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Publication Order of Dragon Slayers' Academy Books

The New Kid at School (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Revenge of the Dragon Lady (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wiglaf's worst nightmare (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Class Trip to the Cave of Doom (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Wedding for Wiglaf? (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Knight for a Day (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sir Lancelot, Where Are You? (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wheel of Misfortune (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Countdown to the Year 1000 (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Crime in Camelot (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
97 Ways to Train a Dragon (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Help! It's Parents Day at DSA (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Danger! Wizard at Work! (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Ghost of Sir Herbert Dungeonstone (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Beware! It's Friday the 13th (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pig Latin--Not Just for Pigs! (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
Double Dragon Trouble (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dragon Slayers' Academy Treasure Chest (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
World's Oldest Living Dragon (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hail! Hail! Camp Dragononka (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Never Trust a Troll! (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Little Giant--Big Trouble (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
School's Out...Forever! (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Early Adventures (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Eek! Stories To Make You Shriek! Books

The Wax Museum (By: Devra Newberger Speregen) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Bad Luck Penny (By: Jane O'Connor) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Creep Show (By: Jennifer Dussling,Jeff Spackman) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Mummy's Gold (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dragon Breath (By: Jane O'Connor) (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Bug Off! (By: Jennifer Dussling) (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Spooky Sleepover (By: Joan Holub) (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Watch Out! (By: Jane O'Connor,Simon Cooper,Dina Anastasio) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Fluffy the Classroom Guinea Pig Books

Fluffy, the Secret Santa (1949)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's Thanksgiving (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy Goes to School (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's Valentine's Day (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's Spring Vacation (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's Silly Summer (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's New Friend (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy Saves Christmas (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy Learns to Read (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy Meets The Dinosaurs (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's Happy Halloween (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's 100th Day Of School (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy Meets The Tooth Fairy (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's Funny Field Trip (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy And The Fire Fighters (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's School Bus Adventure (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy Goes Apple Picking (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy Meets The Groundhog (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy Goes to Washington (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy Grows A Garden (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy Learns to Swim (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's Trick-Or-Treat (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's Lucky Day (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy, the Snow Pig (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy Plants a Jelly Bean (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fluffy's School Adventures (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of I'm ...!-Machines at Work Books

with Jim McMullan

Publication Order of Lila Fenwick Books

The Great Ideas of Lila Fenwick (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Great Advice from Lila Fenwick (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Great Eggspectations of Lila Fenwick (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Meg's Prairie Diary Books

As Far As I Can See (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
For This Land (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Fine Start (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Myth-O-Mania Books

Have a Hot Time, Hades! (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Phone Home, Persephone! (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Say Cheese, Medusa! (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Nice Shot, Cupid! (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Stop That Bull, Theseus! (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Keep a Lid on It, Pandora! (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Get to Work, Hercules! (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Go for the Gold, Atalanta! (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hit the Road, Helen! (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Get Lost, Odysseus! (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Pearl and Wagner Books

Two Good Friends (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Three Secrets (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
One Funny Day (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Four Eyes (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Five Days Till Summer (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Pick-a-Path Books

The Amazing Bubble Gum Caper (By: Jane O'Connor) (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Super Trail Bike Race (By: Richard Wenk) (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Great Baseball Championship (By: Richard Wenk) (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Mystery of the Missing Mummy (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Magic Top Mystery (By: Jane O'Connor,Jim O'Connor) (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Adventure At Camp Schoonover (By: Richard Wenk) (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Stan Herman's World of Nubbies Books

Publication Order of Step into Reading, Step 5 Books

True-Life Treasure Hunts (By: Judy Donnelly) (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Trojan Horse (By: Emily Little) (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Moonwalk (By: Judy Donnelly) (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dinosaur Hunters (With: John R. Jones) (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball (By: Jim O'Connor) (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball's Best (By: Andrew Gutelle) (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
To the Top! (By: Sydelle Kramer) (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball's Greatest Hitters (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Basketball's Greatest Players (By: Sydelle Kramer) (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Trail of Tears (By: Diana Magnuson,Joseph Bruchac) (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
T. Rex (By: Random House) (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Raptor Pack (By: Dr. Robert T. Bakker) (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Maximum Triceratops (By: Robert T. Bakker) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Five Undersea Stories (By: Random House) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Phantom of the Opera (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Under the Mummy's Spell (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon
My Travels with Capts. Lewis and Clark, by George Shannon (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
School!: Adventures at the Harvey N. Trouble Elementary School (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pinocchio (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Picture Books

Rock-A-Baby Band (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Noisy Giants' Tea Party (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon
Nutcracker Noel (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Biggest Mouth in Baseball (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
Good Night, Stella (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hey, Pipsqueak! (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
If You Were My Bunny (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Find Your Way to Muppet Treasure Island (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Noel the First (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
No No, Jo! (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Papa's Song (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Supercat (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Supercat to the Rescue (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Baby Goose (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Bathtub Blues (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ride 'em, Cowboy! (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Bulldog's Big Day (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Amazing Adventures of Supercat!: Making the World Safe for Blankies (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mama's Kisses (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
How Do You Take a Bath? (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
As Warm as the Sun (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
How Do You Go to Sleep? (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Happy Springtime! (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
This Is the Tree We Planted (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

How to Choose Good Books for Kids (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dinosaur Hunters (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Story of Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball Bloopers (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
Oddball Baseball (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
Story of Bill Clinton & Al Gore: Our Nation's Leaders (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of A Stepping Stone Book (TM) Books

Pioneer Cat (By: Charles Robinson,William H. Hooks) (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Man in the Iron Mask (By: Paul Mantell) (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ghost Horse (By: George E. Stanley,Ann Barrow) (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Escape South (By: Kim L. Siegelson) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Horn for Louis (By: Eric A. Kimmel) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Picture for Marc (By: Matthew Trueman,Eric A. Kimmel) (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Jungle Book (By: Diane Wright Landolf) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Spotlight for Harry (By: Jim Madsen,Eric A. Kimmel) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Honey Cake (By: Joan Betty Stuchner) (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Anna Maria's Gift (By: Robert Papp,Janice Shefelman) (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
GoldieBlox Chapter Book #1 (By: Stacy McAnulty) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of A Stepping Stone Book (TM)Books

Honey Cake (By: Cynthia Nugent,Joan Betty Stuchner) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of A Stepping Stone Book(TM) Books

Honey Cake (By: Cynthia Nugent,Joan Betty Stuchner) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of A Stepping Stone Book(TM) Books

The Case of the Elevator Duck (By: Polly Berrien Berends) (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
Barry: The Bravest Saint Bernard (By: Lynn Hall) (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (By: Judith Conaway) (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
Knights of the Round Table (By: Gwen Gross) (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Minstrel in the Tower (By: Gloria Skurzynski) (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pioneer Cat (By: Charles Robinson,William H. Hooks) (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Aliens for Breakfast (By: Steve Björkman,Stephanie Spinner,Jonathan Etra) (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Boy Who Ate Dog Biscuits (By: Betsy Sachs) (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Treasure Island (By: Lisa Norby,Fernando Fernández) (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
Aliens for Lunch (By: Steve Björkman,Stephanie Spinner,Jonathan Etra) (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
The War of the Worlds (By: Mary Ann Evans) (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
Aliens For Dinner (By: Steve Bjorkman,Stephanie Spinner) (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Three Musketeers (By: Deborah G. Felder) (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (By: Monica Kulling) (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Smasher (By: Dick King-Smith,Richard Bernal) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Prince and the Pauper (By: Jane E. Gerver) (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fossil Fever (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld,Paulette Bogan) (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Snake Camp (By: George E. Stanley) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wild Horses (By: Michael Langham Rowe,George E. Stanley) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Escape South (By: Kim L. Siegelson) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Man in the Iron Mask (By: Paul Mantell) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
Swiss Family Robinson (By: Johann David Wyss,Daisy Alberto) (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mermaids (By: Mel Grant,Lucille Recht Penner) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Jungle Book (By: John Rowe,Diane Wright Landolf) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Picture for Marc (By: Matthew Trueman,Eric A. Kimmel) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ghost Horse (By: George E. Stanley,Ann Barrow) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Monsters (By: Lucille Recht Penner,Allen Douglas) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Honey Cake ) (By: Cynthia Nugent,Joan Betty Stuchner) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Horn for Louis: Louis Armstrong - as a kid! (By: Eric A. Kimmel) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alice in Wonderland (By: Mallory Loehr) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Anna Maria's Gift (By: Robert Papp,Janice Shefelman) (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Spotlight for Harry (By: Jim Madsen,Eric A. Kimmel) (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Attack of the Shark-Headed Zombie (By: Bill Doyle,Scott Altman) (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Robin Hood: Bullseye Step into Classics (By: Annie Ingle) (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Stampede of the Supermarket Slugs (By: Bill Doyle,Scott Altman) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Invasion of the Junkyard Hog (By: Bill Doyle,Scott Altman) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Time to Be Brave (By: Cynthia Nugent,Joan Betty Stuchner) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
GoldieBlox Chapter Book #1 (By: Random House) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Goldie Blox and the Best! Pet! Ever! (By: Random House,Stacy McAnulty) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Goldie Blox and the Best Friend Fail! (By: Stacy McAnulty) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Goldie Blox and the Haunted Hacks! (By: Random House,Stacy McAnulty) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Spinjitzu Brothers #4: The Chroma's Clutches (By: Random House) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tales from the Merged Realms (By: Random House) (2024)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Penguin Young Readers: Level 3 Books

Tales of Amanda Pig (By: Jean Van Leeuwen) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
More Tales of Amanda Pig (By: Jean Van Leeuwen) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pirate School (By: Cathy East Dubowski) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Princess Lulu Goes to Camp (By: Kathryn Cristaldi) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Oliver and Amanda and the Big Snow (By: Jean Van Leeuwen) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Baby Alligator (By: Ginjer L. Clarke) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington (By: Frances E. Ruffin) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Amazing Arctic Animals (By: Jackie Glassman) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Bug Out!: The World's Creepiest, Crawliest Critters (By: Ginjer L. Clarke) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Baby Panda Is Born (By: Kristin Ostby) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Black Out!: Animals That Live in the Dark: Animals That Live in the Dark (By: Ginjer L. Clarke) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Baby Otter (By: Ginjer L. Clarke) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Watch Out!: The World's Most Dangerous Creatures (By: Ginjer L. Clarke) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Babysitters (By: Dori Chaconas) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Bookstore Burglar (By: Barbara Maitland) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dear Tooth Fairy (By: Jane O'Connor) (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Do Dolphins Really Smile? (By: Laura Driscoll) (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Emperor Penguins (By: Roberta Edwards) (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fireflies (By: Megan E. Bryant) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Polar Bears: In Danger (By: Roberta Edwards) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Miracle of Easter (By: Jean M. Malone) (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Flight of the Butterflies (By: Roberta Edwards) (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pearl and Wagner: Two Good Friends (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pearl and Wagner: Five Days Till Summer (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Owls: Birds of the Night (By: Emily Sollinger) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Penguin Young Readers: Level 3 Books

Princess Lulu Goes to Camp (By: Kathryn Cristaldi) (0)Description / Buy at Amazon
Four Eyes (1918)Description / Buy at Amazon
Snakes (By: Patricia Brennan Demuth) (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
Bats: Creatures of the Night (By: Joyce Milton) (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
Gorillas (By: Paul Lopez,Patricia Brennan Demuth) (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
Big Cats (By: Joyce Milton) (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Secret Garden (By: Deborah Hautzig,Natalie Carabetta) (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sitting Bull (By: Lucille Recht Penner) (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
My Brother, Ant (By: Marc Simont,Betsy Byars) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Volcanoes: Mountains That Blow Their Tops (By: Nicholas Nirgiotis,Michael Radencich) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Flower Girl (By: Gail Herman) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Johnny Appleseed (By: Patricia Brennan Demuth,Michael Montgomery) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pirate School (By: Cathy East Dubowski) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mummies (By: Susan Swan,Joyce Milton) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ant Plays Bear (By: Marc Simont,Betsy Byars) (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wagon Train (By: Deborah Kogan Ray,Sydelle Kramer) (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Baby Wolf (By: Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen,Mary Batten) (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Knights (By: Catherine Daly-Weir) (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Agapanthus Hum and the Eyeglasses (By: Joy Cowley,Jennifer Plecas) (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (By: Frances E. Ruffin) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hamster Chase (By: Allan Eitzen,Anastasia Suen) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sharks (By: Ginjer L. Clarke) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
One Hundred Monsters in My School (By: Bryan Hendrix,Bonnie Bader) (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Amazing Arctic Animals (By: Lisa Bonforte,Jackie Glassman) (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Honeybees (By: Joyce Milton,Pete Mueller) (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Go, Fractions (By: Judith Bauer Stamper) (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Benny the Big Shot Goes to Camp (By: Bonnie Bader,Shari Warren) (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Family Reunion / Graphs (By: Bonnie Bader,Mernie Gallagher Cole) (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Giant Jellybean Jar (By: Marcie Aboff,Paige Billin Frye) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
I Brought My Rat For Show and Tell (By: Joan Horton) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grasshopper Pie and Other Poems (By: D.J. Steinberg,Adrian Sinnott) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Giant Lizards (By: Michael Rothman,Ginjer L. Clarke) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
Bug Out! (By: Pete Mueller,Ginjer L. Clarke) (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fake Out! (By: Pete Mueller,Ginjer L. Clarke) (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Baby Panda Is Born (By: Lucia Washburn,Kristin Ostby) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fireflies (By: Carol Schwartz,Megan E. Bryant) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Coral Reefs (By: Samantha Brooke,Peter Bull) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Black Out! (By: Pete Mueller,Ginjer L. Clarke) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
No Room at the Inn (By: Bryan Langdo,Jean M. Malone) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Far Out! (By: Pete Mueller,Ginjer L. Clarke) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Maxed Out! (By: Pete Mueller,Ginjer L. Clarke) (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Miracle of Easter (By: Bryan Langdo,Jean M. Malone) (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Watch Out! (By: Pete Mueller,Ginjer L. Clarke) (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pouch Babies (By: Lucia Washburn,Ginjer L. Clarke) (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Owls: Birds of the Night (By: Emily Sollinger) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Backyard Chickens (By: Avery Reed) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Thomas Edison and His Bright Idea (By: Jez Tuya,Patricia Brennan Demuth) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Kate's Wish (By: Lana Jacobs) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Daring Amelia (By: Jez Tuya,Barbara Lowell) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon

Kate McMullan
As soon as she could, Kate McMullan began reading her way through the Children’s Room shelves at their local public library in St. Louis, Missouri, where she was born on January 16, 1947. Kate would carry her books home, get settled with a dog or cat or her guinea pigs on her lap, and just read for hours at a time.

Her favorites were Nancy Drew mysteries, Greek myths, Pippi Longstocking, and any animal stories, but only if the animals didn’t die. She also read Little Women, which was sad but acceptable if the people died and The Borrowers, which was about tiny little people that lived behind the walls in houses. She loved comic books as well, along with Mad Magazine. When she would be asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she would answer with “a reader”.

After college, she taught fourth grade in an inner-city Los Angeles school and on an American Air Force base located in Germany. Each day after lunch ended, she would read to her students, and over time began wondering if she could write books like the ones she would read aloud to her class. She tried, however after spending the day teaching, she didn’t have much energy left over for writing. So she decided to move to New York City, because she had heard that’s where writers lived, and got a publishing job, which she found to be less tiring than teaching.

Kate edited by day and wrote during the night. Some nights she went out with a wonderful illustrator named Jim McMullan. On their first date, he picked her up from her apartment, looked through her bookshelves and pulled three books out with covers he had illustrated. How could she possibly resist him? Within just a year, they had gotten married.

She kept on reading. When her and Jim’s daughter was born, she read to her nonstop. One hot summer in Sag Harbor, they would keep cool curled up on this old couch on the porch with Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “The Long Winter”.

Kate also continued to write, a Greek Mythology series, stories about the Classroom Guinea Pig (named Fluffy and who would never die), books set in a medieval school for slaying dragons, and picture books that Jim McMullan illustrated.

“Have a Hot Time, Hades!” is the first novel in the “Myth-O-Mania” series and was released in the year 2002. Dad’s gut was so huge that it was not crowded, even with the five of them down there. Of course, every now and then, they would get on each other’s nerves.

Hestia was always cleaning the place up. Poseidon would always try to organize swimming meets. Hera was the bossy one, telling the rest of them what to do. However Demeter was certainly the oddest of the bunch, always going on and on about her desire to plant a small vegetable garden. They were family, however. They all grew up in their Dad’s belly together.

When Hades and his siblings were born, the Ruler of the Universe and their dad, Cronus, swallowed them all whole, only because there was this prophecy that said one of his kids would be mightier than him. Could Hades and all his sisters and brothers overthrow their big, bad father and take the universe over? It’s sure to be a hot time, Hades!

“Two Good Friends” is the second novel in the “Pearl and Wagner” series and was released in the year 2004. Meet Pearl, who is a hardworking rabbit, and Wagner, who is a daydreaming mouse. While at school, impress the judge at the science fair, they build a robot together, tell each other the truth at all times.

However friendship ain’t always easy. Sometimes a robot doesn’t turn out exactly the way it is supposed to, and sometimes a pair of green boots is all it takes to cause a fight. Through all of it, Wagner and Pearl show that they know how to make up and remain good friends no matter what.

“Three Secrets” is the third novel in the “Pearl and Wagner” series and was released in the year 2009. Pearl and Wagner have returned and are full of secrets. Wagner tells Pearl this one embarrassing secret, and Pearl tells Wagner a surprising secret, while Lulu tells Wagner a secret which turns out not to be a secret whatsoever.

During a school field trip and at a birthday party, Wagner and Pearl learn that some secrets are able to bring friends closer together, while others are able to cause all kinds of issues. In the end, there is no secret that will come between Pearl and Wagner!

“Four Eyes” is the fourth novel in the “Pearl and Wagner” series and was released in the year 2010. There is an eye toast, no. Eye test today at school, however Wagner just cannot see the board. Like Pearl tells him, it is time for glasses! However Wagner just hates his new glasses, as they make him look like he is a guppy, and a mean bully calls him Four Eyes.

Wagner vows never wear his specs again, until Pearl and all of his buddies give themselves inspired new nicknames like his. All of a sudden, Four Eyes has got a nice ring to it, and being able to see ain’t so bad either. The book illustrates how a best friend and a new point of view can change everything.

“For This Land” is the second novel in the “Meg’s Prairie Diary” series and was released in the year 2013. Meg Wells is joined by the rest of her family out on the Kansas prairie, where they battle it out alongside some Abolitionists in order to keep Kansas a free state.

Meg and her family’s new life is quickly jeopardized by not just the struggle against slavery and those that want Kansas to be a slave state, however also this devastating fire which threatens to destroy their home. However Meg’s own strong spirit helps her in overcoming the hardships of living on the prairie.

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