Jon Scieszka
Author
Series
AstroNuts volume 3
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
233 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
So far the AstroNuts have failed to find a suitable planet, but NNASA has come up with a new plan: send the the four animal astronauts back through time on Earth where they are to contact early homo sapiens and somehow set them on a path to a sustainable future--trouble is, humans seem inferior to many of the other species (especially the wolves), so the AstroNuts come up with a Survival of the Fittest Olympics, hoping that with a little help the...
22) The Sports Pages
Author
Series
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A lineman with something to prove a vendetta against a baseball legend The rise of a real-life NHL all-star
The luckiest grapefruit in sports history Open upThe Sports Pages, the third volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading, and you're in for all of this and more. From fiction to nonfiction, from baseball to mixed martial arts and everything in between, these are ten stories about the rush of victory and the crush of defeat on and off the...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The classic nursery rhymes we know and love--upside-down, backward, in gibberish, and fresh out of bounds--as only Jon Scieszka could stage them. Mother knows best, but sometimes a little nonsense wins the day. Inspired by Dadaism's rejection of reason and rational thinking, and in cahoots with Blanche Fisher Wright's The Real Mother Goose, this anthology of absurdity unravels the fabric of classic nursery rhymes and stitches them back together (or...
24) Trucks line up
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Simon Spotlight ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
As soon as Jack Truck wakes up he gets the other trucks in line, but somehow he misses Pete.
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Heroes & Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an array of characters—with and without capes.
Featuring ten all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use
...26) Smash! Crash!
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.
27) 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.
28) Garage tales
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of three stories from Trucktown, previously published separately.
29) Other worlds
Author
Series
Guys read volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place.
When the bus driver decides to take a break from driving, a wild and wacky pigeon pleads and begs to take his place, capturing the antics of a preschooler's temper tantrum.
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
Appears on list
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.
Series
Guys read volume 1
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
A collection of humorous stories featuring a teenaged mummy, a homicidal turkey, and the world's largest pool of chocolate milk.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown Books and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
259 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Called upon to investigate thirteen suspicious incidents in Stain'd-by-the-Sea, young Lemony Snicket collects clues, questions witnesses, and cracks every case"--
34) The sports pages
Series
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 245 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A collection of sports stories featuring everything from fighting to friendship, set everywhere from the tennis court to the hockey rink.
Series
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Don't let the pigeon drive the bus: The bus driver has only one request, 'Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!' The pigeon, however, is determined to get behind the wheel. An impetuous pigeon just wants what he wants in these amusing dialogues.
Knuffle Bunny: Trixie, Daddy , and Knuffle Bunny go on an exciting trip to the laundromat. Their adventure takes a sudden turn when Trixie realizes that something is missing!
Leonardo, the terrible monster:...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 62 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Contains animated versions of five children's stories about animals, including ""The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,"" in which the Big bad Wolf tells his version of the classic tale.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jeff Kinney is pretty much the nicest guy you can hope to meet. Except when it comes to his brother, Patrick. The two of them have been locked in a battle for supremacy since they were young—a war that continues to this day. A short story from the acclaimed collection Guys Read: Funny Business, edited by Jon Scieszka.