Werewolves, by Jane Yolen

23 10 2008

A collection of fifteen stories, sometime frightening, sometime humorous, by a variety of authors about the phenomena of werewolves.




Dolphins at Daybreak, Mary Pope Osborn

29 09 2008

A Magic Tree House book, it tells how the magic tree house takes Jack and Annie deep into the sea, where they meet up with dolphins, sharks, and octopi as they search for the answer to an ancient riddle.




Attack of the Jack-O’-Lanterns, by R. L. Stine

29 09 2008

A Goosebumps book, it tells the story of Drew and her friend Walker who, desperate to get revenge against Tabby and Lee for a nasty Halloween joke, come up with a plan designed to scare the wits out of the snobby duo.




Flush, by Carl Hiiason

29 09 2008

With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.




Blizzard of the Blue Moon, by Mary Pope Osborn

24 09 2008

In the latest installment of this popular series, the magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to the blizzard of 1938 in New York City. To complete their mission from Merlin, they must outwit two enemies and decipher a rhyme to free a unicorn from a spell.




Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing, by Judy Blume

23 09 2008

Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever-increasing problem.




Ghosts, by Alvin Schwartz

19 09 2008

From graveyards to bedrooms, there’s a sense of the world as a deliciously scary place, where you can get control–maybe. In the best folklore tradition, the stories encourage participation with lots of repetition and good-naturedly gruesome joy.




Guji-Guji, by Zhiyuan Chen

19 09 2008

Guji Guji, a crocodile hatched and raised by a mother duck, must come up with a plan to save his family when a trio of bad crocodiles try to convince him to serve up his relatives for their dinner.




The Word Eater, by Mary Amato

17 09 2008

Lerner finds a magic worm–when it eats a printed word, that thing disappears–and discovers she has the power to delete what she doesn’t like about her new school, most of all the oppressive popular clique. But she also learns about the dangerous seduction of power.




The Carnivorous Carnival, by Lemony Snicket

16 09 2008

Ever-victimized Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire try to evade their nemesis Count Olaf by joining a carnival as sideshow freaks. The older siblings masquerade as a two-headed person, while Sunny dons a beard and pretends to be half-wolf.