![Frank Einstein and the Brain Turbo](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1419716433.jpg?itok=Zro6kIiL)
Boy genius, Frank Einstein, and friends explore energy and other science topics as they relate to their everyday interests. The latest in the series is filled will wordplay, science ideas and additional silliness to engage even the most reluctant readers. The heavily illustrated book will not disappoint Frank Einstein fans.
Frank Einstein and the Brain Turbo
![Fish in a Tree](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399162593.jpg?itok=FXjTzwxg)
Even though she’s a math whiz, sixth grader Ally struggles to make sense of words on a page — that is until she meets Mr. Daniels. Ally discovers that she has dyslexia. Mr. Daniels is studying for a degree in helping children learn to read using different techniques — which open Ally’s world in many ways. Based on the author’s own experiences, Ally’s voice is successfully used to create a realistic and touching novel.
Fish in a Tree
![The Doldrums](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062320947.jpg?itok=8C8x2Q5o)
Since his grandparents disappeared on an iceberg, Archer’s mother won’t let the well-mannered boy out of the museum-like house. Still, he finds unique adventures and companionship in this fast-paced, charming, witty and well written novel presented in a handsomely illustrated format.
The Doldrums
![Confessions of an Imaginary Friend: A Memoir](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0525427554.jpg?itok=jgiuTygE)
Eight year old Jacque Papier wonders why he is ignored by everyone; is it because they dislike him? However, he learns that he isn’t quite real. Does an imaginary friend exist if no one imagines him? Readers will certainly find Jacque, his imaginary associates as well as the more tangible characters authentic in this gentle and wise “memoir.”
Confessions of an Imaginary Friend: A Memoir
![Book Scavenger](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1627791159.jpg?itok=0MqwktHb)
Emily doesn’t mind her family’s annual move because San Francisco is home to Garrison Griswold, book publisher. But there’s a nefarious plot against Griswold, creator of Book Scavenger. How will Emily and her new friend, James, solve the mystery? Find out in this fast-paced, often funny, sometimes tense mystery-adventure.
Book Scavenger
![Astounding Broccoli Boy](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062400177.jpg?itok=bCWHGslu)
Strange and humorous adventures begin when Rory and his nemesis, Tommy-Lee, are placed in a secret isolation ward when they turn bright green from a strange ailment. Rory’s understated narration reveals likeable, quirky characters in unlikely but engaging circumstances.
Astounding Broccoli Boy
![Count the Monkeys](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/count-the-monkeys.jpeg?itok=uAr1CnSa)
Kids will giggle as they count all the animals that have frightened the monkeys off the pages. Full of fun reader interactions and keeps readers guessing until the very last page!
Count the Monkeys
![The Skunk](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1596439661.jpg?itok=XRg6kV0V)
When a skunk first appears in the tuxedoed man’s doorway, it’s a strange but possibly harmless occurrence. But then the man finds the skunk following him, and the unlikely pair embark on an increasingly frantic chase through the city, from the streets to the opera house to the fairground. What does the skunk want? It’s not clear ― but soon the man has bought a new house in a new neighborhood to escape the little creature’s attention, only to find himself missing something …
The Skunk
![Sam and Dave Dig a Hole](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763662291.jpg?itok=4DVxigTs)
Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find … nothing. Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all. Attentive readers will be rewarded with a rare treasure in this witty story of looking for the extraordinary — and finding it in a manner you’d never expect.
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
![Leo: A Ghost Story](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452131562.jpg?itok=0jsjvPXt)
When a new family moves into his home and Leo the Ghost’s efforts to welcome them are misunderstood, Leo decides it is time to leave and see the world. That is how he meets Jane, a kid with a tremendous imagination and an open position for a worthy knight. That is how Leo and Jane become friends. And that is when their adventures begin. (Goodreads)
Leo: A Ghost Story
![The Terrible Two](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1419714910.jpg?itok=8R2Lk_x6)
In his old school, everyone knew Miles Murphy as the town’s best prankster, but Miles quickly discovers that Yawnee Valley already has a prankster, and a great one. If Miles is going to take the title from this mystery kid, he is going to have to raise his game. It’s prankster against prankster in an epic war of trickery, until the two finally decide to join forces and pull off the biggest prank ever seen. (Goodreads)
The Terrible Two
![The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity (The Brixton Brothers #1)](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/case-of-mistaken-identity.jpeg?itok=8O9fBouz)
It all starts here: The thrilling story of Steve Brixton’s first case. Our hero has a national treasure to recover, a criminal mastermind to unmask, and a social studies report due Monday – all while on the run from cops, thugs, and secret-agent librarians. (Goodreads)
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity (The Brixton Brothers #1)
![Once a Wood: Ten Tales from Aesop](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0395551498.jpg?itok=rU7jxOdA)
A retelling of 10 fables by Aesop including “The Fox and the Crow,” “The Crow and the Water Jug,” and “The Lion and the Mouse.”
Once a Wood: Ten Tales from Aesop
![Criss Cross](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060092742.jpg?itok=5Z-Nx-dq)
This story reads like a series of intersecting vignettes, all focused on 14-year-old Debbie and her friends as they leave childhood behind. The descriptive, measured writing includes poems, prose, haiku, and question-and-answer formats. Perkins brings a great deal of humor to this gentle story about a group of childhood friends facing the crossroads of life and how they wish to live it. (2006 Newbery Medal Winner)
Criss Cross
![Almost Identical](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0448451913.jpg?itok=gFcxJ4br)
Identical twins Sammie and Charlie are starting out seventh grade at a brand-new school. As they make new friends, and join different clubs, the sisters (and once inseparable best friends) start to grow further and further apart. Told from Sammie’s point of view, this moving yet funny story will be gobbled up by middle-school girls! This is the first book in the Almost Identical series.
Almost Identical
![Bookmarks Are People Too! (Here's Hank)](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0448479974.jpg?itok=ztmOZWmS)
Hank is a second-grade kid who doesn’t try to be funny, but he somehow always makes the kids in his class laugh. He’s pretty bad at memorizing stuff, and spelling is his worst subject. (But so are math and reading!) Hank’s class is putting on a play, and Hank wants the lead part: Aqua Fly. But he freezes in his audition and can only buzz like a fly. His teacher creates a special part for Hank, a silent bookmark. This may seem like an insignificant role, but when his enemy, Nick McKelty, freezes during the performance, it’s up to Hank to save the play! This is the first book in the Here’s Hank series.
Bookmarks Are People Too! (Here’s Hank)
![Attack of the Growling Eyeballs (Who Shrunk Daniel Funk?)](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1416909583.jpg?itok=PWRc5uo7)
Meet Daniel Funk, a regular guy who’s stuck living in a house full of girls. Why couldn’t he have a brother instead of all those sisters? That would be so cool. When Daniel shrinks to the size of the fourth toe on his left foot, he discovers that he actually does have a brother. A little brother. A very little brother. He’s Pablo Funk, Daniel’s tiny twin, who is a toeful of trouble. When Daniel and Pablo decide to have some fun at their sisters’ party and let loose a giant hissing cockroach just to watch the girls scream, they find out that it’s dangerous to be so small. This is the first book in the Daniel Funk series.
Attack of the Growling Eyeballs (Who Shrunk Daniel Funk?)
![Penny from Heaven](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375836896.jpg?itok=ExeO0K9T)
It’s 1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. This coming-of-age story is populated by a cast of vivid family characters and it explores the things that tear them apart and the things that bring them back together. The book includes an Author’s Note with photographs and additional background on World War II, Internment camps, and 1950s America.
Penny from Heaven
![Our Only May Amelia](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064408566.jpg?itok=ZfqSAQY9)
Twelve-year-old tomboy May Amelia Jackson, the youngest of seven children and the only girl in a Finnish immigrant family, lives in the wilderness along the Nasel River in Washington State in 1899. Through May Amelia’s travels, readers witness the diverse ways of life in the expanding West: peaceful relations with the Chinook Indians, the dangers posed by the neighboring logging camp, her aunt’s life in the nearby boomtown of Astoria, Oregon, as well as the rhythms of the seasons.
Our Only May Amelia
![Turtle in Paradise](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/037583690X.jpg?itok=pbmLansK)
In 1935, jobs are hard to come by, and Turtle’s mother is lucky to find work as a live-in housekeeper. When she learns that her employer can’t stand children, she sends her 11-year-old daughter from New Jersey to Key West to live with relatives. Turtle discovers a startlingly different way of life amid boisterous cousins, Nana Philly, and buried treasure. This richly detailed novel was inspired by Holm’s great-grandmother’s stories.
Turtle in Paradise
![Squish: The Power of the Parasite](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375843914.jpg?itok=5QUPbFjG)
School’s out! Everyone’s favorite amoeba is headed to summer camp! Squish’s summer is turning out to be terrifying! For one thing, Squish can’t swim. And to make matters worse, his new camp friend is a Hydra (scientific fact: A hydra’s tentacles can paralyze you!). Will Squish sink or will he swim this summer?
Squish: The Power of the Parasite
![Sunny Side Up](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545741661.jpg?itok=9pmG_MtG)
Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. Sunny meets Buzz, a boy who is completely obsessed with comic books, and soon they’re having adventures of their own: facing off against golfball-eating alligators, runaway cats, and mysteriously disappearing neighbors. But the question remains — why is Sunny down in Florida in the first place? The answer lies in a family secret that won’t be secret to Sunny much longer.
Sunny Side Up
![Squish: Brave New Pond](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375843906.jpg?itok=bAVT0Dvh)
It’s a brand new school year for everyone’s favorite amoeba! Will Squish finally get to sit with the cool kids at lunch? Will Pod stop the giant asteroid from destroying the world? Will the leeches be the end of Super Amoeba? And what makes cafeteria nachos so delicious anyway?
Squish: Brave New Pond
![What James Said](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1596439084.jpg?itok=GMKPEWMi)
The narrator is angry at her friend, James, because of a simple misunderstanding. It all started when James told Aden who told Hunter and so on until it comes full circle; the narrator employs the dreaded silent treatment. All ends well in this satisfying and recognizable yarn.