New Releases by Greg Trine

When Jack chops down the beanstalk, instead of letting go, the giant clings to the beanstalk, looking for a soft place to land...a haystack perhaps, or a pile of old mattresses. When neither can be found, he settles for the deep end of a residential swimming pool. KERSPLASH! It''s a belly flop to beat all belly flops, launching a series of mini tsunamis, and the giant smacks the surface of the water so hard that he forgets who he is. He has no memory of Jack and his thieving ways. And the splashdown just happens to coincide with ten-year-old Sam, who lives in the house with the swimming pool and is running away from his evil uncle. What''s the boy''s plan? To escape that very night and join the circus as it leaves town. But when the boy steps outside into the night air, he witnesses the above-mentioned belly flop. He also sees the largest person he''s ever laid eyes on-the kind of person who might find gainful employment in a circus sideshow. Sam and the giant team up. They join the circus, the boy passing himself off as the tall man''s agent. But being an agent, Sam soon discovers, is the same thing as being Chief Poop Scooper for all of the circus animals. Exactly the same thing. Still, cleaning animal stalls is way better than living with his abusive uncle. All goes well at first as boy and giant adapt to their new lives. And then one day Jack shows up to watch the circus. When the giant spots him in the sideshow audience, his memory returns in all its fee-fi-fo-fumming glory. He suddenly remembers everything...Jack and his criminal behavior, the loss of his prized possessions... the goose, harp, and cold-hard cash. He also remembers the beanstalk and his mile-high plummet into Sam''s swimming pool. That night, after hours, the Giant and Sam set off to find where Jack lives and to return all the stolen goods to their rightful (and extremely tall) owner. Little do they know that Jack has some tricks up his sleeve. His house has been booby-trapped, giant-proofed, paid for by the stolen cash. Fortunately, the giant''s agent, AKA Sam, knows a thing or two about rescuing a giant...and another thing or two about getting the best of a thief.

"A boy, cursed with an unfortunate name, begins junior high in the wake of a famous older brother who casts an enormous shadow."--T.p. verso.

Eleven-year-old George Mullin knows crazy when he sees it. Or at least he thinks he does. When his grandfather disappears and his grandmother tells the world that he was abducted my aliens, George is fairly certain that she has a screw loose...maybe several. But everything changes when his younger brother vanishes in the same way.

When her father dies, Goldilocks inherits his fledgling detective agency. Behind on the rent and trying to stay one step ahead of the Kid-Snatcher, who works for the local orphanage-on commission-Goldilocks takes the case of the missing grandparents. Solving the mystery could solve all of her problems...maybe.

Judy Hopps, the first rabbit in the Zootopia police, and her partner, former con artist Nick Wilde, the first fox, are on traffic duty when they are sent to investigate a robbery at a cheese warehouse.

Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name! From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Dear Melvin, We need your help. Someone has been sending us threatening letters. We don''t know who it is. Please come to our concert tonight, just in case. Sincerely, Fred of The Grateful Fred Someone is out to get the Grateful Fred, Melvin Beederman''s all-time favorite rock-and-roll band. Can he and his partner-in-uncrime, Candace, find out who it is before it''s too late? Or will Joe the Okay Guy turn into Joe the Bad Guy and put an end to the Grateful Fred once and for all? In this third installment of the Melvin Beederman series, only the narrator knows for sure!

Melvin Beederman is fresh out of bad guys to catch. Or is he? Little does he know that trouble is brewing in a dressing room at a large department store . . . Devious and sinister Valley girls Chantele and Brittany aren''t just trying on clothes. They''re hatching a totally cool plan to take over the city. Will Melvin and Candace be outsmarted by two not-so-smart girls from the Valley?

When Melvin goes to Las Vegas for the Superhero''s Convention, Candace is left in charge of Los Angeles. Between the horrible bullies at school and the devious and sinister Spaz brothers (Major and his brother, Big), Candace has her hands very full. And someone has stolen her cape! How will she stop all the bad guys before the city is overrun with crime? The super-sidekick gets her turn in the spotlight in this fifth hilarious book in the Melvin Beederman series.

Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name! Meet Melvin Beederman. He''s a pretty good superhero, even though it always takes him five or six tries to get launched and flying. His weakness (every superhero has one) is bologna, which makes it hard to go into a deli. Still, Melvin manages to keep the city of Los Angeles free of nasty villains—once he''s airborne. Crash! Splat! Thud! Kabonk! This series has it all: hilarious story lines, amazing classic-comic-inspired illustrations, fearless new superheroes, and SNACKS! Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name! Melvin loves fighting crime in Los Angeles, until the McNasty Brothers, the baddest guys of all, start robbing banks—and Melvin''s superpowers mysteriously disappear. Enter Candace, a third-grade actress with some surprising new talents. Once they team up, nothing can beat these partners in uncrime. Nothing but bologna, that is . . .

The three members of the Bad Guy Brotherhood have broken out of jail, and now they''re coming after the superhero who put them there: Melvin Beederman! Goofball McCluskey, Max the Wonder Thug, and Calamity Wayne are building a time machine so they can get Melvin before he ever became a superhero. Can Melvin and Candace travel back in time and reach the Superhero Academy to save young Melvin?

A few million miles away from Los Angeles, danger is lurking. Evil aliens with some seriously hard to pronounce names like Zzykrkv are visiting earth from their home planet, Dork—to kidnap earthlings for their science class! While busy on a snack food errand . . . uh, mission . . . Melvin Beederman, official superhero of Los Angeles, senses that something doesn''t feel quite right. Can Melvin, Candance, and friends from the Superhero Academy prevail over extraterrestrial bad guys with a spaceship powered by a Gamma drive? Holy alien invasion!

Willy Maykit is stranded on Planet Ed during a class trip to outer space. But will he be able to outwit the monsters inhabiting Ed and find his way back home?

In the third hilarious adventure of this series, fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo discovers a very unusual talent for shape-shifting as she and her dog Raymond try to stop a crime wave in San Francisco. Illustrations.

Fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo and her sidekick Raymond face Dr. Dastardly and Numbskull, who break out of jail and join forces with Pinkbeard''s band of time-traveling pirates in an evil revenge plot.

"I am retiring from my life as a superhero and have enclosed my cape. Use it well. Sincerely, Uncle George." Jo Schmo comes from a long line of crime fighters, but she''s just a normal fourth grade girl into boys and skateboards--until her uncle''s cape arrives on her San Francisco doorstep. Time to join the family business! Gramps shows Jo the tricks of the trade, and her dog, Raymond, becomes her slobbery sidekick. Just in time, too. Can Jo stop Dr. Dastardly and his deadly gang of dead dinos? Stay tuned for more adventures of Jo Schmo, complete with hilarious black-and-white illustrations.

"Fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo and her drooling dog Raymond go back in time to stop the infamous and stinky outlaw Wyatt Burp."--

Elroy''s got one thing on his mind: girls. In an effort to get to second base, he offers to tutor the hot new girl in math, forms a band with his two best friend (okay, so he gets a face full of tomato for his efforts) and joins the wrestling team. He''s a little vague on the whole bases thing, but the jocks have a club dedicated to getting there with every girl they can. And now that he''s a jock (sort of), maybe Elroy will find out for himself what it means to be a member of the Second Base Club.

A Melvin Beederman no le duran mucho los ratos de tranquilidad. A su ordenador están llegando anónimos amenazantes Junto con su compañera de aventuras, Dulce Guirlache, descubre la identidad del anónimo villano: es un antiguo compañero de la academia. Tras un duro enfrentamiento Melvin y Dulce consiguen que sea condenado a servicios domésticos en un barco.

Melvin Beederman no puede esperar a ir a la próxima convención de superhéroes, y Dulce se muerde las uñas porque le toca quedarse al mando duurante la ausencia de su compañero de fatigas. Pero ese será el menor de los problemas, dado que alguien va a robarle su capa. ¿Qué es lo que le queda a un superhéroe si le quitan sus poderes? Una aventura en la que el riesgo y la emoción se entremezclan con el humor.

Melvin Beederman, el superhéroe más divertido, está a punto de iniciar otra de sus aventuras. En esta ocasión, debe enfrentarse con los hermanos McNasty y, aparte de contar con la inestimable ayuda de Candance, recibirá un apoyo extra: una rata comedora de galletas. Como siempre, Melvin, el superhéroe más original y divertido, logrará que el Mal fracase.

Melvin Beederman es un nuevo superhéroe. Destinado a Megápolis deberá enfrentarse con los malvados hermanos Pestus, quienes no dudarán en recurrir a malvadas artimañas para acabar con él. ¿Qué terribles peligros esperan al protagonista? Una historia de aventuras que reivindica, de modo humorístico, la amistad y el trabajo en equipo.

Los Grateful Fred, la banda de rock and roll preferida de Melvin Beederman está en peligro. Después de recibir una serie de amenazas, los Fred se ponen en contacto con Melvin, con la esperanza de que el superhéroe les ayude. Y es que como Melvin no haga algo pronto, de los Grateful Fred solo van a quedar los discos. ¿Quién será el responsable de este nuevo peligro? Una divertida historia en la que se refleja la necesidad de no dejarse llevar por las primeras impresiones.

Is Melvin Beederman DOOMED? Mysterious threatening e-mails, a sad sidekick, and . . . country music? Melvin Beederman and his partner in uncrime, Candace, are really in trouble. Once again someone is out to get them, and this time not even the Superhero''s Code can save Melvin from a terrible bologna-filled plight. Candace alone can rescue him—if only she can remember the country singer''s motto: "When all else fails, sing about your dog." Melvin Beederman has launched himself as a flying success with kids and adults alike. And the sky is the limit with this fourth book!