Detective Jeffrey Bones finds he does not need fancy equipment to solve the school-lunch mystery of Not Me Amy's missing cupcake.

Sail with Cam Jansen, the girl with amazing photographic memory. A favorite series for early readers.

When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.

Fern dares Arthur and his friends to enter the poetry writing contest at the local library, but writing poems turns out to be harder than they thought. More adventures with Arthur and all of his friends in books designed for emerging readers.

When someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.

Ms. Frizzle takes the gang on a tour through the history of science so they can get ideas for their science expedition.

Ten-year-old Bundy finds his performance and attitude as captain of his soccer team suffering when he is saddled with a babysitter at home.

Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his own.

Mrs. Jeeper's class is visiting the new Jewel's Pizza Castle and trying to discover the secret to the best-tasting pizza in town. Could it be that behind the guarded kitchen door is a fire-breathing dragon?
 

After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

Ms. Rooney's class is heading for New York City! They'll see all the sights. Ms. Rooney's named Emily their "New York City expert". But Emily doesn't know a thing about The Big Apple. And she did something that let her class down. What will she do when they find out?
 

After she eats his homework, ten-year-old Zack suspects that his substitute teacher Mrs. Wolfowitz is a werewolf and uncovers her bizarre secret.

A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more.

Inspired by his third-grade class's study of the moon, Harry announces that he is going there.

When his best friend's family plans to move away, Herbie Jones does what he can to cope with the change.
 

Third-grader Katie Carew gets into trouble for breaking school rules, but when she magically turns into the school's principal and eliminates all rules, things get out of hand. Includes directions for playing Four Square, Statue Tag, and Poison.
 

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