Mack and the Missing Cheese

Mack and the Missing Cheese
Author: Chae Strathie
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1407186507

Mack is the best detective in town, or so he thinks. So when a lovely piece of cheese goes missing, he's the perfect cat for the job! But solving the cheesy crime is harder than expected... With gorgeous illustrations from Nikki Dyson and an hilarious text by Chae Strathie, this laugh-out-loud picture book is sure to tickle your funny-bone!

Clueless McGee

Clueless McGee
Author: Jeff Mack
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-08-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101581352

Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Encyclopedia Brown! Clueless McGee is just your average fifth-grader: snarky, awkward, and a magnet for trouble. The only difference: he's also an amateur detective. Determined to make his absent father proud, he uses the skills he's learned playing video games to solve mysteries. Only he's no Sherlock Holmes. Or Encyclopedia Brown. Or even Scooby-Doo. When the school bully is framed for filling the orchestra teacher's tuba with macaroni and cheese, Clueless is on the case. But can he catch the culprit before he strikes again? His only obstacle, as Jeff Mack shows us in his hilarious new illustrated series, is his own ineptitude . . . questionable talent . . . and limited intelligence. No problem!

Clueless McGee

Clueless McGee
Author: Jeff Mack
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2012-08-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 110162289X

Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Timmy Failure! Clueless McGee is just your average fifth-grader: snarky, awkward, and a magnet for trouble. The only difference: he's also an amateur detective. Determined to make his absent father proud, he uses the skills he's learned playing video games to solve mysteries. Only he's no Sherlock Holmes. Or Encyclopedia Brown. Or even Scooby-Doo. When the school bully is framed for filling the orchestra teacher's tuba with macaroni and cheese, Clueless is on the case. But can he catch the culprit before he strikes again? His only obstacle, as Jeff Mack shows us in his hilarious new illustrated series, is his own ineptitude . . . questionable talent . . . and limited intelligence. No problem!

Reaching Reluctant Young Readers

Reaching Reluctant Young Readers
Author: Rob Reid
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2017-03-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1442274425

Reaching Reluctant Young Readers features 150 middle-grade books. Each profiled title has the potential to hook the reluctant reader and lure them to read the entire book. To specifically encourage elementary and middle-school-age reluctant children to read, there is first a pitch to get the reader’s attention. That is followed by a short reading passage to “set the hook” and encourage the young person to read the rest of the book on their own. Further, the book contains several hundred additional recommended titles. The books selected for this collection were chosen following the criteria of reluctant reader books created by the Quick Picks committee sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association. While these guidelines were designed for young adult books, they also work well for middle-grade books. The criteria include: clear writing (no convoluted long sentences with sophisticated vocabulary), high interest “hook” in the first few pages, well-defined characters, interesting plot, and familiar themes.

Top With Cinnamon

Top With Cinnamon
Author: Izy Hossack
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1743582730

Izy Hossack isn’t your regular 18-year-old. Since her early teens she has been developing delicious recipes and styling and photographing them with a flair well beyond her years, recording it all on her blog, topwithcinnamon.com, a site which has now become an internet phenomenon. In her debut cookbook, Izy showcases a selection of mouth-watering, wholesome recipes. Try her 10 minute stove-top granola for breakfast and zucchini, tomato and red pepper galette with kale pesto for dinner. For dessert you’ll be spoilt for choice with a healthy take on double chocolate chip muffins if you’re feeling virtuous, or go all-out with the indulgent mocha coconut cake. Featuring some gluten-free recipes and healthy options, as well as step-by-step how-to’s, Top With Cinnamon has something to suit everyone.

The Big Race Lace Case

The Big Race Lace Case
Author: Paul DuBois Jacobs
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2020-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 153444114X

Mack Rhino is a private detective—who just so happens to be a rhinoceros—in this silly, fun-to-read Aladdin QUIX chapter book that’s perfect for emerging readers! Mack Rhino is a private eye who has just finished solving his 99th case. With his trusty sidekick, Redd Oxpeck by his side (or on his back) he’s about to embark on his 100th. There’s a big race in town, but all the runners are missing the laces to their sneakers! Who’s run off with the goods, and why?

Dear Dinosaur

Dear Dinosaur
Author: Chae Strathie
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-02-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1407178245

After a trip to the museum, Max writes a letter to his favourite dinosaur, the mighty T. Rex - and the T. Rex writes back! As Max and T. Rex learn about each other's lives, a very unusual friendship develops in this funny and touching story from an award-winning duo. Dinosaur fans will love this interactive picture book with letters and cards to open, and dinosaur facts to discover along the way.

Clueless McGee and The Inflatable Pants

Clueless McGee and The Inflatable Pants
Author: Jeff Mack
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2013-06-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101625732

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Timmy Failure! What do you mean they don't give trophies for playing video games? It’s only fair, isn’t it? Clueless McGee has mastered his Ninja Warz video game and he’d like a trophy. It seems like a lot of extra work to have to win the science fair to get one. . . . Yet that trophy is REALLY nice. And Clueless does have an idea for a magnetic pickle that seems like an obvious winner. So okay, he’s in. Until someone steals the trophy—and then he’s on the case! Clueless will have to call on his finest ninja skills —not to mention some luck and a lot of help from people more competent than he is—in order to solve the mystery. . . . Jeff Mack continues to hit every note just right in this hilarious series that young middle-graders will be reading, rereading, and exchanging with their friends until (and even after) the next installment lands on the shelves. With comic-style art throughout, this book is perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Big Nate, Dork Diaries and for any kid who likes mysteries, likes to laugh, and is a video game master!

Mac and Cheese

Mac and Cheese
Author: Sarah Weeks
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2010-10-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061170798

When Macaroni sings a song, Cheese will never sing along. Mac likes to jump and play and sing, But Cheese does not like anything. Macaroni and Cheese are best friends, yet they couldn’t be more different! Mac likes to pounce and bounce and jump, but Cheese just sits there like a lump. But when Mac runs into a problem with a gust of wind, Cheese stops being a grumpy grump long enough to help save his friend’s favorite hat. Written in the style of P. D. Eastman’s classic Big Dog . . . Little Dog, this modern-day alley-cat odd couple will delight beginning readers.

The Candy Caper Case

The Candy Caper Case
Author: Paul DuBois Jacobs
Publisher: Aladdin
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2020-06-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534441166

Mack Rhino—a private detective, who just happens to be a rhinoceros—uncovers sugary secrets in this second mystery of this silly, fun-to-read Aladdin QUIX chapter book series that’s perfect for emerging readers! Mack Rhino is a private eye who has just finished solving his 100th case and is ready to embark on his 101st with his trusty sidekick, Redd Oxpeck. A new candy cart in town is stealing business from other sweets shops, and surrounding establishments have had their alarms go off, only for nothing to appear to be missing. Does Mack have a new case on his hands or just a bunch of false alarms?