![The Invention of Hugo Cabret](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439813786.jpg?itok=PvM_66VF)
Image and text combine in a unique presentation to tell the story of an orphan boy who lives between the walls of a Paris train station and repairs its clocks. Monochromatic illustrations change perspective and move in and out, and alternate with text to tell this mysterious, breathtaking, and riveting tale. Winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal. (2008 Caldecott Medal Winner)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
![Hattie Big Sky](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440239419.jpg?itok=3pLtszDC)
For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie’s been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle’s homestead claim in Montana. Despite many hardships, Hattie forges ahead, sharing her adventures with her friends through letters and articles for her hometown paper.
Hattie Big Sky
![Two-Minute Mysteries](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0590447874.jpg?itok=pP1GUIWX)
Though this book is more for budding detectives than budding spies, it has many of the same appealing factors—listening, clue-gathering, and crime-solving. A classic that appeals to elementary-school students, this is also fun for read-alouds.
Two-Minute Mysteries
![Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064401707.jpg?itok=sPpG6Zit)
This collection of folktales and scary stories has been a favorite of fright-loving kids for more than 20 years. These stories with creepy illustrations will be familiar to most adults who attended slumber parties, camping trips, and Halloween hayrides in their youth.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
![Wiggle and Waggle](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580893066.jpg?itok=pODxTUke)
Of the more than 2,000 kinds of worms in the world, Wiggle and Waggle are likely the most engaging. As the worm friends tunnel in the vegetable garden all summer, they sing a little song to make time go by quicker, have a picnic, and then get ready to hibernate when the growing season is finished. An easy to read text makes these rather gross characters quite appealing in text and illustration.
Wiggle and Waggle
![Pirates Don't Change Diapers](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152053530.jpg?itok=W5StnSyk)
Braid Beard’s band of pirates has bad teeth, bad breath, and bad manners — and now, in order to get their treasure they have Jeremy Jacob’s baby sister with a dirty diaper. Shiver me timbers and aargh! It’s enough to gross out a grown pirate! This fantastic adventure is fun, fast — and not a little odiferous.
Pirates Don’t Change Diapers
![The Perfect Cat-Sitter](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823421120.jpg?itok=ekkJ_F0-)
Susan agrees to pet-sit while her good friend, neighbor, and classmate is away. What Susan doesn’t count on, however, is all the gross stuff that critter sitters sometimes have to deal with. With gentle humor, Susan learns a great deal about herself and how to handle not-so-nice jobs.
The Perfect Cat-Sitter
![Oh No, Gotta Go!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399234934.jpg?itok=aWBqwwxs)
It’s Sunday and the family is on an outing in the car, when the mama hears the dreaded, “Oh no, gotta go” — and so begins the frantic search for a bathroom. The romp is funny and fast, with words in Spanish and English that turn a familiar experience into an introduction to another language.
Oh No, Gotta Go!
![Mrs. Biddlebox: Her Bad Day and What She Did About It!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152063498.jpg?itok=bKnGyuTP)
What do you do when you’re in a funk and full of the grumblies? Well, you can take that gross, dark day and bake it into something sweet. And like Mrs. Biddlebox, you can eat it to make your tummy full of tasty crumblies to enjoy the starry night before bedtime. Energetic lines and a jaunty rhyme reveal a fresh way to look at bad moods.
Mrs. Biddlebox: Her Bad Day and What She Did About It!
![Minnie and Moo and the Haunted Sweater](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060730161.jpg?itok=oDxFhqda)
Bovine buddies Minnie and Moo are getting ready for their farmer’s birthday. They give him their last cream puff — leaving it in his slipper…and the sweater they’ve made seems to be haunted! And where is Elvis the rooster? Nothing could be grosser than stepping into a cream puff or wearing a sweater that talks, but it sure makes a funny tale!
Minnie and Moo and the Haunted Sweater
![I'm Dirty](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060092939.jpg?itok=yc7muRAu)
Umm! growls the bodacious backhoe loader as he gets dirtier with each pile of trash he gathers as he cleans up a vacant lot. The countdown from 10 to 1 is gross, alliterative, and sure to engage children who enjoy things that move (not to mention yucky!).
I’m Dirty
![Julius' Candy Corn](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060537892.jpg?itok=6flcnpXI)
Julius’ mom is making cupcakes with candy corn atop for a Halloween party; Julius is told not to touch them. He doesn’t, but does count the candy corn — as he eats them! Crisply lined illustrations stand out on each sturdy page as Julius (some may recognize him from Julius, Baby of the World) tastes the best part of the cupcakes — before guests arrive.
Julius’ Candy Corn
![I Love My Pirate Papa](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152056645.jpg?itok=_CTJpepr)
A bulbous little boy and his buccaneer dad share a day afloat on their pirate ship shouting things like ‘avast!’ and generally enjoying all of the gross things that pirates do. But as the boy is tucked into bed, his Pirate Papa reminds him that there’s nothing more important to him than his little pirate boy!
I Love My Pirate Papa
![The Hallo-wiener](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439079462.jpg?itok=9Rpc102b)
It’s hard enough for Oscar to be a “wiener-dog” (you know the kinds that are twice as long as they are high). Add a really dumb, gross Halloween costume, and the other mutt’s behavior toward Oscar deteriorates even more. That is, until Oscar saves the day in this funny, off-beat, canine Halloween tale.
The Hallo-wiener
![Delicious! A Pumpkin Soup Story](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374317569.jpg?itok=0O_b2UNV)
Poor Duck.The soups that Squirrel and Cat are making are just so gross! Beet soup? Mushroom soup? All ughs! But a happy solution is created which is the same color of Duck’s favorite — pumpkin soup. A recipe for delicious sounding “pink soup” is included for eaters more adventurous than Duck.
Delicious! A Pumpkin Soup Story
![Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374399875.jpg?itok=rRpG2WT8)
Jack and his family are moving to North Carolina now that his father has joined the navy. In school there, nine-year-old Jack falls hopelessly in love with his new teacher. Told through Jack’s crisp, often funny, sometimes poignant narration in a format that emulates a journal, this is the prequel for the Jack series.
Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue
![Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0385327757.jpg?itok=_1OeswvF)
The Flint Future Detectives are back for another wacky adventure in which the dog owned by Steven’s friend, Russell (first introduced in Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money) inadvertently launches an out-of-this-world series of events. Readers will see the satire in this improbable, funny, and fast-reading novel.
Mr. Chickee’s Messy Mission
![Mr. Chickee's Funny Money](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440229197.jpg?itok=46j_Sr4x)
Could it be real? A quadrillion dollar bill? In this funny, fast-paced tall tale, nine-year-old Steven, helper and friend of his blind neighbor, Mr. Chickee, solves the mystery of this strange money.
Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money
![Elijah of Buxton](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439023440.jpg?itok=TV8ClKvv)
Eleven-year-old Elijah was born in Buxton, a Canadian settlement that was the final stop on the Underground Railroad. The free child of slaves, Elijah reveals his growing awareness of the horrors of slavery on his journey to young adulthood. Vivid characters and a strong sense of place create both humor and horror in this moving novel.
Elijah of Buxton
![Bud, Not Buddy](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0553494104.jpg?itok=F0VUE9Z_)
Young Bud runs away from the latest and worst foster home in search of his father. Though he doesn’t find his father, Bud (not Buddy) does find family, music, and more on his long trek across Michigan during the Depression. In this Newbery-winning novel, both humor and Bud’s naive voice make difficult issues accessible to younger readers. (2000 Newbery Medal Winner)
Bud, Not Buddy
![Bucking the Sarge](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440413311.jpg?itok=7_j2moSb)
Fifteen-year-old Luther’s mother, The Sarge, rules an empire of halfway houses and slums. Luther himself is a much more ordinary guy, though he is caught between being a typical teen and being the Sarge’s son. Luther’s peculiar problems are resolved in a way that is sure to satisfy readers.
Bucking the Sarge
![Number the Stars](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440227534.jpg?itok=ZU4RTDFy)
The narrator, 10-year-old Annemarie, and her family defy the Nazis as Danish Jews are gathered for transport to death camps. They help Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, and her family escape to Sweden. The horror of World War II is mitigated by the limited view of the narrator, yet the courage of individuals shines through for a breathtaking look at this time in history.
Number the Stars
![Attaboy, Sam!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440408164.jpg?itok=cV2peubu)
Sam uses a great deal of initiative to make just the right birthday present for his mother. But when he combines all of her favorite smells to make the perfect perfume, disastrous (and odiferous) results permeate this worthy sequel to All About Sam.
Attaboy, Sam!
![Anastasia Krupnik](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440408520.jpg?itok=ADLZUJ9b)
10-year-old Anastasia is quite content as the only (and quite self-assured) child of professional parents. But she is not so happy and not so nice after she learns that she is to become a sister. Anastasia’s lists organize her thoughts and create humor in this first book of the series.