When the gang takes a popularity test in a magazine for teenage girls, something strange happens to Fern and Sue Ellen. Fern; usually quiet, suddenly turns aggres-sive, while Sue Ellen, typically so good at everything,starts to falter in all she attempts. Will the changes make the girls more likable, as they think? Or will their friends long for the old Fern and Sue Ellen to return? In chapter-book format, for children who are ready to read on their own, this thought-provoking tale will surely be a hit among Arthur fans.
Hi, I'm Phoebe, one of the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. When we started our unit on butterflies, I figured I would get to see a live butterfly - but I never thought I would get to be one. But when Ms. Frizzle took us on our butterfly field trip, she accidentally turned us all into butterflies! But being a butterfly wasn't all fun and games. We had to battle all kinds of things: wind, birds, even people! We knew we had to win this Butterfly Battle -- before things got carried away!
Mr. Putter and Tabby love going to the fish store. Mr. Putter loves it because he has always liked fish. Tabby loves it because fish make her whiskers tingle and her tail twitch. So, one day Mr. Putter and Tabby decide to bring three fish home. And that's when they discover Tabby has a fish problem. . . .
The Music Fairies desperately need Rachel's and Kirsty's help! Jack Frost and his naughty goblins have stolen the fairies' Magical Musical Instruments, which means that music is being ruined for everyone! Jack Frost plans to use the instruments to help him win a national talent competition in the human world, and with the help of the enchanted instruments, he's bound to win. If this happens, humans will find out about Fairyland and then all the fairies will be in danger! Poppy the Piano Fairy needs Rachel's and Kirsty's help to find her Magic Piano. But how will they outwit Jack Frost and his goblin henchmen...?
C is for Canary...Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose get an urgent callfrom Mrs. Davis. Her canary is missing! The little bird hasvanished without a trace, and he's not the only one. Two other petsare missing. The kids suspect a pet-napper, and now that RuthRose's cat, Tiger, has turned up missing too, it's becomepersonal!
Arthur becomes a local hero when he tries to rein in Buster'sego. B W illustrations.
Rachel and Kirsty are visiting Kirsty's grandmother by the sea for their spring break. One morning they spot a very sparkly shell on the beach and it whisks them away to Fairyland! It's the occasion of the yearly Ocean Gala, where Shannon the Ocean Fairy plays her Magical Golden Conch Shell to ensure that the seas and oceans remain peaceful and ordered for the year ahead. But Jack Frost is there to ruin things for everyone! His pesky goblins break the Magical Golden Conch Shell into seven pieces as they try to steal it and the pieces are whisked away into the oceans of the human world. Queen Titania uses her magic to send seven magical sea creatures to guard the pieces of the shell, but the Ocean Fairies, and Rachel and Kirsty must get the pieces back before chaos takes over the oceans! Can they outwit Jack Frost and his goblins and make the oceans a safe and happy place for everyone once again...? In this fourth book in the series, Kirsty, Rachel and Stephanie the Starfish Fairy must find Shimmer the s
The Music Fairies desperately need Rachel's and Kirsty's help! Jack Frost and his naughty goblins have stolen the fairies' Magical Musical Instruments, which means that music is being ruined for everyone! Jack Frost plans to use the instruments to help him win a national talent competition in the human world, and with the help of the enchanted instruments, he's bound to win. If this happens, humans will find out about Fairyland and then all the fairies will be in danger! Fiona the Flute Fairy needs Rachel's and Kirsty's help to track down her Magic Flute
Mr. Putter can’t imagine why anyone would need to know one hundred ways to cook beans. His neighbor Mrs. Teaberry can, and she says a cooking class will be something new and fun for them to do. Mr. Putter isn’t so sure—he’d much rather think about an ice cream soda than all those beans. But Mrs. Teaberry has a way of talking him into things.
Mr. Putter knows what he likes, and dancing is not on the list. But his neighbor Mrs. Teaberry has been watching ballroom dancing on TV! She talks the reluctant Mr. Putter into coming along for an evening at the Crystal Ballroom, along with fine cat Tabby and good dog Zeke, of course. The ballroom is full of sparkles—and surprises. What a wonder!
Ms. Frizzle and her class visit the Hugh Mann Costume Company to learn all about skeletons: why we need them, what different bones are for, how doctors fix them when they're broken, and lots more.
When Mr. Putter eats twenty-one pineapple jelly rolls, he ends up with a grumbling tummy. Worse, he can’t sleep! A midnight stargazing stroll with Tabby seems to be just the cure—but could it be that Mr. Putter and Tabby aren't the only ones still wide awake?
Disaster has struck Fairyland! Jack Frost has stolen all the jewels from Queen Titania's crown. Without them, the fairies are losing their magical powers. Rachel and Kirsty have to help India the Moonstone Fairy, Scarlett the Garnet Fairy, Emily the Emerald Fairy, Chloe the Topaz Fairy, Amy the Amethyst Fairy, Sophie the Sapphire Fairy, and Lucy the Diamond Fairy to get the jewels back, before it's too late...Lucy the Diamond Fairy's sparkly jewel has a very important job - it helps the fairies to fly! Kirsty and Rachel must help her to find it before this magical power is lost forever...
Hi, I'm Dorothy Ann. Ms. Frizzle's class ended up on the other side of the world when we went searching for the cackling kookaburra. It was a wild walk-about to Australia. We had a hopping good time racing a herd of kangaroos and survived a run-in with the terrible Tasmanian devil. Things got pretty hairy in the outback, but there's never been a field trip quite like the Expedition Down Under.
It's pooey on B-A-B-I-E-S until Junie B. finds out that her newdumb old baby brother is a big fat deal. Her two bestest friendsare giving her everything they own just to see him. Andguess what else? Maybe she can bring him to school on Pet Day.
Rachel and Kirsty must find Amelia's magic star. Without it, nobody can sing in tune and the auditions for the Tippington Variety Show will be a disaster! Could the badly behaved, green-footed band Thrillz and Chillz have something to do with the missing star...?
My name is Ralphie. I am one of the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. Maybe you've heard of Ms, Frizzle, She takes us on lots of field trips in the Magic Schoot Bus. Wenever know what's going to happen when we get on that bus. but we do know that we'll learn about Ms. Frizzle's favorite subject-science! Once Ms. Frizzle took us all over the U.S, looking for bats, We thought she was batty| But then we found out some really arnasing things about bats, like what they eat, where they live, how echolocation works, and lots more bat facts and bat myths. In this book. I tell you everything that happened on that trip, the time we learned The Truth about Bats....
The Magical Animal Fairies look after seven young Magical Animals, and train them to use their powers wisely, for the good of Fairyland and the human world. But the animals have been stolen! Can Rachel and Kirsty help Lara find her lucky Black Cat before the goblins do...?
It's Spring Break and Bean's older sister, Nancy, is going to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp, where she will do Crafts and Music and Dance and other secret things that Bean will never know about because you have to be eleven to go to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp. Bean doesn't care. She doesn't want to go to camp. She wouldn't go even if they begged her. Bean and Ivy can make their own camp--their own better camp!--Camp Neanderthal Flaming Arrow.
X is for X-RAY . . . Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are having an excellent time at the Penelope Gwinn concert. But during intermission, Dink injures his arm! At the same time, the singer’s diamond necklace is stolen. Could the two mishaps somehow be connected? And could Dink’s X-ray be a clue? It’s up to the kids to examine the evidence and find out in this exciting yet easy-to-read chapter book mystery.
Without Alesha the Acrobat Fairy's magic star, Tippington School's audition for the variety show will be disastrous! The naughty goblins have decided that they want to be the stars of the show, so the girls must stop them from causing trouble high up in the air!