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Sally Warner
When her friend begins calling Emma weird, Emma decides two can play that game, and before long, the entire third-grade class is swapping outrageous nicknames. While funny at first, Emma…
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This four-book collection includes 4 Ellray Jakes favorites!
In this package you’ll find:
EllRay Jakes is Not a Chicken EllRay Jakes is a Rock Star EllRay Jakes the Dragon Slayer…
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Eight-year-old Emma McGraw loves being an only child living with her mother in their cozy condo. When four-year-old Anthony moves in for a while, Emma is not happy, but she…
After a fun-filled summer, Alfie Jakes’ mother things she should have playdates with her neighbor Hanni. Alfie isn’t sure she will enjoy the playdates until Hannie shows her a basketful…
Alfie Jakes is starting second grade in this follow-up to Alfie Jakes and the Furry, Purry Secret. Lulu is back in town, and Alfie is worried. All she wants is…
It’s holiday time and EllRay is busy preparing for the Oak Glen Winter Wonderland assembly as the master of ceremonies. His father says he’s making the African-American community proud. But…
Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes of Oak Glen Primary School is looking for a new best friend, and he decides that the best way to find one is to come up with…
Alfie’s former best friend, Lulu, announces that she’s hosting a sleepover, but she’s only allowed to invite six girls. Can Alfie convince her used-to-be best friend that a party is…
Join EllRay and his friends in two laugh-out-loud adventures in the EllRay Jakes series-two books in one! Kids of all stripes will identify with EllRay and his unwittingly hilarious antics…
Everyone has something to brag about in EllRay’s third-grade class. Corey’s on the swim team, Kevin is super tall, Jared’s dad has an ATV (with flames!). But what about EllRay…
For use in schools and libraries only. Third-grader EllRay is becoming famous for messing up, and when his little sister accidentally kills EllRay’s class goldfish, and then he forgets his…
Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes is sick of getting picked on. But every time he tries to defend himself against class bully Jared Matthews, EllRay is the one who winds up in…
Lately, EllRay Jakes’ best friend Kevin has been skateboarding with the meanest boy in class. Could EllRay be losing one of his friends? Not giving up without a fight, EllRay…
Published simultaneously in the United States of America: [New York]: Viking Children’s Books, [2013].
Third-grader EllRay, a shrimpy, goof-up kid, discovers magic all around him when he and his schoolmates participate in the Oak Glen Primary School talent show and work together on a…
Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes, the shortest kid in class and still chosen last at recess, hones his basketball skills with Mr. Havens and earns the respect of his third-grade classmates.
Seven-year-old Alfie Jakes, little sister of EllRay Jakes, has a kitten-sized secret in her debut chapter book that’s ideal for fans of the Judy Moody books! Illustrations.
It’s almost Halloween at Alfie’s school and everyone is excited to dress up in constumes for the class Halloween party. Shy Bella asks Alfie if she wants to be bunny…
For use in schools and libraries only. Small kid. Big Stage. Does EllRay have a talent to put on show for the entire school?
Things are going just swimmingly for EllRay. But then everything comes screeching to a halt when his younger sister accidentally overfeeds the classroom goldfish EllRay was supposed to be taking…
Sally E K Warner
Set in the late Mesolithic, in a wild untamed Britain. Two girls get caught up with ‘unicorns’, feared beasts hunted by their ancestors. Taken on an adventure, they come face…
Following on the heels of Smart About the Presidents comes this compendium that presents the flip side–what it’s like to be first lady. Full color.
This book examines and compares the transformation of rural society and economy in the US and UK during the last half-century, and explores the significance of these transformations for community…
