"A.J. and his friends are starting fourth grade. A new school year means a new teacher, and Miss Banks may be their weirdest one yet. She won't stop playing practical jokes on the class, and A.J. has reached his breaking point. Will he and the gang learn to not fall for their teacher's tricks? Or will Miss Banks prevail as the ultimate prankster?"--

This is a story about magic, if you like that kind of thing. It is also a story about a ghost with amnesia, an unpopular fairy, an ungrateful town, and a wise and helpful raven (who happens to be a pretty good storyteller). But mostly, it is about a friendly little wizard who lives inside a big hill and really, really, really wants to be a hero. His name is Gumluck, and he is a bumbling noodlehead.

Garlic feels as though she's always doing the wrong thing. No matter how much her friend Carrot and kindly Witch Agnes encourage her, Garlic just wants to tend her own garden, where it's nice and safe, and live in her small village with the rest of the vegetable people. But when the village of vegetable people learns that a bloodthirsty vampire may have moved into the nearby castle, they all agree that, despite her fear and self-doubt, Garlic is...

Mirror, mirror on the wall... After Pete the Barncat starts a rumor about a Phantom Dog in the machine shed, Hank the Cowdog--the Head of Ranch Security--decides that he better check it out. And sure enough, when Hank takes a peek into the shadows, he sees the meanest, toughest, stupidest dog he's ever seen. Hank tries all of his tricks to out-wit the Phantom in the Mirror--but each time, the phantom dog matches him step for step. Hank's got to find...

Simon O'Keefe tells a lot of stories: like how his family was driven out of Omaha by alpacas. And how his church-deacon dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. And how his undertaker mom occasionally has to wrangle emus. But the story Simon doesn't tell is the one he'd do anything to forget: Simon is the only survivor of a school shooting. That story has followed him everywhere--everywhere except his new home in the National Quiet Zone,...

"The Cat Kid Comic Club is in crisis! After learning that one of their comics will be published, the baby frogs are filled with anxiety and doubt. How will they get their creative groove back? Will Naomi or Melvin emerge as a leader? Will Flippy convince them to finally straighten up and fly right?"--

Jake McQuade is the smartest in the universe--or at least he was. But just as his training with the secret agency known as the Consortium is about to start, his jelly beans go missing! And to make matters worse, they (and Jake's genius) might be wearing off right when he needs them most! Jake has to solve this mystery fast. Who stole the jelly beans and why?! Can Jake figure out what's going on, recover the missing jelly beans, and stop a high-tech...