Nancy E. Krulik
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Third-grader Jack Doyle is walking his dog Scout when an acorn drops on his head and he suddenly discovers that he can converse with Scout and other animals and insects. This unusual development proves helpful as Jack tries to solve the mystery of why his best friend Leo's homework is missing.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
The big school trip was at the end of the week, and Jack couldn't wait. But someone kept playing pranks at school including dyeing the class guinea pig green, and Principal Bumble threatened to cancel the trip if the pranks didn't stop. Can Jack and Elizabeth solve the mystery in time to save the trip?
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"When Sparky's magic bone blasts him to Tokyo, Japan, he discovers a whole new world--one with karaoke, 'squishy fishy' and sumo wrestlers! His new friend, an Akita named Nanami, guides him around the city, until Sparky loses her in a crowd. But it turns out Nanami isn't just any Akita. She's the queen of the Ninja Dogs--a fierce group who are convinced that Sparky has kidnapped her"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Yeehaw, Sparky is off to the Texas rodeo to find himself a job! There he eats delicious-smelling BBQ, watches mutton chasing and barrel racing, and even helps a new friend become a rodeo dog. But as Sparky heads home, he still doesn't have a job himself. Wait, he has the very best job of all--being Josh's best friend!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A princess who would rather be a knight accepts her skeptical king father's challenge to perform good deeds in order to prove her worthiness to attend knight school, an endeavor that is supported by a friendly dragon and a perpetually terrified knight-in-training.
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Sparky's magic bone takes him to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil where he encounters a variety of creatures, becomes leader of a pack of web-footed dogs, and helps protect their home from two-legs in metal machines that have flattened so many trees that Sparky cannot find where he buried his bone. Includes facts about the rainforest and its residents.
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Third-grader Katie Carew gets into trouble for breaking school rules, but when she magically turns into the school's principal and eliminates all rules, things get out of hand. Includes directions for playing Four Square, Statue Tag, and Poison.