The Case of the Mixed-Up Mutts

10 best books like The Case of the Mixed-Up Mutts (Dori Hillestad Butler): Clementine, The Napping House, Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes, Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, Have a Hot Time, Hades!, The 13-Storey Treehouse, Princess Posey and the Monster Stew, Marty McGuire, Henry and the Paper Route, Kiki: My Stylish Life

Clementine

Author	Sara Pennypacker
ISBN	0786838825

Clementine is having not so good of a week.

-On Monday she's sent to the principal’s office for cutting off Margaret’s hair.
- Tuesday, Margaret's mother is mad at her.
- Wednesday, she's sent to the principal... again.
- Thursday, Margaret stops speaking to her.
- Friday...

The Napping House

Author	Audrey Wood
ISBN	0152026320

Everyone knows the cumulative rhyme “This Is the House That Jack Built,” but The Napping House (1984) is close on its heels in the race for posterity: “And on that granny / there is a child / a dreaming child / on a snoring granny / on a cozy bed / in a napping house, / where everyone is sleeping.” Included...

Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes

Author	Lenore Look
ISBN	0375863354

What's so scary about a birthday party? Alvin Ho can tell you, if he's not too frightened to speak.

1. You might be dressed for bowling...but everyone else is dressed for swimming.

2. You could get mistaken for the piñata...or worse, the donkey, and get a tail pinned on you!

3....

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

Author	Sherri Duskey Rinker
ISBN	0811877825

The #1 New York Times bestselling children's book

As the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest—so they'll be ready...

Have a Hot Time, Hades!

Author	Kate McMullan
ISBN	0786808578

Dad's gut was so big that it wasn't crowded, even with the five of us down there. Of course, every once in a while, we got on one another's nerves. Poseidon was always trying to organize swimming meets. Hestia was always tidying up the place. Hera was the bossy one, always telling the rest of us what to do....

The 13-Storey Treehouse

Author	Andy Griffiths
ISBN	0330404369

Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-storey treehouse that has a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of sharks, a library full of comics, a secret underground laboratory, a games room, self-making beds, vines you can swing on, a vegetable vaporiser and a marshmallow...

Princess Posey and the Monster Stew

Author	Stephanie Greene
ISBN	0142421057

Make reading sparkle with the fourth title in the adorable Princess Posey chapter book series!

Halloween is right around the corner and Princess Posey is super excited to have a party with her first grade classmates and go trick-or-treating. But sometimes Halloween tricks are scary. When...

Marty McGuire

Author

Kate Messner

A fun, accessible chapter-book debut from an exciting new talent--simultaneous hardcover-paperback launch!

Marty McGuire would rather spend recess catching frogs in the pond than playing dress-up with the other girls in third grade. So when her teacher casts Marty as the princess in the...

Henry and the Paper Route

Author

Beverly Cleary

Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary gives readers a hero they'll relate to—and root for—in this comical and inspiring novel about Henry Huggins's mission to prove himself worthy of his very own paper route.

All the older kids work their own paper route, but because Henry is not...

Kiki: My Stylish Life

Author	Kyla May
ISBN	0545496136

Meet the Lotus Lane Girls!



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 on every page, these books will boost reading...

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Author	Roald Dahl
ISBN	0140568190

A short story about a Giraffe, Pelican and Monkey who open up a ladderless window cleaning company, who become friendly with a small boy called Billy. It's full of all the Dahlian humour and whimsy and nonsense, but like always it has a nice serious edge to it.

Very charming, though definitely...