Mercy Watson Fights Crime by Kate DiCamillo

The pig is back! Mercy and the Watsons are back in their third adventure. Mercy wakes up when she hears a SCREEEEECHH!! coming from the kitchen. Mercy knows that sound, it is the sound of her beloved toaster being dragged across the counter, someone is making toast! Mercy loves toast with butter! When Mercy gets out of bed she hears the Watsons snoring, so who is downstairs making toast? Mercy heads down the steps only to find the toaster missing and a strange little man standing in her kitchen. Who is this man and what happened to the toaster? Read Mercy Watson Fights Crime and find out. Also check out the first two books - Mercy Watson to the Rescue & Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride. Kate DiCamillo is an award winning author - check out her web site.

Horns and Wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson

Do you love fantasy and adventure? Then this is the perfect story for you. Join Clare and her cousin Duke as they venture into the world of river trolls, rock trolls, and blue-wing fairies along the stretch of the Mississippi where Clare lives. They get sucked into the adventure when Duke falls in the river and comes out with a horn instead of a nose! This story is the right parts fantasy, adventure, and humor. Check it out!

The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli

Four characters, four lives, four library cards. Read how they are changed by having a library card. Mongoose. Brenda. Sonseray. April Mendez. One homeless and always causing trouble. One new to a rural town and missing walking to the neighborhood library. Another hanging with the wrong crowd doing petty crime. One a TV fanatic struggling through Great TV Turn-Off week. Four short stories. Four intriguing outcomes. Waiting for you to read. Use your library card today and discover what awaits you like these characters in Spinelli's The Library Card.

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

This is a summertime story of four sisters. I don't know if you'll like to read it in the summer as I did or if it's better to read it now just as snow flurries are beginning to fly. Either way, you'll be taken on all the sisters' adventures when you read The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall. The girls are with their widowed father on summer vacation at an elaborate estate. Of course the estate has a mansion and huge, award-winning gardens and an owner who is not very pleasant and is most annoyed by the girls. Her son, Jeffery, is enjoying every minute of time because he's usually not allowed to do many things. Join the Penderwick sisters and Jeffery while they have a wild summer vacation! Although this book did not win a Newbery Medal or Honor, it has been included on several best and notable book lists.