The After-School Sports Club learns to play flag football in the latest story of this Ready-to-Read series. 

Detective Jeffrey Bones and Grandpa are at the amusement park. They buy tickets for games, the merry-go-round, and the roller coaster. But when it's time to finally ride the big coaster, the tickets are missing. Were they stolen? Maybe something in Bones' detective bag will help solve this Easy-to-Read mystery.

Ever since Julie's family moved, she has been very homesick. But when Storm, an Old English Sheepdog magically appears, Julie can't stop smiling. Julie and her new friend have a blast together at puppy training school.

Emma McGraw is good at many things. She's good at science. She's good at being a friend. But is she good enough to make her father proud? Suddenly she's not so sure. Her father and stepmother's niece has just won a big prize for horseback riding. How will Emma ever measure up? Before long, she has a plan. Winter Games Day is coming up at school and if Emma trains really hard, she's sure to win her own prize—maybe even more than one! But once the games begin, Emma starts to see that being an excellent athlete isn't the same as being an excellent daughter.  

ages 7-9

Paddywack is a petite nine hands high, and every pony inch is packed full of spunk. It hasn’t been easy, but he now has his rider, Jane, well trained. He’ll trot. He’ll canter. He’ll jump the jumps. He’s a perfect pony . . . when she gives him treats. But on the day of the big horse show, Jane is so nervous she forgets his treats. Will Paddywack dig in his hooves? Or can he rise to the occasion?
 

As she starts the fourth grade, Ramona believes that this year will be "the best year of her life, so far." She can show off her calluses from swinging on the rings in the park; the boy she calls Yard Ape sits across the aisle from her; her teacher praises her writing; and she has a new baby sister, Roberta. But best of all, she has a new best friend, Daisy.

She's already got her resume, business cards, and mustard packets (which are so much more grown up than ketchup) ready. So why is it taking eleventeen hundred years?

Frannie's class is visiting the local radio station and the radio host is no where to be found. Should Frannie cover for him—after all, this could be her big break! But what happens when listeners call in with questions, and Frannie doesn't know the answers?

Nancy and her classmates are entering a model-building contest to win the prize of a lifetime-a chance to spend a week in northern New Mexico! But before Nancy, Bess, and George can even enter their pueblo model, it's been destroyed! Plus Hannah's been acting very strange recently. Something sinister is definitely afoot. Have the girls angered the Taos Indian spirits by building the model, or is the threat something closer to home?

Stanley Lambchop has found a real magic lamp with a genie inside! The genie tells Stanley he can wish for anything in the world: fame, a magical pet, superpowers -- you name it. When Stanley's family finds out about the genie, they have some wishes, too. But the more wishes Stanley makes, the stranger his own life becomes.  

Have you ever played Mood Libs? How many fun facts do you know about chewing gum? Is your personality more like Judy’s or her brother Stink’s? From pranks to yoga poses, making paper snowflakes to matching up pet tracks, this book is bursting with quizzes, challenges, crafts, and other cool stuff.

Marly can't wait for his first trip to the ballpark.  He is ready to cheer for the home team.  But is the home team ready for Marley? 

How do you find a missing dinosaur who’s large and green and likes to roar? When a little boy’s dinosaur decides to play hide-and-seek, he is surprisingly difficult to track down. Veteran illustrator Joe Mathieu’s dinomite illustrations and Jon Surgal’s saur-ing verse will have kids roaring with laughter as they romp through this funny rhyming Beginner Book.  

Olivia and Ian are playing in the park when they spot a mother duck and her baby ducklings. The ducklings get separated from their mother, and Olivia helps them reunite. A little while later, Olivia discovers the ducks have followed her home. But Olivia isn't surprised—she knew the ducklings really, really liked her!  Kids will love this charming story with colorful rebus icons on every page.

Little Critter is excited about his day off from school!  He's just a little sick, so he plans a day of play and fun.  But from visiting the doctor to not seeing his friends, staying home from school is not what Little Critter expected. 

Can a curious bunny and a playful puppy be friends?