1. The Bad Guys in Open Wide and Say Arrrgh! by Aaron Blabey

WEIRD?! Nothing weird EVER happens in The Bad Guys. Like, you would NEVER see a chain-saw monster confronting a velociraptor who has eaten an elderly piranha, or the disturbing antics of a deranged dentist running amok with an oversized drill. NOPE. None of that nonsense here. So relax and be entirely unsurprised by the Bad Guys’ next adventure!

Book 15 in The Bad Guys series

7. Welcome to the Creature Café by Jennifer Castle 

One day while exploring the streets of Paris, kittens Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz stumble upon something very mysterious–a hidden, abandoned restaurant! They soon discover that this place was once a secret cafe where all the animals of Paris used to gather, but has since shut down.

Then the kittens have a brilliant idea: why not re-open the place and make it their own? But with three kittens who couldn’t be more different, there’s sure to be disagreement over what makes a perfect cafe, and all sorts of other hijinks… including new animal friends and secrets about the cafe’s past that could change everything. Can the kittens band together to keep the opening from being a catastrophe?

book 1 in The Aristokittens series

The Great Biscuit Bake-Off by Jennifer Castle

Kittens Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse have just opened the most popular spot in Paris–a hidden cafe for animals of all kinds! Each kitten has their own role: Marie creates the menu, Berlioz plays music, and Toulouse decorates the walls with his paintings. But Toulouse knows he could create some beautiful treats . . . and he wishes he could learn to bake, too.

So when some puppies arrive from out of town and start arguing over who can make the best dog biscuits, city or country pups, the kittens decide to host a Dog Biscuit Bake-Off. Toulouse knows this could be the perfect opportunity to prove he can bake, too! He and Marie quickly end up on rival teams, supporting their new puppy friends. Who will win the Bake-Off? And with Berlioz keeping secrets of his own, could the contest results change things at the cafe forever?

book 2 in The Aristokittens series

Moonlight Mischief by Linda Chapman

Do you believe in magic?

Sita and her friends do! And when they meet the Star Animals, a whole world of adventure unfolds.

When the residents of Westcombe enter the Best Kept Village competition, they appear to have a helping hand – someone has tidied the village overnight! No one knows who has mowed the lawns and painted the fences but the town is looking neater than ever. Then pets and toys start to go missing. The villagers are upset and worried, and the Star Friends suspect that dark magic is involved. They’re going to have to use all of their skills to solve this latest mystery …

book 7 in the Star Friends series

4. Minecraft: Zombies! by Nick Eliopulos

Looking after a little sibling can be a real headache . . . especially when they’re a zombie trying to eat your brains!

Life is good for Bobbie in the sleepy village of Plaintown. Sure, her villager parents only ever say “Hrm,” but you pick up the local language quickly. And maybe her little brother, Johnny, is always getting into trouble, but the village’s iron golem is there to look out for him. And, yeah, things are too busy for exploring when you’re the only one in town who ever takes their hands out of their sleeves. But maybe that’s for the best. After all, there are things out there beyond the torchlight that are better handled by adventurers.

But one night, a stranger comes to Plaintown—and he’s followed by a horde of ravenous zombies! Bobbie’s village is overrun, and her world is turned upside down as her friends, family, and neighbors fall victim to the zombies’ endless appetite.

5. Get Well, Eva by Rebecca Elliott

When Eva hurts her wing, she visits the hospital and meets a new friend, Rocco, who has a broken leg–but wearing a sling for a week prevents her from writing in her diary, and she turns to her friends and family in order to keep it up to date.

book 16 in the Owl Diaries series

Storm on Snowbelle Mountain by Rebecca Elliott

Despite disagreements on the wisdom of the adventure, Rainbow Tinseltail and the other unicorns set out for Snowbelle Mountain to find out if Yetis are real–and when they get caught in a blizzard and take shelter in a cave they find the answer to their quest.

book 6 in the Unicorn Diaries series

The Secret of the Himalayas by Adam Gidwitz and Hena Khan

The newest adventure in the bestselling Unicorn Rescue Society transports readers to the Himalayan mountains in Northern Pakistan!

When Uchenna and Elliot’s classmate publishes an article in the school newspaper about the Schmoke Brothers, Professor Fauna notices something alarming in a photo. Mounted on the wall of the Schmoke’s living room is a single spiral horn that he’s certain could have come from only one animal–a unicorn! To save these magical creatures–and to finally see a unicorn themselves–the Unicorn Rescue Society heads to the rugged mountains of Pakistan.

book 6 in The Unicorn Rescue Society series

Mr. Ott is a Crackpot! by Dan Gutman

A.J.’s class is going head-to-head against Dirk School in a charity softball game. The losing team must clean the winning school’s toilet with a toothbrush! Mr. Ott, retired baseball pro, intends to lead Ella Mentry School to victory, but will his weird tactics actually make the team lose?

book 10 in the My Weirder-est School series

10. The Princess in Black and the Mermaid Princess by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale

There’s trouble under the sea! Can the Princess in Black and her new mermaid friend put a stop to a big blue kraken’s shenanigans?

The Princess in Black and her friends are enjoying a day of sun and sea on Princess Sneezewort’s royal boat when a real, live mermaid princess emerges from the waves! Eeeeeee! Princess Posy needs their help protecting her very cute sea goats from being eaten by a very greedy kraken. But the princesses and the Goat Avenger quickly realize that fighting underwater can be tough for land dwellers, and only the mermaid Princess Posy can save the day. Can the masked heroes help her learn that being a princess means more than just being nice–it means speaking up?

book 9 in The Princess in Black series

Forces of Nature by Patricia Lakin

Roscoe the raccoon happily lives alone in a junkyard, but when three visitors come looking for a new home, he discovers he can create more with others than he ever could on his own–and together they can build an environment that is better for everyone.

book 1 in The Tinkerers series

9. Pug’s Sleepover by Kyla May

Bub the pug and his human Bella plan a pirate-themed sleepover with their friends and discover that even as the best-laid plans go awry they can still have fun.

book 6 in the Diary of a Pug series

Just Dance by Sarah Mlynowski

Put on your dancing shoes!

Believe it or not, there’s a fairy named Maryrose LIVING in my house. And she’s sending me and my brother, Jonah, through the magic mirror and into the story of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. There, we meet the twelve sisters who sneak out every night to go dancing. But Jonah and I have our own mission. It’s up to us to find the enchanted object that will give Maryrose her fairy powers back.

So now we need to:
-Get our hands on an invisibility cloak
-Follow the twelve princesses to their secret hideout.
-Learn some VERY complicated dance steps.
-And avoid being thrown in the dungeon.

We better wiggle our way out of this magical mess or we’ll never help our fairy friend in time!

book 15 in the Whatever After series

8. Sunlight on the Snow Leopard by Mary Pope Osborne

The magic tree house has whisked Jack and Annie to the Himalayas in Nepal. They’re searching for the mysterious Gray Ghost. Well, they’re supposed to be. Jack does not want to find a ghost. But he and Annie are excited about all the amazing animals they see. So excited, in fact, that Annie and Jack get lost in the mountains! Can they make their way to safety before the Gray Ghost finds them?

book 36 in the Magic Tree House series

The Big Audition by Swapna Reddy

Millie’s favorite TV show is coming to town! One lucky person will get the chance to appear on the show, but is Millie brave enough to audition? All she needs is a little encouragement from her friends, the Ballet Bunnies.

book 5 in the Ballet Bunnies series

Leopard on the Loose by Ron Roy

There’s something dangerous on the prowl at the San Diego Zoo in this latest addition to the beloved A to Z Mysteries Super Editions!

Can you SPOT the mystery? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting the San Diego Zoo. When a rare amur leopard goes missing, everyone is a suspect! Can these expert clue hunters find out how the leopard got loose?

book 14 in the A to Z Mysteries: Super Edition series

The Weird Sisters: A Note, a Goat, and a Casserole by Mark David Smith

One spring evening, three strange visitors arrive in the town of Covenly. Sisters Hildegurp, Yuckmina, and Glubbifer are hoping to start fresh with a new business: a pet store! Their first customer is nine-year-old Jessica Nibley, who has lost her pet goat and hopes the sisters can help track it down. But when the sisters discover a mangled note with missing pieces that suggests they aren’t welcome in town, they suddenly have two mysteries to solve.

Jessica and the sisters jump on a broomstick and fly off to investigate. As they collect clues and get closer to solving the cases, Covenly residents start to look beyond the sisters’ unusual appearances and welcome them to the community as they are.

book 1 in the Weird Sisters Detective Agency series

2. The T-Rex Attack by Rex Stone

When Jamie and Tess discover a secret cave that lets them travel back to the time of the dinosaurs, a whole world of adventure awaits them. It’s amazing, but dangerous, too! They’ll definitely need help from their friends in the Dinosaur Cub.

book 1 in the Dinosaur Club series

3. A Triceratops Charge by Rex Stone

Dinosaur Club member Jamie meets a fellow club member while exploring his new home of Ammonite Bay, and together they discover some dinosaur footprints that transport them back to the prehistoric era where they must call on the Dinosaur Club for help.

book 2 in the Dinosaur Club series

6. Guarding the Invisible Dragons by Tracey West

Drake and the other Dragon Masters must help save a nest of baby Invisible Dragons in the latest action-packed installment of this New York Times bestselling series!

A nest of baby Invisible Dragons has been discovered in Aragon and the babies’ parents are nowhere to be found! The baby dragons need to eat the fruit from the magical Dragon Tree to keep their invisible powers. But the tree grows on the dangerous Dove Island …

Drake, Worm, and Carlos’ cousin Val must travel there to find the baby dragons’ parents and the fruit before the baby dragons lose their powers forever! Also, one of the baby dragons forms a close bond with Val. Could Val be a Dragon Master?

book 22 in the Dragon Masters series

Howl of the Wind Dragon by Tracey West

Drake and Rori rush off to find a Wind Dragon — the final dragon needed to undo the False Life spell. But they soon learn that the Wind Dragon is being held captive! Can they rescue her and her Dragon Master, Quilla? They’ll need to hurry because evil wizard Astrid has already cast her terrible spell… Prepare for the Dragon Masters’ biggest battle yet! With engaging black-and-white artwork on every page, kids won’t be able to put down this action-packed book!

book 20 in the Dragon Masters series

9. Kitten Campout by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

The purrmaids are going on their very first school sleepover, but Angel feels left out when she is paired with Cascade, a member of the Catfish Club.

book 9 in the Purrmaids series

Ivy and Bean Get to Work by Annie Barrows

It’s Career Day at Emerson Elementary School, and all the students have to choose what they want to be when they grow up. No problem. Ivy and Bean already have that all figured out. At least, they thought so, until they met Herman the Treasure Hunter. Now everyone in the second grade is looking for treasure—and finding it. Everyone except Ivy and Bean, that is. They need to get out their shovels and turn up some treasure on the double!

book 12 in the Ivy and Bean series

Pug’s Got Talent by Kyla May

Bub’s human, Bella, is putting on a pet talent show! Bub can’t wait to wow the audience with his skateboarding stunts, not to mention his snazzy costume. But when dress rehearsal doesn’t go as planned, Bub finds that it’s up to him — and his archenemy Duchess the cat — to make things right. Can he and Duchess work together to make sure the show goes on?

book 4 in the Diary of a Pug series

I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900 by Lauren Tarshis

The city of Galveston, Texas, was booming. Perched on an island off the southern coast of Texas, Galveston had been founded in the 1830s. By 1900, it was Texas’s richest and most important city. Boats loaded up with American cotton and wheat steamed from Galveston to countries around the world. Arriving ships were crowded with immigrants. The streets, paved with crushed oyster shells, sparkled like they’d been sprinkled with diamonds.

True, this glittering city was prone to flooding. But just a few years before, a weather forecaster had said the idea of a hurricane striking Galveston was absurd.

So when a storm started brewing on September 8, 1900, no one believed it would be any worse than previous storms. They gathered on the beach to cheer on the wild waves. But what started as entertainment soon turned into a nightmare as those wild waves crashed into the city. By morning, hundreds of homes were destroyed. Eight thousand people were dead. The city had all but disappeared.

book 21 in the I Survived series