Oceanak, Karla

Mermaids say "good night" to their ocean friends including turtles, seals, whales, polar bears, and many more as well as their mermaids cousins, the selkies and fairy-like nymphs. Meanwhile, Her Majesty the Merqueen keeps watch over them all.

When his school cafeteria eliminates sausage pizza and chocolate milk and incorporates healthier choices into its menu, Aldo Zelnick decides to fight back, recording it all in his illustrated journal.

Ten-year-old Aldo Zelnick fills his journal with illustrated entries about how dull life is in January and how a family ski trip turns into a trip to the hospital for Aldo after he agrees to downhill ski with his brother Timothy.

The Zelnick family likes Christmas a lot, but Aldo--whose plan to get presents galore may be running into a glitch--does not. He thinks that "giving being better than receiving" is gobbledygook and does not understand what the "Adopt-a-Family Tree" at the mall has to do with him.

Aldo dresses up for Halloween as Albert Einstein to go trick-or-treating.

Aldo, a ten-year old begins the fifth grade with his sketchbook.

Twelve-year-old Aldo Zelnick receives a sketchbook from his grandma and fills it with drawings that recount his adventures with his friends, including their efforts to find a diamond ring with a thousand dollar reward.

Aldo's mother takes the family to his aunt and uncle's farm in Minnesota to get away from the televisions, computers, video games, and cellular phones that consume their lives at home, and Aldo and his brother, Timothy, work on the farm and visit with their cousins.

Ten-year-old Aldo Zelnick chronicles his life and adventures over the course of his summer vacation through journaling and sketches in his diary.