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The Beatrice Letters
by Lemony SnicketTop Secret-only for readers deeply interested in the Baudelaire case. How I pity those readers. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket
Red, White and Liberal: How Left Is Right and Right Is Wrong
by Alan ColmesMost famous as the mild-mannered foil to conservative Sean Hannity on Fox's Hannity and Colmes, Alan Colmes here offers his defense of mild-mannered liberalism. He offers a number of criticisms of the "War on Terror" and how it is being conducted by the Bush administration before turning his attention to what he views the conservatives' war on liberals as unpatriotic. He also argues against the surprisingly belief in the "liberal media" and makes the case that the conservative media is often guilty of using hypocritical double standards in their arguments. Colmes frequently intersperses his musings with email exchanges he's conducted with detractors and a few fans. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
by Lemony SnicketThe elusive author provides a glimpse into his mysterious and confusing life, using fanciful letters, diary entries and other documents.
Never Mind!
by Avi Rachel VailEdward 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!
Help! There's a Ghost in My Room! (Full House Dear Michelle)
by Judy KatschkeDear Michelle, Help! There's a ghost in my room! I just moved into a creepy old house and it's totally haunted. I'm really scared. What should I do? From Ghost Girl I slept over at Ghost Girl's house last night. You won't believe what I saw...
Leon and the Champion Chip
by Allen KurzweilLeon's back. Having survived the sweatshop methods of Miss Hagmeyer, his needle-wielding fourth grade teacher at the Classical School, Leon braces himself for fifth grade. He arrives armed with a backpack full of pens and pencils, binders and notebooks . . . plus a rag doll that's the spitting image of Henry Lumpkin, the bully who has Leon in his sights. If the doll works the way it's supposed to, Leon (and his buddies P. W. and Lily-Matisse) won't have to worry about Lumpkin the Pumpkin! Better still, Leon has a fabulous new teacher, Mr. Sparks, who conducts science experiments using that most miraculous of research materials -- the potato chip. And a good thing, too. Mr. Sparks's lab work will come in handy when Leon is forced to take on Alphonse "The Chippopotamus" Cipollini at the annual Chipapalooza! Chip-Off. Once you've sunk your teeth into Leon and the Champion Chip, the hilarious sequel to Leon and the Spitting Image, you'll never eat potato chips the same way again!
Leon and the Spitting Image
by Allen KurzweilLeon, a fourth grader at the Classical School, tries to outwit the school bully and learn to sew for fanatical teacher Miss Hagmeyer, with unexpected help from his final project--a doll with magical powers.
The Artsy Smartsy Club
by Daniel PinkwaterAfter three Hoboken children and their giant chicken Henrietta begin to appreciate beautiful sidewalk art, they venture into art class and visit Manhattan.
Looking for Bobowicz: A Hoboken Chicken Story
by Daniel PinkwaterUpon moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, a boy convinces his two new friends to help him track down the mysterious phantom who stole his bicycle, as well as Arthur Bobowicz, owner of a giant chicken that once terrorized local citizens.
Fourth-Grade Fuss
by Johanna HurwitzA yard sale, ice skating, class pictures, and a surprise party are a few of the things that make fourth grade fun for Julio and his friends, but they must get serious about studying as the statewide end-of-year test approaches.
Bookworm (I Can Read! #17)
by Herman ParishOverdue for some Fun? If so, check out everyone's favorite literal-minded housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia. Nothing makes Amelia Bedelia happier than helping people and doing exactly as she's told. And what could be more satisfying than a day spent volunteering at the library? But Mrs. Page, the librarian, is surprised when Amelia Bedelia steals away in the bookmobile for a bookstore visit. Can Amelia Bedelia explain that she was just trying to go by the book'? Or will she have the book thrown at her for this latest misunderstanding?
Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist
by Herman ParishHousekeeper Amelia Bedelia wreaks havoc when she volunteers to help out at the school science fair.
Alice Macleod, Realist At Last
by Susan JubyIn her third book, Alice is facing grade 12 with several changes in her life. Her boyfriend is spending the year in Scotland and then wants to go to a college far away. Her best friend is in a pre-vet intensive program. And to top it all off, her mother has gone to prison for protesting at a mining facility. Her dad is forced to get a job, his first, and so is Alice. She waitresses, leads hikes, and helps out at Betty Lou's yarn shop. By the end of the book, she is still working, still trying to figure out boys, and has finished the play she is writing. Chapters alternate between the teen's diary entries and scenes from her screenplay in progress. Alice is an individual who will keep readers laughing. The dichotomy between what she describes and what readers are sure is happening will lead to smiles, and her experiences will ring true to many teenage girls. Her hippie parents and super-smart brother lend a few laughs. The book will be a hit with fans of the series and with readers who like romantic comedies.
Monsieur Eek
by David IvesWhen a chimpanzee arrives in MacOongafoondsen, he is put on trial for being a thief and a French spy, resulting in some changes to the tiny town that delight Emmaline Perth, his thirteen-year-old defender.
Bo and Mzzz Mad
by Sid FleischmanThe Gamages and the Martinkas despise each other, because of a family feud handed down from generation to generation. Nevertheless, to escape a foster home, newly orphaned Bo Gamage steps off the bus in the California desert to meet his distant cousin Madeleine, a genuine on-the-hoof Martinka. About his own age, Madeleine wears big sunglasses and calls herself Mzzz Mad. The name sounds to Bo like a mosquito in the air, about to attack. "You one of them ornery Gamages?" she asks. "Where's your horns and your mangy tail?" Enemies at first sight, they find themselves under the same roof in a ghost town presided over by cantankerous Charlie Martinka, a former cowboy movie star turned prospector. Bo is quickly caught up in a razzle-dazzle of goings-on, which include a wild battle for a missing map, the mystery of the tattooed head, and a daring search for the legendary Pegleg Smith gold mine. And before they know it, Bo and Mzzz Mad find themselves handcuffed -- together!
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe lovable cat who first appeared in "If You Give a Pig a Party" now stars in his very own book--the newest story in the "New York Times"-bestselling series.
My Life as a Fifth-Grade Comedian
by Elizabeth LevyLife as the class clown may seem like a laugh a minute, but Bobby's situation is no joke: His constant misbehavior is about to send him to the School for Intervention -- two steps from reform school. Bobby's older brother went there. That is, before he got kicked out of school altogether and then kicked out of the house. Their father calls it tough love, but to Bobby it seems more like tough luck. And he knows he could be next. Bobby's got one last chance to prove to his teachers, his parents, and himself that comedy is no joke. His assignment: to put on a school-wide laugh-off. It'll be a stand-up standoff between the teachers and the students -- and may the best comic win. But being the King of Comedy isn't Bobby's only goal. The Great Laugh-Off is also his chance to teach his sarcastic father an important lesson: that jokes can have the power to hurt-and also to heal.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel SilversteinCome in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist. Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound.
A Giraffe and a Half
by Shel SilversteinIf you had a giraffe and he stretched another half . . . you would have a giraffe and a half. And if you glued a rose to the tip of his nose . . . And . . . if he put on a shoe and then stepped in some glue . . . And if he used a chair to comb his hair . . . And so it goes until . . . but that would be telling. Children will be kept in stitches until the very end, when the situation is resolved in the most riotous way possible. Shel Silverstein's incomparable line drawings add to the hilarity of his wildly funny rhymes.
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
by Shel SilversteinRunny Babbit lent to wunch And heard the saitress way, "We have some lovely stabbit rew -- Our Special for today." From the legendary creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and The Giving Tree comes an unforgettable new character in children's literature. Welcome 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. So if you say, "Let's bead a rook That's billy as can se," You're talkin' Runny Babbit talk, Just like mim and he.
There Is A Carrot In My Ear: and Other Noodle Tales (I Can Read! #Level 1)
by Alvin Schwartz Karen Ann WeinhausA collection of six stories about a family of silly people, based on noodle folklore from America, Europe, and Asia Minor.
Nasty Stinky Sneakers
by Eve BuntingWill ten-year-old Colin find his missing stinky sneakers in time to enter The Stinkiest Sneakers in the World contest?
Keep It Simple, Stupid: You're Smarter Than You Look
by Judy SheindlinJudge Judy uses courtroom cases to illustrate commonsense advice on personal relationships.
There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road Except Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos
by Jim HightowerA radio commentator and former Texas commissioner of agriculture offers his no-holds-barred, populist views on American politics and culture, showing how the government, the media, and large corporations have foreclosed on the American dream."
When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home
by Erma BombeckThe popular humorist offers tips and truisms on travel, discussing oddly named food, Asian bus drivers in Germany, plumbing around the world, and more.