Ahlberg, Allan. The Woman Who Won Things. (First Chapter Books Ah)
As Mr. Gaskitt takes a series of jobs and Mrs. Gaskitt keeps winning prizes, their nine-year-old twins, Gus and Gloria, follow a substitute teacher who seems too good to be true.
Anholt, Laurence. Little Red Riding Wolf. (First Chapter Books An)
In this version of "Little Red Riding Hood," a big, bad girl terrorizes a wolf cub who is going to visit his granny wolf.
Greenburg, Dan. Dude Where's My Spaceship? (First Chapter Books Gr)
When their spaceship crash lands on Earth, Ploo is captured by the Army and taken to the mysterious Area 51. While her brothers, Lek and Klatu, try to rescue her, Ploo uses her ESP to make a new friend.
Gutman, Dan. Miss Daisy is Crazy. (First Chapter Books Gu)
Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J. First in the My Weird School series.
Kline, Suzy. Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom. (First Chapter Books Kl)
On the last day of second grade, Song Lee's party at the local amusement park forces Harry to face his fear of elevators when he is expected to ride the Drop of Doom.
Kraft, Erik. Lenny and Mel. (First Chapter Books Kr)
Twin brothers observe a year's worth of holidays in some very unusual ways.
Lowry, Lois. Gooney Bird Greene. (First Chapter Books Lo)
A most unusual new student who loves to be the center of attention entertains her teacher and fellow second graders by telling absolutely true stories about herself, including how she got her name.
McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody. (First Chapter Books Ma)
Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage.
Sachar, Louis. Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth? (First Chapter Books Sa)
Red-haired Marvin is convinced that the reason he looks different from the rest of his family is that he is really the lost prince of Shampoon.
Blume, Judy. Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing. (J Bl)
Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem.
Cleary, Beverly. Ramona the Pest. (J Cl)
Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
Clements, Andrew. Frindle. (J Cl)
When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
Dahl, Roald. The BFG. (J Da)
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
Doyle, Roddy. Giggler Treatment. (J Do)
A talking dog, the Mack children, and the small elf-like Gigglers themselves must try to stop the prank that the Gigglers have mistakenly set in motion to punish Mr. Mack for being mean to his children.
Fieffer, Jules. A Room with a Zoo. (J Fe)
Nine-year-old Julie loves animals. So much it seems that she's assembling a zoo in her room. But, what she really wants is a dog.
Fitzgerald, John. The Great Brain. (J Fi)
The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah are described by his younger brother, frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or money.
Gantos, Jack. Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue. (J Ga)
Ten-year-old Jack and his family move to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina when his father rejoins the Navy. Fourth grade is very confusing, as Jack is appointed the "Respective Detective" at school, tries to train a duck for the Pet Parade, and falls in love with his new teacher.
Garfield, Leon. The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris. (J Ga)
An experiment to see if a wolf will adopt an abandoned baby turns into a desperate situation for two schoolboys in early nineteenth-century England when the child is recovered by well-meaning passersby.
Goscinny. Nicholas.* (J Go)
Nicholas, a French schoolboy who, along with his classmates, has a knack for landing in trouble.
Hiaasen, Carl. Flush (J Hi)
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
Horvath, Polly. The Vacation. (J Ho)
When his parents go to Africa to work as missionaries, twelve-year-old Henry's eccentric aunts, Pigg and Mag, take him on a cross-country car trip adventure.
Johnson, Gillian. Thora.* (J Jo)
Ten-year-old Thora, daughter of a mermaid mother and a human father, has many adventures at sea until she must return to the English seaside town of Grimli and save her mother who has been captured by the greedy real estate developer, Frooty de Mare.
Klise, Kate. Regarding the Fountain. (J Kli)
When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results.
Korman, Gordon. Maxx Comedy: the Funniest Kid in America. (J Ko)
Eleven-year-old Max Carmody has wanted to be a stand-up comedian since he was five, so when a contest is held to find the "world's funniest kid," he goes through all kinds of craziness to win.
Manes, Stephen. Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days. (J Ma)
Milo, tired of problems with his sister, parents, and classmates, finds a book in the library which promises to make him perfect in just three days.
McCloskey, Robert. Homer Price.* (Classics Ma)
Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.
Morganstern, Susie. Book of Coupons. (J Mor)
Elderly Monsieur Noel, the very unconventional new eighth-grade teacher, gives coupon books for such things as dancing in class and sleeping late, which are bound to get him in trouble with the military discipline of Principal Incarnation Perez.
Rockwell, Thomas. How to Eat Fried Worms. (J Ro)
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.
Peck, Richard. The Teacher's Funeral. (J Pe)
In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies."
Pilkey, Dav. The Adventures of Captain Underpants.* (J Pi)
When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.
Pinkwater, Daniel. The Hoboken Chicken Emergency.* (J Pi)
Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 260-pound chicken.
Sachar, Louis. Sideways Stories from Wayside School. (J Sa)
Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
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