Mark Teague

Pub. Date

2013

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

This wildly funny twist on the "How I spent my summer vacation" school-essay ritual details one child's imaginary adventures over the summer and is perfect for back-to-school reading!
Most kids go to camp over the summer, or to Grandma's house, or maybe they're stuck at home. Not Wallace Bleff. He was supposed to visit his Aunt Fern. Instead, Wallace insists, he was carried off by cowboys and taught the ways of the West—from riding...

2) Jack and the beanstalk and the french fries

Author

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

In this humorous version of the traditional tale, Jack's magic beanstalk produces so many beans that soon everyone in the village is sick of eating them, and mad at Jack, and when he climbs the beanstalk he finds that Mr. Giant is equally fed up with beans-- but fortunately Mrs. Giant suggests a solution to their diet problem.

3) Fly!

Author

Pub. Date

2019.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Description

Mama bird wants Baby bird to learn to fly so he can migrate with the rest of the flock, but Baby bird would rather go by hot air balloon or car, instead.

4) Detective LaRue: letters from the investigation

Author

Pub. Date

2004

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.

Description

While on vacation, Mrs. LaRue receives letters from her dog Ike who has been falsely accused of harming the neighbor's cats and is trying to clear his name.

5) LaRue across America: postcards from the vacation

Author

Series

Dear Mrs. LaRue volume 3

Pub. Date

c2011

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 31 cm.

Description

Mrs. LaRue takes a cross-country drive with her hospitalized neighbor's cats and her own dog, Ike, who keeps the cats' owner informed of their misadventures through a series of postcards.

6) Pigsty

Author

Description

Wendell Flutz's room isn't a mess. It's a total pigsty. But Wendell's mother can't get him to clean it up. Wendell doesn't think the mess is so awful. In fact, he doesn't even mind it when one day he discovers a real pig sitting on his bed!

7) Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School

Author

Series

Ike LaRue

Description

When Ike Larue is "imprisoned" at the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy, he tries everything to get sent home--weepy letters to his owner, even illness. In reality, Brotweiler is more like camp than prison, but still, Ike's not cut out for life without Mrs. Larue & his creature comforts. Finally, he runs away only to find himself back in Snort City--just in time to save Mrs. Larue's life.

8) Felipe and Claudette

Author

Pub. Date

2019.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Description

Long time residents of Mrs. Barrett's adoption shelter, Felipe (a grumpy cat) and Claudette (a hyperactive dog) seem like they will never find a forever home, and Felipe is convinced that it is all Claudette's fault--but when the dog is finally adopted, Felipe is so depressed that he hides on adoption day, and it turns out that Claudette also misses her friend.

9) One Halloween night

Author

Pub. Date

1999

Physical Desc

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

Description

After a bad beginning, three friends discover that anything can happen on Halloween.

10) King Kong's cousin

Author

Pub. Date

[2022]

Physical Desc

34 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; 24 x 27 cm

Description

Junior may not be as big or strong as his famous cousin Kong, but when his beloved cat gets stuck in a tree, Junior conquers his fear of heights and saves the day.

11) Firehouse!

Author

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.

Description

Edward and his cousin Judy come for a visit to the firehouse and learn how everything works, with some unexpected results.

12) The sky is falling!

Author

Pub. Date

2015.

Physical Desc

1 unpaged volume : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm

Description

In this humorous version of the traditional tale, Chicken Little panics when an acorn falls on her head and sets off a dance frenzy among the other chickens, and while squirrel and the other animals understand what really happened, they soon join in the dancing--because it is fun.

13) The pirate jamboree

Author

Pub. Date

2016.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Description

Pirates Blackbeard Johnson and his brothers, Eyepatch Sue, and others sail over to Peg Leg Jones' for a happily chaotic pirate jamboree--until the S.S. Clean Your Room (otherwise known as Mrs. Jones) arrives and playtime is definitely over.

14) LaRue for mayor: letters from the campaign trail

Author

Series

Dear Mrs. LaRue volume 2

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.

Description

With Mrs. LaRue injured and in the hospital, Ike decides to uphold justice and take the laws of Snort City into his own paws.

15) How do dinosaurs learn to read?

Author

How do dinosaurs--? (Picture books)
How do dinosaurs ?

Series

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Told in rhyming text young dinosaurs learn to read, but only after many mishaps, like chewing their books and throwing them at the cat--but eventually they learn to respect their books, and treat them properly.

16) How do dinosaurs say happy Chanukah?

Author

How do dinosaurs--? (Picture books)
How do dinosaurs ?

Series

Pub. Date

2012

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.

Description

Illustrations and rhyming text present some of the different ways a well-behaved dinosaur can celebrate the eight days and nights of Chanukah.

17) How do dinosaurs go to school?

Author

How do dinosaurs--? (Picture books)
How do dinosaurs ?

Series

Pub. Date

2007

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.

Description

Explains how young dinosaurs should behave during a typical school day.

18) How do dinosaurs say merry Christmas?

Author

How do dinosaurs--? (Picture books)
How do dinosaurs ?

Series

Pub. Date

c2012

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col ill. ; 32 cm.

Description

Illustrations and rhyming text present some of the different ways a well-behaved dinosaur can celebrate Christmas.

19) The tree house that Jack built

Author

Verburg, Bonnie

Pub. Date

2014.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Description

"With ladders, swings, turrets, and elaborate pulley systems everywhere--animals chase one another over, under, around, and through the tree house that Jack has built. Then the bell rings, and all the animals gather for story time with Jack"--

20) Cat Dog

Author

Fox, Mem

Pub. Date

[2021]

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Description