A group of thirty-one students at St. Joseph's Catholic School in Rockville, Connecticut are determined to prevent their school from shutting down due to a lack of funds. After a third-grade boy comes up with the idea of having a children's circus, this fun-loving bunch of kids work together to put on a grand performance. While dazzling the crowd with various acts such as alligator wrestling, high-wire walkers, trapeze performers, stunt riders, and fire eaters among others, each and every student showcased in The Circus Kids proves that they can do anything they set their minds to. This...

Eleven-year-old David Busch and his family travel to Hawaii for the summer vacation of a lifetime. With his four closest friends joining him on the trip, David surprisingly meets up with his biggest idol, a pro football player named Larry Thomson from the San Diego Chargers. After receiving a personal invitation to visit Larry at his Hawaiian palace, the six boys head out for an adventure-filled afternoon. But trouble lurks when the boys wander off into the tropical paradise near Larry's home in search of a cascading waterfall, and after one of the boys falls down a cliff, it's a race against...

Ten-year-old Jake Robertson and his best friends decide to form a tree house club for all of the kids in their neighborhood. But, the requirement for being elected into the club is to eat a live worm and keep it down without throwing up. Jake's club quickly becomes the most popular place for kids in his town, but the fun suddenly comes to an end one day when a town official says that the tree house must be torn down. Determined to keep their tree house open for all to enjoy, Jake and his friends decide to take on the town in a race against time. Will the members of Jake's club be able to...

Eleven-year-old TJ McCall is a wrestling superstar in his northeast Philadelphia neighborhood. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, TJ dreams of making it big in the world of wrestling and achieving a college scholarship. While wrestling in the 82-pound class during his sixth grade year, TJ gets off to a red-hot start, but soon runs into a brick wall when he meets up with the neighborhood bully, Rourke Everson, who is out to stop him. TJ's streak of good luck quickly comes to a grinding halt when Rourke torments him to no end, both physically and emotionally, causing TJ to lose...

Splat! is a humorous story about 65 fourth graders from Eli Terry School in South Windsor, Connecticut as they enjoy a special day together. While focused on learning about life in 1966, the kids dig up a time capsule on the school grounds and discuss the contents. What follows is a fun-filled day where the kids combine learning with all sorts of enjoyable activities, such as field day, a barbecue lunch, decorating a cake, a game of jeopardy, and a zany egg toss. Chock full of humor designed to make any fourth grader laugh, this book easily combines fun with learning in an effort to encourage...