Johnny Heller

Suzy Kline, popular children's book author, adds another fun-filled classroom episode to her Horrible Harry series. The holidays are swiftly approaching, and this year in Room 3B the children discover that Christmas is not the only celebration that occurs at this magical time of year. Everyone is excited, except for Harry, who not only seems uninterested in the holidays, but has just plain stopped being horrible! Can Doug find out what is causing...

Miss Mackle's class is learning about their ancestors, and everyone just found out that Ida's great-great grandmother sailed on the Titanic-and lived to tell about it. Miss Mackle decides to take the class on a riverboat ride to help them imagine what it was like to travel on the high seas like their ancestors did. Harry and his friends are so excited-it's going to be the perfect field trip. All aboard! Room 3B is setting sail!
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Children will delight at this little-known-story about our nation's first president, George Washington, that makes for perfect President's Day readers!
Boom! Bang! Guns fire! Cannons roar! This Step 3 History Reader is about George Washington fighting in the American Revolution. He sees a dog lost on the battlefield. Whose dog is it? How will it find its master? Early readers will be surprised to find out what happens in this little-known...

Everyone in Room 3B is excited about their assignment to study the moon. So when Harry finds an ad for a used telescope, the class decides to have a bake sale to raise the money to buy it. Once they get the telescope they plan to have a moonwatch and invite all the parents—but no one knows that Harry has a surprise plan of his OWN for the big night.

Told in rhyming text, Brian tries to get his fellow piranhas to try his fruit and vegetable platter, but they all prefer meat--like those human feet dangling in the water.

"When the British Royal Navy grew desperate to protect their ship from German U-Boat attacks, they created Dazzle ships in order to confuse the enemy of their location and destination."--Provided by publisher.

"A Kidnapped Santa Claus is a short story by L. Frank Baum, author of the Oz stories. In it, The Daemons of the caves, resentful of Santa Claus, who rebuffs their attempts to subvert him by temptation, capture him in his sleigh on Christmas Eve and imprison him in their caves. Santa's helpers: a fairy, pixie, knook, and ryl, finish his deliveries with a few comical mishaps. Assembling a magical army of good beings, the queen of the fairies leads an...

One of America's most celebrated writers and the first truly great American humorist, Mark Twain drew on his own experiences growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River to create this rich and realistic tale, a timeless classic to be read over and over. The adventures and mishaps of the impish, irrepressible Tom Sawyer have delighted readers ever since the book's original publication in 1876.

Publisher Annotation: Harry loves creepy-crawly things. But there?s one creepy-crawly thing that even he can?t stand: head lice! So it?s a terrible day when Harry?s friend Doug discovers lice in his hair. To make matters worse, Mary makes fun of Doug for being dirty and convinces the rest of the kids in Room 3B that they can?t go near him. She claims that everything he touches is infested with lice?even the mac and cheese at lunchtime! Doug wants...

Michael Wiley's first novel, The Last Striptease, was nominated for a Shamus Award and hailed as "riveting" (Chicago Tribune), "delightful" (Toronto Globe and Mail), and "hard-boiled fiction with tenderness and compassion" (New York Newsday). Now he offers another exciting, fast-paced page-turner with The Bad Kitty Lounge.

Greg Samuelson, an unassuming bookkeeper, hired Joe Kozmarski to dig up dirt on his wife and her lover, Eric Stone. But now

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