This is the third book of the Ten Poets series, and once again serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of poets at various stages of their poetry careers. Their words come at this modern life from many different angles, and at a range of different velocities. All though, are wordsmiths of the highest order, carving out their own poetical niche.Some of the poets in this volume are very experienced, being previously published and frequently appearing on spoken word bills, whil...

Two mismatched rovers alone on a distant planet — what could possibly go wrong?When Rover crash-lands on a rocky planet and finds Speck stranded and in need of a battery charge, the two hardly seem destined to be teammates. Rover: organized, careful and on a mission to explore the galaxy. Speck: impulsive, excitable and … not sure what his mission is. Their differences are forgotten, however, when they make their first discovery: they’re not alone! And suddenly their only mission i...

Everyone’s favorite space rovers are back, this time facing a watery rescue operation!Space explorers Rover and Speck are on a dangerous new mission: visiting Unexplored Planet K2-18b. It doesn’t take them long to encounter a frightening inhabitant - a blubber beast - or to find themselves inside its mouth! Luckily, they manage to escape unharmed. But when they learn that a local creature has been swallowed by the Beast, they know they alone can rescue him. They’ll have to go back ...

Rover and Speck are loose on an unknown gas giant planet. Will they survive? And what’s so funny about “gas” anyway?Rover and Speck have found a new kind of planet to explore a gas giant! They don’t know what to expect, so they’re thrilled when they find life there. That is, until shark-like creatures start shooting sparks at them! And things only get worse when Rover gets zapped out of commission, and it’s up to Speck to save the day! Thankfully, Speck makes a new friend who’s hap...

Meet space-school attendee Bob and his alien bestie Beep in this start to an outrageously funny and action-packed chapter book series that’s great for “kids who love funny stories but may be too young for books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid” (School Library Journal) from debut author Jonathan Roth!Astro Elementary is a school near Saturn attended by the bravest, brightest, most elite kids in the galaxy…and Bob. Bob never wanted to go to fourth grade i...

Beep and his best friend Bob hatch a plan to save Halloween—and their school—in this third book in the hilarious, action-packed Beep and Bob series!It’s October in space, and Bob is getting excited for his favorite holiday: Halloween. When Bob tells Beep that soon they’ll get to dress up like monsters and get as much free candy as they can carry, Beep thinks he has gone to heaven. But Lani informs them that Halloween isn’t celebrated at Astro Elementary.Bob...

Beep and Bob accidentally clone themselves for the school science fair in this fourth book in the hilarious, action-packed Beep and Bob series!What’s twice as fun as Beep and Bob? Two Beeps and Bobs!While up too late working on his science fair project, Bob accidentally points a duplication ray at Beep. To his shock, another Beep appears! Beep decides the more, the better, so he points the ray at Bob and PRESTO: it’s Bob 2 (or Backwards Bob).At firs...

Beep and his best friend Bob get blamed for a robbery on a fancy spaceship in this second book in the hilarious, action-packed Beep and Bob series!It’s Bob’s friend Lani’s birthday, and she's having her party on a super luxury space cruiser called the Starship Titanic, whose motto is “The 100% safest ship in the galaxy.” The Titanic boasts three water parks, sixteen amusement parks, and twelve-million hyper-show channels on TV! Beep and Bob pack their favo...

Chapter book meets graphic novel in this first book in the series everyone will be talking about. Like most kids, Frankie Pickle hates cleaning his room. But what happens when his mom says he never has to clean it again? For Frankie and his unstoppable imagination, it means he and his sidekick, Argyle, can become explorers swinging on vines, forging paths through piles of clothes, and scooting past lava pits. They can perform flawless surgery on a broken action figure. They can spend time ...

In the fourth book in the Zigzag Kids series, it's showtime at the Zelda A. Zigzag Afternoon Center. Gina loves to sing and she's determined to be the star of the play. She's already told everybody she knows to come see her. But her friend Destiny wants to be the star, too!

A Funny Chapter Book for Reluctant ReadersMax and his big brother Cody can't wait for a day at the beach.Sun. Sand. Waves. What could possibly go wrong?Well... there was that one time when Max tried bodyboarding and got totally body-slammed by a wave-face first, sand in his teeth and all. Now he's not so sure he's ready to jump back into the ocean.But with Cody cheering him on and adventure calling, Max must decide if he's brave enough to g...

Sheila Tubman sometimes wonders who she really is: the outgoing, witty, and capable Sheila the Great, or the secret Sheila, who's afraid of the dark, spiders, swimming, and dogs.When her family spends the summer in Tarrytown, Sheila has to face some of her worst fears. Not only does a dog come with the rented house, but her parents expect Sheila to take swimming lessons! Sheila does her best to pretend she's an expert at everything, but she knows she isn't fooling her new best frie...