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10 best books like Knights of the Kitchen Table (Jon Scieszka): The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, Niagara Falls, Or Does It?, The New Kid at School, The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse: A Chet Gecko Mystery, Whales on Stilts, The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet, Bowling Alley Bandit, The Legend of Spud Murphy, Honus & Me, Secret Identity

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
AuthorDaniel Pinkwater
ISBN0689828896
Henrietta is no Turkey. When Arthur Bobowicz is sent out to bring home the family's Thanksgiving turkey, he returns instead with Henrietta -- a 266-pound chicken with a mind of her own. Thus begins the hilarious chain of events that has kept readers in stitches since Henrietta first pecked her way onto...
Niagara Falls, Or Does It?
AuthorHenry Winkler
ISBN0448431629
Inspired by the true life experiences of Henry Winkler, whose undiagnosed dyslexia made him a classic childhood underachiever, the Hank Zipzer series is about the high-spirited and funny adventures of a boy with learning differences.

It's science project time in Ms. Adolf's class. This...
The New Kid at School
AuthorKate McMullan
ISBN0448431084
Grades 4-5

McMullan tells the story of Wiglaf, a young boy who feels maltreated and decides to join a special school that trains heroes, The Dragon Slayer's Academy. Once there, Wiglaf realizes that the school is odd, but he learns to make friends. The story is full of comical adventures and...
The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse: A Chet Gecko Mystery
AuthorBruce Hale
ISBN0152022813
Chet Gecko loves a good mystery. Almost more than he loves his fee--stinkbug pie. So when fellow fourth grader Shirley Chameleon asks him to find her missing brother, Billy, Chet expects the case to be as easy as pie. But Billy's disappearance is part of a larger plot, one that involves the Rat Sisters,...
Whales on Stilts
AuthorM.T. Anderson
ISBN0307284336
3 Hours and 3 Minutes

Lily Gefelty is just an average twelve-year-old girl. But her dad–a normal-enough seeming guy–just so happens to work for an evil genius who plans to unleash an army of extremely cranky, stilt-walking, laser-beam-eyed whales upon the world. Lucky for Lily, her two...
The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet
AuthorTony Abbott
ISBN0590108395
Underneath the steps leading down to Eric's basement is a hidden storage space. It's dusty and old- nothing special at all. But when Eric, Julie, and Neal all huddle inside the gray room together, something unbelievable happens. A glittering light and then a rainbow-colored staircase appear. And...
Bowling Alley Bandit
AuthorLaurie Keller
ISBN0805090762
As Mr. Bing's new pet "doughnut dog," Arnie couldn't be happier. When Mr. Bing joins a bowling league, Arnie gets to go along to practices and competitions. But then Mr. Bing starts rolling gutter balls. Someone or something is behind the madness. Arnie, together with his team of goofball friends,...
The Legend of Spud Murphy
AuthorEoin Colfer
ISBN0141380160
Will and his brother Marty are doomed to spend their holidays in the library. Doesn't their mum know that the library is no fun? Worse, it is the home of the legendary librarian Mrs. Murphy. If you put a foot wrong, she will use her dreaded gas-powered spud gun and you don't want that--just ask Ugly Frank...
Honus & Me
AuthorDan Gutman
ISBN0380788780
Joe Stoshack lives for baseball. He knows everything there is to know about the game -- except how to play well. His specialty is striking out. Stosh feels like a real loser, and when he takes a low-paying job cleaning a bunch of junk out of his neighbor's attic, he feels even worse -- until he comes across...
Secret Identity
AuthorWendelin Van Draanen
ISBN0440419123
Alvin Bixby: Hulking, knuckles of steel, hideous breath, foul temper. Kids call him: Bubba.

Nolan Byrd: Puny, power walker, math genius, can’t keep shoes tied. Kids call him: Nerd.

Bubba has been the bane of Nolan’s existence for five long years. So when Mr. Green asks the class...
A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
AuthorMichelle Y. Green
ISBN0803726619
Mamie Johnson looks the batter in the eye. Sizes him up for a curve- or a fastball. Stretches her 5'2" frame. And pops a surefire, windup, coming-right-at-ya pitch smack dab over the plate. One that lets the batter know that this "peanut of a girl" means business. Fueled by her passion for the game and buoyed...
The Wyverns’ Treasure
AuthorR.L. LaFevers
ISBN0547316186
After tangling with the deadly basilisk, Nathaniel Fludd is glad to return to England with his Aunt Phil. But someone has ransacked their home, and their best suspect is the sinister man who's been trying to steal the Book of Beasts.

Before Nate and Aunt Phil can find the culprit, they are called...
The Legend of Diamond Lil
AuthorDoreen Cronin
ISBN0061779962
The Legend of Diamond Lil, second book in the illustrated J.J. Tully mystery series, is perfect for elementary-school kids who love adventure and animals. New York Times bestselling author Doreen Cronin brings the same wonderful humor to the JJ. Tully whodunits that she did to her beloved picture...
Edgar Allan's Official Crime Investigation Notebook
AuthorMary Amato
ISBN0823422712
1/4/11-Diane, the Book Fairy, put this one in my box...

4/1/11 I'm reading it aloud to my class. Many of them have been keeping clue books. They all have theories as to who the culprit is. We have been having so much fun with it! I love to look out over my book and see just how interested my entire class...
Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything
AuthorSteve Cotler
ISBN0375864377
Ronald "Cheesie" Mack is not a genius or anything, but he remembers everything that happened before, during, and after fifth-grade graduation, and he's written it all down in his own unique and hilarious way—with lots of lists, drawings, and splenderful (that's splendid plus wonderful!) made-up...
Medusa Jones
AuthorRoss Collins
ISBN0439901006
It's off to ancient Greece for a split-your-side funny take on the politics of junior-high popularity.

In ancient Greece lived a little girl called Medusa Jones. Medusa was a Gorgon, but apart from that, pretty normal. So she has snakes for hair instead of gorgeous blond ringlets like Cassandra....
I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures
AuthorCarlyn Beccia
ISBN0547225709
It wasn’t too long ago that people tried all sorts of things to help sick people feel better. They tried wild things like drinking a glass full of millipedes or putting some mustard on one's head.  Some of the cures worked, and some of them…well, let’s just say that millipedes, living or...
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
AuthorIan Whybrow
ISBN1575055503
Little Wolf is sent away by his parents because he has not been behaving badly enough. In disconsolate and hilarious letters home, Little Wolf chronicles his journey to Uncle Bigbad's Cunning College For Brute Beasts and his efforts to learn the Nine Rules of Badness. Ross’s ink drawings perfectly...
It Came from Beneath the Bed!
AuthorJames Howe
ISBN0689839480
Dear possible reader of this book,
I want to be a writer, just like my uncle Harold, who wrote a bunch of books about our friend Bunnicula. So I wrote this story. And boy! Did I ever get into trouble! My friend Delilah stopped speaking to me because I put her in my book. Uncle Harold stopped speaking to...
Bones: Skeletons and How They Work
AuthorSteve Jenkins
ISBN0545046513
Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins presents a fascinating look at the bones of the human body as compared to the bones of animals, and shows them off!
This book is far from skinny -- it's the definitive nonfiction title about human and animal bones, delivered with in-your-face accuracy and intrigue....
The Dragon of Doom
AuthorBruce Coville
ISBN0689857578
Edward is bored with life in the little town of Pigbone.
Then Moongobble the Magician and his faithful toad, Urk, move into the cottage on the hill.
Soon Edward has a job helping Moongobble. And Moongobble needs a lot of help, because it turns out he is not a very good magician. (His spells keep...
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
AuthorBarbara Kerley
ISBN0439114942
The Barnes & Noble Review
A masterful blend of artistic skill, scientific prowess, and impassioned theatrics lay at the core of Waterhouse Hawkins. A man of pure determination, he created the first life-size models of dinosaurs! This brilliant book is a fantastic nod to the genius of one man,...
Seaglass Summer
AuthorAnjali Banerjee

Eleven-year-old Poppy Ray longs to be a veterinarian, but she's never had a pet. This summer, she's going to spend a month with her uncle Sanjay, veterinarian and owner of the Furry Friends Animal Clinic on an island off the Washington coast.
Poppy is in for big surprises. She loves tending to...
Andrew Lost On the Dog
AuthorJ.C. Greenburg
ISBN0375812776
This book was very interesting. It would be a great book for transitional readers who are interested in dogs, technology and adventure. This book would be used for independent reading. Students in third or fourth grade would love this book because it holds the readers attention and it is nonfiction....
Great-Grandpa's in the Litter Box
AuthorDan Greenburg
ISBN0448412608
found this at a used book sale and it's actually signed by the author. i vaguely remember this series from when i was a kid. this is the first book in the zack files series and it's about a boy named zack who goes to the animal shelter to adopt a kitten, and comes out with a fat, dirty tomcat who claims to be his...
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