Steinberg, David

Loud Boy and the Freak Five have their work cut out for them when Kid-Rid plots to use Uncle Stanley's Flooggget--a machine that can fax actual objects to anywhere in the world--for evil, and the children of the world, including Daniel, have become addicted to a new video game, "Pig Planet.".

Five poems celebrate the making of a very special pie, an upside-down boy, a sneezing elephant, an encounter with a monster, and an alien who lands in a bowl of chicken soup.

"Follows a group of children as they experience their second grade school year, including chapter books, auditioning for the school play, and a visit to the principal's office"--OCLC.

Follows a child through kindergarten, from checking off a list of supplies for the first day through saying goodbye to the teacher on the last one.

Follows a child through all the big first grade moments.

"King Louie was a very big king in all ways but one: He was five-feet-four-inches short. So Louie and his royal cobbler cooked up the perfect high-heeled solution to help Louie appear taller. But after an embarrassing tumble (on the dance floor, no less!) Louie learned that his subjects were loyal no matter how big-or how shrimpy-their beloved Louie might have been. Readers ... will relate to this ... story of King Louie XIV-a man who had it all, but still felt small"--Provided by publisher.

Illustrations and rhyming text about polar bears having fun in the snow.

Follows a child through kindergarten, from checking off a list of supplies for the first day through saying goodbye to the teacher on the last one.

Daniel Boom is a boy with no volume control for his voice. But when he moves to a new town and unearths an evil plot to silence the world, his loud powers come in handy.