Anna, Banana, and the Big-Mouth Bet

Anna, Banana, and the Big-Mouth Bet
Author: Anica Mrose Rissi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-09-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 148141612X

After telling her dog Banana about her loose tooth and discovering that some of her friends do not believe in the Tooth Fairy, Anna makes an impulsive bet with a pesky boy who also has a loose tooth.

Anna, Banana, and the Friendship Split

Anna, Banana, and the Friendship Split
Author: Anica Mrose Rissi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481416065

Anna and Sadie have always been best friends so when Sadie suddenly starts being mean, Anna is very sad and seeks support from her dog Banana and classmate Isabel, as well as advice from her brother Chuck and her parents.

Anna, Banana, and the Monkey in the Middle

Anna, Banana, and the Monkey in the Middle
Author: Anica Mrose Rissi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2016-07-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 148141609X

Anna has looked forward to her class field trip to the zoo, but from the time they board the bus she is pulled between her long-time best friend, Sadie, and new best friend, Isabel, who argue about everything and want Anna to take sides.

Anna, Banana, and the Recipe for Disaster

Anna, Banana, and the Recipe for Disaster
Author: Anica Mrose Rissi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-03-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781481486736

Anna and Banana must cook up a solution when her jealousy gets her into some hot water in the sixth book of this “fast-paced, fun, and funny” (Megan McDonald, bestselling author of the Judy Moody series) illustrated chapter book series about the joys and challenges of elementary school friendships. After watching the contestants on The Batter-Up Bake-Off Show whip up sweet treats, Anna, Isabel, Sadie, and Banana are ready to put their culinary chops to the test. The plan? To make the best-ever cookie recipe for the town library’s bake sale! There’s only one problem: Isabel and Sadie have started hanging out with a girl named Monica, and suddenly she’s all they can talk about. Anna’s sure she, Sadie, and Isabel are complete as a trio, and winning the bake sale will prove it. But when Monica shows up with Sadie and Isabel for their big baking day things quickly turn from sweet to sour. Can Anna win back the attention of her two besties, or will she learn that friendship—like cookies—is best when shared?

Anna, Banana, and the Puppy Parade

Anna, Banana, and the Puppy Parade
Author: Anica Mrose Rissi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2017-01-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481416154

Sadie, Isabel, and Anna decide to enter Banana into a puppy parade to raise money for the local animal shelter, but when Sadie and Isabel get really involved, helping to bathe, brush, and get Banana ready for the big day, Anna starts to feel possessive about her dog.

Anna, Banana, and the Sleepover Secret

Anna, Banana, and the Sleepover Secret
Author: Anica Mrose Rissi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781534417182

Anna wrestles with a big secret at Isabel’s super-fun sleepover in the seventh book of this “fast-paced, fun, and funny” (Megan McDonald, bestselling author of the Judy Moody series) illustrated chapter book series about the joys and challenges of elementary school friendships. Anna and her friends love having sleepovers. So, when Isabel invites Anna and Sadie to spend the night at her house for the first time Anna can’t wait! Between pranking Isabel’s older sisters, make-your-own pizzas, and truth or dare this is going to be the best night ever. But when one of Isabel’s older sisters’ dares results in Anna breaking a really special vase, everything stops being all fun and games. Isabel’s sisters convince the girls they can hide it from their parents, but after her friends fall asleep, Anna lies on the floor in her sleeping bag, wide awake. At night, with the lights out and everyone else sleeping, Isabel’s house seems different. Unfamiliar. Not like home. Anna misses Banana terribly, and worst of all she feels really guilty keeping what happened a secret. If Anna doesn’t stay at the sleepover, everyone might get mad at her for ruining it, but if she stays and lets the secret slip about the broken vase, everyone might get mad at her for that instead. Anna and her friends share all their secrets, but can they help her with her secret dilemma?

Saffron Ice Cream

Saffron Ice Cream
Author: Rashin Kheiriyeh
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2018-05-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338291181

A joyous celebration of a girl's first family outing in a new country "With her colorful, exuberant folk-art illustrations and upbeat, friendly tone, Rashin makes a daunting cross-cultural leap seem as easy as a summer breeze." -- New York Times Book ReviewRashin is excited about her first visit to the beach in her family's new home. On the way there, she remembers what beach trips were like in Iran, the beautiful Caspian Sea, the Persian music, and most of all, the saffron ice cream she shared with her best friend, Azadeh. But there are wonderful things in this new place as well -- a subway train, exciting music... and maybe even a new friend!

Anna, Banana, and the Little Lost Kitten

Anna, Banana, and the Little Lost Kitten
Author: Anica Mrose Rissi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481486713

Anna and Banana rescue a stray kitten in the fifth book of this “fast-paced, fun, and funny” (Megan McDonald, bestselling author of the Judy Moody series) illustrated chapter book series about the joys and challenges of elementary school friendships. Anna and Banana have found a kitten! But when Banana accidentally scares the kitten away during their afternoon walk, Anna enlists her two best friends, Sadie and Isabel, for OPERATION CATCH THE KITTEN. Anna can’t image such a tiny kitten living outside all by himself, and she’s determined to find him a good home. But catching a kitten is trickier than Anna thought—kittens are easily scared and very stealthy. Then there’s the problem of finding him a good home. Sadie’s mom has a “No Pets” rule, Isabel’s cat, Mewsic, does not play well with other animals, and Anna’s dad is allergic to cats! Anna and her friends desperately want to help, but will they be able to find the kitten a good home?

Anna, Banana, and the Magic Show Mix-Up

Anna, Banana, and the Magic Show Mix-Up
Author: Anica Mrose Rissi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534417214

When preparing for a magic show, Anna and her friends find a talent for trouble instead in the eighth book of this “fast-paced, fun, and funny” (Megan McDonald, bestselling author of the Judy Moody series) illustrated chapter book series about the joys and challenges of elementary school friendships. Anna, Sadie, and Isabel develop an interest in magic tricks when their frenemy Justin mystifies them with a cool card trick but refuses to tell them how he did it. Determined to figure it out for themselves, the girls set out for the best place to find answers—the library!—ready to learn every magic trick in the book. But magic isn’t as easy as it appears, even with a book of instructions. When Anna goes to her neighbor Mrs. Shirley for advice, she finds out that while Mrs. S doesn’t know any magic tricks herself, her very favorite birthday party ever was a magician show where the magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat. With the neighborhood potluck coinciding with Mrs. Shirley’s seventy-sixth birthday, Anna and her friends decide to practice their own magic act to perform for her, but a whole slew of mix-ups ensue as they try to puzzle out how the tricks are done and how to figure out Justin’s secret, too. Can Anna and her friends perform some magic and get the mix-ups under control before—presto—it’s showtime?

Judy Moody Goes to College

Judy Moody Goes to College
Author: Megan McDonald
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2018-04-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1536200786

Includes readers' extras and a page of stickers.