Piper and Percy get a parrot for a pet. They try to get it to talk, but it's a very quiet parrot. They try to teach her to talk. They even offer her a pancake, but the bird still has nothing to say! When Percy is practicing piano, the parrot begins to sing. Their parrot loves music!
One day, Piper has a very bad day at pirate school. She can't find her silver eye patch. She drops her lunch overboard. She falls down in wooden leg practice. Piper can't wait for the day to be over! But when their teacher loses his golden compass, Piper is the one who finds it. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
It's not easy being the youngest of three kids, especially when you're a vampire who hasn't gotten his fangs. Colin isn't even allowed to sleep in a coffin yet and his big sisters tease him about being a baby. On his first night at Shiverwood Academy, he decides to run away to the human world. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.
Carmen is keeping the tooth fairy busy. She's lost her two front teeth, and now one of her bottom teeth is wiggling every which way. But Carlos can't even get one tooth to wiggle, even a tiny bit. He hasn't had a single visit from the tooth fairy. Find out how Carlos and Carmen take care of Carlos's tooth trouble. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Louis has to do an oral presentation on his pet. To everyone’s great surprise, he decides to present his mammoth. Even more surprising, he talks to the class about a new species of hairy Elephantidae only recently discovered: the Rock Mammoth. This proud ancestor of the hairy musicians of the ’70s didn’t actually disappear. In fact, these elephants had had enough of being rock stars and wished for a more tranquil life. So they decided to remain hidden during the last millennia. But now Louis, the great mammoth enthusiast and rigorous scientific apprentice, has discovered this well-kept secret and is ready to reveal it to the world.
What can you serve but never eat? A volleyball! When your team is down and out, sometimes the only thing you have is humor. Using sports jokes, puns, riddles, and rhymes, this riotous book helps readers learn how to understand the culture of humor and how to use it in their own writing.
Why did the chicken cross the road? The answers are as varied and as funny as chickens themselves. Using clever animal jokes, puns, riddles, fantastic images, rhymes, and more, this book examines animal humor in everyday life. Readers will learn how humor is shaped by language and culture and be motivated to use it in their own writing.
Learn how to trick, tease, and tickle your way out of any situation with an evil villain, and laugh along the way!
Learn how to trick, tease, and tickle your way out of any situation with a werewolf, and laugh along the way!
Learn how to trick, tease, and tickle your way out of any situation with a mad scientist, and laugh along the way!
Learn how to trick, tease, and tickle your way out of any situation with a ninja, and laugh along the way!
Learn how to trick, tease, and tickle your way out of any situation with a vampire, and laugh along the way!
Learn how to trick, tease, and tickle your way out of any situation with a martian, and laugh along the way!
Dorsi shouldn't leave her lizard's mealworms on a low shelf in the refrigerator, not with a toddler like Travis around.
With a nod to classic fairy tales, Night Owl plays detective.
Mr. Johnson learns that Rufus is a great dog--despite his weird bark.
Donald Crocodile's singing saves his family from poachers who think the swamp is haunted.
Cal has read so many comics that his thoughts are appearing in balloons above his head.
A neighbor is convinced he's seen Bigfoot. Now Eddie Cathy and Marie want to find out for themselves.
Saralynn helps her uncle discover the missing "puppy."
A big mistake actually helps Chance and Iggy win the talent contest.
This detective and his assistant solve a humorous mystery.
Fox's way of doing the chores cheers up Bear.
Grandpa and Chelsea take care of their garden together, and Chelsea learns how to tell when the carrots are ready.
Fox's fear is relieved when he finds that Bear is helping the birds not hurting them.
