Michael Dahl

At Halo McNightly's school, the swimmers are disappearing from the boys' swim team. No one can figure it out, until Halo stars investigating. A deadly mermaid lives in a cave connected to the school swimming pool. Halo will have to use her special candy to turn into various underwater fauna, such as a hammerhead shark or an octopus, to defeat the hungry girl-fish!

With the evil Echo around, Halo Nightly faces her strongest villain yet - herself. Echo is a sneaky shape shifter that morphs into Halo and causes her all sorts of problems. When Echo steals Halo's candy, Halo is forced to battle someone who is every bit as powerful as she is.

"Taj has discovered a terrible secret--he's growing wings. He straps them down to hide them, but what if the wings are only the beginning? What kind of beast will he grow into? Taj seeks help from his cousin, the only person he can trust--but his cousin has a terrible secret too"--P. [4] of cover.

Describes some animals that live in low places, who dig, swim, and hide in extreme depths. Some of the animals shown include the aardvark, the green parakeet, the vampire squid, and the spiny sea cucumber.

"Carlos works on a fishing boat in the middle of the sea. After a storm, he spots a woman clinging to driftwood. The woman's friends are lost, maybe swallowed by the ocean. But the woman says it was no storm that capsized her ship, it was a monster!"--P.[4] of cover.

Introduces varying parts of the anatomy of a number of different animals. On board pages.

In a war-torn Middle Eastern country, Noor and Farah find an old book in an abandoned library with a picture of a dragon matching Noor's birthmark, and when the girls are found by a patrol of soldiers, Noor goes through an unexpected transformation.

Why did the chicken cross the road?
Knock, knock. Who's there?
What do you get when you...?
As kids guess the answers, they're sure to get the giggles! With this book, little ones will look forward to sharing the jokes with parents, teachers, and siblings—and even coming up with some variations of their own! In addition to hundreds of rib-tickling jokes, readers will love:

Head-scratching brain teasers

Funny knock-knock

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Introduces some common objects that are brown in color including grocery bags, footballs, and teddy bears.

Dory is brand-new to her neighborhood, so it's a good thing she has a pet monster to keep her company. When she tells the mailman about her monster, he doesn't believe her. Dory begins to get angry that he's not taking her seriously, so she opens up the mailbox to show him the monster-only to find that the mailbox is empty! Is Dory's monster real, or part of her imagination? Find out what happens to Dory, the mailman, and many others in this collection...