Branches

Branches are small chapter books that are great for building confidence in new readers! Take a look!!

(The higher the Lexile number, the harder the reading level)

The School is Alive

Sam Graves discovers that his elementary school is alive and plotting against the students, and, as hall monitor, it is his job to protect them, but he will need some help from his friends.

Lexile 460

The Locker ate Lucy

Only a week into his job as hall monitor and class protector, Sam Graves and his friends Lucy and Antonio are trying to uncover the secrets of Eerie Elementary, their living and malevolent school--and then Lucy gets eaten by her locker.

Lexile 440

Recess is a Jungle

At the end of recess at Eerie Elementary, everything on the school grounds suddenly comes alive and turns into a fog-filled jungle maze intent on trapping and disposing of hall monitor Sam Graves and his friends Antonio and Lucy.

Lexile 430

The Science Fair is Freaky

For the first time in years Eerie Elementary is planning a science fair, which may not be a good idea in a school which is alive and out to get the students--but when Sam and his friends find a book of experiments that contains all of Orson Eerie's notes, it may turn out to be the key they need to finally understand the mad scientist.

Lexile 490

School Freezes Over

A heavy snowstorm traps the students inside Eerie Elementary, a living, breathing monster brought to life by mad scientist, Orson Eerie--soon the school begins to freeze from the inside out, and Sam, Lucy and Antonio must find a way to get the heat back on before all the students freeze to death, while facing the truth that Orson Eerie is even more powerful and dangerous than they realized.

Lexile 460

The Hall Monitors are Fired!

Sam Graves and his friends Lucy and Antonio have used their positions as hall monitors to thwart Orson Eerie's attacks on the students of Eerie Elementary--but now Orson is determined to get them fired before his next attack, planned for the annual Kickball Showdown.

Lexile 500

The End of Orson Eerie?

Eerie Elementary is planning a big Halloween-type celebration for Eerie Day, including hosting a "haunted house" at the school itself; but the spirit of the evil scientist Orson Eerie sees this as the chance to finally triumph over the intrepid hall moniters, Sam, Lucy, and Antonio--and it is up to them to prevent a catastrophe and perhaps even defeat Orson and banish him from the school forever.

Lexile 490

Rise of the Balloon Goons

#1

Alexander has just moved into Stermont, but the elementary school is being torn down, his new classroom is located in the hospital morgue, a notebook he finds is full of information about monsters--and everywhere he turns there are spooky balloon men determined to attack him.

Lexile 490

Rise of the Balloon Goons

#1

Alexander has just moved into Stermont, but the elementary school is being torn down, his new classroom is located in the hospital morgue, a notebook he finds is full of information about monsters--and everywhere he turns there are spooky balloon men determined to attack him.

Lexile 490

Day of the Night Crawlers

#2

Alexander and his new friend, Rip, are worried that the worms the rain has brought out are really the megaworms that Notebook of Doom describes but they soon discover that the night crawlers are trying to warn them about the monster tunnel fish that are threatening Stermont Elementary.

Lexile 460

Attack of the Shadow Smashers

The latest monsters threatening Stermont Elementary are shadowy shapeshifters that attach themselves to people, eat their shadows, and block out all light--but before he can think of a way to deal with them, Alexander has to deal with a startling revelation from his friend Nikki.

Chomp of the Meat-Eating Vegetables

#4

Alexander is used to finding monsters everywhere in Stermont, but now the school is being turned into an icebox by giant meat-eating vegetables--and his friend Rip has gone missing.

Lexile 470

Whack of the P-Rex

#5

When Alexander and his friends find a very large footprint and piles of candy everywhere, they realize the school is being threatened by a Piñata-saurus Rex, a sweet-tasting monster who likes to smash things--and they find that the solution may be as near as a broken ant farm.

Lexile 460

Pop of the Bumpy Mummy

#6

Alexander's class is going on a sleepover at the Stermont Museum, but something is stealing bright, shiny objects from all over town, including the museum's treasured Ruby Scorpion, and on the night of the visit the young monster hunters finally confront the town's newest monster--a warrior covered entirely by bubble-wrap.

Lexile 460

Flurry of the Snombies

#7

It is a very hot summer in Stermont, and Alexander and his friends are at Camp Gloamy in the mountains, but even here there are monsters--specifically zombie snowmen called snombies who want to freeze the young monster-hunters.

Lexile 560

Charge of the Lightning Bugs

#8

It is the first day of the brand-new Stermont Elementary School, but everything electrical seems to be going haywire, and it looks like strange green lightning bugs are draining off the power--but when they see green lightning in a clear blue sky Alexander and his friends know there must be a monster involved.

Lexile 440

Snake Camp

When Stevie Marsh leaves for his stay at Camp Viper, he believes it is a camp to learn about "Viper" computer software.

Lexile 360

Eva's Treetop Festival

Having a Bloomtastic Festival at school to celebrate spring is a great idea--but Eva Wingdale, a young owl, discovers that it is also a lot of work, and there is nothing wrong with asking her friends for help.

Lexile 400

Eva Sees a Ghost

When Eva Wingdale sees something large and white flying above her she is convinced that it is a ghost, although most of the other owls just laugh at her--until something large and heavy and white lands on the school roof.

Lexile 350

A Woodland Wedding

Eva's teacher, Miss Featherbottom, is getting married, but when her special necklace disappears, Eva and her friends set out to track down the thief and return the necklace before the wedding.

Lexile 390

Eva and the New Owl

Eva wants to be friends with Hailey, the new owl in her class, but when Hailey seems to prefer Lucy's company, Eva starts to feel left out, and even a little jealous of her best friend.

Lexile 390

Warm Hearts Day

Warm Hearts Day is approaching and Eva has been making lots of fun gifts and treats for her friends, but as the big party at the Old Oak Tree nears, she realizes that she has neglected to make any gifts for her family.

Lexile 470

Baxter is Missing

A famous author is coming to visit and Eva and her classmates are assigned to write a story--but Eva Wingdale is totally distracted because her pet bat, Baxter, has gone missing, and she suspects that the sneaky squirrels have something to do with her missing pet.

Lexile 550

The Wildwood Bakery

Macy's little sister has wings that are too small, so Eva's class decides to raise money to buy her a flying chair, and half the class opens a bakery, and the other half opens a candy store--but soon competition between the two stores becomes more important than their goal, and Eva needs to convince the other owls that they will collect more money if everyone works as a team.

Lexile 550

Eva and the Lost Pony

Eva decides that warning all the animals in the forest about the approaching storm is a perfect project to prove herself worthy of taking the Owl Oath, but when she stops to help a lost pony and they get caught in the storm, they have to take shelter in a cave, and end up helping each other to stay brave.

Lexile 550

Eva's Big Sleepover

Eva is planning a big sleepover for her "hatchday" celebration, but one of her friends, Sue, does not seem to want to attend--so Eva must find out what is bothering Sue, and help her get over her first-sleepover jitters.

Lexile 540

Eva and Baby Mo

Eva offers to babysit for little brother Baby Mo so her parents can go sky-dancing competition, and she enlists a couple of her friends to help--unfortunately Mo proves to be a handful, eating too much candy, making a big mess, and throwing a tantrum, and she and her friends have to clean up fast before her parents get home.

Lexile 530

Trip to the Pumpkin Farm

Eva Wingdale and her class are excited about their trip to Poppy's Pumpkin Farm, where every year, there is one very large, extra special, thank-you pumpkin; but on the second day of the visit the owls find that the Thank-you Pumpkin has gone missing, and the farm animals are in an uproar--so Eva and the other owls turn detective to solve the mystery of the missing pumpkin.

Lexile 580

Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy

When King Viking and his evil robot army attack Animal Town, and kidnap Singing Dog, it is up to Super Rabbit Boy, with some help from Sunny and his video game console, to save the day.

Lexile 530

Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up!

Tired of always losing to Super Rabbit Boy in their video game world, King Viking goes to the Secret Lands to find the Super Power Up that will give him super powers--Super Rabbit Boy must stop him, but first he must make it past goblins, ghosts, and other video dangers.

Lexile 520

Super Rabbit Racers!

Super Rabbit Boy is racing in the Super Grand Prix car race--but among the other racers is King Viking and his team of cheaters, and they will do anything to win.

Lexile 540

Super Rabbit Boy vs Super Rabbit Boss!

Super Rabbit Boy falls down a pipe and discovers himself in a mirror reality where everyone good is now evil, including his mirror self, Super Rabbit Boss, and he must make friends with King Viking (now one of the good guys) and somehow defeat his alter ego in order to save this world--and somehow find a way back to his own reality.

Lexile 500

The Super Side-Quest Test!

This time Super Rabbit Boy will need the power of the Super Wand to defeat the evil King Viking--but first he must go on a seemingly endless series of quests before he can obtain the wand and save the day.

Lexile 510

Moldylocks and the Three Beards

After falling through the refrigerator into the Land of Fake Believe, Princess meets a girl named Moldylocks who takes her to the home of the Three Beards for chili--but when the Beards capture her friend, Princess must come up with a plan to save her.

Lexile 500

Little Red Quacking Hood

In her second adventure in the Land of Fake-Believe, Princess Pink meets Scaredy-Pants Wolf, a baker whose business has been robbed by Little Red Quacking Hood--and to save the bakery Princess must figure out why the ducks are suddenly so interested in pies.

Lexile 380

The Three Little Pugs

In the Land of Fake-Believe the Three Little Pugs' used car business has sold Scaredy-Pants Wolf a lemon (literally) instead of a delivery van, so Princess Pink gets an opportunity to use her karate moves to get Wolf's money back--and set the Pugs on the straight-and-narrow path to business success.

Lexile 350

Boris on the Move

Boris lives in Hogg Bay, in an old bus that used to travel all over the world, but now just sits there--until one day when his parents take him on an adventure.

Lexile 230

Boris Gets a Lizard


Boris has a lot of pets, but what he really wants is a Komodo dragon, so he comes up with a plan--and invites his class to come and see his lizard.

Lexile 320

Stranger Things

When ordinary third-grader Ed finds a coin with the words "strange" and "stranger" on both sides, weird things start happening around him--but when his friends start blaming him for all the weirdness Ed wonders if this coin is not too strange for comfort.

Lexile 520

Dinosaur Disaster

Ed, his friends, and even his little sister are eager to go to Dinosaur Discovery, but ever since he found the magic coin called Silver Center, strange things happen around Ed--so he is not surprised to find that a blue dinosaur has followed his sister home.

Lexile 500

Hero Dog

Nine-year-old Hilde Lysiak is an aspiring reporter with her own newspaper, the Orange Street News, and she is investigating break-ins and missing baked goods--and with the help of Zeus, a little dog with a big bark, she intends to track down the thief who is trying to steal a win in the Bake-Off Bonanza, one of Selinsgrove's biggest events.

Lexile 510

Bear on the Loose

When she hears reports of a bear roaming the backyards of Selinsgrove, Hilde and her sister/photographer Izzy are determined to get the story for their own newspaper, the Orange Street News--but when they find out the culprit is a black bear cub, their scoop turns into a rescue mission.

Lexile 610

Fire! Fire!

When Nina's antique store burns down, nine-year old reporter Hilde and her sister/photographer, Izzy, are determined to investigate the cause for the Orange Street News--and their main clue is a bird's nest of baby Blue jays.

Lexile 640

UFO Spotted

Selinsgrove is in the grip of alien fever because people saw a UFO, but nine-year-old reporter Hilde is skeptical about aliens--however when she and her photographer sister Izzy find evidence that something crashed near Grove Pond they are intrigued, (and nervous), and determined to investigate the story for Hilde's newspaper, the Orange Street News.

Lexile 470

Tornado Hits!

After a small tornado hits Selinsgrove during a night time thunderstorm, Hilde and her sister/photographer Izzy wake up to find fish flopping all over Orange Street, and they set out to document the path of minor destruction for their newspaper--and solve the mystery of where the fish came from.

Lexile 530

Sparkling Jewel

Nine-year-old Tori is thrilled to be spending the summer at her grandmother's ranch, even if she has to share a room with her younger sister Miranda, who is eight--there is a beautiful, but very nervous, new pony called Jewel that she would love to ride, but her grandmother feels that this pony is just too much for a child.

Lexile 400

Knit Knotters

Stella discovers that her new glasses are magic, allowing her to see the knit-knotters--night sprites that are flitting around town tying knots in children's hair so they need haircuts--and when a conversation with one of them, Trixie, reveals the reason, Stella comes up with a plan to deal with the mischievous fairies.

Lexile 560

Tooth Bandits

Stella hopes to use her magic glasses to see the Tooth Fairy, but instead she sees Piper, the Tooth Bandit, a type of night sprite that steals the coins left for children and uses them to decorate their scooters--so Stella comes up with a different kind of decoration for the bandits.

Lexile 560

Carlos Gets the Sneezes

the class travels inside Carlos' nose after he develops a mysterious illness.

Lexile 590

Sink or Swim

Ms. Frizzle takes the class on a trip to a Pacific Island, where the Magic School Bus provides them with individual submarines, and they learn about fish schools and the behavior of undersea animals--and try to avoid being eaten by a shark.

Lexile 540

Escape from Egypt

Ava and Chase want some more information before they embark on another adventure in time, but the woman who gave them the suitcase filled with magical objects is not being helpful, and when Chase picks up the scarab of King Tutankamun they find themselves transported not to ancient Egypt, but to Egypt on the day King Tut's tomb is discovered--and they must get the artefact back into the tomb while avoiding Randall who has arrived before them.

Lexile 590

Fast-Forward to the Future

Chase and Ava are ready for their next adventure! They touch the flashing cube inside their magic suitcase, and they're sent spinning forward in time to the future! There, they find robots and gliding cars. But bad guy Randall is there, too--and he is after them! Chase and Ava will need to act fact to put the cube back where it belongs.

Lexile 590

Kiki

Kiki and her best friends, Coco and Lulu, all live on Lotus Lane, attend Amber Acres Elementary School, and have their own club, so when a when a Japanese girl named Mika moves in next door and also chooses fashion design for her art project, Kiki is seriously annoyed.

Lexile 640

Coco

Coco, one of the Lotus Lane Girls, loves cooking and animals, so when the club decides to plant a vegetable garden to help save snails, organizing a cupcake sale is an obvious idea--but Mika, the new girl next door, is still an unresolved problem. Includes cupcake recipe.

Lexile 740

Lulu

Lulu, one of the Lotus Lane Girls, loves all things sparkly and glamorous, so when she hears about a Penelope Glitter look-alike contest she is determined to enter and win--and she is not going to let the still-unresolved problems with neighbor Mika get in the way.

Lexile 610

Mika

Japanese American Mika is the newest member of the Lotus Lane Girls, with her very own new diary, but she is still troubled by tensions between her different friends, and worried about her project for the school newspaper.

Lexile 680

The Golden Monkey

Clyde is a hyperactive kid, and his twin sister, Claudia, does her best to keep him out of trouble--but after a class field trip to the science museum, and a zapped banana, he suddenly finds that excitement transforms him into a real monkey, which may help him catch the thief who took the golden monkey.

Lexile 260

The Not-So-Itty-Bitty Spiders

Beatrix is a witch, but her twin sister Olive is not, and when Beatrix plays one trick too many on Olive and their classmate Eddie, the two decide to get back at her with a bucket of garden spiders--but when the spiders get into a growing potion and turn into giant spiders the three children have to work together to save their town.

Lexile 380

The Super-Smelly Moldy Blob

Beatrix wins the school science fair every year because she uses magic to cheat, but this year her un-magical twin Olive is convinced that her own project on molds will win--until a fight over space upsets both projects and turns Olive's mold into a stinky, moldy blob monster which is alive, growing, and threatening to overwhelm the school.

Lexile 430

Let's get Cracking!

Kung Pow Chicken #1

Gordon Blue and his brother Benny, unlikely superheroes, must save Fowladelphia from Granny Goosebumps, who has filled the city with cookies that cause innocent chickens' feathers to fall off.

Lexile 490

Bok! Bok! Boom!

Kung Pow Chicken #2

Superheroes Gordon Blue and his brother Benny must rescue an opera star from the evil Dr. Screech before he turns her super high voice into a supersonic weapon.

Lexile 520

The Birdy Snatchers

Kung Pow Chicken #3

Superheroes Kung Pow Chicken and Egg Drop must stop the evil Birdbrain from zapping the smartest chickens in Fowladelphia into zombies.

Lexile 440

Heroes on the Side

Kung Pow Chicken #4

When the Blue family travels to New Yolk City, Egg Drop wants to go to the first-ever Sidekick Super-Con--a big party for sidekicks--but Ticklebeak and his Bad Eggs soon chicknap the sidekicks and it is up to Kung Pow Chicken to save them.

Lexile 450

Rise of the Earth Dragon

Dragon Masters #1

Eight-year-old Drake is snatched up by the King's soldiers and taken to the castle where he is told by the wizard Griffith that he has been chosen to be a Dragon Master like Ana, Rori, and Bo--and his first task will be to discover whether his dragon, Worm, has any special powers.

Lexile 360

Saving the Sun Dragon

Dragon Masters #2

The dark magic the dragons encountered in their first adventure has made Ana's sun dragon, Kepri, sick and Drake's earth dragon, Worm, teleports the himself, Kepri, and the four young dragon masters far away from the castle in search of a cure--but the threat of the dark magic still remains.

Lexile 480

Secret of the Water Dragon

Dragon Masters #3

When Drake discovers that his friend and fellow Dragon Master, Bo, is trying to steal the Dragon Stone, he wonders if the dark wizard might be behind it, and he must try to find a way to protect the stone while keeping Bo's family out of danger.

Lexile 420

Power of the Fire Dragon

Dragon Masters #4

When the king decides to take the dragon masters to Arkwood to visit Queen Rose, Rori, Drake, and their dragons are left behind, so when the evil wizard Maldred attacks the castle riding a giant four-headed dragon that spits poison, the two young dragon masters and their dragons are forced to defend the castle by themselves.

Lexile 480

Song of the Poison Dragon

Dragon Masters #5

Petra, the newest dragon master, is scared to death of the Hydra dragon she is supposed to bond with--but when the Hydra accidentally poisons the King, and then her fellow dragon master, Drake, she must find a way to connect with her dragon, because only the Hydra's song can cure them.

Lexile 440

Flight of the Moon Dragon

Dragon Masters #6

The prime dragon stone seems to be dying, and that means that the connection between the dragon masters and their dragons is also fading, so the six dragon masters must locate the hidden stone and learn what is causing the problem before their telepathic connection is completely gone.

Lexile 480

Search for the Lightning Dragon

Dragon Masters #7

The Dragon Masters have two tasks: track down the newly hatched Lightning Dragon, and find his destined Dragon Master, a boy named Carlos, and convince him to trust them--but somebody else has dark plans for this particular powerful and wild dragon.

Lexile 560

Roar of the Thunder Dragon

Dragon Masters #8

Lalo the baby lightning dragon has been taken by Eko, a rogue Dragon Master, who ran away with her thunder dragon years before--now she is back looking to make allies of the other dragon masters, and so gain control over all of the dragons in Griffith.

Lexile 580

Chill of the Ice Dragon

Dragon Masters #9

The Dragon Masters are still reeling from the desertion of Rori and her fire dragon Vulcan, when Mina, a Dragon Master from the far north, arrives with a problem--King Lars needs a fire dragon to defeat the Ice Giant who has frozen his kingdom; and so the Dragon Masters set out to find Rori and convince her to help.

Lexile 580

Pug Blasts Off

Baron von Bubbles (Bub) is a pug who wants nothing more than to help his human Bella in her craft projects for school, though he is a little apprehensive about the rocket she is making for the Inventor Challenge--so when he ruins the rocket while trying to get at Nutz the squirrel he needs to find a way to make it up to Bella.

Lexile 550

Dazzle's First Day

Dazzle, a new butterfly fairy, finds friends in Butterfly Meadow to help her learn how to fly.

Lexile 580

Skipper to the Rescue

While playing in the forest fairies Skipper and Dazzle fly to shelter after an unexpected storm breaks overhead, but when they discover a cocoon about to hatch, they do all that they can to save the new butterfly.

Joy's Close Call

A rainbow leads Dazzle and her friends to Bluebell Wood where they meet a feisty butterfly named Joy; but when they accidentally disturb a nest of bees, Joy must come to the rescue.

Zippy's Tall Tale

Zippy, a migrating butterfly, has lots of interesting stories to tell the residents of Butterfly Meadow, but when Dazzle follows him to the mountains, she wonders if his tall tales will end up getting them into trouble.

Skipper Gets Spooked

Skipper and her friends agree to take a night flight with a group of moths they meet in the meadow, but Skipper never realized how different--and spooky--things can look at night.

Lexile 580

Puppy Trouble

At Barkley's school for dogs, a friendly canine named Jack becomes concerned when a new puppy begins learning the mean ways of Sweetcakes, the school's Doberman bully.

Lexile 520

A New Pig in Town

Ever since the family got a new pet potbellied pig, things have been perfectly peculiar. The humans have turned into zombies. The bacon's all been trashed. And Monty's only company is that evil parrot Coco LaRue! What's a playful pup to do? Break all the rules, of course! And that includes teaming up with Coco to keep everything from going to the dogs!

Lexile 690

Never Wear a Cape

Superhero Mr. Incredible offers stories and advice designed to help other superheroes in their efforts to save the day.

Stuck on Earth

Zenon and Nebula, of Space Station 9, need help from an Earth boy when they sneak away from a class field trip to enter Zenon's Galaxy Glue in the 34th Intergalactic Science Fair in Cleveland.

Lexile 580

The Last Dinosaur

Kenny, Steffi, and Jose travel back to prehistoric times in order to help a baby dinosaur find his mother before an asteroid hits Earth and before they are all eaten by a very hungry meat-eater.

Lexile 380

The Case of the Drooling Dinosaur

Ten-year-old Secret Agent Dingledorf learns the value of following the rules when he reluctantly faces Dr. Rebellion, a man who is causing chaos all over town because he hates rules.

White Bird

A lonely boy is found and reared by a hermit in the wilderness of the Tennessee mountains in the 1880s.

Lexile 330

Elaine and the Flying Frog

Chinese American Elaine Chow feels like an outcast after moving to a small town in Iowa, until she shares a new friendship and a science project with a girl strongly interested in frogs.

Lexile 540

Smasher

When Mrs. Buzzard wants to get rid of the big, ugly dog that creates a lot of trouble, Farmer Buzzard decides on a plan to save this lovable monster from banishment.

Lexile 800

Is He a Girl?

After Casey Happleton tells him that if he kisses his elbow he will turn into a girl, nine-year-old Marvin experiments and finds himself very confused about his identity.

Lexile 300

Alone in His Teacher's House

Marvin is pleased when his teacher asks him to take care of her dog while she's away, but he soon finds that there's more pressure involved than he likes.

Lexile 410

Why Pick on Me?

A small incident during recess threatens to turn nine-year-old Marvin into the outcast of his third-grade class.

Lexile 290

The Paint Brush Kid

Nine-year-old Gregory paints pictures representing the life of the Mexican American old man known as Uncle Pancho and attempts to save him from losing his house.

Lexile 300

Lucy on the Loose

Bobby learns to overcome his shyness when he has to find his beagle, Lucy, who ran off after a big orange cat.

Lexile 380

Lucy on the Loose

Bobby learns to overcome his shyness when he has to find his beagle, Lucy, who ran off after a big orange cat.

Lexile 380

Shadow of the Wolf

In 1841 thirteen-year-old Libby and her family begin a new life on the shores of Lake Michigan where her father works as a surveyor for the Ottawa Indians and Libby is reunited with her Indian friend Fawn.

Lexile 700

Aliens for Lunch

When their bag of microwave popcorn explodes and a space alien emerges, Richard and Henry join him on a top secret interstellar mission to save the desserts of the universe.

Lexile 510

O'Diddy

Nine-year-old Boon has grown too old to see her imaginary friend O'Diddy, so in his lonesome desperation he concocts a scheme to force her into remembering him.

The Curse of King Tut's Mummy

Seventeen-year-old Howard Carter searches the Valley of the Kings for the tomb of King Tut and the treasures that may be found there and could be cursed.

Lexile 650

In a Blink

When four friends are whisked out of their ordinary lives to Never Land, home to fairies and mermaids, Queen Clarion and Tinker Bell have to figure out a way for them to get home.

Lexile 480

The Space Between

While wondering if she has a talent for animals, Lainey, along with her three friends and the fairies of Pixie Hollow, discovers a passage between Earth and Never Land.

Lexile 620

A Dandelion Wish

Mia and her friends have discovered a magical passageway to Never Land! But when her little sister Gabby goes to Never Land alone, the passageway closes up, with a fairy stuck on the Main Land side, too.

Lexile 500

Missy

After her mother helps with her outfit, Missy is afraid her school picture will not be special this year.

Lexile 500

The Ember Stone

Perodia is threatened by Thorn, a powerful vulture, who is using magic to spread a terrible darkness--but when a young owl named Tag, and his best friend, the squirrel Skyla, rescue a golden egg from Thorn's Tiger bats they may have found the key to Perodia's salvation: the last firehawk, guardian of the ember stone.

Lexile 560

Lullaby Lake

Their magical map is leading Tag, Skyla, and Blaze closer and closer to The Shadowlands, Thorn's territory--but now the Ember Stone has fallen into the well-named Lullaby Lake, which is defended by fairies who sing intruders to sleep, and the friends must figure out a way to convince the "nixies" to help them retrieve it before Thorn gets his claws on it.

Lexile 630

Step into the Spotlight!

Bella, Carly, and Allie live and work at the Stardust Circus, and when Marlo arrives, eager to make friends and become part of the show, she tries aerial arts, juggling, and even dog training as she tries to find her own special talent, with lots of help from the other girls.

Lexile 320

All Paws on Deck

Haggis and Tank #1

Tank is a clumsy, outgoing Great Dane, and Haggis is a bored, curmudgeonly Scottie--so one afternoon Tank suggests they turn the wagon in the backyard into a ship and play pirate.

Lexile 480

Howl at the Moon

Haggis and Tank #3

In this adventure Tank the Great Dane's active imagination takes her and Haggis the Scotty on a airplane trip to Scotland, where they visit a castle, enjoy high tea--and get chased by a werewolf.

Lexile 430

The Magic Mirror

The Ice Princess's magic mirror is broken, one piece is missing, and without it the Enchanted Kingdom is locked in a terrible, unseasonable, heat wave (even the palace is melting); two children, Kara and Zed, are determined to help, but first they must figure out whether the break is the result of the sibling rivalry between the Ice Princess and her sister the Sun Princess--or did the monkey do it?

Lexile 580