Jon Scieszka
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In his Grandpa Al's garage workshop, child genius Frank Einstein tries to invent a robot that can learn on its own, and after an accident brings wisecracking Klink and overly expressive Klank to life, they set about helping Frank perfect his Antimatter Motor until his archnemesis, T. Edison, steals the robots for his doomsday plan.
Author
Series
Spaceheadz volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
On his first day at Brooklyn's P.S. 858, fifth-grader Michael K. is teamed with two very strange students, and while he gradually comes to believe they are aliens who need his help, he has trouble convincing anyone else of the truth.
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Frank Einstein (kid-genius scientist and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with intelligent robots Klink and Klank once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival--this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy"--
5) Math curse
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1995.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Best friends Jack Truck and Dump Truck Dan love to smash things but sometimes their antics get them into trouble. One day they meet Wrecking Crane Rosie. Are Jack and Dan's smashing days over?
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Boy genius Frank Einstein finds himself in competition with his classmate and archrival T. Edison and his sign-language-speaking sidekick, Mr. Chimp, over Frank's newest invention: the EvoBlaster Belt.
10) Uh-oh Max
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Max gets in trouble after speeding up a ramp, all of his Trucktown friends try to help out.
11) Dizzy Izzy
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Izzy, the ice cream truck, tries to get himself dizzy.
13) Cowboy & Octopus
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Cowboy and Octopus maintain their friendship despite different opinions about things like beans and knock-knock jokes.
14) Melvin might?
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Melvin, a cautious cement mixer, worries that he can't keep up with the other trucks, but when Rescue Rita needs to be rescued, he overcomes his worries and fears in order to help her.
Author
Series
Spaceheadz volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The campaign to save the earth from being turned off is going well, but Michael K. must enlist fellow fifth-graders Venus and TJ to help hide the SPHDZ from Agent Umber, especially when they become involved in a school play.
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Frank Einstein (kid-genius, scientist, and inventor) and his best friend Watson, along with Klink (a self-assembled artificial-intelligence entity), and Klank (a mostly self-assembled and artificial almost intelligence entity), once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival--this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of the human body"--
17) Robot Zot!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a mission to conquer planet Earth, tiny but fearless Robot Zot and his mechanical sidekick leave a path of destruction as they battle kitchen appliances.
Series
Guys read volume 5
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable--and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by...
19) Funny business
Series
Guys read volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011, 2010.
Language
English
Description
A collection of humorous stories featuring a teenaged mummy, a homicidal turkey, and the world's largest pool of chocolate milk.
20) The sports pages
Series
Guys read volume 3
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A collection of sports stories featuring everything from fighting to friendship, set everywhere from the tennis court to the hockey rink.