New Releases by Debbie Dadey

Short stories include: Wally''s first Christmas, Jigsaw Jones: The case of the Santa Claus mystery; Midnight gets a star; Take a penny, leave a penny; The nutcracker retold; Holiday disaster; Christmas on the prairie; The rocking chair: a classroom play; A visit from St. Nicholas.

Mr. Bigg is fixing up the park for the town Easter egg hunt. But does the fact that he likes dirt and mud, and dislikes cats, mean that he is an ogre? There are some weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the man fixing up the park for the town Easter egg hunt really be an ogre? It''s been raining ever since Brutus Bigg arrived in town. And even though he''s supposed to fix up the park, he seems to be messing it up so no one will go there and bother him. Is Mr. Bigg an ogre trying to claim the park as his home? The Bailey School Kids are going to find out, but will they be able to stop him in time for the Spring Festival? Pages of super spring puzzles and activities inside!

Floyd is forced to ear a big plastic collar after getting stitches, and Sweetcakes teases him unmercifully. Floyd is terribly depressed! Jack just can''t stand by and let Floyd suffer, so he and his doggie sidekicks teach Sweetcakes a lesson.

The children are concerned when there is no candy to be found in Bailey City in the days leading up to Halloween.

After a blizzard, Melody, Howie, Eddie, and Liza become convinced that the cheerful woman fixing the phone lines is really Mrs. Claus.

Who will find the treasure in the play yard first?

As the new kid in the third grade, Jake seems pretty weird to the other students, and Jake isn''t quite sure why he changed from a swamp monster to a kid--he just wants to be his scaly self again. Original.

When chew toys start to disappear and doggie treats are missing from the schoolyard, the Barkley dogs are suspicious. Could it be Sweetcakes, the bully Doberman, playing her old tricks? Jack learns that the true culprit may have to do with an old legend of a ghost dog...

The dogs at Barkley''s School for Dogs sense there is something wrong about the search for a top dog to be used in a TV commercial.

Jack is upset at having to go to school. But soon he is busy making new friends and avoiding the bully Doberman, Sweetcakes.

At Barkley''s school for dogs, a friendly canine named Jack becomes concerned when a new puppy begins learning the mean ways of Sweetcakes, the school''s Doberman bully.

Could it be that the new baker, who makes the best pumpkin pies in town, is really a ninja who wants to steal some valuable Japanese art?

Annie, Ben, and Jane investigate the strange habits of the owners of the Hauntly Manor Inn and their spooky young son.

The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series #12.

Puzzles accompany the story of Mrs. Jeepers'' class on an exploration of Ruby Cave.

The kids think the piano teacher who wears a full suit of armor may be a knight planning on taking over Bailey City.

The Bailey School kids wonder if the new dentist in town, Dr. Herb, who has huge, bulging muscles and wears a shirt that reads, "Champion of the World," is really the Greek god, Hercules. Original.

The Bailey School kids wonder if the Ruby Mountain snowboarding instructor is really a giant.

The kids at Ruby Mountain explore the caverns and find skeletons. Adventures Of The Bailey School Kids.

The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series #26.

Bobby has lots of allergies, particularly to cats, and sneezes constantly.

Puzzles accompany the story of Mrs. Jeepers'' class traveling to Transylvania to meet her relatives.

Bailey City is full of some pretty weird grown-ups. Check out who''s visiting Hauntly manor Inn.

Mrs. Jeeper''s class is visiting Ruby Mountain to learn about nature, and along the way Eddie spots enormous tracks on the dirt trail. He''s sure that the tracks belong to the square-dancing teacher--a large, hairy man resembling Bigfoot. Is he really the legendary beast?

The kids must discover if the new bus driver is a living gargoyle off the old library.