Troy Cummings

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Can I Be Your Dog? series comes a picture book about a snazzy Christmas ornament who tries to find the tree on which he can shine the brightest. Otto is an ornament. He's glittery, he's colorful, he's full of Christmas pizzazz Otto wants to be at the top of the tree, not in the middle with all of the regular ornaments Doesn't he deserve to shine at the top? Will Otto be able to find the tree he dreams of and learn about kindness and chosen family along the way? Full of Troy Cummings's clever puns, wordplay, and humor, wrapped up with a heartfelt message. An original, comical, and festive tale from a New York Times bestselling author-illustrator that should be placed under every Christmas tree Perfect for families, teachers, and librarians.

Join lovable rescue dog Arfy--star of the New York Times bestselling picture book Can I Be Your Dog?--in his second Step 1 Comic Reader, perfect for readers ages 4-6. Arfy loves his forever home He has his sweet person and so many toys Arfy wants to play but what should he play with? A ball That's it But there are so many kinds of balls Some balls are too big, some too heavy, and others are too far away. Will Arfy be able to find the perfect ball for him? Tag along with Arfy on his newest adventure--illustrated with panels and speech balloons for a fun intro to comics Comic Readers are told almost entirely in action-packed dialogue Simple, graphic, paneled layouts introduce emergent readers to the joy of comics. Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

Join lovable rescue dog Arfy--star of the New York Times bestselling picture book Can I Be Your Dog?--in his second Step 1 Comic Reader, perfect for readers ages 4-6. Comic Readers are told almost entirely in action-packed dialogue Simple, graphic, paneled layouts introduce emergent readers to the joy of comics. Arfy loves his forever home He has his sweet person and so many toys Arfy wants to play but what should he play with? A ball That's it But there are so many kinds of balls Some balls are too big, some too heavy, and others are too far away. Will Arfy be able to find the perfect ball for him? Tag along with Arfy on his newest adventure--illustrated with panels and speech balloons for a fun intro to comics Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

Everyone loves Arfy the rescue dog--star of the New York Times bestselling picture book Can I Be Your Dog?--even when he stinks This is his first Comic Reader in the #1 early reader line, Step into Reading. Arfy used to be homeless, but now he's found his forever home with a sweet person and a squeaky bone But what's that smell? Arfy loves to sniff things out--he's great at it, so he is on the case He will find the source of this mysterious smell, even if he has to sniff the whole neighborhood Tag along with Arfy on his newest adventure--illustrated with panels and speech balloons for a fun intro to comics Comic Readers are told almost entirely in action-packed dialogue Simple, graphic, paneled layouts introduce emergent readers to the joy of comics. Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

Everyone loves Arfy the rescue dog--star of the New York Times bestselling picture book Can I Be Your Dog?--even when he stinks This is his first Comic Reader in the #1 early reader line, Step into Reading. Arfy used to be homeless, but now he's found his forever home with a sweet person and a squeaky bone But what's that smell? Arfy loves to sniff things out--he's great at it, so he is on the case He will find the source of this mysterious smell, even if he has to sniff the whole neighborhood Tag along with Arfy on his newest adventure--illustrated with panels and speech balloons for a fun intro to comics Comic Readers are told almost entirely in action-packed dialogue Simple, graphic, paneled layouts introduce emergent readers to the joy of comics. Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

An adorable letter writing dog helps a class pet on the loose get back to its classroom in this companion to the New York Times bestseller Can I Be Your Dog?, and I Found a Kitty Arfy is a reading buddy, visiting schools and helping kids who are learning to read. One day, upon arriving home, Arfy notices a stowaway in his vest pocket--a turtle Arfy must write letters to each of the teachers--and even the principal --to find the classroom whose terrarium is missing this little terrapin. Can Arfy get this little lady back to her rightful class? Another winning, comical, epistolary tale from a New York Times bestselling author-illustrator that's perfect for children, teachers, and librarians.

Someone lost their underpants There, dangling from that tree branch Are they YOURS? New York Times bestselling author/illustrator of Can I Be Your Dog?, Troy Cummings, brings to life Melissa Martin's gentle but hilarious read aloud, filled with silliness and gleeful anticipation of THE END. One morning, Bear Cub wakes up and finds underwear hanging on a tree limb. Who could they belong to? Ever inquisitive, he sets out on a quest through the forest to find the tighty whities' rightful owner. Could the underpants belong to Squirrel? Moose? Snake, maybe? Salmon? Each animal denies that the bloomers belong to them, but readers will surely be giggling every step on the way...especially when they find out who the underpants actually belong to. Award-winning illustrator Troy Cummings delivers his signature warmth and humor to what could have been a very embarassing tail, er, I mean TALE, by author and child therapist Melissa Martin.

The Super Secret Monster Patrol battles the Hydrant-Hydra, a clean-freak water monster Pick a book. Grow a Reader This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow Sound the alarm -- things are heating up in Stermont The Super Secret Monster Patrol arms themselves with water balloons to take on their hottest monster yet. But when puddles appear in the streets and the town starts to flood, Alexander and his friends realize there's a different monster splashing about Get ready for an epic water battle in this fully illustrated, action-packed adventure from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Troy Cummings

The Super Secret Monster Patrol goes up against a team of speedy monsters Pick a book. Grow a Reader This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow Alexander, Nikki, and Rip can't wait to build their race cars for the Stermont Derby In fact, everyone in town is excited to enter the big race -- even a speedy, hungry monster The Super Secret Monster Patrol follows skid marks, claw marks, and an awful rotten-egg smell to the monster's hiding place... But can they beat this monster to the finish line? New York Times bestselling author Troy Cummings keeps the action coming

A snake monster is putting the SQUEEZE on the Super Secret Monster Patrol Pick a book. Grow a Reader This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow In this second book of the series, construction equipment and machine parts are going missing all over Stermont Then an entire playground disappears Could a monster be to blame? The Super Secret Monster Patrol will need to stop this crafty monster FAST -- before the whole town falls apart

A snake monster is putting the SQUEEZE on the Super Secret Monster Patrol Pick a book. Grow a Reader This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow In this second book of the series, construction equipment and machine parts are going missing all over Stermont Then an entire playground disappears Could a monster be to blame? The Super Secret Monster Patrol will need to stop this crafty monster FAST -- before the whole town falls apart

A brand-new, monster-filled, action-packed, early chapter book series from the bestselling author-illustrator of The Notebook of Doom Pick a book. Grow a Reader This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow Alexander Bopp is the leader of the Super Secret Monster Patrol, a club whose members are sworn to protect the town from monsters. But there haven't been monsters to fight for months... Alexander misses his best friends -- and fellow club members -- Rip and Nikki. Then he starts finding weird old-timey objects, cake crumbs, and creepy monster cards all over town Could the monsters be back? The Super Secret Monster Patrol will have to get back together to find out Fans of The Notebook of Doom are going to devour this exciting new series from bestselling author-illustrator Troy Cummings

Odd scratch marks and a weird magician's rumor of a haunted roller coaster leads Alexander and his friends to search for a ghost during their boring class field trip to Safety Land. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.

Alexander's search for the notebook currently kidnapped by the boss-monster takes a strange twist when he sees his principal acting strangely and he wonders if she could be the monster they're looking for. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.