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The determined Little Blue Engine is back, bringing inspiring and enlightening words of wisdom to graduates of all ages.Celebrate lifeas journeys with The Little Engine That Could Selling over 60,000 copies in the first two months on sale, "I Knew You Could " provides familiar comfort in changing t... More

Hooray Wayside School is Open Again All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside closed to get rid of the cows "(Don't ask )." Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Much has prepared a Day on the 30th floor--with dogs and cat... More

More fun inThe Wacky World ofWayside School"Watch closely," said Mrs. Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the new computer out the window The children all watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. "See?" said Mrs. Jewls... More

Illus. in full color. The animal residents of Busytown learn useful lessons about manners, thoughtfulness, and caring in this perky, funny paperback.... More

'Mrs. Minarik is at her superb best in depicting the charming childlikeness of Little Bear's delight in visiting his grandparents.' --H.... More

Goosebumps from R.L. Stine continues to offer chilling and fun books for the pre-teen crowd. Perhaps not as popular as they were several years ago, these are still enjoyable reads...not too scary for elementary school kids with a target audience of age 6 - 11 I would say.In Ghost Beach, Jerry and hi... More

This hilarious companion to "How I Became a Pirate" reveals that minding the nursery can be even more terrifying than walking the plank when Jeremy's pirate friends turn up at his house and awaken his baby sister by accident. Full color.When the pirate crew turns up at Jeremy Jacob's house and accid... More

Shortly after a breakfast generously supplied with pancakes, Natethe Great got an urgent call from Annie. "I lost a picture, " said Annie. "Can you help me find it?" "Of course, " said Nate. "I have found lost balloons, books, slippers, chickens. Even a lost goldfish. Now I, Nate the Great, will fin... More

Stanley Yelnats tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment-and redemption."Check out the Holes tour with Louis Sachar ""Monday, October 20th, 7: 00 p.m. Anderson's Bookshop, Naperville, ILTuesday, October 21st, 7: 00 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Skokie, ILW... More

Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by... More

Camp is supposed to be fun, but Sarah hates Camp Cold Lake. The lake is gross and slimy. And she's having a little trouble with her bunkmates. They hate her.So Sarah comes up with a plan. She'll pretend to drown -- then everyone will feel sorry for her.But things don't go exactly the way Sarah plann... More

The legendary creator of "Where the Sidewalk Ends" welcomes readers to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry Jake, and many others who speak a topsy-turvy language all their own. ( Ages 9-12)Runny Babbit lent to wunch And heard the saitress... More

What could be worse than a book by Lemony Snicket? Three books by Lemony Snicket--all in one foul package. This second Box of Unfortunate Events, contains "The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy," and "The Ersatz Elevator."... More

After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Illustrations.Imagine tales so terrible that as m... More

After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.Dear Reader, If you have picked up this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale. I'm afr... More

Grandmother likes Little Bear's picture so much she sends him a thank you kiss. "Will you take it to him, Hen?" she says. Hen passes the kiss to Frog who passes it to Cat who passes it to Little Skunk until Hen decides there is too much kissing -- and finally gives the kiss to the Little Bear.... More

Illus. in full color. Five funny tales featuring Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, Bananas Gorilla, and the rest of Scarry's memorable menagerie are collected in a sleepytime anthology.... More

Evan can't stand babysitting his genius cousin, Kermit. All Kermit likes to do is hang out in the basement doing strange experiments and playing mean practical jokes on Evan and his friend Andy. But now Andy's found something that will teach Kermit a lesson once and for all.... More

A stolen teacup... An extra set of footprints... Four very strange words... A pirate's treasure... And a race to find a cheater in Idaville's annual disgusting sneaker contest These are just some of the ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his famous computerlike... More

Honey is telling everyone at Shadyside High that she's Becka Norwood's best friend. Soon Honey moves in on Becka's life and takes over everything. It seems as though Honey won't stop until Becka's gone--for good. Reissue.FEAR STREET -- WHERE YOUR WORST NIGHTMARES LIVE...Honey Perkins just moved to S... More