Product Description: Trevor Tower doesn’t worry about being short until he is assigned dog-walking duty with Loyola Louden, the tallest person in his class. But the dogs are a wonderful distraction, and even before Trevor and Loyola vow to solve the mystery of a missing spotted dog, they are becoming good friends...read more

Product Description: While tracking clues from a secret code penciled in the margins of mystery novels at a public library, Derek Knowles-Collier discovers a time capsule that may finally put his haunting past to rest. At Queensview Elementary, sixth-grade students are required to complete a community service unit as part of their school curriculum...read more

Product Description: Ferguson is trying to help his grandfather figure out his legacy. His grandfather doesn't want to have any regrets, like his old friend McDermit, who famously caught a giant lobster but regretted not returning it to sea. So when another giant lobster is caught in their fishing community and put up for auction, Ferguson cooks up a plan with his grandfather to bid on the lobster and set it free...read more

Product Description: Norris is always messing up: he steals from Georgia's lunches, he's an awful speller and, worst of all, he ruined Ms. Penfield's prize cactus. Really, though, he wants nothing more than to be liked. When a giant lobster is up for auction at the annual lobster festival, Norris's dad, the richest man in town, vows to be the highest bidder and make it a trophy...read more

Product Description: Graeme knows every inch of his fishing community. What's left for a future marine biologist to discover? But when Graeme's dad catches a gargantuan lobster with antennae the size of bicycle spokes, Graeme is fascinated. Graeme is even more excited when his dad promises to put the creature up for auction at the town's annual lobster festival and, if it gets the highest bid, use the prize money to take Graeme to a marine research aquarium...read more

Martin Bridge returns for more slice-of-life adventures in this installment in the widely acclaimed chapter-book series. In ?Keyboard,? Martin's summer is off to an unharmonious start when his best friends Alex and Stuart are grounded for accidentally damaging Polar Pete's ice-cream truck. Meanwhile, Martin's Mother won't stop practicing on her new electronic keyboard --- and she's driving him around the bend. He's so grumpy that he doesn't feel like helping his friends when they come up with a water-sprinkler-symphony scheme to help pay for their accident. Will Martin change his tune and add some much-needed harmony to his summer?In ?Rope,? Laila Moffat joins the Junior Badgers, much to Martin's chagrin. A keener and know-it-all, Laila just wants to win more badges. Martin doesn't plan to make it easy for her.Though Laila ends up proving herself Badger-worthy, Martin sure doesn't treat her like a friend should. As the competition for more badges begins to heat up, Martin finds himself with conflicting loyalties.

Martin Bridge and the rest of the Junior Badgers can't wait for the fireworks show on the weekend. When Martin's cousin Fletcher arrives to stay at his house, his guest is not so excited about fireworks, or about Martin's space hero Zip Rideout. All Fletcher wants to do is read thick books with no pictures. Do the cousins have more in common than it appears? In the second story, Martin is struggling to contain his excitement. He's sure he's due to receive his prize for the Zip Rideout Trivia Contest --- Zip's Space Race Game, deluxe edition. This must be what his Dad meant when he said that his parents have a surprise for Martin. He gets so carried away that he invites all his classmates over. Did Martin ever stop to think that the surprise might not be what he hopes? Join Martin Bridge as he reaches for the sky with two new stories and some activities to help kids explore the universe.

Since he isn't the biggest fan of his classmate, Harper the fibber, Martin is disappointed to discover that Harper's astronaut costume is actually as good as he described, but when Harper gets into trouble at the big parade, Martin knows he must put his jealousy aside and lend a helping hand. Jr Lib Guild. Simultaneous.

Martin and his friend Stuart find a full-scale model of their space hero's rocket in a toy store and climb inside for a ride, but after landing back on Earth, they find the toy store closed with no way to get out. Simultaneous.

Martin and his friend Stuart find a full-scale model of their space hero's rocket in a toy store and climb inside for a ride, but after landing back on Earth, they find the toy store closed with no way to get out. Simultaneous.

In two separate stories, Martin must survive a Junior Badger overnight camping trip with his prankster best friend and help his father fix the old cranky lawnmower.

In three short stories, Martin plays with a friend who came to his birthday party a day late, misses the bus on a field trip to the dinosaur exhibit at the museum, and loses the class parakeet.

In three short stories, Martin develops a crush on his new bus driver, takes care of his friend's hamster with tragic results, and participates in a rocket exhibition that threatens a friendship.

In three short stories, Martin develops a crush on his new bus driver, takes care of his friend's hamster with tragic results, and participates in a rocket exhibition that threatens a friendship.