Alone in His Teacher's House
10 best books like Alone in His Teacher's House (Louis Sachar): The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds, Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel, The Absent Author, The Rookie Blue Jay, Jake Drake, Bully Buster, Saving the Whole Wide World, Tales from a Not-So-Perfect Pet Sitter, The Empty Envelope, The Deadly Dungeon
The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds
Author | David A. Adler |
ISBN | 0142400106 |
Cam Jansen's career as a fifth-grade sleuth gets off to a fine start in her inaugural adventure, Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds. Cam isn't a proven veteran of dozens of investigations at this point, merely a bright girl hailed for her unfailing photographic memory, but that gift is...
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
Author | Donald J. Sobol |
ISBN | 0553157248 |
I could say that I loved the Encyclopedia Brown series as a kid, but that wouldn't be entirely accurate. I wanted to *be* Encyclopedia Brown. When you're the nerdy kid on your block, and you discover a character who is the smartest kid in school, kind of popular despite that fact, can not only stand up to...
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel
Author | Siena Cherson Siegel |
ISBN | 0689867476 |
The Sibert Honor–winning graphic memoir about the dreams and realities of becoming a ballerina.
Ballerinas are young when they first dream of dance. Siena was six—and her dreams kept skipping and leaping, circling and spinning, from airy runs along a beach near her home in Puerto Rico,...
Author | Ron Roy |
ISBN | 0590819186 |
A is for author....
Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects...
Author | David A. Kelly |
ISBN | 0385378750 |
Batter up! Ballpark Mysteries combine baseball action with exciting whodunits for early chapter book readers!
Mike and Kate can't wait to watch their rookie hero Dusty Martin in action. But something is throwing the Blue Jays' star off his game. Then, when no one else is looking, Mike sees...
Author | Andrew Clements |
ISBN | 0689839170 |
Meet Jake Drake.
He's not the toughest kid in fourth grade or the fastest kid or the funniest. But he's got ideas -- big ideas, and boy, does he have stories to tell about what really goes on in school. Like bullies, for instance. Jake wants to know "if everybody who works at school is so smart, how come...
Saving the Whole Wide World
Author | Judd Winick |
ISBN | 0385386257 |
Dog Man meets Big Nate in HILO-the hilarious New York Times Bestselling GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES kids love! “A Total BLAST,” says the Miami Herald!
Everyone’s favorite space boy, Hilo, is just settling into life on earth (Bowling? Knock-knock jokes? OUTSTANDING!) when strange portals...
Tales from a Not-So-Perfect Pet Sitter
Author | Rachel Renée Russell |
ISBN | 1481457047 |
Nikki and her friends Brandon, Chloe, and Zoey are teamed up on an important mission in the tenth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series.
Nikki has to hide seven ADORKABLE puppies from two parents, one nosy little sister, an entire middle school, and…one mean girl out...
Author | Ron Roy |
ISBN | 0613077075 |
My daughter and I are sharing this series as audio books together in the car. On occasion, she invites the whole family into the story and tries to keep them updated and make them guess who did it.
This one was ingenious. My daughter and I spent quite a bit of time talking about the why's and how's...
Author | Ron Roy |
ISBN | 0613048172 |
The sentence structure, writing, and/or narratioon was stilted at least in the beginning. The adults had some moments, in particular, where their dialogue was so off I could liken it only to someone inexperienced focused on getting the next part in and forgetting how to do so smoothly, or a placeholder...
Author | Ron Roy |
ISBN | 0679884491 |
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z!
Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries(R) have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back...
Author | Ron Roy |
ISBN | 0679885935 |
This book is just one in a series written for each letter of the alphabet. It is an early reader series (ages 6 to 10) with simple plot, dialogue, and one full-page black and white illustration for each chapter. The three main characters, Din, Josh and Ruth Rose, are third grade friends that band together...
Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy!
Author | Thomas Flintham |
ISBN | 1338034723 |
Pick a book. Grow a Reader!
This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina....
Author | Tracey West |
ISBN | 0545646251 |
Dragon Masters has it all--dragons, Dragon Stones, a wizard, and even some magic!
This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations...
Author | David A. Kelly |
ISBN | 0307977765 |
Ivy-covered walls—they're the most famous part of the Chicago Cubs' historic ballpark, Wrigley Field. Mike and Kate can't wait to get down on the field to see the ivy for themselves. But when they do, they're horrified to discover patches of the ivy have been ripped away! Who would want to sabotage...
Time for a seventh-inning stretch! The San Francisco Splash is book #7 in our early chapter book mystery series, where each book is set in a different American ballpark!
Splash! A hit soars over the walls of the San Francisco ballpark on the bay and drops into the water. But then Mike and Kate hear...
The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur
Author | Elizabeth Singer Hunt |
ISBN | 1602860041 |
In The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur, Jack zooms to the city that never sleeps to try to solve the mystery of the missing Allosaurus toe. Starting at the Natural History Museum, Jack's detection takes him to a competitive grade-schooler determined to win the science fair with his experiment crossing...
Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings
Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win races, they can make a lot of money too - money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them to win.
Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many...