Synopsis: Meet the World's Funniest First Grader—Junie B. Jones! With over 50 million books in print, Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for over 20 years! In the 19th Junie B. Jones book, something very wonderful is happening to Junie B.. And it's called—hurray, hurray!—she's getting to be a professional lunch lady! And that means hanging…

Synopsis: This thoroughly revised, thumb-indexed reference lists more than two hundred fifty thousand synonyms and antonyms, including slang terms, newly coined words, and words with newly developed meanings

Synopsis: 2013 The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 Exclusive Teachers Edition (Paperback)(7.65"x5.2"x0.6") by Christopher Paul Curtis ***RL: 6.1, 10Up ***Newbery Honor Book ***ISBN-13: 9780385383356 ***Pages: 211

Synopsis: Previously published as Diary of a Mad Brownie. Introducing The Enchanted Files—a new magical, modern-day comedy series by the master of funny fantasy and bestselling author of My Teacher is an Alien: Bruce Coville!  In the first hilarious Enchanted Files, Angus is a brownie. No, not the kind you eat! He’s a tiny magical creature that loves to do chores. Angus has just “inherited” a new human girl, Alex. To say that Alex is messy would be an…

Synopsis: The beloved bestseller from Newbery Medalist and National Book Award winner Louis Sachar (Holes), with a brand-new cover!   “Give me a dollar or I’ll spit on you.”    That’s Bradley Chalkers for you. He’s the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls, and the teachers say he has serious behavior problems. No one likes him—except Carla, the new school counselor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous…

Synopsis: With almost 5 million copies sold 60 years after its original publication, generations of readers have now journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic. Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster’s offbeat fantasy are as beguiling as ever.“Comes up bright and new every time I read it . . . it will continue to charm and delight for a very long time yet. And teach us some…

Synopsis: A motherless boy, who lives in a gypsy caravan behind his father's filling station, records the adventures he shares with his beloved parent

Synopsis: Old Salazar held the pearl to the light and tumed it around and around. He gave it to his son, who had found the pearl in the underwater cave of the lagoon."You have in your hand the Pearl of the Universe, the Paragon of Pearls, the Great Pearl of Heaven!" he said.When the pearl merchants wouldn't meet his price, Blas Salazar presented the fabulous gem to the Madonna of the church of La Paz. "The House of Salazar shall be favored in heaven, now…

Synopsis: Colorful versions of three classic fables illustrating simple truths about life.

Synopsis: Mary Downing Hahn's latest ghost story is a fascinating tale of a unique friendship between two boys whose lives are eerily intertwined. Andrew can feel the presence of his ancestors in Great-Aunt Blythe's old house. His fantasies of ghosts and the past become all too real when another Andrew, who lived at the beginning of the century and died young, appears.

Synopsis: Thirteen-year-old Betsy Zane is bored with her privileged life in Philadelphia, bored with her great-aunt's stories about the old days, and bored with trying to be a lady. She longs to rejoin her brothers at the family homestead along the Ohio River, where she can finally be free to enjoy the unspoiled countryside that she has missed ever since she was forced to leave it as a child.When her great-aunt dies, Betsy has the opportunity to return to…

Synopsis: Experiments with food demonstrate various scientific principles and produce an eatable result. Includes fruit drinks, grape jelly, muffins, chop suey, yogurt, and junket.

Synopsis: The terpsichorean dinosaurs in this collection of whimsical poems allemande left and pirouette in high style . . . Degen's detailed drawings brim with fun . . .--Publishers Weekly. Full-color illustrations.

Synopsis: An illustrated collection of twenty-three humorous poems on a variety of subjects.

Synopsis: After the German occupation of the Netherlands, Benjamin leaves the Christian family with whom he had been living and is reunited with his real Jewish parents who returned from hiding and whom Benjamin doesn't remember.