Officer Spence Makes No Sense!

When peanut butter and jelly sandwiches start disappearing from the Ella Mentry School cafeteria, the security guard, Officer Spence, goes too far when he starts arresting people and applying lie-detector tests to find the thief.

Dr. Brad Has Gone Mad!

Ella Mentry School counselor Dr. Brad believes wisecracking A.J. may be a genius and subjects him to some very strange tests to find out for sure.

Ms. Leakey Is Freaky!

Ella Mentry School hires a health teacher who tries to force the students to eat healthy foods and exercise, whether they want to or not.

Mrs. Jaffee Is Daffy!

The new vice principal of Ella Mentry School has some crazy ideas on how to teach kids. A.J. and the gang have to stand on their heads and do math! They have to take a spelling test underwater! Everybody has to do yoga! Could it get any weirder?

Mrs. Dole Is Out of Control!

A.J. and the gang are excited to be graduating second and moving into third grade, but are a bit worried when the PTA president goes a little bit overboard, planning fireworks, a petting zoo, and a flyover of the Blue Angels for the event.

Coach Hyatt Is a Riot!

It's Pee Wee Football season, and A.J.'s new coach is crazy. She wants the boys to do push-ups in the mud. She wants them to pick up a car. And worst of all, she wants to put girls on the team!

Mrs. Lizzy Is Dizzy!

When the Board of Education starts REP, the Recess Enrichment Program, A.J. and his classmates have to take classes during recess with Mrs. Lizzy, who teaches them lots of strange things during their school's Crazy Week.

Miss Mary Is Scary!

When a British student-teacher arrives, A. J. and his friends wonder if her black clothing and love of blood sausage mark her as a vampire, while Mr. Granite hopes her boyfriend will stay away long enough for a math lesson.

Mr. Sunny Is Funny!

Second-grade graduate A.J. and his family rent a beach house, but summer vacation is ruined when annoying Andrea shows up and develops a crush on the lifeguard.

Mr. Tony Is Full of Baloney!

A.J.'s mom just got a job, so he has to go to ASKK--After School Kids' Kare. Mr. Tony, the guy who runs the ASKK program, is crazy. Will A. J. and the gang be able to tunnel out of the child-care room and escape to freedom?

Mr. Granite Is from Another Planet!

New third grade teacher Mr. Granite has so many strange ideas about how to make Ella Mentary School environmentally friendly that the students are sure he must be an alien.

Frog And Toad Together

Frog and Toad are best friends-they do everything together. When Toad admires the flowers in Frog's garden, Frog gives him seeds to grow a garden of his own. When Toad bakes cookies, Frog helps him eat them. And when both Frog and Toad are scared, they are brave together. The School and Library Journal called this beloved story collection from Arnold Lobel "a masterpiece of child-styled humor and sensitivity." Winner of the Newbery Honor award, Frog and Toad Together is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.

Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Original MTH #36, Merlin Mission #8)

Sleep Is For Everyone

Discusses the importance of sleep and what happens to our brains and bodies during slumber.

The Lost Hero

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong. Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on? Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all—including Leo—related to a god.

An Author's Odyssey

The Masked Man has captured all the royal families from the Land of Stories with the help of his army of literature's greatest villains, including the Wicked Witch of the West, the Queen of Hearts, and Captain Hook. Alex and Conner know they are no match against the Masked Man's legion of villains, but they realize that they may be in possession of the greatest weapon of all: their own imaginations! So begins the twins' journey into Conner's very own stories to gather an army of pirates, cyborgs, superheroes, and mummies as they band together for the ultimate fight against the Masked Man. Meanwhile, an even more dangerous plan is brewing--one that could change the fates of both the fairy-tale world and the Otherworld forever.

The Trojan Horse ─ How the Greeks Won the War

Details the dramatic end to the ten-year siege of Troy using vivid watercolor paintings to outline the clever Greek ploy that got them into the impregnable city

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of Flight 54

What wrongdoer is any match for Cam Jansen, the girl with the amazing photographic memory? Jennifer "Cam" (short for camera) Jansen and her friend Eric use her remarkable gift to track down clues and solve thrilling and puzzling mysteries.

Pompeii...Buried Alive!

A simple retelling of the fateful days in 79 A.D. when Mt. Vesuvius erupted and the people in the ancient town of Pompeii perished.

Stink and the Shark Sleepover

When Stink's parents win tickets for the whole family to sleep over at the aquarium (along with Stink's two best friends), it sounds like a science freak's dream come true. Stink loves the sea-creature scavenger hunt (Bat ray! Brain coral!), the jellyfish light show, and the shiver of sand tiger sharks with razor-sharp teeth. And of course Stink is nuts about gross stuff, but after some spooky stories around the virtual campfire, can he manage to fall asleep thinking about the eating habits of the vampire squid? Especially Bloody Mary, the mutant, glowing Frankensquid that's supposed to be on the prowl?

Arthur’s camp-out

Bored with spring vacation, Arthur decides to go alone on an overnight field trip in the woods behind his house.

Trapped in the Museum of Unnatural History

It seems like a regular field trip to a natural history museumuntil Zack gets locked inside for the night and discovers what really goes on in those display cases when no one is watching. A tribe of curious Neanderthals, rampaging woolly mammoths, prehistoric food shortages . . . its just another wild adventure for Zack!

Daniel’s duck

Daniel is hurt when others laugh at his wood carving, until he learns that giving people pleasure takes a very special gift. Good, warm feelings result from reading this gentle tale set in rural Tennessee during pioneer days.' 'CS. A lovely book on all counts.' 'NYT. Notable Children's Books of 1979 (ALA)