Raising readers
Humorous Chapter Books
Aliens for Breakfast
Jonathan Etra and Stephanie Spinner
X Spin
Finding an intergalactic special agent in his cereal box, Richard joins the extraterrestrial in a fight to save Earth from the Dranes, one of whom is masquerading as a student in Richard's class.
Amber Brown is Green with Envy
Paula Danziger
X Danziger
Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his own.
Chocolate Fever
Robert Kimmel Smith
AUD Smith-on audio tape
From eating too much chocolate, Henry breaks out in brown bumps that help him foil some hijackers and teach him a valuable lesson about self- indulgence.
Double Fudge
Judy Blume
X Blume
His younger brother's obsession with money and the discovery of long-lost cousins Flora and Fauna provide many embarrassing moments for twelve-year-old Peter.
Horrible Harry and the Green Slime
Suzy Kline
X Kline
Follows the school activities of second-graders, Harry and Doug, as they participate in a secret mission to celebrate "Charlotte's Web," learn how to make green slime, and put on a skit warning about the dangers of smoking.
How to Eat Fried Worms
Thomas Rockwell
X Rockwell
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.
Judy Moody M.D. : The Doctor is in!
Megan McDonald
X McDo
Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink.
Marvin Redpost. Kidnapped at Birth?
Louis Sachar
X Sachar
Red-haired Marvin is convinced that the reason he looks different from the rest of his family is that he is really the lost prince of Shampoon.
Matilda
Roald Dahl
NB Dahl
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
Owen Foote, Money Man
Stephanie Greene
X Greene
Ingenious eight-year-old Owen wants to make money for the things he absolutely needs, such as plastic vomit, but he tries to come up with some alternatives to earning an allowance, which sounds like too much work.
Sideways stories from Wayside School
Louis Sachar
X Sachar
Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.