Everyone knows that once the poor frog was turned into a handsome prince by a kiss, the royal duo lived happily ever after, right? Well, maybe not! Being a prince comes with its own special set of problems, revealed in the traditional tale continued.
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Who said that there isn’t fact in fun? They haven’t met the heroes in this highly, hysterically illustrated space adventure. AlphaWolf, SmartHawk, LaserShark, and StinkBug explore the universe in their Thomas Jefferson Nose Rocket looking for a Goldilocks planet but find danger instead. Earth, the narrator, also provides information about climate change in this wild and witty adventure.
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AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet
Jon Scieszka
Illustrator:
Steven Weinberg
Age Level:
9-12
Genre:
Fiction, Science Fiction
Human kids will understand where little green, freckle-faced Henry P. Baloney is coming from. He’s late again, and is sure to serve detention forever if he can’t come up with a good excuse for his teacher as to why he’s late again. Words Henry uses sound truly alien, but there’s enough context to figure out their meaning — and a funny surprise waiting at book’s end.
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Baloney (Henry P.)
Jon Scieszka
Illustrator:
Lane Smith
Age Level:
3-6
Genre:
Fiction, Science Fiction
Boy genius, Frank Einstein, and friends explore energy and other science topics as they relate to their everyday interests. The latest in the series is filled will wordplay, science ideas and additional silliness to engage even the most reluctant readers. The heavily illustrated book will not disappoint Frank Einstein fans.
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Frank Einstein and the Brain Turbo
Jon Scieszka
Illustrator:
Brian Biggs
Age Level:
9-12
Genre:
Fiction, Science Fiction
Frank Einstein must figure out an alternate source of power or succumb to his archenemy T. Edison’s exorbitant prices for electricity. In this latest of over-the-top funny Einstein series, actual science fact is couched in humorous fiction.
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Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger
Jon Scieszka
Age Level:
9-12
Genre:
Fiction, Science Fiction
Young inventor, Frank Einstein and his friend Watson along with his walking, talking robots Klink and Klank, are back. This time, Frank has invented the ‘evoblaster’ which allows the user to evolve into other forms and then back again. Real science combines with laugh-out-loud humor in the latest installment.
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Frank Einstein and the EvoBlaster Belt
Jon Scieszka
Illustrator:
Brian Biggs
Age Level:
9-12
Genre:
Fiction, Science Fiction
Short stories from well-known writers are sure to thrill and delight readers in this second of the Guys Read library.
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Guys Read: Thriller
Jon Scieszka
Age Level:
9-12
Scieszka has collected short stories with special appeal to guys; after all, they were written by guys! In this collection, readers will learn about guys who write for guys who read &mdash and love to laugh (and occasionally get grossed out), including a Scieszka family story.
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Guys Write for Guys Read
Jon Scieszka
Age Level:
9-12
Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography
In this installment of friends known as the Time Warp Trio, Joe, Fred, and Sam meet key figures from ancient Greek mythology when they’re transported back to Mount Olympus. It all started during a school play about ancient Greece…
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It’s All Greek to Me
Jon Scieszka
Age Level:
6-9
Genre:
Fiction, Myths and Legends, Fantasy
As a gift from his magician uncle, Joe receives The Book setting into motion a series of humorous time travel adventures. Joe and his friends, Fred and Sam, travel to King Arthur’s England where they meet dragons, knights, and more in this first Time Warp Trio trip. Smith’s black/white illustrations punctuate the action in this fast-paced tale.
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Knights of the Kitchen Table
Jon Scieszka
Illustrator:
Lane Smith
Age Level:
9-12
Genre:
Fiction, Fantasy
The narrator’s curse begins when she is told by her math teacher that math is all around. And so it is — including every part of this very funny book as it examines math and its functions. Text and illustration are seamlessly one allowing the book to be appreciated on several levels.
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Math Curse
Jon Scieszka
Illustrator:
Lane Smith
Age Level:
6-9
Genre:
Fiction
This boy’s curse begins when his teacher suggests that the “poetry of science” can be heard everywhere. From Moore to Frost, familiar poems are parodied and turned into science verse. Again art and illustration are inseparable as are the laughs in this offbeat look at science.
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Science Verse
Jon Scieszka
Illustrator:
Lane Smith
Age Level:
6-9
Genre:
Poetry
Scieszka and Smith set sights on creating fresh fables — short traditional tales intended to teach a moral lesson. With humorous twists and take-offs, new, different and wacky fables are presented for readers’ edification and amusement.
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Squids Will Be Squids
Jon Scieszka
Illustrator:
Lane Smith
Age Level:
3-6
The incomparable author and illustrator team retells traditional tales such as the “Gingerbread Man” and the “Little Red Hen” in inventive and hilarious ways, sure to make readers familiar with the originals laugh out loud. Even the traditional format of the book is changed to suit the absurdity of the new versions, for a memorable reading experience.
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Jon Scieszka
Illustrator:
Lane Smith
Age Level:
6-9
Genre:
Fiction, Fantasy, Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales
The “real” story started when Alexander Wolf sneezed when he tried to borrow a cup of sugar from his neighbor in the straw house.
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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
Illustrator:
Lane Smith
Age Level:
6-9
Move over Mother Goose! These cheerfully illustrated ditties not only take off from the earlier rhymes, but add a decidedly contemporary feel with likely appeal especially for truck and grit lovers. The rhymes can be shared aloud or even read aloud with more traditional offerings.
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Truckery Rhymes
Jon Scieszka
Age Level:
0-3
Genre:
Poetry
Fred, Sam, and Joe – the boys who travel by The Book, become known as “Brave Fred, Berserk Sam, and Magic Joe” when they travel back in time to meet Leif Eriksson and his Vikings. The boys seem as much like aliens to the Vikings as the ancient runes do to them; that is, until they write their own saga! Readers will learn a little along the way as they laugh out loud with this book from The Time Warp Trio series.
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Viking It and Liking It
Jon Scieszka
Illustrator:
Adam McCauley
Age Level:
6-9
Genre:
Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction
