Picks for Ages 7 to 9
Sasspants, a guinea pig, reluctantly agrees to act as a private investigator when Hamisher the hamster begs for her help in discovering who is stealing sandwiches from the pet shop's befuddled owner.
A photo exploration of unlikely animal friendships.
This nonfiction companion to High Tide in Hawaii (Magic Tree House #28) describes the changing nature of weather and how scientists study and predict such natural disasters as avalanches, earthquakes and tsunamis.
Explores the world of the ancient Japanese samurai warrior.
A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in this collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.
The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.
Second graders A.J. and Andrea attend Ella Mentry School where all the grownups are weird.
When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.
A look at the career of left-handed pitching legend Sandy Koufax.
A hard-bitten former search-and-rescue dog helps solve a complicated missing chicken case.
Six stories relate the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys.
Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.
Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese cat with an overactive imagination who would rather be El Skippito, his Zorro-like alter ego.
A young boy determines to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.
The school lunch lady is a secret crime fighter who uncovers an evil plot to replace all the popular teachers with robots.
A fox steals a chicken. Why would the fox do this and not eat the bird?
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
Takes a humorous look at the way normal cats bathe, why it is inappropriate for humans to bathe that way, and the challenges of trying to give a cat a real bath with soap and water.
An imaginative mouse dreams of being queen of the world, but will settle for an invitation to the most popular girl’s slumber party.
Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences.
A young boy who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.
When Harold and George hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.