Catalog Search Results
61) The Bolds
Author
Series
The Bolds volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Two hyenas from Africa find a pair of passports (memo: do not go swimming in a crocodile pool), and move to Teddington, England, where they live suburban lives, hold jobs, and raise their children to hide their tails and act human--the only trouble is old Mr. McNumpty, their nosy neighbor, who is hiding a secret of his own.
Author
Formats
Description
Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that, and he wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen) happy because he is convinced that soon he will die and travel to the dog star--but now they have moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor,...
64) The collectors
Author
Series
Fright watch volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Quinn is suspicious of her new neighbors, the Ladies in White, and when her friend Lex starts to act strangely after spending so much time with them, Quinn enlists Mike to help her uncover who the Ladies in White are and what they want with their friend.
69) Just flowers
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Izzy's grumpy neighbor insists Izzy remove unwanted flowers from his rose garden, but instead of discarding them, Izzy spreads the joy to others, leading to a town blossoming with a rainbow of flowers.
70) City beet
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Victoria and her neighbor, Mrs. Kosta, grow such a spectacular beet garden that they need the entire neighborhood's help to pull out a giant beet.
72) Bound to be bad
Author
Series
Ivy + Bean volume 5
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Best friends Ivy and Bean learn that being very good, or very bad, can be a real challenge when they set out to become like a man Ivy heard about who was so pure of heart that birds and animals followed him.
73) The suitcase
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
When a weary stranger arrives one day, with only a suitcase, everyone is full of questions: Why is he here? Where has he come from? And just what is in that suitcase? To learn the answers, they can either trust the newcomer or discover what they risk by not believing him.
Author
Series
Sneaky Pony series volume 3
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Upon learning that an older woman has moved into run-down, creepy Crabapple Farm, nine-year-old Keeker rides over on her pony, Plum, to find out whether the woman is a witch.
Author
Series
Description
When a new dog named Diamond Lil moves in next door, J.J. the search-and-rescue dog notices she is becoming very close with the family of chickens he saved in his last adventure. Meanwhile, J.J. has his hands full trying to find a mischievous opossum, and begins to wonder whether Lil is all that she seems.
Author
Series
Are the worst volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
A grumpy goblin hates having unicorns as neighbors, but when dragons threaten his home and the unicorns come to the rescue, he has to admit that maybe unicorns are not so bad after all.
Author
Series
Katie the catsitter volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead until she realizes the mysterious neighbor who hired her to catsit is one of the city's greatest supervillains.
Author
Series
Buddy and Earl volume 5
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Buddy and Earl meet their new neighbors, Mister the bulldog and Snowflake the cat, while playing superheroes and when Snowflake gets in some trouble, Wonder Buddy and Super Earl come to the rescue.
80) Ivy + Bean
Author
Series
Ivy + Bean volume 1
Formats
Description
When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.