Download or read book Invasion from Planet Dork written by Greg Trine and published by Square Fish. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A few million miles away from Los Angeles, danger is lurking. Evil aliens with some seriously hard to pronounce names like Zzykrkv are visiting earth from their home planet, Dork—to kidnap earthlings for their science class! While busy on a snack food errand . . . uh, mission . . . Melvin Beederman, official superhero of Los Angeles, senses that something doesn't feel quite right. Can Melvin, Candance, and friends from the Superhero Academy prevail over extraterrestrial bad guys with a spaceship powered by a Gamma drive? Holy alien invasion!

Download or read book Attack of the Valley Girls written by Greg Trine and published by Square Fish. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melvin Beederman is fresh out of bad guys to catch. Or is he? Little does he know that trouble is brewing in a dressing room at a large department store . . . Devious and sinister Valley girls Chantele and Brittany aren't just trying on clothes. They're hatching a totally cool plan to take over the city. Will Melvin and Candace be outsmarted by two not-so-smart girls from the Valley?

Download or read book The Brotherhood of the Traveling Underpants written by Greg Trine and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three members of the Bad Guy Brotherhood buy a time machine to keep the younger Melvin from gaining his superhero powers, and Melvin and his sidekick Candace, disguised as pirates, travel back in time to stop them.

Download or read book The Common Core Approach to Building Literacy in Boys written by Liz Knowles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with a focus on the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, this book provides a complete plan for developing a literacy program that focuses on boys pre-K through grade 12. Despite the fact that reading and literacy among boys has been an area of concern for years, this issue remains unresolved today. Additionally, the emphasis and focus have changed due to the implementation of the English Language Arts Common Core Standards. How can educators best encourage male students to read, and what new technologies and techniques can serve this objective? The Common Core Approach to Building Literacy in Boys is an essential resource and reference for teachers, librarians, and parents seeking to encourage reading in boys from preschool to 12th grade. Providing a wide array of useful, up-to-date information that emphasizes the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, the bibliographies and descriptions of effective strategies in this book will enable you to boost reading interest and performance in boys. The chapters cover 16 different topics of interest to boys, all accompanied by a complete bibliography for each subject area, discussion questions, writing connections, and annotated new and classic nonfiction titles. Information on specific magazines, annotated professional titles, books made into film, websites, and apps that will help you get boys interested in reading is also included.

Download or read book Reaching Reluctant Young Readers written by Rob Reid and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reaching Reluctant Young Readers features 150 middle-grade books. Each profiled title has the potential to hook the reluctant reader and lure them to read the entire book. To specifically encourage elementary and middle-school-age reluctant children to read, there is first a pitch to get the reader’s attention. That is followed by a short reading passage to “set the hook” and encourage the young person to read the rest of the book on their own. Further, the book contains several hundred additional recommended titles. The books selected for this collection were chosen following the criteria of reluctant reader books created by the Quick Picks committee sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association. While these guidelines were designed for young adult books, they also work well for middle-grade books. The criteria include: clear writing (no convoluted long sentences with sophisticated vocabulary), high interest “hook” in the first few pages, well-defined characters, interesting plot, and familiar themes.

Download or read book Attack of the Valley Girls written by Greg Trine and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valley Girls Chantele and Brittany, under the influence of a mad scientist's evil potion, hatch a plan to take over the city by kidnapping the mayor's wiener dog, Schnitzel, but Melvin and his partner in uncrime, Candace, are on their trail.

Download or read book Guy Write written by Ralph Fletcher and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical guidance and advice on writing from professional authors.

Download or read book Get Those Guys Reading written by Kathleen A. Baxter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.

Download or read book The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich written by Greg Trine and published by Square Fish. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name! Meet Melvin Beederman. He's a pretty good superhero, even though it always takes him five or six tries to get launched and flying. His weakness (every superhero has one) is bologna, which makes it hard to go into a deli. Still, Melvin manages to keep the city of Los Angeles free of nasty villains—once he's airborne. Crash! Splat! Thud! Kabonk! This series has it all: hilarious story lines, amazing classic-comic-inspired illustrations, fearless new superheroes, and SNACKS! Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name! Melvin loves fighting crime in Los Angeles, until the McNasty Brothers, the baddest guys of all, start robbing banks—and Melvin's superpowers mysteriously disappear. Enter Candace, a third-grade actress with some surprising new talents. Once they team up, nothing can beat these partners in uncrime. Nothing but bologna, that is . . .

Download or read book Latino a Children s and Young Adult Writers on the Art of Storytelling written by Frederick Luis Aldama and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's and young adult literature has become an essential medium for identity formation in contemporary Latino/a culture in the United States. This book is an original collection of more than thirty interviews led by Frederick Luis Aldama with Latino/a authors working in the genre. The conversations revolve around the conveyance of young Latino/a experience, and what that means for the authors as they overcome societal obstacles and aesthetic complexity. The authors also speak extensively about their experiences within the publishing industry and with their audiences. As such, Aldama's collection presents an open forum to contemporary Latino/a writers working in a vital literary category and sheds new light on the myriad formats, distinctive nature, and cultural impact it offers.

Download or read book The Revenge of the McNasty Brothers written by Greg Trine and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Melvin and Candace continue their crime-fighting work as superheroes, the McNasty Brothers, the McNasty Sisters, and the school bullies all plot to get even with them.

Download or read book Goldilocks Private Eye written by Greg Trine and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her father dies, Goldilocks inherits his fledgling detective agency. Behind on the rent and trying to stay one step ahead of the Kid-Snatcher, who works for the local orphanage-on commission-Goldilocks takes the case of the missing grandparents. Solving the mystery could solve all of her problems...maybe.

Download or read book The Grateful Fred written by Greg Trine and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes an excerpt from: Doom with a view.

Download or read book Ghost Planet written by Sharon Lynn Fisher and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a ghost, psychologist Elizabeth Cole is symbiotically linked to her supervisor and the creator of the Ghost Protector, who is forbidden to interact with her, which prompts her to search for the truth surrounding her own existence.

Download or read book The Invasion of Planet X written by T. Cooks and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony's whole life is about to change as his home is destroyed. Planet X, his new home, has some unwanted inhabitants. A tragic war has broken out on the planet causing new friends to be made and old friends to be lost. Will they win the battle for the human life or will they be overthrown? Find out in this thrilling race for human life...

Download or read book Untaken written by J. E. Anckorn and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It turns out that a real alien invasion is nothing like the Sci-fi shows 14-year-old Gracie loves. Not when it's your own family who are swallowed whole by those big silver ships. Not if it could be you next. In her search for her family, Gracie meets Brandon, a high school dropout who would never have been caught dead hanging out with a dork like Gracie before the world ended. Gracie isn't too crazy about Brandon either, but he has one thing she doesn't: A plan. Brandon's uncle has a cabin up in Maine, and If Gracie and Brandon can survive long enough to get there they can hide out until the Space Men pack up their ships and leave. Until the army guys come to rescue them, says Brandon. Brandon is big into army guys. Gracie has to admit that Brandon's Awesome Plan probably would have worked out great if wasn't for Jake. They found 5-year-old Jake, laying half-dead under the remains of someone's ranch house. He's a good kid, even if he won't-or can't- talk. But Jake has a secret, and when Gracie finds out what it is, the fragile new life they've started to forge looks set to break apart. When the people you've been counting on to put the world back together start hunting you down, alien invaders are the least of your worries.

Download or read book Dawn of Fear written by Susan Cooper and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derek and his friends, living outside of London during World War II, regard the frequent air raids with more fascination than fear--after all, they can barely remember a time without them. The boys are thrilled when school is canceled for a few days due to a raid, giving them time to work on their secret camp. But when their camp is savagely attacked by a rival gang from the neighborhood, the harsh reality of the violence surrouding them suddenly crashes down upon Derek and his friends--and a long night of bombing changes his feelings about the war forever. Includes a reader's guide.