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Pre-Baby School

Young Adults

Maximum Boy Series

Secrets of Dripping Fang Series

Weird Planet Series

Zack Files Series

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Pre-Baby School

The Bed Who Ran Away from Home (1991)
A bunk bed feels rejected and runs away from home when the twins who sleep on the top and the bottom stay up past their bedtime. Pre-Baby School.

Young Adults

Jumbo the Boy and Arnold the Elephant (1969)
Young Santa(1991)
A generous North Pole teenager named Santa Claus discovers his calling in life when he borrows his father's sleigh to deliver presents to good children on Christmas Eve. Ages 4-8.
Moses Supposes: The Bible As Told to Dan Greenburg (1997)
Monsignor Aldo R. Fabrizzi, a highly placed cleric in the Vatican said, "Very cool, and lots funnier than the original. I giggled the whole way through Genesis."
Who Is He Really?: Fun Quizzes About Guys and You! (1997) with Catherine Daly-Weir (Illustrator)
What lasts longer than flowersis less fattening than a box of chocolatesand makes the perfect gift for teenage girls on Valentine's Day, at camp or slumber parties, or any time at all? Who Is He Really?--the neat new follow-up to Who Are You Really? that zooms in on girls' favorite topic: BOYS! Featuring 25 great quizzes--including Is He Crushworthy?, Is He Good Enough 4 U?, What Kind of a Girlfriend Are You? and Is It a Match Made in Heaven?--plus fun sidebars on compatible star signs, love lore and other romantic treats, Who Is He Really? is loaded with insight on the ins and outs of dating and that mysterious opposite sex! Vive l'amour!
Green Eggs and Dinosaurs (2001) with Jack E. Davis, IIllustrator
Claws (2006)
When Cody is 14, he runs away from home, leaving behind his abusive mother, and flees across the country. He doesn’t stop until he hits Texas and the Sam Houston Tiger Ranch. Under the guidance of Sunny, the ranch’s owner, he cares for the animals in ways he never imagined. He feeds them a diet of raw, bloody meat. He cleans out their cages. He takes them for exercise. He finds out how to get a tiger to back down, and when he should back down himself. But there is another lesson Cody has to learn—sometimes people are harder to handle than tigers. Grade 5-8

Maximum Boy Series (Ages 9 - 12)

Day Everything Tasted Like Broccoli (2001)
Who is he? He¹s Max Silver. Ordinary eleven-year-old by day. Superhero by, um, afternoon. In this second book in the series, Max must battle the terrifying Tastemaker, a deranged chef who has figured out a way to disengage people¹s taste buds, causing everything to taste like‹gulp‹broccoli!

How I Became a Superhero (2001) with Greg Swearingen, Illustrator

Superhero or Super Thief (2001)
In this third book of mischief and mayhem, someone has stopped time in order to steal three of the world¹s most valuable treasures. Even worse, the thief is wearing a silver cape like Maximum Boy, a black costume like Maximum Boy, and a black baseball cap with Maximum Boy¹s logo on it. Wait a second, it is Maximum Boy! Could our hero actually be an evil imposter? Or is this a super-sized superhero setup?

Invasion from the Planet of the Cows (2001)
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... it's ... a UFO filled with cows from outer space?!! The President has sent Maximum Boy on another mission. This time, it's against pitch-fork carrying alien cows. Maximum Boy doesn't know why they have landed on Earth -- or why they take the words "got milk" so seriously. But he does know one thing: These cosmic cows do not come in peace.

Maximum Girl Unmasked (2002)
They call me Maximum Boy. It's a stupid name, I know, but they started calling me that in the newspapers. And now it's on my costume, so I'm stuck with it...Super-Sibling Rivalry! Ever since Max Silver's sister Tiffany got her own superpowers, she's been flaunting them all over the place. All she seems to care about is her costume, her cool name, and whether her superpowers can make her more popular. Max knows she's putting the whole family in jeopardy by risking exposure. But Tiffany just can't resist showing off for her friends...and beating the school record for the high jump.

Attack of the Soggy Underwater People (2002)
Maximum Boy is all wet! He¹s facing his toughest challenge yet the Soggy Underwater People! They¹re mean, they¹re green, and they smell really fishy. These creepy creatures from he deep have invaded Earth¹s surface with one goal World Domination. But can a bunch of soggy wet guys with flippers really take over the White House? Parliament? The UN? Not if Maximum Boy has Meet

Super Sid: Crime Fighting Kid (2002)
Move over Maximum Boy, there's a new superhero in town. And not only is he handsome, loyal, and brave, but his voice has changed! Super Sid is fifteen years old, complete with muscles and athletic ability. (And to be honest, umm, our eleven-year-old hero has arms like twigs.) To make matters worse, when Sid turns on the charm, even Max's family is captivated by those pearly whites. Tiffany may have her biggest crush EVER, but Max suspects an imposter. Is Super Sid really as spectacular as he seems?
The Worst Bully In The Entire Universe (2003)
It's April Fools! Over and over and over again... That's right, some evildoer is playing pranks across the entire country! There are whoopee cushions on school buses. Silly glasses on the faces of Mount Rushmore. This prankster is pulling off some pretty peculiar plots! But who better to put a stop to these childish stunts than our eleven-year old superhero? In fact, he's already got some suspects. Like Super Sid -- the all-too-perfect superhero that everyone loves to hate. Or could there be a new bully at the heart of all this mischief and mayhem? Maximum Boy is on the case!

See also Hijacked (2001)
Previously published under the title "The Hijacking of Manhattan" Max Silver. Ordianry eleven year old by day. Superhero by, um, afternoon. Yes, Max was just a regular kid until the day he accidentally touched those radioactive rocks. Now he can do things like fly. And lift two ton elephants! But can Max save Manhattan from two dirty, rotten villains?

Secrets of Dripping Fang Series with Scott M. Fischer, Illustrator (Ages 9 - 12)

The Onts (2005)
Nobody wants to adopt the Shluffmuffin twins. Wally's feet stink something awful, and Cheyenne is allergic to everything. Then why are the Mandible sisters so eager to take them home? And what sort of old maids would choose to live in a place called Dripping Fang Forest, where zombies wander the woods singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and ten-foot-long glowing slugs want to suck the feet right off your ankles?

Would it seem ungrateful of Wally to point out the Mandible sisters' extra arms? Or to question their all-chocolate, all-the-time menu? Or, um, to venture into the cellar, where the twins have been told to NEVER, EVER, EVER go?

Yeah, perhaps that last bit was a mistake. Now there's nothing left for the Shluffmuffins to do but run--run for their lives!

Treachery and Betrayal at Jolly Days (2006)
When last we saw them, the Shluffmuffin twins were running for their lives. In this, the second installment, they run right into the arms of their long-lost father. But he's not quite as they remember him . . . Of course, who would be after a tragic Porta Potti accident? Instead, he has become something frightening, something far too horrifying to explain.

No, no, we can't do it, you'll just have to buck up and read the book yourself. When things get creepy, you try to cover your eyes, but you peek through anyway, don't you? Well, then, you'll get what you deserve--a laugh attack you'll never recover from. Serves you right.

The Vampire's Curse (2006)
In an astounding turn of events, the Shluffmuffins twins' long-lost father has reappeared years after his tragic Porta Potti accident. Wally and Cheyenne, of course, are thrilled to see their dear old dad again. But would it be rude to point out how his skin appears to be rotting and falling off in chunks? Or that his breath smells distinctly like bloated roadkill? Come to think of it, he looks an awful lot like . . . well, a zombie. So imagine the twins' delight when they discover that their friend Professor Spydelle has developed a special life-restoring elixir, the only known cure for zombiism.

Hmmmm. Unfortunately, it seems there are still some kinks to work out on that special Elixir of Life. It cures Dad of his zombiism, only to turn him into . . . a vampire.

It would seem that things couldn't get much worse. But when two faces that look suspiciously like giant ants appear in Wally and Cheyenne's bedroom window one night, things take a turn from dismal . . . to dire.

Fall of the House of Mandible (2006)
hings seem pretty hopeless for the Shluffmuffin family in the fourth book in this hilarious series. The treacherous Mandible sisters have kidnapped Cheyenne again, and it's up to Wally to rescue her. And not only is their adoring dad a vampire, but lately he's taken up all sorts of offensive and unsavory activities like "volunteering" at a bloodmobile and licking strangers' bleeding wounds on buses. Gross!

Throw in thirty-six grubby orphans singing show tunes, a bizarre plot to overthrow the human race with a flu virus sprayed out of perfume bottles, and some deadly, chatty wolves, and things in Dripping Fang Forest couldn't get much more surreal.

But when Wally comes up with a brilliant SWAT team-style commando plan to get Cheyenne back, the Onts just may be defeated once and for all.

(Yeah, right . . .)

The Shluffmuffin Boy Is History (2006)
After the gang got a little pyromaniacal at the Mandibles' place, nothing's as it should be. Wally has suddenly turned into an eternal optimist, Vampire Dad wants to give the twins up for adoption, and Cheyenne has been acting awfully, well, hypnotized lately. Meanwhile, everyone in downtown Cincinnati is snotting and snuffling from a mysterious and deadly flu virus--and the ont larvae are quietly gaining strength underground.
Luckily, a suspicious stranger with a syringe shows up to give Wally a free "vaccination." (Now, there couldn't possibly be anything wrong with that picture, could there?)

Attack of the Giant Octopus (2007 release)
After Wally's brush with death by insulin shock (a lesser-known means of assassination, for sure), he and Cheyenne are more determined than ever to stop the Ont Queen and her millions of minions from enslaving the human race and ending life on Earth as we know it. But how can two orphans overthrow an entire army of freakishly massive ants? And further, how do we know that the Ont Queen won't resort to even more creepy and unusual methods to try to exterminate Wally once and for all?

Well, these two scrawny kids have managed to survive this long, haven't they? They might just make it through one more book.

Please Don't Eat the Children (2007 release)

Snakes on a Train (2007 release)

Weird Planet Series (Ages 9 - 12)

Dude, Where's My Spaceship (2006) with Macky Pamintuan, Illustrator
Klatu is such a varna! He crashed the spaceship into planet Earth with his brother Lek and sister Ploo onboard. Stuck in the middle of the Nevada desert with nowhere to run, Ploo is captured by army Earthlings who think that she is an enemy of humankind. Can Klatu and Lek to rescue Ploo from the terrifying Major Paine? Or will Ploo be held prisoner in Area 51 forever?

Lost in Las Vegas (2006)
Ploo, Lek, and Klatu have escaped from Area 51 and hit the road in a stolen station wagon. Where are they headed? Las Vegas, of course! After all Vegas has everything—slot machines, drive-through wedding chapels, Elvis impersonators. It’s sure to have someone who can fix their slightly beat-up spaceship!
Chilling with the Great Ones (2006)
Klatu, Lek, and Ploo head back to Groom Lake to fix their busted spaceship. But the spaceship is gone--it's been taken to Area 51. There's nothing for the aliens to do other than sneak in and search for it. Instead they find something they weren't looking for--the Great Ones! The mythic missing Looglians Org, Murkel, Shemp, and Kurth crashed at Roswell New Mexico in 1947, and have been in the deep freeze ever since. Can our three wacky alien kids rescue them?
Attack of the Evil Elvises (2007 release)
After thier spaceship is taken by the Great Ones, Ploo, Klatu, and Lek return to Las Vegas. There they discover an infestation of Elvis
impersonators, in town for a convention. Klatu, Lek, and Ploo are sure the odd-looking humans are up to no good, and it turns out that they're right . . . for once. These are no ordinary Elvises—they are evil aliens from outer space in disguise with nefarious plans to take over Earth!)

Zack Files Series with Jack E. Davis, Illustrator
(Ages 9-12)

Great-Grandpa's in the Litter Box (1996)
Zack takes home from the local animal shelter a scruffy tomcat who not only talks but claims to be the reincarnation of Zack's Great-Grandpa Julius. Also known as Great Grandpa's in the Litter Tray.

Through the Medicine Cabinet (1996)
After Zack opens his medicine cabinet one morning and sees a boy who could be his double staring back at him, he enters a parallel universe.

A Ghost Named Wanda (1996)
Zack feels that a supernatural force is at work in his apartment when he encounters floating television sets, pancakes that flip by themselves, and a ghost named Wanda.

Zap! I'm a Mind Reader (1996)
After an electrifying experiment in science class gives Zack a shock, he realizes that he can read other people's minds.

Dr. Jekyll, Orthodontist (1996)
While Zack is being treated by Dr. Jekyll, his new orthodontist, the doctor undergoes a strange transformation into a growling monster.

I'm Out of My Body, Please Leave a Message (1996)
When his friend Spencer, the class genius, spends the night, he and Zack discover how to leave their bodies and travel around New York City, but they have one problem--how to get back inside themselves.

Never Trust a Cat Who Wears Earrings (1997)
Zack starts turning into a cat when the spirit of an ancient Egyptian cat goddess is accidentally transferred into his body during a class field trip.

My Son, the Time Traveller (1997)
When Zack goes to a store to buy a baseball card, he finds himself face-to-face with his future son who has traveled back in time.

The Volcano Goddess Will See You Now (1997)
Hawaii. Dream vacation.
Same thing, right?
Wrong!
At least not when a mean volcano goddess puts a curse on you.

Bozo the Clone (1997)
When Zack uses a magic box from Tibet to produce a duplicate of himself, he finds that he has created more problems than he has solved.

How to Speak Dolphin in Three Easy Lessons (1997)
When Zack goes to Florida to visit Mel & Shirley's Wonderful World of Dolphins, he is surprised to discover that he can understand and speak to dolphins, which enables him to solve a kidnapping.

Now You See Me .... Now You Don't (1998)
When Zack accidentally drinks the invisible ink that is one of Spencer's experiments, he worries about missing his only chance to get his picture in the paper, if the new flavor he and Spencer invented wins the local Len and Larry's Ice Cream contest. Also known as The Invisible Boy.

The Misfortune Cookie (1998)
Zack visits a very strange Chinese restaurant called Wun Dum Guy and finds that the fortunes in his fortune cookies start coming true.

Elvis the Turnip... and Me (1998)
Late one night when ten-year-old Zack hears strains of "Heartbreak Hotel" coming from the refrigerator, he discovers the possibility that Elvis lives on as a turnip.

Hang a Left at Venus (1999)
In Central Park, Zack and his dad encounter an alien who has lost his spaceship, which has been towed because it was illegally parked.

Evil Queen Tut and the Great Ant Pyramids (1999)
While on a class picnic in Central Park, ten-year-old Zack gets a chance to study ants close up and personal when he uses way too much of a classmate's diet powder and shrinks to their size.

Yikes! Grandma's a Teenager (1999)
A strange trip through a metal detector causes Zack's eighty-eight year old Grandma Leah to get younger and younger.

How I Fixed the Year 1000 Problem (1999)
After falling through his computer screen, Zack travels back in time to a school in 999 A.D. where the students believe the world will end in the new millennium.

The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot (2000)
After hearing stories that a Bigfoot-like monster is haunting Camp Weno-wanna-getta-wedgee, ten-year-old Zack begins to find evidence that the legend may be true.

How I Went From Bad to Verse (2000)
When Zack is bitten by a tick during a class trip to Central Park he succumbs to Rhyme Disease, which causes him to speak only in rhymes and to float like a helium balloon.

Don't Count on Dracula (2000)
Strange things just won't stop happening to Zack! One more out-of-this-world adventures join this funny series about a 10 year old who's prone to paranormal problems.

Zack enters a horror film fan contest, and he and his best friend win an evening with Mella Bugosi, an aging horror film star with a Transylvanian accent. It's not long before Zack notices Mella has some pretty odd habits: he avoids sunlight at all costs, he sleeps in a coffin, and...Zack hopes that's V-8 he's drinking! Could good old Mella be an actual vampire?

This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us (2000)
Strange things just won't stop happening to Zack! One more out-of-this-world adventures join this funny series about a 10 year old who's prone to paranormal problems.

At a magic show, a hypnotist puts Zack into a trance to "channel" a personality from one of his past lives. Pretty cool-until after the show, Zack realizes that the past-life personality is still inside his body and is trying to control what he says and does. Talk about internal struggle!

Greenish Eggs and Dinosaurs (2001)
Oops! Zack's in trouble again! He buys a large, green, weird-looking egg at a flea market, then the housekeeper inadvertently does the exact thing she was told not to do: she microwaves it. Suddenly he's taking care of a very strange reptilian something. It might be a plesiosaur, it appears to be growing quickly, and one thing's for sure-it's not going to fit in Zack's small Manhattan apartment for long!

My Grandma, Major League Slugger (2001)
When magic enables Zack's eighty-eight-year-old grandmother to become a terrific batter, she ends up playing in a Chicago White Sox baseball game.

Trapped in the Museum of Unnatural History (2002)
The Natural History Museum always seemed kind of spooky. I thought the models looked too real. But I didn't really how spooky it was -- until I got trapped there at night!

Me and My Mummy (2002)
There's something weird about my new friend Icky. It's not just the bandages or the Egyptian writing -- but it might have something to do with being 3,000 years old!

My Teacher Ate My Homework (2002)
Zack's new substitute teacher seems kind of odd. And she is rather hairy. And get this, her name is Mrs. Wolfowitz! But is she really a werewolf? Or just one very weird lady who happens to like the taste of homework papers? Read on to find out!

Tell a Lie and Your Butt Will Grow (2002)
Zack's classmate Andrew Clancy is always bragging. Everyone knows he's a big liar. But suddenly, Andrew is having trouble hiding the fact that he isn't telling the truth, and every time he tells another whopper, his butt grows bigger-will it ever stop?

Just Add Water ... and Scream! (2002)
Zack, his father, and Spencer fight to save the world from a rude, bossy, and hungry package of freeze-dried spores purchased at The Orville and Fanny Shlectwasser Museum of Air and Space.

It's Itchcraft (2003)
Zack is nervous about the fifth-grade Halloween dance. He doesn't know how to dance and he doesn't have a date! When Zack meets Prudence, a beautiful girl who speaks with a funny accent and dresses in old-fashioned clothing, he's smitten. He thinks he's found the perfect date for the dance! Prudence is so different from the rest of the kids he knows. She's actually come from the past-the year 1692 to be exact-and she's fleeing the Salem witch trials! Will Zack and Prudence even make it to the dance, or will she have to return to the past? Read on to find out!