur's hands so he can drink from it and recover from a deadly illness. Simple, right?Not so much. Because Merlin's apprentice, Emrys, has accidentally turned the Grail into a gassy, fire-breathing baby dragon. And Merlin is the only one who can change it back. But Merlin's on spring break in modern-day Las Vegas (at the Excalibur, of course). And Sophie's super-popular (not to mention super-annoying) future stepsister, Ashley, has invited herself along for the ride. From sneaking a baby dragon through airport security to the ultimate showdown with the sorceress Morgana, deep in the land of Faerie, this new Camelot Code adventure will test not only the two geeks' courage, but also their very friendship. Don't miss a single moment of the action in this exciting sequel to The Camelot Code #1: The Once and Future Geek!Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty…
dog Nugget. Janner Igiby, his brother Tink, their crippled sister Leeli are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all their gifts and all that love to survive the evil pursuit of the venomous Fangs of Dang who have crossed the dark sea to rule the land with malice and pursue the Igibys who hold the secret to the lost legen...Rival Magic
By Deva Fagan. 2020
A young wizard&’s apprentice discovers that the best magic is not the biggest or the brightest, but the magic unique…
to you, in this cinematic middle grade fantasy in the tradition of Kiki&’s Delivery Service and The School for Good and Evil.Antonia may not be the most powerful wizard the world has ever seen, but she&’s worked hard to win her place as apprentice to renowned sorcerer Master Betrys. Unfortunately, even her best dancing turnip charm might not be enough when Moppe the scullery maid turns out to be a magical prodigy. Now that Betrys has taken Moppe on as a second apprentice, Antonia&’s path to wizarding just got a bit more complicated. But when Betrys is accused of treason, Antonia and Moppe are forced to go on the run. To prove their master&’s innocence—and their own—the rivals must become allies. As their island province teeters on the brink of rebellion, they&’ll face ancient spells, vengeful mermaids, enchanted turnips, voice-stealing forests, and one insatiable sea monster.Heidi Heckelbeck Pool Party! (Heidi Heckelbeck #29)
By Wanda Coven. 2020
In this twenty-ninth Heidi Heckelbeck adventure, Heidi and her friends have a pool party!When Heidi&’s swim team, the Little Mermaids,…
want to raise money for new swim caps and goggles, Heidi helps with the perfect idea: They should throw a pool party! The temperature in Brewster has been hot, hot, hot, and all the kids in town are looking for a way to cool down. With the help of her team, friends, and a little magic, Heidi brings her pool party idea to life. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Heidi Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.Braver: A Wombat's Tale
By Suzanne Selfors, Walker Ranson. 2020
For fans of the Warrior series and Redwall, Braver: A Wombat’s Tale is an exciting new fantasy adventure novel for…
young readers from Suzanne Selfors and Walker Ranson.Lola Budge isn’t your average bare-nosed wombat. While her parents and neighbors in the Northern Forest want nothing more than peace and quiet, Lola loves to talk. Bored by the quiet routine of wombat life, Lola desperately wants something, anything, interesting to happen. But when Lola follows the terrifying sound of unfamiliar screeching, she discovers a predator who has been kept in exile for many generations. And this creature has captured the peaceful wombats and carted them away—including Lola’s parents. To save her family, Lola will need help from the Queen of Tassie Island herself. But the road to the golden city of Dore is long and treacherous for a young wombat, especially with predators on the loose. To save the ones she loves, Lola will have to brave infested swamps, rushing rivers, and soaring heights, while encountering all sorts of strange critters, both friend and foe.At times exciting, at times heart-warming, this is the story of a wombat who is much braver than anyone imagined. An Imprint BookWizarding for Beginners (Elys Dolan Illustrated Chapter Books)
By Elys Dolan. 2018
This illustrated chapter book follow-up to Knighthood for Beginners—starring the now-knighted dragon Dave and his best friend, German-speaking goat and trusty…
steed, Albrecht—is another high-action, laugh-out-loud page-turner! Best friends Dave (now a knighted dragon) and Albrecht (Dave&’s German-speaking, trusty steed, life coach, and a goat) from Knighthood for Beginners are back—and they&’re going undercover! They must disguise themselves as wizards to enter the notoriously secretive Wizarding Guild, in order to free their kidnapped, talking-animal friends and stop Terrence, the most evil wizard of them all. Luckily, they have the perfect book to help them on their quest, the amazing, the brilliant, Wizarding for Beginners! Copious black-and-white illustrations by the author help bring all the hilarity to life in this eagerly anticipated follow-up to Knighthood for Beginners.The Rewindable Clock #2 (Locker 37 #2)
By Aaron Starmer. 2020
"A laugh-out-loud tour de force." --Kirkus, starred reviewHidden away at Hopewell Elementary School is a magical locker that always delivers…
a solution to your problems--just not quite in the way you might expect.The unthinkable happens. Keisha forgets to do her science homework! The morning it's due, she rushes to Locker 37 and the locker gives her a clock. Not just any clock, mind you. It's a time-travel device that sends Keisha back to whatever time of day she wants during that particular school day, which means she can scrape together enough time in between her classes to finish her homework. Still, there's no time to help Carson with his stained shirt or to answer Bryce's gummy bear questions (don't ask). Keisha only has time to make things right--but should she use it for herself or for her friends?Welcome to Unicorn School (Dave the Unicorn #1)
By Pip Bird. 2020
In Pip Bird and David O'Connell's laugh-out-loud illustrated chapter book Dave the Unicorn: Welcome to Unicorn School, Mira is excited…
about attending the school—until she’s paired with a very un-unicorny unicorn.Welcome to Unicorn School, where you get your own unicorn best friend! You go on magical quests together! There is glitter! There is even more glitter!Mira can hardly contain her excitement as her fellow students are paired with their unicorns. Darcy is assigned the statuesque Star, whose shimmering coat always catches the light. Raheem is matched with Brave, whose every step reverberates like thunder. And Mira is paired with...Dave.Dave loves doughnuts. He doesn't follow directions very well. And he farts. A lot. Mira is a little disappointed. But she soon realizes Dave is unlike his fellow unicorns in another way: He's a little smarter than they are. When a school trip goes awry, the only way to save the day is for Mira to embrace her unexpected unicorn best friend. Check out the other books in the Dave the Unicorn series! * Dave the Unicorn: Team Spirit * Dave the Unicorn: Dance Party * Dave the Unicorn: Field Trip An Imprint BookTeam Spirit (Dave the Unicorn #2)
By Pip Bird. 2019
In Dave the Unicorn: Team Spirit, the second entry in the laugh-out-loud illustrated chapter book series from Pip Bird and…
David O'Connell, Mira and her unicorn, Dave, tackle their greatest challenge yet: teamwork. Mira is excited for Unicorn School Field Day, even though her unicorn, Dave, loves donuts more than prancing. Mira’s teammates are counting on them—especially when the prize for winning Field Day is revealed to be the chance to go on a Magical Rainbow Quest.As Mira struggles to get her UBFF (Unicorn Best Friend Forever) to hurry to the finish line, a series of mysterious mishaps make Mira wonder if everyone is playing fair. Can she and Dave track down who’s sabotaging them before they end up in last place? This second book in the hilarious new chapter book series continues the story of Mira at Unicorn School and her unicorn Dave, who’s not the statuesque stallion we’re trained to expect. But Dave has a few tricks up his sleeve that remind Mira—and all of us—that friendship is more important than winning. Check out the other books in the Dave the Unicorn series! * Dave the Unicorn: Welcome to Unicorn School * Dave the Unicorn: Dance Party * Dave the Unicorn: Field Trip An Imprint BookThe Disappearing Rose (The Time Rose #1)
By Renee Duke. 2013
No one knows what happened to the little Princes of the Tower. That’s what Dane, Paige, and Jack are told…
when they start working on a medieval documentary for Dane and Paige’s filmmaker father. But then an ancient medallion transports them back to the fifteenth century and gives them a chance to discover the truth about the mysterious disappearance of young King Edward the Fifth and his brother Richard, Duke of York. But they’d better be careful. The princes are definitely in danger, and the person responsible for their disappearance just might decide that their new friends should disappear as well.Henry Heckelbeck Gets a Dragon (Henry Heckelbeck #1)
By Wanda Coven. 2019
Heidi Heckelbeck&’s younger brother Henry finds his own magical Book of Spells in this first Henry Heckelbeck adventure!Henry Heckelbeck is…
just like any other normal kid. He plays soccer. He isn&’t a huge fan of homework. He even has an older sister, Heidi. What&’s not so normal about Henry is his family. His sister and mom are magic. Not Henry, though…he&’s just a normal kid. Or is he? Henry Heckelbeck is starting a new year of school. He has a new teacher, makes new friends, and discovers that he has some magical powers of his own thanks to a Book of Spells he finds in his bedroom. But magic can be tricky and when Henry accidentally brings his toy dragon to life, his days of being a normal kid are over. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Henry Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.