Synopsis: Ten-year-old Zoe Elias has perfect piano dreams. She can practically feel the keys under her flying fingers; she can hear the audience's applause. All she needs is a baby grand so she can start her lessons, and then she'll be well on her way to Carnegie Hall. But when Dad ventures to the music store and ends up with a wheezy organ instead of a piano, Zoe's dreams hit a sour note. Learning the organ versions of old TV theme songs just isn't the…

Synopsis: Here's a chapter book of contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher—the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter—that is sure to delight students and teachers alike. There's Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he's forced to do the squirrel dance and wear a school bus name tag. The moral of his story?Be careful what you wish…

Synopsis: This wonderfully written, funny young chapter book -- already a hit with kids, as it's been in the school market -- is sure to fly off the shelves at bookstores nationwide. Robert has never won any awards or medals -- unlike his older brother Charlie. So when Mrs. Bernthal holds a contest in her classroom and the winner gets to keep a beautiful golden treasure chest for being a model student, Robert goes all out. Will his becoming a helper for…

Synopsis: Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction

Synopsis: Melonhead, the first book in author Katy Kelly's laugh-out-loud chapter book series, is now in paperback! Adam Melon's friend Lucy Rose gave him a nickname—Melonhead—and it caught on fast. Melonhead is a self-proclaimed inventor. All his life, which is ten years and counting, great ideas have been popping in and out of his melon head. And sometimes they work! This year Melonhead's class is entering an inventing fair, so he and his friend Sam are…

Synopsis: The world's funniest kindergartner is back in --E-I-E-I-O!It's almost the end of the year, and Room Nine is taking a field trip to a farm! There's lots of fun farm stuff there. Like a real actual barn. And a real actual farmer. There's even real alive animals you can pet! Only, where's the gift shop? That's what Junie B. Jones would like to know. Surely no one would want Junie B. to go home empty-handed...Don't miss the other Junie B. Jones…

Synopsis: Make way for another riotous adventure in the Very Impatient Caterpillar series that slyly combines science and social-emotional learning with laugh-out-loud humor! This springtime favorite centered on pollination is perfect for fans of Mo Willems' Pigeon series. "Full of witty banter...a buzzworthy choice." -- Kirkus Reviews How did YOU collect SO MUCH POLLEN??? I have sticky hairs EVERYWHERE! Oh! I'm not sticky enough. It's okay. You don't…

Synopsis: Progressively larger groups of animals try to share a limited number of scooters, cookbooks, nap mats, and underwear.

Synopsis: "Ducks in muck. Ducks stuck in trucks. Trucks stuck in muck. How will the trucks and ducks get unstuck?" Discover what happens to a group of friendly ducks when they play in the muck and then are taken away in a truck!

Synopsis: Thirteen-year-old Celeste Harris is no string bean, but comfy sweatpants and a daily chocolate cookie suit her just fine. Her under-the-radar lifestyle could have continued too, if her aunt hadn?t entered her in the HuskyPeach Modeling Challenge. To get out of it, she?s forced to launch Operation Skinny Celeste?because, after all, a thin girl can?t be a fat model! What Celeste never imagined was that losing weight would help her gain a backbone…

Synopsis: Stink Moody, friends Webster and Sophie, and Mrs. Birdwistle visit tourist attractions in Virginia as they try to give away 101 guinea pigs rescued from a laboratory, although Stink is very reluctant to give away his favorite, Astro.

Synopsis: If your teacher has to die, August isn't a bad time of year for it," begins Richard Peck's latest novel, a book full of his signature wit and sass. Russell Culver is fifteen in 1904, and he's raring to leave his tiny Indiana farm town for the endless sky of the Dakotas. To him, school has been nothing but a chain holding him back from his dreams. Maybe now that his teacher has passed on, they'll shut the school down entirely and leave him free…

Synopsis: A funny and fresh chapter book series with hilarious illustrations perfect for fans of Captain Underpants!Dexter's next mission? Catch a cat burglar!On a school field trip to the museum, Dexter puts his brand-new super-secret spy skills to the test. Someone has broken into the Egyptian exhibit to steal Pharaoh Hun-Ga-Re's greatest treasure...a sacred sandwich that can raise the dead! But who could be hungry enough to want a six-thousand-year-old…

Synopsis: The literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos at her local library when she stops by to help the librarian.

Synopsis: Join Splat the Cat as he makes going to bed fun in New York Times bestselling author and artist Rob Scotton’s hilarious adventure Splat the Cat Dreams Big.Fans of Splat the Cat will delight in this 8x8 story about bedtime and enjoy Splat’s always-present enthusiasm.

Synopsis: Hurray! Hurray! Celebrate 20 years of Junie B. Jones! Meet Junie B. Jones! The B. Stands for Beatrice. Except Junie B. doesn't like Beatrice. She just likes B and that's all. It's the first day of kindergarten. But Junie B. did not like riding the bus to school. Only guess what? Junie B. is an excellent hider. So, at the end of the day—when everyone lines up to go—home . . . Junie B. doesn't. With over 50 MILLION copies in print and translated…

Synopsis: It's time for a family vacation with Clifford and Emily Elizabeth!Summer vacation means one thing -- more time for Emily Elizabeth to play with Clifford! Until this summer, that is. Emily Elizabeth's family is going far away, so far that Clifford can't come. Or can he? Follow along as Clifford sniffs, swims, and tiptoes to find Emily Elizabeth -- just in the nick of time!