Jon Scieszka
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1989.
Physical Desc
1 volumes (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone thought they knew the story of the Three Little Pigs -- at least until they first heard A. Wolf's side of the story way back in 1989. For twenty-five years, readers have been astounded by A. Wolf's heartfelt tale of how things really happened the day he set out to borrow a cup of sugar to make his dear old granny's birthday cake...Is A. Wolf guilty? Innocent? Something in between? It's up to you to read and decide for yourself what the True...
Author
Series
Time warp trio series volume 1
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
When Joe, Fred, and Sam are sent back in time by a magic book, they find themselves face-to-face with giants, dragons, wizards, and the Knights of the Round Table.
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In his Grandpa Al's garage workshop, child genius Frank Einstein tries to invent a robot that can learn on its own, and after an accident brings wisecracking Klink and overly expressive Klank to life, they set about helping Frank perfect his Antimatter Motor until his archnemesis, T. Edison, steals the robots for his doomsday plan.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-- a pigeon. But you never met one like this before. Container.
6) Math curse
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill.
Language
English
Description
When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital, 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Getting dirty and being loud are what is expected of Jack Truck and Dump Truck Dan as they set out to do the jobs they were meant to do and have some fun along the way in Trucktown.
Author
Series
Pigeon (Picture books) volume 3
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Needing to brush his teeth, a bus driver asks the reader to make sure that the pigeon goes to bed on time--but the bird has many excuses about why it should stay awake.
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Frank Einstein (kid-genius scientist and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with intelligent robots Klink and Klank once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and arch rival--this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy"--
11) Pete's party
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Trucktown trucks follow the road signs directing them to Pete's party.
12) Kat's maps
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kat, who loves to make maps of all sorts of places and things, gives a special map to Jack.
13) The water planet
Author
Series
AstroNuts volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
AstroNuts Mission Two: The Water Planet is the second book in the laugh-out-loud series by children's literature legend Jon Scieszka.
The book follows a new mission, where AstroWolf, LaserShark, SmartHawk, and StinkBug must find a planet fit for human life after we've finally made Earth unlivable.
After they splash-land on the Water Planet, they find power-hungry clams, a rebellious underwater...
The book follows a new mission, where AstroWolf, LaserShark, SmartHawk, and StinkBug must find a planet fit for human life after we've finally made Earth unlivable.
After they splash-land on the Water Planet, they find power-hungry clams, a rebellious underwater...
15) The plant planet
Author
Series
AstroNuts volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carbon dioxide is out of control on Earth, and the fate of humankind rests in the paws of four experimental, untested Animal Astronauts (AlphaWolf, SmartHawk, LaserShark, and StinkBug) who are seeking another habitable planet; first destination is the Plant Planet which at first looks perfect, except that the abundant plant life can think for itself--and it thinks that it really does not like the AstroNuts.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
106 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner.
17) Race from A to Z
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dump trucks, fire trucks, and even garbage trucks join in a race through the streets of Trucktown.
18) Uh-oh Max
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Physical Desc
[24] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
All of Max's Trucktown friends try to help out after he gets in trouble for speeding up a ramp.
19) Truckery rhymes
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
57 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
Collects illustrated rhymes about the trucks that reside in Trucktown.
"Pop! Blows the Diesel" and "Swing Around with Rosie" are just two of the many rhymes, songs, and tales presented in this collection that features an ensemble of friendly trucks of all shapes, sizes, and personalities.
20) Funny Business
Author
Series
Guys read volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Funny Business, the first volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, features ten short stories guaranteed to delight, amuse, and possibly make you spit your milk in your friend's face.
There's something for everyone in this collection of short stories from some of the funniest writers around. This hilarious, offbeat first installment in the Guys Read Library is 100% grade-A humor, guaranteed to have kids of all ages asking
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