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By Avi, Rachel Vail. 2004
Edward and Meg are like night and day, oil and water. Meg zigs while Edward zags. How could two such…
different people be twins? Well, they are, but they don't have to like it--or each other. Seventh grade means different schools for the pair: Brainy Meg's at ultracompetitive Fischer, while Charlton Street Alternative School is the place for freewheeling Edward. Oddly enough, it's just when Edward and Meg are finally out of each other's shadows that the trouble begins. Within just a week, Meg's aspirations for popularity, and a boyfriend,combine with Edward's devious planning, lack of singing ability, and top-secret soft spot to set off a showdown the likes of which twindom has never before seen. How is it, then, that this final showdown is so much fun? Could it be that Meg and Edward are more alike than they thought? Never mind. Read the book!By Ray Garton. 1998
Alex, Ray and Louis are psyched when action-adventure star Jacques Brockman makes a movie in Paradise But Alex's enthusiasm takes…
a nosedive when she sees what her friends are going through just to be a part of the production.By V. E. Mitchell. 1998
By John Vornholt. 1998
By Cathy East Dubowski. 1996
It's Alex's chance to organize her schoolmates to do a community cleanup project, win the prize and show everybody how…
special she is. She is so hard on her friends that they go to the competitor. Now she has to use her powers.By Cathy East Dubowski. 1998
By Julius Lester. 1996
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman is re-created in a black southern storytelling voice in which the storyteller is involved--a…
voice readers may recognize from his retellings of The Tales of Uncle Remus, among others. He turns Sam's deals with hungry tigers into an exuberant battle of wits, and transforms his pancake dinner into a glorious feast for the whole community.By Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver, Scott Garrett. 2014
Here's Hank stars the same Hank as in the bestselling Hank Zipzer series, only this time he's in 2nd grade!…
Hank is a kid who doesn't try to be funny, but he somehow always makes the kids in his class laugh. He's pretty bad at memorizing stuff, and spelling is his worst subject. (But so are math and reading!) In the second book in this new series, Hank has finally persuaded his dad to get the family a dog, and Hank couldn't be more excited! Mesmerized by a little wiener dog chasing his tail (making him look like a Cheerio) at the animal shelter, Hank declares him to be the new Zipzer dog. But when Cheerio gets loose in the park, Mr. Zipzer furiously announces that the dog must go. Can Hank convince his father that he wasn't the one who let Cheerio off his leash, or will he really lose his new pet and best friend?By Wendelin Van Draanen. 2002
In her most dangerous mystery to date, Sammy is literally left "holding the bag"! When a strange girl who is…
trying to escape from a scary looking guy at the mall asks her to watch her shopping bag and then flees, Sammy is alarmed to discover that inside the bag is a baby! In her seventh adventure, the intrepid detective puts her life on the line as she confronts the seamy gang life of her hometown in her search for the baby's mother. And, as usual, her attempts to solve the case are thwarted along the way by her high school nemesis Acosta and problems with her grandmother's nosy new neighbor in this edge-of-the seat mystery.By David Walliams. 2016
Por favor, porfa, porfi, por lo que más queráis... ¡NO LEÁIS ESTE LIBRO! Los peores niños del mundo reúne en…
un solo volumen un montón de historias sobre niños terribles, niños que enseñan a sus piojos a hacer cosas horrorosas, niños que no paran de hurgarse la nariz hasta amasar el moco más grande del mundo... Des de Blas el Babas (un chico cuyas babas le meten siempre en problemas) hasta Sofía Sofá (una súper fan de la tele que de tanto sentarse en el sofá... ¡se convierte en uno!). Diez historias endemoniadamente divertidas y surrealistas sobre los diez niños más espantosos del mundo. Definitivamente, ¡Los peores niños del mundo es el libro más gamberro de David Walliams!By Cindy Baldwin. 2017
Sarah's Days is a series of picture books written by Cindy Baldwin. Sarah is a curious five-year-old who has different…
adventures and experiences each day. At the end of the day she goes home to tell her father all about it.By Bruce Lansky. 1998
This collection of ten contemporary fairy tales--the second in the critically acclaimed series--puts a delightful new spin on classic stories…
and themes. Michelle Koszlowski desparately wantes to be a princess until her wish comes true and she discovers what a pain royal life can be. The Little Tailor brags to everyone about his bravery until a giant comes along and teaches him a lesson. Rapunzel is held captive in a high-rise apartment by an urban witch who owns a pizza parlor. A postmodern wolf refuses to eat the bratty Little Red Riding Hood and her sickly grandmother. Hansel is so obsessed with candy that he steals Gretel's piggy bank and runs off to the Old Witch's Candy Factory.This collection of ten contemporary fairy tales--the second in the critically acclaimed series--puts a delightful new spin on classic stories and themes. Michelle Koszlowski desparately wantes to be a princess until her wish comes true and she discovers what a pain royal life can be. The Little Tailor brags to everyone about his bravery until a giant comes along and teaches him a lesson. Rapunzel is held captive in a high-rise apartment by an urban witch who owns a pizza parlor. A postmodern wolf refuses to eat the bratty Little Red Riding Hood and her sickly grandmother. Hansel is so obsessed with candy that he steals Gretel's piggy bank and runs off to the Old Witch's Candy Factory.By Mike Lowery, Jo Nesbo. 2017
Doctor Proctor, Nilly, and Lisa try to save the holidays in this fart-tastically funny adventure from New York Times bestselling…
author Jo Nesbø.When the king of Norway sells the rights to Christmas to Mr. Thrane, it looks like the holidays aren’t going to be very merry. Mr. Thrane says that the only people who can celebrate are those who buy 10,000 crowns worth of presents from his department store. For anyone who doesn’t—or can’t—spend that much, it’s no tree, no presents, no carols, and no Christmas pudding. Dr. Proctor, Nilly, and Lisa aren’t going to take this sitting down! They’re going to find Santa and save Christmas. All they need is a sleigh, flying reindeer, some time travel soap, and, of course, some fart powder!By Mike Lowery, Jo Nesbo. 2017
Doctor Proctor, Nilly, and Lisa try to save the holidays in this fart-tastically funny adventure from New York Times bestselling…
author Jo Nesbø.When the king of Norway sells the rights to Christmas to Mr. Thrane, it looks like the holidays aren’t going to be very merry. Mr. Thrane says that the only people who can celebrate are those who buy 10,000 crowns worth of presents from his department store. For anyone who doesn’t—or can’t—spend that much, it’s no tree, no presents, no carols, and no Christmas pudding. Dr. Proctor, Nilly, and Lisa aren’t going to take this sitting down! They’re going to find Santa and save Christmas. All they need is a sleigh, flying reindeer, some time travel soap, and, of course, some fart powder!By Stephanie S. Tolan, R. J. Tolan. 2017
This third story about the madcap family introduced in Stephanie Tolan’s Newbery Honor Book Surviving the Applewhites features even more…
outlandish adventures and will appeal to fans of the Applewhites and those meeting them for the first time.E.D. and Jake are doing their best to forget their bewildering kiss—after all, they’re practically family—and get back to “normal” life with the decidedly abnormal, highly creative Applewhites.When the family’s biggest fan, Jeremy Bernstein, pulls up to Wit’s End in an “Art Bus,” he brings with him a proposal for an Education Expedition: a cross-country road trip, educational quest, and video-documented competition for a big cash prize. Jeremy also drags along his troubled but beautiful niece, Melody. She’ll be joining the expedition with her own rebellious flair, much to Jake’s delight . . . and E.D.’s exasperation.With characteristic Applewhite enthusiasm, the artists face disastrous performances, fainting goats, and some very bad ideas—but can they make it through the road trip in one piece?By Henry Green, Michael Gorra. 1998
Doting, the last of Henry Green’s novels, is, as its title would suggest, a story of aging and yearning in…
which a wife and a brash young woman run hilarious circles around a hapless hardworking civil servant suddenly seized by long dormant desire. Like its immediate predecessor Nothing, it stands out from the rest of his work in being composed almost entirely of dialogue, and in both books, Green’s fascination with the extravagance, ambiguity, absurdity, and unintentional implications and consequences of everyday human communication leads to scenes that are as grimly funny as they are deeply sad.By Dr Seuss. 1965
By George O'Connor, Lee Kirby. 2017
When evil Whiskerface sees the perfect chance to test his plan to take over the world, it’s up to the…
superpets to stop him in this fourth Super Turbo book.You know Turbo as the hamster sidekick from the Captain Awesome books. But ever wonder what actually goes on when the last school bell rings and Turbo is left to his own devices? He’s SUPER TURBO and he’s here to fight evil in and out of the classroom! Sunnyview Elementary has been buzzing with excitement and smelling like…bratwurst? That’s because the students are preparing for “Celebrate the World Day,” where each classroom represents a different country. The members of the Superpet Superhero League are helping out behind the scenes. But the evil Whiskerface is working behind the scenes, too. After all, what better time and place to test out his plan to take over the world? Will the superpets be able to stop Whiskerface from ruining the celebration? With easy-to-read language, illustrations, and comic panels on almost every page, the Super Turbo chapter books are perfect for emerging readers!By George O Connor, Lee Kirby. 2017
When evil Whiskerface sees the perfect chance to test his plan to take over the world, it’s up to the…
superpets to stop him in this fourth Super Turbo book.You know Turbo as the hamster sidekick from the Captain Awesome books. But ever wonder what actually goes on when the last school bell rings and Turbo is left to his own devices? He’s SUPER TURBO and he’s here to fight evil in and out of the classroom! Sunnyview Elementary has been buzzing with excitement and smelling like…bratwurst? That’s because the students are preparing for “Celebrate the World Day,” where each classroom represents a different country. The members of the Superpet Superhero League are helping out behind the scenes. But the evil Whiskerface is working behind the scenes, too. After all, what better time and place to test out his plan to take over the world? Will the superpets be able to stop Whiskerface from ruining the celebration? With easy-to-read language, illustrations, and comic panels on almost every page, the Super Turbo chapter books are perfect for emerging readers!By Vivian Vande Velde. 2000
Have you ever wondered just what was going on when that odd little man with the long name stepped up…
and volunteered to spin straw into gold for the miller's daughter? If you stop and think about it, there are some very peculiar and rather hard-to-explain components to the story. Vivian Vande Velde has wondered too, and she's come up with these six alternative versions of the old legend. A bevy of miller's daughters confront their perilous situation in very different ways - sometimes comic, sometimes scary. Most of the time, it's the daughter who gets off safely, but sometimes, amazingly, Rumpelstiltskin himself wins the day. And in one tale, it is the king who cleverly escapes a quite unexpected fate.