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February 5th, 2012 | Posted in Children's Books

1. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
  • Author :Betty MacDonald
  • Release Date :June 3, 1994
  • Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

    Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house ans smells like cookies. She was even married to a pirate once. Most of all, she knows everything about children. She can cure them of any ailment. Patsy hates baths. Hubert never puts anything away. Allen eats v-e-r-y slowly. Mrs Piggle-Wiggle has a treatment for all of them.

    The incomparable Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves children good or bad and never scolds but has positive cures for Answer-Backers, Never-Want-to-Go-to-Bedders, and other boys and girls with strange habits. ‘[Now] in paperback . . . for a new generation of children to enjoy.’ — San Francisco Examiner Chronicle.

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    2 – 10 Books

    Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No. 1)Mr. Poppers PenguinsIvy & Bean (Book 1) (Bk. 1)Encyclopedia Brown, Boy DetectiveSideways Stories from Wayside SchoolMercy Watson to the RescueFreckle JuiceJudy Moody (Book #1)The Flat Stanley Collection Box Set

    2. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No. 1)

    Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No. 1)
  • Author :Sal Murdocca
  • Release Date :July 28, 1992
  • Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House!
    Where did the tree house come from?
    Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark . . . or will they become a dinosaur’s dinner?
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    3. Mr. Poppers Penguins

    Mr. Poppers Penguins
  • Author :Florence Atwater
  • Release Date :November 2, 1992
  • A classic of American humor, the adventures of a house painter and his brood of high-stepping penguins have delighted children for generations. “Here is a book to read aloud in groups of all ages. There is not an extra or misplaced word in the whole story.”–The Horn Book. Newbery Honor Book.ReadMore

    4. Ivy & Bean (Book 1) (Bk. 1)

    Ivy & Bean (Book 1) (Bk. 1)
  • Author :Sophie Blackall
  • Release Date :May 3, 2007
  • The moment they saw each other, Bean and Ivy knew they wouldn’t be friends. But when Bean plays a joke on her sister, Nancy, and has to hidequickIvy comes to the rescue, proving that sometimes the best of friends are people never meant to like each other. Vibrant characters and lots of humor make this a charmingand addictiveintroduction to Ivy and Bean.ReadMore

    5. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

    Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
  • Author :Donald J. Sobol
  • Release Date :September 6, 2007
  • Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville neighborhood’s ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knack for trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. And with ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but the reader is given all the clues as well. Interactive and chock full of interesting bits of information—it’s classic Encyclopedia Brown!ReadMore

    6. Sideways Stories from Wayside School

    Sideways Stories from Wayside School
  • Author :Julie Brinckloe
  • Release Date :June 1, 1998
  • There was a terrible mistake-Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirty stories high! (The builder said he was sorry.) Maybe that’s why all kinds of funny things happened at Wayside-especially on the thirteenth floor.ReadMore

    7. Mercy Watson to the Rescue

    Mercy Watson to the Rescue
  • Author :Kate DiCamillo
  • Release Date :December 22, 2009
  • It’s the best thing since buttered toast — Mercy Watson in paperback!
    To Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig — she’s a porcine wonder. And to the good-natured Mercy, the Watsons are an excellent source of buttered toast, not to mention that buttery-toasty feeling she gets when she snuggles into bed with them. This is not, however, so good for the Watsons’ bed. BOOM! CRACK!ReadMore

    8. Freckle Juice

    Freckle Juice
  • Author :Judy Blume
  • Release Date :August 1, 1978
  • Nicky has freckles — they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. Sitting behind him in class, Andrew once counted eighty-six of them, and that was just a start! If Andrew had freckles like Nicky, his mother would never know if his neck was dirty.
    One day after school, Andrew works up enough courage to ask Nicky where he got his freckles. When know-it-all Sharon overhears, she offers Andrew her secret freckle juice recipe — for fifty cents. It’s a lot of money, but Andrew is desperate. At home he carefully mixes the strange combination of ingredients. Then the unexpected happens…ReadMore

    9. Judy Moody (Book #1)

    Judy Moody (Book #1)
  • Author :Megan McDonald
  • Release Date :January 26, 2010
  • Reissued in a way-cool paperback design
    “Judy Moody was in a mood. Not a good mood. A bad mood. A mad-faced mood.”
    To start, Judy Moody doesn’t have high hopes for third grade. Her new desk won’t have an armadillo sticker with her name on it. Her new classroom will not have a porcupine named Roger. And with her luck, she’ll get stuck sitting in the first row, where Mr. Todd will notice every time she tries to pass a note to her best friend, Rocky. An aspiring doctor, Judy does have a little brother who comes in handy for practicing medicine, a cool new pet, and a huge Band-Aid collection.
    Judy also has an abundance of individuality and attitude, and when Mr. Todd assigns a very special class project, she really gets a chance to express herself! Megan McDonald’s spirited text and Peter Reynolds’s wry illustrations combine in a feisty, funny first chapter book for every kid who has ever felt a little out of sorts.ReadMore

    10. The Flat Stanley Collection Box Set

    The Flat Stanley Collection Box Set
  • Author :Jeff Brown
  • Release Date :August 11, 2009
  • Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy. At least he was, until the night his bulletin board fell off the wall and flattened him. At only half an inch thick, Stanley can slide under doors, mail himself across the country in an envelope, and fly like a kite!

    And that’s only the start of Stanley’s adventures. In these four tales, Stanley also becomes invisible and helps nab some bank robbers, journeys to outer space to rescue aliens, and, after being rounded out, turns flat—again! One thing is for sure: There’s nothing Stanley Lambchop can’t do!

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