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When a big storm hits the city, the dogs are snowed in at Barkley''s School. Jack is excited about his first snow-day sleepover. But snow can be troublesome, too. Especially when Bubba disappears in the blizzard!

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

Get ready for more spooky fun from the best-selling authors of THE BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS. And you thought YOUR school was scary? These third-graders are haunted by a classroom full of GHOSTS! The Read-a-Thon is On! The kids at Sleepy Hollow Elementary are having an all-night reading marathon. Their goal is to read more books than any other school and earn a brand-new computer. But when the kids read about a treasure hidden in their own school basement, the Read-a-Thon turns into a treasure hunt. Cassidy wants the treasure and the computer, but one thing stands in her way: Nighttime is ghost time! And there''s a whole lot of haunting going on. Readers beware!

The students at Bailey School suspect that the new school nurse, Mrs. Redding, is a Martian who has come to spy on Earth kids.

The Bailey School kids devise a plan to find out if Mr. Bigg--the man who is fixing up the park for the town Easter egg hunt--is really an ogre as Eddie claims.

Miss Angela Michaels, the new karate teacher in Bailey City, who is also the school crossing guard, is so kind and generous that Melody becomes convinced that she is a guardian angel. Original.

Andrew, the class bully, brings ghost-stopping slime to the school basement, but the Ghostville ghosts aren''t planning on being caught.

Mr. Jolly keeps the school magically clean and bitter cold, and he''s full of surprises, but can he make a miracle happen?

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

Who will find the treasure in the play yard first?

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?

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.

When Mr. Drake returns to Bailey School as playground monitor, the students are convinced he has come to turn their teachers into vampires.

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.

When Liza, Howie, Eddie and Melody discover that Santa''s reindeer are all at the Bailey City Zoo with terrible colds, Eddie becomes determined to do what he can to save Christmas.

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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.

Eddie doesn''t like to read but finds himself spending lots of time reading with the library volunteer, Grandpa Vamps. Could Eddie be under the spell of a vampire disguised as Grandpa Vamps?

Eddie and Howie go to visit Eddie''s great-aunt Mathilda. But when Howie sees a shadowy face in the window -- and when his potato chips start to form mysterious trails -- the Bailey School kids are spooked. Could a ghost be living in the attic?

There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the new band teacher really teach a skeleton to play the tuba?

When Penny, Luke, Natalie and their links return home after rescuing Mr. Leery from the clutches of the evil Queen of the Boggarts, they find a lot of changes in Morgantown. Mrs. Bender, the principal, has decided on longer school days with no recess. The cafeteria ladies are serving up some extremely yucky food (even more than usual). And their teacher, Mr. Crandle, is giving them twice as much homework. What is wrong with all the adults in town? Could it be another scheme from the Boggart Queen? It''s up to the apprentice Keyholders to find out.

Someone in Sleepy Hollow Elementary is telling all of the third graders'' secrets, and Nina is determined to catch the snitch.

There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. Could the small woman selling T-shirts at the carnival really be an evil troll?

The Bailey School kids set out to discover whether there is a phantom in the opera''s orchestra pit.

The Bailey School kids investigate to see if the new playground monitor is Dracula and if his agenda is to turn the school''s teachers into vampires.