Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
Meet an unusual family with some very special children: Alan, Ellen, Iris, Otto, and Ursula. Sometimes they're visited by their very special aunt, Cyndy. As each child is born, the family becomes more complete-and each additional Vowel also makes the text easier to read! Because if you can imagine life without the Vowels, tlkng wld b vr hrd. Rdng wld b pzzlng. Are you ready to play the Vowel game?
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
It's summertime, and the Bolds are going camping by the sea, where new adventures await them. Uncle Tony becomes a surfing sensation. The family befriends a chatty puffin with lung trouble and a cougar with a dark past.
Bobby must assume yet another disguise, pretending to be the family's pet dog! But it's not long before trouble sniffs them out, and Bobby goes missing. Can the Bolds come to the rescue and salvage their vacation, while maintaining...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ziggy loves coming up with new inventions. Unfortunately, though, most of his inventions just don't work out, like the square 'Ziggyball' or the 'shulstilts' he makes for Rabbi Levi. Ziggy's father sells buns for Moishe the Baker, but Mrs. Schwartz always complains that the buns are undercooked at the center. That's when Ziggy puts his creative mind to work, with his idea for making the bakers buns tastier and easier to carry, leading to the creation...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Oh no! Mr. Bungles has overslept and he's going to be late for school. Teachers aren't supposed to be late! Poor Mr. Bungles tries rushing off in his car, the train, and even a hot air balloon, but nothing works. The clock is still ticking. What will he try next?
Author
Series
Berenson schemes volume 1
Language
English
Description
Jack's parents have been chased out of Tokyo, gone broke in Greece, and hosted Nairobi's least successful safari. Next they're taking Jack on a Caribbean vacation-whether Jack wants to go or not. The Berensons are about to start a snorkeling business. It's their latest get-rich-quick scheme. With these experienced world travelers at the helm, what could go wrong?
Jack's used to staying indoors and not taking chances. When his parents take him...
Author
Series
Berenson schemes volume 2
Language
English
Description
After a wild plan by his parents left Jack stranded in the Caribbean, the Berenson family decided to lay out some rules. Jack's mom and dad agreed they wouldn't take so many risks. Jack agreed he'd try to live life without worrying quite so much. Then Jack's parents thought up another get-rich-quick scheme.
Now the family's driving around Kenya. An animal attack is about to send Jack up a tree?alone, with limited supplies. As Jack attempts to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meet Miss Bindley-an ordinary teacher with an unusual appetite. Miss Bindley doesn't eat the usual fare like tuna melts and meatloaf. Instead, when her stomach grumbles, it's the class pets she has her eye-er, stomach-on. Watch out! You never know who might be next.
9) Zip It!
Author
Language
English
Description
XYZ! When Joe and his dad rush out the door to run errands on a Saturday morning, Joe notices that his motormouth father forgot a crucial detail when he got dressed. But will Joe's dad listen? Of course not. As they drive all over town, Joe tries every trick he can think of to get his dad's attention. But Dad just won't zip it!
10) Alien Envoy
Author
Series
Alien agent volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Alien Agent Zack Gaither has spent his whole life on planet Earth. His assignment: to protect humans from the knowledge of life on other planets. Finally, the time is right, and Zack has the chance to help Earth join the Galactic Union. The only problem? A small army of alien thugs is set on keeping Earth out of the picture....
11) The Bolds
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Bold family seems fairly normal: they live in a nice house, the parents have good jobs, and they all love to have fun. One slight difference: they're hyenas. That's right-they're covered in fur, have tails tucked into their clothes, and really, really like to laugh.
For years, the Bolds have kept their true identities under wraps. But now the neighbors are getting suspicious, and the Bolds are getting homesick. During a trip to the local wildlife...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
More wildly funny animal madness from dream team Julian Clary and David Roberts!
The Bolds are a family of hyenas living as humans in a suburban house. But now their kindness to animal waifs and strays has become legendary, and more and more animals keep turning up to stay! Roger the sheep flocks to their house, and Fifi the poodle turns up to learn some new tricks, whilst Sheila the crocodile decides to stay for a while.
But when the Bolds take in...
13) Stinker
Author
Language
English
Description
Stinker is a puppy stuck in the pound. He's playful and loving and wants more than anything to be adopted. Unfortunately, little Stinker is always making big smells. As family after family return the ever-patient pooch back to the shelter, even he begins to lose hope. That is, until Stinker meets a snarky tomcat who can wriggle his way out of any situation. Together they stage a great escape in order to find just the right home, where Stinker will...
14) Jack At The Helm
Author
Series
Berenson schemes volume 3
Language
English
Description
Jack's parents move to Nepal in their latest get-rich-quick scheme. When Jack gets lost in the Nepalese wilderness, an old raft is the only way to go for help. Will he make it?
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shavuot is approaching, but Gitele and Yankl have no money to buy ingredients for blintzes. So they come up with a plan. Every day, they'll each put a coin into the empty trunk. By Shvuot, they should have enough coins to buy the ingredients. But will they be able to stick to their plan and provide their family with delicious blintzes for Shavuot?
17) To Bathe a Boa
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A boa has no greater wrath / than when he doesn't want a bath!" In this rollicking verse story, the bathroom becomes a battleground between a clean-conscious youngster and his elusive reptile. Every child who has ever tried to avoid bath time-and every adult who has been faced with a child reluctant to bathe-will recognize in this uncommon boa some fairly common bath-dodging techniques. C. Imbior Kudrna's hilarious illustrations capture all the subtleties...
18) Sniff a Skunk!
Author
Series
Good crooks volume 3
Language
English
Description
Good Crooks Book Three: Sniff a Skunk! brings back our favorite pair of do-gooder crooks in a hilarious adventure that brings about an odiferous encounter with a skunk.
19) Dog Gone!
Author
Series
Good crooks volume 2
Language
English
Description
When their parents steal a Hollywood star (a white poodle) to hold it for ransom, our young heroes leap into action. Too bad the spoiled star will not raise a paw to help.
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Penticton Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Items must be over 1 year old.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service for new books published this year. Submit Request