Best Selling Books by Nancy Krulik

Yeehaw, Sparky is off to the Texas rodeo to find himself a job! There he eats delicious-smelling BBQ, watches mutton chasing and barrel racing, and even helps a new friend become a rodeo dog. But as Sparky heads home, he still doesnt have a job himself. What''s this dog to do?

Katie’s On Thin Ice when an Olympic ice skater comes to town. When Katie turns into the skater during her performance, she really hits the ice—on her bottom, hard. Then when Katie figures out a way to fix this mess, the magic wind comes back and turns her into a famous snowboarder. But suddenly it’s Katie who is Going Downhill! That’s two snow shows she’s ruined in one week. Katie’s hilarious escapades in these two stories make this Super Special a perfect way to chase away the winter blues!

In the newest installment of Nancy Krulik''s popular series, George Brown, Class Clown, George''s very own teacher is competing in a televised dance competition. Of course, her students get to watch the taping in the studio. And who happens to make a guest appearance? You guessed it--the Super Burp! And, unfortunately, he isn''t a bit camera shy!

Joshua Jackson Tall, dark, handsome hunk Joshua Jackson is the superstar of tomorrow. It''s easy to see why! How many other stars can boast of appearing in nearly twenty movies, not to mention being the breakout performer in Dawson''s Creek, one of America''s biggest teen series? The Mighty Ducks, Cruel Intentions, The Skulls, and Gossip. Not only is his charisma indisputable, Josh is also a bona fide hero, having helped rescue four teens from the water off the coast of North Carolina. What''s Josh really like when the cameras are turned off? Who does he pal around with? All the fascinating facts are inside...and don''t forget to check out the tough J.J. quiz, only for his most faithful fans!

After zapping some toys from Santa''s workshop, Sabrina has to catch the next sleigh to the North Pole and roll up her sleeves in Santa''s workshop.

Katie loves Halloween. Everyone is buzzing about the costume contest, the Halloween parade is just around the corner, and a mysterious black kitten has captured Katie’s attention. But the busy holiday doesn’t stop the magic wind! Join Katie in this Switcheroo Super Special for twice the switcheroos, and find out how she saves the day!

Bonjour! Sparky heads to Paris, where his new French bulldog friend helps him find food as delicious as it is hard for Sparky to pronounce. In return, Sparky decides to help him find a human friend of his own. But then the two pups crash into an artist''s paint cans and get colorful paw prints all over his canvasses! How will Sparky get out of this mess?

Katie and her friend George try to spice up the school day by playing a few practical jokes. Using a special kit full of whoopee cushions, pepper gum, and a water-spraying camera, the two kids make a splash pulling off gag after gag. But then Katie turns into George—just as he gets blamed for all the trouble! How will Katie get out of this one?

The beginning band has a concert coming up, and Suzanne convinces Katie that she has to look her best for the big night. And that includes a new haircut from Cherrydale''s newest - and sparkliest - hair salon. But when the magic wind switcheroos Katie into Suzanne''s stylist right before Suzanne''s own cut, Katie is left in one hairy situation!

Meet Frankie Muniz! He''s the star of Malcolm in the Middle, one of the hottest shows on TV today. Frankie''s fifteen, funny, and now he''s famous. Here, for every fan who can''t get enough of Frankie, is everything you need to know about him: how he broke into show business, what his hobbies are, where to find Frankie fan clubs on the Web, and whether his zodiac sign is compatible with yours! Extra bonus: take the all-Frankie quiz inside!

HE''S DIESEL POWERED! Vin Diesel''s come a long way since his syage debut at the age of seven -- a gig he was offered after getting caught breaking into a New York City theater! But these days Vin''s getting noticed for other talents -- and this time they''re legal. There is more to Vin than his pumped-up action-hero exterior. He''s a serious actor who''s written, directed and produced films that have been screened at the most prestigious film festivals in the world. Vin''s got the skills and determination that took him from earning $20 a week to $20 million a film, and he knew he would be a star all along...He was just waiting for the rest of us to figure it out.

What''s worse: the super burp or a super villain? Everyone knows George''s best friend, Chris, is a really talented artist. So when the local comic book store promises to publish and sell his Toiletman superhero comic, of course George and his other best friend Alex are excited for Chris. But when they see Chris''s rough draft and discover he''s turned both of them into embarrassing villains in the story, George and Alex are so angry that they vow not to attend the party celebrating his book launch. Can they ever be friends again?

Coinciding with the beginning of the third season of the TV show "Felicity" is this release of the unauthorized biography of the two hunky actors--Scott Speedman and Scott Foley--who play Ben and Noel. Aside from the inside scoop on these stars, the book provides color photos, trivia, horoscopes, quizzes, and more.

Sabrina goes back in time to get help from Thomas Edison, who''s wondering if his inventions will ever amount to anything. When Sabrina returns with Edison to the 21st century, he refuses to go back. Will the future be left in the dark?

This up-to-date biography of the teen star of he Disney Channel''s "Lizzie McGuire" television show and film includes an 8-page photo insert.

When Katie sees toy bats hanging from the ceiling of class 4A, she thinks they?re Halloween decorations until Mr. G shows up and explains the class is going to study nocturnal animals. A visit to the zoo starts out way cool but quickly goes downhill: Suzanne and Becky won?t stop fighting and then Katie finds herself hanging upside down inside the Bat Cave. Katie has really gone batty this time!

With one bite of his magic bone, Sparky lands in the Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil among biting bugs and dogs with . . . webbed feet!? The Bush Dogs declare him their new leader when he saves their home from the metal machines that threaten to destroy the jungle. In fact, the machines have flattened so many other trees that Sparky can’t find where he buried his bone! Will Sparky ever be able to find his way home?

It’s baseball season, and Katie and her friends are busy rooting for their favorite team, the Cherrydale Porcupines. Katie loves the team, but can’t understand why her friends are so obsessed with the team’s star shortstop, Mike Reed; she prefers the old shortstop who now sits on the bench every game. But when Katie is switcherooed into the team’s star shortstop, she learns that she should never judge someone until she’s standing in their size-12 baseball cleats!

A real-life astronaut is coming to Edith B. Sugarman Elementary School, and one lucky kid gets to interview him! Not only that, a trip to a space adventurer program is also up for grabs. To win the contest, students must complete a physical fitness challenge and come up with three interesting questions to ask the astronaut. As always, George intends to beat his rival, Louie. But when the competition heats up, George is too distracted to notice how much the prize means to his best friend, Alex. For George, winning may not be everything this time around.

When Sparky''s magic bone blasts him to Tokyo, Japan, he discovers a whole new world--one with karaoke, "squishy fishy" and sumo wrestlers! His new friend, an Akita named Nanami, guides him around the city, until Sparky loses her in a crowd. But it turns out Nanami isn''t just any Akita. She''s the queen of the Ninja Dogs--a fierce group who are convinced that Sparky has kidnapped her! To make matters worse, the Ninja Dogs have Sparky''s magic bone, and won''t return it until he leads them to Nanami. It''s up to Sparky to reunite the Ninja Dog family so he can return home to his own!

Chirpy the chick learns that music is math, and songs can solve noisy problems in the third book in the Great Mathemachicken series, written by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Krulik and illustrated by Charlie Alder. Chirpy the chicken is not feeling very chipper when a group of birds calling themselves the Crow Family Band keeps the coop awake with their loud singing. She’s supposed to be the Great Mathemachicken, but math can’t solve their sleep problems. Or can it? At school, Chirpy and Quackers are singing a new tune as they take a trip to the music classroom. There, they learn about musical notes, which seem to work an awful lot like fractions. And when she sees how Mrs. Zoober’s students, singing high and low, together make one wonderful tune, she gets a egg-stra good idea how the chickens might join forces . . . and even add some feathered new friends to the mix, to make something truly special. The third book in the Great Mathemachicken chapter book series, combines New York Times bestselling author Nancy Krulik’s trademark humor and clever wordplay with hilarious and lively two-color artwork from the incredibly talented Charlie Alder, to create an engrossing and charming STEAM-based adventure that will have young readers clucking for more.

One of Cloe''s paintings, inspired by her friends, is going to be exhibited in a gallery, but her credit card is over the limit and she cannot buy a fabulous dress for the opening unless she can get--and keep--a job.

The annual talent show at Shirley S. Sugarman Elementary School is in just a few weeks, and George signs up to be a stagehand. He is determined to do a good job because the new, improved George is responsible and helpful and glad to pitch in. So is comic mayhem coming? Oh yeah, absolutely! But leave it to Nancy Krulik to devise an unexpected way for disaster to strike and bring down the curtain.

When Connie starts spreading rumors that there''s a Bat Master lurking in the halls, Doug and Skeeter learn a valuable lesson in friendship.

When George Brown spends the day at a water park, he ends up making a huge splash, just not the kind he intended. That''s because trouble follows him like a shadow. It''s not his fault. Really! Poor George is at the mercy of magic burps, burps that make him do wild and crazy things. Perfect for reluctant readers, this funny chapter book series is illustrated with more than forty black-and-white drawings that mirror the goofy mayhem.

Called "television''s most unlikely, articulate sex symbol" ("Entertainment Weekly"), the star of the hit FOX show "The O.C." is the subject of this new biography. Includes an 8-page photo insert. Original.

Chirpy the chick makes a new friend who helps her discover how delicious fractions can be in the second book in New York Times bestselling author Nancy Krulik. After her feats of math and science derring-do, Chirpy is the talk of the coop. So when the chicks face a new problem—Clucky greedily chomping down on all the chow—they turn to their Great Mathemachicken for a solution. Wandering off to think, she meets Quackers, a very curious duck, who has a lot of his own questions. Unfortunately, Chirpy doesn’t have answers. But she knows the best place to find them—school! So the pair hops on the bus to do some investigation, learning about reading and pizza, tally marks and fractions. And it turns out, fractions are yummy . . . and may be the answer to the chickens’ coop conundrum. The second book in the Great Mathemachicken chapter book series, combines New York Times bestselling author Nancy Krulik’s trademark humor and clever wordplay with hilarious and lively two-color artwork from the incredibly talented Charlie Alder, to create an engrossing and charming STEM-based adventure that will have young readers clucking for more.

The crew of Jupiter Two are enjoying some well-deserved rest and relaxation on a beautiful blue planet, but when Dr. Smith angers the natives, they infect the ship''s computers with a potentially fatal virus.

Eleven-year-old Jesse tries to find a way to free his new friend, a 7,000-pound killer whale named Willy, from a miserable existence as the star attraction at an amusement park.

The first day at a new school is always the hardest, right? No, not always as George finds out the hard way. On the second day at…Sugarman Elementary School, he is suddenly seized by uncontrollable burps, burps so loud they practically break the sound barrier, burps that make him do wild and crazy stuff and land him in trouble with a capital T. One thing is for sure: these are not normal burps, they are magic burps—and they must be stopped! But how?

A biography of the sixteen-year-old figure skater who rose from fourth place to win the gold medal in the 2002 Olympics.

Sparky, the cute, loveable sheepdog puppy, is off to Rome! Upon his arrival, he buries his bone and begins to explore the city. He wanders into the Largo di Torre Argentina--the coolest place he''s seen yet. Until he notices...it''s filled with cats! And one of them has his bone! Sparky must chase two conniving cats around Trevi Fountain, through the Borghese Gardens, and into the Colosseum to try to get his bone back. Will he be able to outsmart the cats, or will he have to stay in Rome forever?

Concept books meet classic chalkboards in this innovative new way for kids to learn and play. Chalkboard Books promote learning through action, rather than passive observation, utilizing a familiar classroom feature that allows children to erase mistakes or repeat the exercise. By drawing pictures that relate to fun-to-read rhymes, forming letters, and vocally answering questions, kids come to understand the relationship of written numbers, words, and letters to the sounds they make. Designed for ages 36, these books "grow" with the child, providing many ways to expand on each story. A parents'' guide on the back cover explains how to get the most from these innovative books.

Katie can’t wait for the holidays. There are so many things to look forward to! Her motorcycle-riding grandma is coming to visit, class 4A is having a Secret Santa grab bag, and it’s almost time for Cherrydale’s annual holiday lights display contest. But even the busy holiday season doesn’t stop the magic wind! Join Katie in these three separate holiday stories and find out how she handles the holiday hijinks!