Cooperatively writing a fairy tale for school, a girl imagines a beautiful princess whose beloved ponies are being stolen by a giant, and a boy conjures up the muscular biker who will guard the last pony in exchange for gold.

4) Little buggy

Author

O'Malley, Kevin

Pub. Date

2002

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Description

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A young ladybug is determined to learn how to fly and, with the help of his father, he succeeds.

5) Gimme cracked corn & I will share

Author

O'Malley, Kevin

Pub. Date

2007

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29

Description

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Chicken dreams about a treasure and sets off on a dangerous journey to find it.

6) Animal crackers fly the coop

Author

O'Malley, Kevin

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Description

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In this humorous take-off of "The Bremen Town Musicians," four animals that aspire to make it big as comedians leave their owners and seek their fortunes.

7) Humpty Dumpty egg-splodes

Author

O'Malley, Kevin

Pub. Date

2001

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) ; 29 cm.

Description

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An enormous Humpty Dumpty returns to seek revenge on the nursery rhyme characters who let him fall.

8) Captain Raptor and the space pirates

Author

O'Malley, Kevin

Series

Captain Raptor adventures volume 2

Pub. Date

2007

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Description

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Captain Raptor and the crew of the Megatooth are called back into action to save the planet Jurassica from rogue space pirates.

9) Captain Raptor and the perilous planet

Author

O'Malley, Kevin

Series

Captain Raptor adventures volume 3

Pub. Date

[2018]

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Description

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Captain Raptor and the crew of the Megatooth rush to help rescue scientists from the planet Mammalia who are trapped on Pyros Prime, an unstable planet with exploding volcanoes.

10) How they choked: failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous

Author

Bragg, Georgia

Pub. Date

[2014]

Physical Desc

vi, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Description

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Presents a humorous look at the flaws and foibles of some of the most famous personalities of history, including such figures as Marco Polo, George Armstrong Custer, Thomas Edison, and Amelia Earhart.

11) How they croaked: the awful ends of the awfully famous

Author

Bragg, Georgia

Pub. Date

2011

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history and the circumstances surrounding those deaths.

12) Caught!: nabbing history's most wanted

Author

Bragg, Georgia

Pub. Date

2019

Physical Desc

218 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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"A humorous look at how famous people got caught, including Joan of Arc, Blackbeard, Al Capone, and more! From the award-winning team that brought you How They Croaked and How They Choked. Outlaw, assassin, art thief, and spy, these fourteen troublemakers and crooks--including Blackbeard the pirate, Typhoid Mary, and gangster Al Capone--have given the good guys a run for their money throughout the ages. Some were crooked, some were deadly, and some...

13) Something rotten: a fresh look at roadkill

Author

Montgomery, Heather L

Pub. Date

2018.

Physical Desc

168 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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When Heather L. Montgomery sees a rattlesnake flattened on the side of the road, her first instinct is to pick it up and dissect it--she's always wanted to see how a snake's fangs retract when they close their mouths, and it's not exactly safe to poke around in a live reptile's mouth. A wildlife researcher with a special penchant for the animals that litter the roadways, Heather isn't satisfied with dissecting just one snake. Her fascination with...