Tom Angleberger

Rebecca Stead

Jon Scieszka

Other Worlds, the fourth volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tween boys, features ten thrilling new tales of science fiction and fantasy from some of the biggest names in children's literature.

Other Worlds

When over eighty prominent children's authors learn they are suspects in the murder of despicable book editor Herman Mildew, they provide less-than-credible alibis.

Who Done It?

Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

After the frog turns into a prince, he and the Princess do not live happily ever after and the Prince decides to look for a witch to help him remedy the situation.

The Frog Prince, Continued

When Joe, Fred, and Sam are sent back in time by a magic book, they find themselves face-to-face with giants, dragons, wizards, and the Knights of the Round Table.

Knights of the Kitchen Table

Lane Smith

Once again, three friends are sent back in time by a magic book and they find themselves prisoners of the evil pirate Blackbeard.

The Not-so-jolly Roger

While on a field trip to New York's Museum of Natural History, Joe, Sam, and Fred travel one hundred years into the future, and earlier find themselves in the middle of an adventure in prehistoric times.

Your Mother Was a Neanderthal

2095 & Your Mother Was a Neanderthal Flip Book

Mac Barnett

Matt Myers

Alex, whose birthday it is, hijacks a story about Birthday Bunny on his special day and turns it into a battle between a supervillain and his enemies in the forest--who, in the original story, are simply planning a surprise party.

Battle Bunny

When a lightning storm brings his robot creations to life, science enthusiast Frank Einstein finds himself assisted by the wisecracking Klink and the overly expressive Klank as he works on an antimatter motor to defeat his arch-nemesis' evil doomsday plot. By the author of the Time Warp Trio series.

Book One

Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (Frank Einstein series #1)

The Time Warp Trio takes a trip back in time to ancient Egypt, where they come face to face with mummies, crocodiles, tomb robbers, the Sphinx, and other oddities.

Tut, Tut. No. 6

The Time Warp Trio

Funny Business, the first volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, features ten short stories guaranteed to delight, amuse, and possibly make you spit your milk in your friend's face. There's something for everyone in this collection of short stories from some of the funniest writers around. This hilarious, offbeat first installment in the Guys Read Library is 100% grade-A humor, guaranteed to have kids of all ages asking for more. Authors include Mac Barnett, Eoin Colfer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Kate DiCamillo & Jon Scieszka, Paul Feig, Jack Gantos, Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Adam Rex, and David Yoo, with illustrations by Adam Rex.

Guys Read: Funny Business

When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.

Math Curse

Babysitting mishaps, lazy summer days by the lake, and silly childhood pranks are remembered in this amusing memoir of the life of an adventurous young boy growing up in a family with six brothers. Simultaneous.

Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories about Growing Up Scieszka

Knucklehead

A. Wolf

The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Although Cowboy and Octopus have different opinions about beans and knock-knock jokes, their friendship endures.

Cowboy and Octopus

The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the Wild West of yesteryear, rubbing elbows with cowboys and Indians.

The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy

Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to seventeenth century Japan where they infuriate a Samurai warrior, encounter their great-grandaughters, and save their lives by reciting an ancient form of poetry.

Sam Samurai

The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the middle of an adventure in prehistoric times, here cave art is a form of graffiti and "rock" music takes on a whole new meaning.

2095

Gordon Korman

Jacqueline Woodson

Dan Gutman

Tim Green

Joseph Bruchac

Chris Rylander

Anne Ursu

Ten stories guaranteed to put you in the ring, under the basket, and right behind home plate, from the following perennial all-stars: Dustin Brown James Brown Joseph Bruchac Chris Crutcher Tim Green Dan Gutman Gordon Korman Chris Rylander Anne Ursu Jacqueline Woodson with illustrations by Dan Santat

Guys Read: The Sports Pages

Thanks to their magical book, Fred, Sam, and Joe inadvertently travel through time to to 1000 A.D. where they sail with Leif Erikson, attempt to escape from his evil cousin, and try to find a way back to their own time.

Jon Scieszka

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