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The story begins when Susan Simmons returns to school from spring vacation. Susan has been looking forward to the big class play her teacher has been planning. But to her dismay Ms. Schwartz is gone... replaced by tall, handsome Mr. Smith, a strictly "by the book" teacher with some very strange habits. Investigating her new teacher, Susan makes a shocking discovery: "Mr. Smith" is actually an alien named Broxholm who is planning to abduct five students.

Benjy Ballou lives in Smiles, Pennsylvania and is the best little boy in all the world. One might almost call him unbearably good. He's such a very good boy he gets an extra-special wish from a Good Fairy! And oh, what a wish....

Fancy Nancy is ready for the spotlight! Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree, couldn’t be more excited about their upcoming dance show. After all, it’s all about mermaids—and who knows how to be a fancy, glamorous mermaid better than Fancy Nancy herself? But when another ballerina wins...

No one knows Fancy like Nancy . . . . . . and no one knows Halloween like Nancy!...

After learning about being green at school, Nancy decides to teach her family all about respecting the environment. On a trip to the supermarket, she reminds her dad, ""Please take note: always bring a tote."" When Mom turns up the heat, Nancy tells her, ""It's better just to wear a sweater.""...

Nancy loves spelling. She can spell fun words like ""happy"" and French words like chien (that means ""dog"") and even long words like ""splendid."" But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision that pits her pride...

This Fancy Nancy I Can Read story from the beloved New York Times bestselling author-illustrator team Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser will entertain beginning readers—even on a rainy, gloomy day! After a gloomy, gray week stuck inside at school, Nancy comes up with a great idea to...

From the bestselling author of Fancy Nancy comes a book about George, a little boy who is always eager to help! From the bestselling duo Jane O'Connor and Andrew Joyner comes a story about George, who is a very helpful boy. He feeds his dog, Pogo, and helps around the house. It's no surprise...

One stormy night, sixth-grader Jacob Doolittle finds a baby in a basket on his front porch. To Jake's surprise, his mother decides to care for the baby, hoping its mother will return. However that surprise is nothing compared to what happens to "Little Dumpling" the first time there's a full moon….