"I'm the bestest winner in the world!" It's Carnival Night, and Lucille has already won a box of fluffycupcakes with sprinkles on them. But when Junie B. wins the CakeWalk, she chooses the bestest cake of all -- the one wrapped insparkly aluminum foil. How was she to know it was a lethalweapon? From Booklist Gr. 2^-4. Junie B. Jones is back, as intense, vulnerable, andfunny as ever, in this chapter book that's part of the FirstStepping Stone Book series. Always, she wants to be the "bestestwinner of anyone," but in her school carnival, she loses and loses,and when the kids laugh (especially that boy Jim that she HATES),it ruins her "self-steam." The innocent first-person narrative ofthis kindergarten kid will make lower-school readers laugh out loudat her mispronunciations as they recognize their own confusion andfailure, then and now.
JackandAnnietravelbackintimetomedievalEnglandforanadventureinsideastorybookcastle,fromfeastinghalltodreadfuldungeon.Withhumorandmagic,thiscriticallyacclaimedauthorbringshistorytolifeinthisFirstSteppingStonebook.
TheGreenLawnSavingsBankhasbeenrobbed!WhenaprivatedetectivecomestoDink'sdoorlookingforthekidwhovideotapedthecrime,Dinkandhisfriendsvolunteertofindhim.Afterall,there'sareward!Buttrackingdownonered-headedkidisn'tsoeasy,especiallyifhedoesn'twanttobefound.Canthetriofindthatkid--andhistape--beforethebanditdoes?
In this contemporary reimagining of the Jonathan Swiftclassic, Jack Black plays Lemuel Gulliver, a travel writer wholands an assignment in Bermuda, but soon finds himself in thehidden island of Lilliput instead. He is literally a giant amongthe native Lilliputians, and quickly makes a big impression withthem--especially after he stops the princess of Lilliput from beingkidnapped by their enemies, the Belfuscians . . . and he tells themthat he is President the Awesome from the Island ofManhattan. This adaptation retells the hilarious movie story for readersaged 8-12, and includes an 8-page insert of full-color images fromthe movie