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Eaton Stanley and the Mind Control Experiment
(age 7-10) by David Adler humor ... science fiction ... school Brian knows Eaton Stanley is strange. Eaton knows all kinds of weird facts that fascinate Brian. Before he knows what hit him, Brian gets involved in Eaton's bizarre science project -a plan to take control of their teacher's mind. Brian is thrilled when their plan seems to work -- until the day they go too far. |
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Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist (age 7-10) by Jim Benton math/science/technology ... humor ... science fiction ... school When Franny Stein, self-styled mad scientist, creates a stir with her wacky schemes and wild inventions. title: Attack of the 50-ft. Cupid title: The Fran With Four Brains title: Frantastic Voyage title: Lunch Walks Among Us title: The Frandidate |
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My Weird School Daze Series (age 7-10) by Dan Gutman humor ... school The weirdness never stops. title: Mrs. Dole Is Out of Control! title: Mr. Sunny Is Funny! title: Mr. Granite Is From Another Planet! title: Coach Hyatt Is a Riot! title: Officer Spence Makes No Sense! title: Miss Laney Is Zany! title: Miss Mary Is Scary! title: Mrs. Jafee Is Daffy! |
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The Arthur Series (age 7-10) by Stephen Krensky school ... friendship Arthur and his friends deal with school, friends, and family...just like you! title: Arthur and the Big Blowup title: Arthur and the Cootie-Catcher title: Arthur and the Poetry Contest title: Arthur and the Popularity Test title: Arthur Rocks With BINKY title: Buster Baxter, Cat Saver title: Buster Makes the Grade title: Francine, Believe it or Not title: King Arthur title: Who's in Love With Arthur? |
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The Arthur Series (age 7-10) by Marc Brown school ... friendship Arthur and his friends deal with school, friends, and family...just like you! title: Arthur Accused! title: Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest title: Arthur and the Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club title: Arthur Makes the Team title: Arthur's Mystery Envelope title: Buster's Dino Dilemma title: Locked in the Library! title: The Mystery of the Stolen Bike |
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The World According to Humphrey (age 7-10) by Betty Birney animals ... school ... friendship Humphrey, pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher. title: Friendship According to Humphrey title: Trouble According to Humphrey title: Adventure According to Humphrey |
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Ghostville Elementary Series (age 7-10) by Marcia Jones school ... spooky Publisher comments: The basement of Sleepy Hollow's elementary school is haunted. At least that's what everyone says. But no one has ever gone downstairs to prove it. Until now ... title: New Ghoul in School |
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Black Lagoon Adventure Series (age 7-10) by Mike Thaler fantasy ... adventure ... school OH NO, it's the class trip from the Black Lagoon. The kids have no idea where they are going and imagine a doomed class trip full of ferocioius animals, maniacal monsters, and scary aerial acrobatics. It's any kid's nightmare---danger and homework everywhere. And there's your teacher, mean Mrs. Green---she's going to quiz you on everything! Don't worry because the kids stop letting their imaginations run wild and soon realize that they are going to a very cool zoo. There's never a dull moment in the Black Lagoon! title: The Science Fair From the Black Lagoon |
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The Third Grade Detectives (age 7-10) by George Edward Stanley math/science/technology ... school ... mystery Mr. Merlin's Third Graders are known as the Third Grade Detectives. With some hints from secret code clues and help from Mr. Merlin's friend, the police scientist Dr. Smiley, they help solve cases. title: The Secret of the Green Skin title: The Cobweb Confession |
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The Robert Series (age 7-10) by Barbara Seuling adventure ... humor ... school Robert's outlandish plans sometimes get him into trouble. title: Robert and the Attack of the Giant Tarantula title: Robert and the Clickety-Clackety Teeth title: Robert and the Great Pepperoni title: Robert and the Hairy Disaster title: Robert and the Sneaker Snobs |
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Being Teddy Roosevelt
(age 7-10) by Claudia Mills realistic ... growing up ... school Riley O’Rourke is writing his report on President Teddy Roosevelt in preparation for the fourth-grade biography tea, but he has a far more important goal: to get a saxophone so he can take instrumental music. His mother can’t afford to rent him a sax, and he’s sure he’ll never save up enough money to buy one. But as Riley learns more about Roosevelt’s “bully” spirit, he realizes that there just might be a way to solve his problem after all. |
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Ready, Freedy! Series (age 7-10) by Abby Klein school ... humor ... enterprise Freddy Thresher has a problem: a really, really, big problem. And like any first grader, he takes matters into his own hands. title: The King of Show-and-Tell |
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Pirate School Series (age 7-10) by Brian James adventure ... school The pirate ship's first mate, Rotten Tooth, sees Pete and his friends more as an annoyance than pirates in training. As the ship heads toward Snake Island, Pete has an idea to earn some respectif the kids can find the hidden treasure before the grown-ups, then they'll have to be taken seriously! Only one problem: The treasure is guarded by a giant snake that curses anyone who looks in its eyes. Can the pirate kids find the treasure, earn the pirates' respect, and escape certain death? title: Ahoy, Ghost Ship Ahead! title: Attack on the High Seas! title: Port of Spies title: Treasure Trouble title: Camp Buccaneer |
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Nikki and Deja
(age 7-10) by Karen English friendship ... school When an arrogant new girl comes to school, third-graders and best friends Nikki and Deja decide to form a club that would exclude her but find the results not what they expected. |
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Jigsaw Jones Mysteries (age 7-10) by James Preller school ... mystery Jigsaw and Mila are hot on the case. title: The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster title: The Case of the Best Pet Ever title: The Case of the Bicycle Bandit title: The Case of the Buried Treasure title: The Case of the Christmas Snowman title: The Case of the Class Clown title: The Case of the Detective in Disguise title: The Case of the Disappearing Dinosaur title: The Case of the Ghostwriter title: The Case of the Golden Key title: The Case of the Great Sled Race title: The Case of the Haunted Scarecrow title: The Case of the Marshmallow Monster title: The Case of the Million-Dollar Mystery title: The Case of the Missing Falcon title: The Case of the Mummy Mystery title: The Case of the Race Against Time title: The Case of the Rainy Day Mystery title: The Case of the Runaway Dog title: The Case of the Secret Valentine title: The Case of the Sneaker Sneak title: The Case of the Spooky Sleepover title: The Case of the Stolen Baseball Cards title: The Case of the Vanishing Painting |
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Patti's Pet Gorilla
(age 7-10) by Pat Rhoads Mauser school Not having anything for "show and tell," Patti makes up a pet gorilla and then is faced with the problem of showing it to her friends. |
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Mary Marony Series (age 7-10) by Suzy Kline friendship ... school Second grader Mary Marony faces school with a stuttering problem, and the courage to overcome it. title: Mary Marony, Mummy Girl title: Mary Marony and the Chocolate Surprise |
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It Goes Eeeeeeeeeeeee!
(age 7-10) by Jamie Gilson friendship ... animals ... school Patrick, the new boy in Richard's class, is always causing trouble, but his work on a science project about bats helps him make new friends. |
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The Clementine Series (age 7-10) by Sara Pennypacker friendship ... humor ... school Clementine notices everything...especially when adults would prefer her not to. This chapter book finds her sorting through all kinds of trouble, in her own hilarious way. title: Clementine title: The Talented Clementine |
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Super Emma
(age 7-10) by Sally Warner friendship ... school Third-grader Emma becomes a reluctant heroine when she defends a friend from the class bully. |
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The Trouble With Cats
(age 7-10) by Martha Freeman family ... school After a difficult first week of third grade, Holly begins to adjust to her new school and living in her new stepfather's tiny apartment with his four cats. |
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Gooney Bird Greene Series (age 7-10) by Lois Lowry school ... humor There's never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. What other new kid comes to school wearing pajamas and cowboy boots one day and a polka-dot t-shirt and tutu on another? Gooney Bird has to sit right smack in the middle of the class because she likes to be in the middle of everything. She is the star of story time and keeps her teacher and classmates on the edge of their seats with her absolutely true stories. But what about her classmates? Do they have stories good enough to share? title: Gooney Bird Greene |
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Class Clown
(age 7-10) by Johanna Hurwitz humor ... friendship ... school Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the third grade, finds it very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to become the perfect student. |
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The Legend of Spud Murphy
(age 7-10) by Eoin Colfer school ... brilliant protagonist ... humor When their mother starts dropping them off at the library several afternoons a week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread boredom and the overbearing librarian, but they are surprised at how things turn out. |
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Muggie Maggie
(age 7-10) by Beverly Cleary humor ... school A curse on cursive! Maggie doesn't really mean it when she vows never to read and write those wiggly, squiggly, roller-coaster letters. After all, she uses the computer. But everybody seems to be taking her revolt very, very seriously. |
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Junie B, First Grader Series (age 7-10) by Barbara Park realistic ... humor ... school Hurray, hurray for a brand-new school year! Only, for Junie B. Jones, things are not actually that pleasant. 'Cause first grade means having to get used to a whole new classroom. And a whole new teacher. And a whole new bunch of strange children. title: Junie B First Grader (at Last!) title: Junie B First Grader: Toothless Wonder title: Junie B First Grader: Boo! and I Mean It! title: Junie B First Grader: Boss of Lunch title: Junie B First Grader: Dumb Bunny title: Junie B First Grader: Shipwrecked |
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Junie B. Jones Series (age 7-10) by Barbara Park realistic ... humor ... school Junie is the bestest, funniest kindergartener ever. title: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May) title: Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business title: Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth title: Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying title: Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday title: Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus title: Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake title: Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed title: Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket title: Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl title: Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl title: Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal title: Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day title: Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook title: Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy |
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Horrible Harry Series (age 7-10) by Suzy Kline humor ... friendship ... school Horrible Harry of classroom 2B is known for his mischievous pranks, and his unexpected moments of insight into the elementary school experience. title: Horrible Harry and the Green Slime title: Horrible Harry and the Christmas Surprise title: Horrible Harry and the Dungeon title: Horrible Harry and the Kickball Wedding title: Horrible Harry in Room 2B title: Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade title: Horrible Harry's Secret title: Horrible Harry Goes to the Moon title: Horrible Harry Goes to Sea title: Horrible Harry and the Holidaze title: Horrible Harry and the Mud Gremlins title: Horrible Harry and the Purple People title: Horrible Harry at Halloween title: Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt title: Horrible Harry Cracks the Code title: Horrible Harry Bugs the Three Bears title: Horrible Harry and the June Box |
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Dragon Slayers' Academy Series (age 7-10) by Kate McMullan humor ... knights/castles/dragons ... school In the first of this hilarious series, Wiglaf is off to Dragon Slayers' Academy and in for a first day of school he will never forget. title: 97 Ways to Train a Dragon title: Beware! It's Friday the 13th title: Class Trip to the Cave of Doom title: Countdown to the Year 1000 title: Danger! Wizard at Work title: Double Dragon Trouble title: The Ghost of Sir Herbert Dungeonstone title: Help! It's Parents Day at DSA title: Knight for a Day title: The New Kid at School title: Pig Latin: Not Just for Pigs! title: Revenge of the Dragon Lady title: Sir Lancelot, Where Are You? title: A Wedding for Wiglaf? title: Wheel of Misfortune |
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The School Mouse
(age 7-10) by Dick King-Smith adventure ... school Flora is not like other mice. She can read! Flora, who lives with her family in a country schoolhouse, learns to read along with the kindergartners. When an exterminator leaves poison around the school, Flora comes to the rescue. |
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Kids of the Polk Street School Series (age 7-10) by Patricia Reilly Giff realistic ... school The kids at the Polk Street School are a lot like you: they go to class, make friends, and learn a lot about life along the way. title: Beast and the Halloween Horror title: Count Your Money With the Polk Street School title: December Secrets title: Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs title: Let's Go, Philadelphia! title: Look Out, Washington, D.C.! title: Monster Rabbit Runs Amuck! title: Oh Boy, Boston! : the Polk Street Kids On Tour title: Purple Climbing Days title: Snaggle Doodles title: Sunny-Side Up title: The Valentine Star title: Turkey Trouble title: Wake Up, Emily, It's Mother's Day |
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The Hundred Dresses
(age 7-10) by Eleanor Estes identity ... friendship ... school Publisher comments: Wanda Petronski is an immigrant girl in an American school, who is ridiculed for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. When she tells her classmates that she has one hundred dresses at home, she unwittingly triggers a game of teasing that eventually ends in a lesson for all. |
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Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Series (age 7-10) by Debbie Dadey spooky ... mystery ... school Bailey City seems like such a normal place, but the Bailey School Kids encounter some pretty strange grownups. Mermaids and mummies, phantoms and gremlins. Who or what else will they meet? title: Angels Don't Know Karate title: Bogeymen Don't Play Football title: The Bride of Frankenstein Doesn't Bake Cookies title: Cyclops Doesn't Roller-Skate title: Dracula Doesn't Drink Lemonade title: Dragons Don't Cook Pizza title: Elves Don't Wear Hard Hats title: Frankenstein Doesn't Plant Petunias title: Frankenstein Doesn't Slam Hockey Pucks title: Gargoyles Don't Drive School Buses title: Genies Don't Ride Bicycles title: Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream title: Giants Don't Go Snowboarding title: Hercules Doesn't Pull Teeth title: Knights Don't Teach Piano title: Leprechauns Don't Play Basketball title: Martians Don't Take Temperatures title: Phantoms Don't Drive Sports Cars title: Pirates Don't Wear Pink Sunglasses title: Santa Claus Doesn't Mop Floors title: Skeletons Don't Play Tubas title: Trolls Don't Ride Roller Coasters title: Unicorns Don't Give Sleigh Rides title: Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots title: Werewolves Don't Go To Summer Camp title: Wolfmen Don't Hula Dance title: Zombies Don't Play Soccer title: The Abominable Snowman Doesn't Roast Marshmallows title: Aliens Don't Wear Braces title: Bigfoot Doesn't Square Dance title: Frankenstein Doesn't Start Food Fights title: Ghosts Don't Eat Potato Chips title: Goblins Don't Play Video Games title: Gremlins Don't Chew Bubble Gum title: Mermaids Don't Run Track title: Mummies Don't Coach Softball title: Werewolves Don't Run For President title: Witches Don't Do Backflips title: Wizards Don't Wear Graduation Gowns title: Mrs. Jeepers in Outer Space title: Mrs. Jeepers' Secret Cave title: Mrs. Jeepers is Missing title: Mrs. Jeepers' Monster Class Trip title: Leprechauns Don't Play Fetch title: The Bailey School Kids Joke Book |
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The Young Cam Jansen Mysteries (age 7-10) by David Adler school ... mystery ... humor Young Cam Jansen can't resist a mystery, and you won't be able to resist solving it with her in these easy beginning readers. title: Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie |