Download or read book Ms Rapscott s Girls written by Elise Primavera and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At Great Rapscott School for Girls of Busy Parents, Ms. Rapscott teaches her students How to Get Lost on Purpose, resulting in a series of fantastical adventures that makes each learn a little something about courage, strength, bravery, and teamwork"--
Download or read book Making Mistakes on Purpose written by Elise Primavera and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students at a whimsical school for children of busy parents learn silly lessons about manners, friendship, and going far in life, in book two of the series that’s tailor-made for a new generation of Mary Poppins fans Great Rapscott School for Girls of Busy Parents is not your typical boarding school. Students arrive in boxes, birthday cake is served for breakfast, and two very talented corgis assist the rather quirky headmistress. This semester, the girls will learn how to get to The Top, but the semester is not off to a good start. One of the girls doesn’t make it back to school and when her friends try to rescue her, they wind up at the Bottom of the Barrel. Luckily, Ms. Rapscott knows that learning to fail is the secret to Going Far in life. Complete with charming black-and-white illustrations, this sequel to Ms. Rapscott’s Girls is full of, warmhearted lessons, spirited adventure, and good cheer.
Download or read book Auntie Claus written by Elise Primavera and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her eccentric Auntie Claus leaves for her annual business trip, Sophie Kringle stows away in her luggage, travels with her to the North Pole, and discovers that her aunt is really Santa's sister and helper. Beautiful illustrations add warmth to a delightful storyline.
Download or read book Libby of High Hopes written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When 10-year-old Libby Thump stumbles upon High Hopes Horse Farm and finds her dream horse, Princess, a prize-winning jumping horse that has been put out to pasture, Libby tries to convince her parents to give her riding lessons. Illustrations.
Download or read book Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger written by Louis Sachar and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows! Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the 30th floor. There are dogs and cats and frogs and skunks and an orange named Fido, causing a terrible commotion. But the biggest surprise of all is that Mrs Jewls is expecting a baby and a substitute teacher is coming, and everyone knows what that means . . . Wayside School is going to get a little stranger.
Download or read book Mrs Smith s Spy School for Girls written by Beth McMullen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl discovers her boarding school is actually an elite spy-training program, and she must learn the skills of the trade in order to find her mother in this action-packed middle grade debut that’s perfect for fans of Stu Gibbs. After a botched escape plan from her boarding school, Abigail is stunned to discover the school is actually a cover for an elite spy ring called The Center, along with being training grounds for future spies. Even more shocking? Abigail’s mother is a top agent for The Center and she has gone MIA, with valuable information that many people would like to have—at any cost. Along with a former nemesis and charming boy from her grade, Abigail goes through a crash course in Spy Training 101, often with hilarious—and sometimes painful—results. But Abigail realizes she might be a better spy-in-training than she thought—and the answers to her mother’s whereabouts are a lot closer than she thinks…
Download or read book Marigold Star written by Elise Primavera and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Elise Primavera comes an imaginative young middle grade fantasy adventure bubbling with wit and whimsy. Marigold Star is destined for greatness. Everyone in Bramblycrumbly thinks so, her parents and pet dragon included. There’s just one problem. Marigold can’t do magic! Then one day she tries a new spell written in a very old book. It’s called the Invis-O-Friend Spell, and it makes Marigold invisible to all but the friend who needs her most. To Marigold’s surprise, the spell works! But now there’s another problem. The spell sent Marigold to the human world. And to return home, she’ll have to befriend a host of human children who are struggling to make friends. Marigold will have to hurry, or the line between her magical world and the human one might crumble until she has no home left to go back to.
Download or read book Elmer and the Dragon written by Ruth Stiles Gannett and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2007-03-13 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to My Father's Dragon. Elmer and Boris's island hopping adventures continue.
Download or read book Louise the Big Cheese written by Elise Primavera and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dream big" is Louise the Big Cheese's motto. But try though she might, she's just plain old Louise, no Cheese. When the casting call goes out for Cinderella, Louise just knows that it's her moment to shine and take the stage as the STAR of the show. Unfortunately, the director casts Louise as a mouse while her best friend, Fern, who wasn't even going to try out in the first place, gets to be Cinderella. Louise may be a mouse in the show, but in the end it's up to her to save the day.
Download or read book Raising Dragons written by Jerdine Nolen and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a dragon hatches on her pa's farm, a young girl finds a best friend. At first Ma and Pa are wary of Hank, but it's not long before they see him as their daughter does--and welcome the baby dragon into their family. As it turns out, Hank is not cut out for farm life, but still, he warms the hearts of those around him and leaves a legacy that no one will ever forget.
Download or read book Louise the Big Cheese and the La di da Shoes written by Elise Primavera and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s nothing like a pair of sparkly, shiny, and pretty la-di-da shoes to bring out the Big Cheese in a girl. But Louise’s mother doesn’t quite see it that way. Instead Louise has to wear the dull and drab brown tie shoes she has worn for years. They are practical, Louise’s mother says. They are better in the rain, the shoe salesman says. It doesn’t matter that Louise doesn’t see it that way. Then Louise’s best friend Fern comes to school with shiny new patent leather shoes from Paris with sparkles on the toes! Are the bonds of friendship greater than shoe envy? Only Louise can say…
Download or read book Auntie Claus Home for the Holidays written by Elise Primavera and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sophie is cast as the Sugar Plum Fairy in her school's performance of the Nutcracker, her Auntie Claus forgoes her usual fall business trip and transforms New York City into the North Pole, with some unpleasant consequences.
Download or read book Louise the Big Cheese and the Back to School Smarty Pants written by Elise Primavera and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louise is determined to get straight As even though she's stuck with the toughest teacher in the whole school.
Download or read book The House at the End of Ladybug Lane written by Elise Primavera and published by Robin Corey Books. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angelina Neatolini came from a long line of neat and tidy people. In fact, her great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather invented the garbage can. Her mother ironed her linguini and her father vacuumed the grass. But Angelina liked to roll in the dirt whenever she could. And like most kids, Angelina wanted a pet, but pets are messy and the Neatolini parents did not allow mess in their new house at the end of Ladybug Lane, where they recently moved from the dirty city. Enter a hard-of-hearing and very daffy fairy godmother ladybug—and magic, mess, and mayhem ensued in the house at the end of Ladybug Lane, which became anything but neat. This magical, funny story has messages of tolerance, "it's OK to be different," and unrealistic parental pressure, and it features the spot-on whimsical art of newcomer Valeria Docampo.
Download or read book The Great Ghost Rescue written by Eva Ibbotson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-04-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ghosts of Britain need a sanctuary. Castles with central heating, bogs drained for motorways, dismal forests cleared for car parks-there are few places left for a respectable ghost to haunt. Humphrey the Horrible (actually his name is simply Humphrey-he added "the Horrible" to help himself become horrible) is a small, mostly unsuccessful ghost in a family of ghastly ghouls. His mother worries. But Humphrey has enough pluck to befriend a smart, politically aware schoolboy, Rick Henderson, who is willing to take the ghosts' cause right to the top, to number 10 Downing Street-home of the Prime Minister.
Download or read book Who Needs Love Read Listen Edition written by Elise Primavera and published by Robin Corey Books. This book was released on 2012-12-26 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scarlett Starlett and Simon Greensnout were best friends; they were also alligators who lived in a town menaced by a rotten-to-the-core witch. She hated anything sweet and nice and had no use for love. Scarlett longed to be a singer and Simon yearned to travel the world. One day, they stumbled upon a silver dollar that the witch had lost. In exchange for its return to her, the witch granted them their wishes. But be careful what you wish for, because these wishes came with an evil spell attaches. . . . Through some scary twists and turns, Scarlett and Simon managed to find what they were looking for as well as the answer to the question, "Who needs love?" This ebook contains Read & Listen audio narration.
Download or read book Auntie Claus and the Key to Christmas written by Elise Primavera and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Chris expresses doubt about the existence of Santa Claus, his older sister Sophie reveals that their aunt is really Santa's sister and helper and then sends him on a strange journey.
