Mike Lowery

"Meet Doug, Abby, and Josh: the BUG SCOUTS! Doug and Abby love everything about being Bug Scouts: their super-duper top-secret headquarters, earning bug badges, wearing scout gear, and, of course, snacks. Josh, meanwhile, is a grump and doesn’t like anything (except the snacks). The Bug Scouts begin to work on earning the "foraging" bug badge, which they can only get if they successfully find an edible plant. Together, they head into the woods in...

"Investigating the theft of a priceless historical violin, Mac B. kid spy, organizes a museum patrol that finds him zip-lining into Italy with his trusty corgi sidekick on an undercover mission in the heart of enemy territory"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

A boy who wants to write a story like his big sister learns that every story begins with a single letter or word.

'You can write about anything, as long as you write about you.' A young boy listens as Mr. Lopez explains the class's assignment: write about yourself. Marcus is going to write about his hat collection. Alia is going to write about the vampires she talks about all the time. The boy, however, doesn't have any ideas beyond a title: 'The Story of Me by Me'. His sister suggests making lists as a way to start--Thinks I Like, Things I Know. But the things...

A gingerbread man searches all over the school for the group of children that made him and then left him behind.

Knot cannot do most of the things that Snake can do, such as slithering and hissing, but has one skill that saves the day when Snake is in danger.

"The Gingerbread Man and his classmates spread holiday cheer by delivering gifts and thank you's to the people of their town"-- Provided by publisher.