Mike Lowery

Bug Scouts Doug, Abby, Josh, and Luna are off to their next adventure! This time they're going on a big camping trip to earn their "camping" Bug Badge. Everyone (except for Josh) is ready for a fun night of roasting s'mores, singing by the campfire, and telling spooky ghost stories. But suddenly they start hearing eerie noises! Is there a scary monster lurking in the woods with them? Will the Bug Scouts be able to spend the whole night in the tent?...

A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. His sister patiently explains, "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter. Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers...

Tyrannosaurus Rex enthusiast Sal transforms herself into an uncontrollable T. Rex, partly because her brother said it would be impossible, but soon discovers the downsides of always being fierce.

One day, Mac (smartest boy in his class in a small town in California) receives a telephone call from the Queen of England, recruiting him to find the crown jewels (well, actually just the Coronation Spoon) and so Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent--with the assurance that the Queen will give him a note excusing him from school.

Chef Gino Campagna shows kids that you don t have to be a culinary expert (or a grown-up) to make delicious and nutritious meals.

There is a legend that if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave then Britain will fall, so when somebody steals the birds, the Queen calls for Mac B. to find the thief and retrieve them--a mission that takes him to Iceland, where he encounters secret submarines, hungry polar bears, and his arch-nemesis from the KGB.

To crack a secret code, Mac follows the clues to France and Japan where he must use his gaming skills and defeat his enemy, the KGB Man.

"A child shares the reasons they prefer not to read a book aloud"--

"This is a story of stolen violins. It's got mummies, museums, sandwiches, hostages, and a dangerous showdown with the Russian Red Army Choir. Open this book to find out more about my adventures. But beware--this mission is top secret and very dangerous!" -- cover.

"The Gingerbread Man and his classmates spread holiday cheer by delivering gifts and thank yous to the people of their town"--