PICTURE BOOKS

• Allard, Harry
  MISS NELSON IS MISSING
  The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.
  (Series; JP-A)

• Butterworth, Nick
  JASPER'S BEANSTALK
  Jasper hopes to grow a beanstalk, but becomes discouraged when the bean he plants doesn't grow after a week.
  (JP-B)

• De Paola, Tomie
  STREGA NONA
  When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
  (Series; J398 D)

• Henkes, Kevin
  JULIUS THE BABY OF THE WORLD
  Lilly is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is the worst thing that has happened in their house until cousin Garland comes to visit.
  (JP-H)

• Kimmel, Eric A.
  I TOOK MY FROG TO THE LIBRARY
  A young girl brings her pets to the library--with predictably disastrous results.
  (JP-K)

• Kudra, C. Imbior
  TO BATHE A BOA
  At bath time a youngster has to struggle to get his recalcitrant pet boa into the tub.
  (JP-K)

• Meddaugh, Sausan
  MARTHA SPEAKS
  Problems arise when Martha, the family dog, learns to speak after eating alphabet soup.
  (JP-M)

• Numeroff, Laura Joffe
  IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE
  Relates the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.
  (JP-N)

• Parish, Peggy
  GOOD WORK, AMELIA BEDELIA
  Literal-minded Amelia Bedelia does household chores and gets dinner ready.
  (Series; JE-P)

• Park, Barbara
  JUNIE B. JONES AND HER BIG FAT MOUTH
  When her kindergarten class has Job Day, Junie B. goes through much confusion and excitement before deciding on the "bestest" job of all.
  (Series; JE-P)

• Palatini, Margie
  PIGGIE PIE!
  Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald's farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she can't find a single porker.
  (JP-P)

• Small, David
  IMOGENE'S ANTLERS
  One Thursday Imogene wakes up with a pair of antlers growing out of her head and causes a sensation wherever she goes.
  (JE-S)

• Stevens, Janet
  TOPS AND BOTTOMS
  Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.
  (JP-S)

• Wells, Rosemary
  BUNNY CAKES
  Max makes an earthworm cake for Grandma's birthday and help Ruby with her angel surprise cake. At the store, the grocer can't read all of the shopping list, until Max solves the problem by drawing a picture.
  (JP-W)

• Westcott, Nadine Bernard
  LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE
  Rhyme features an ailing young Tiny Tim.
  (J811 W)

• Wood, Audrey
  SILLY SALLY
  A rhyming story of Silly Sally, who makes many friends as she travels to town--backward and upside down.
  (JP-W)

• Wood, Don
  LITTLE MOUSE, THE RED RIPE STRAWBERRY, AND THE BIG HUNGRY BEAR
  The threat of a hungry bear motivates a mouse to pick a strawberry.
  (JP-W)

CHAPTER BOOKS

• Blume, Judy
  SUPERFUDGE Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother Fudge.
  (Series; J-B)

• Cleary, Beverly
  RAMONA FOREVER Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich uncle, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.
  (Series; J-C)

• Clements, Andrew
  FRINDLE When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
  (J-C)

• Conford, Ellen
  NIBBLE, NIBBLE, JENNY ARCHER Jenny Archer is excited about making a television commercial for a new snack food, until she discovers that the food she liked so much was meant for gerbils.
  (Series; JE-C)

• Dahl, Roald
  CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
  (Series; J-D)

• Fine, Anne
  FLOUR BABIES When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own "babies" in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.
  (J-F)

• Hall, Lynn
  MURDER IN A PIG'S EYE Convinced that the owner of a neighboring farm has killed his sharp-tongued wife, sixteen year old Bodie searches for her body, until his detective work reaches a chaotic and humorous climax.
  (J-H)

• Konigsburg, E. L.
  FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
  (J-K)

• Lowry, Lois
  ANASTASIA KRUPNICK Anastasia's 10th year has some good things like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother and some bad things like finding out about an impending baby brother.
  (Series; J-L)

• Peck, Robert Newton
  SOUP ON ICE Rob and Soup engineer an incredible appearance by Santa and his sleigh in their small Vermont town.
  (Series; J-P)

• Pinkwater, Daniel
  BORGEL Melvin recounts his extraordinary adventures in time and space with his 111-year-old sort of great-Uncle Borgel.
  (J-P)

• Rockwell, Thomas
  HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.
  (J-R)

• Sachar, Louis
  SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
  (Series; J-S)

• Sargent, Sarah
  WEIRD HENRY BERG Henry is determined to keep his unusual pet lizard despite his mother's objections and the claims of a strange lady that his pet is really a baby dragon.
  (J-S)

• Sciezka, Jon
  YOUR MOTHER IS A NEANDERTHAL The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the middle of an adventure in prehistoric times, where cave art is a form of graffiti and "rock" music takes on a whole new meaning.
  (Series; JE-S)

Compiled by Marsi O'Malley-Riley , Peninsula Library System (2000)