Elementary Age

Winner of the Counselor's Choice Award! Freddie the Fly is known for buzzing about! He loves to talk and talk and occasionally forgets to listen. He struggles with understanding that, sometimes, people don't always say what they mean and that it is...

Opal is so overwhelmed, she’s stress-squirting ink blots! Despite having eight tentacles and an ocean’s worth of energy, she’s struggling to manage all her commitments – homework, art projects, sports, parties and friends. With...

Lately, Gabe has been having a hard time when it comes to waiting around. In fact, there's hardly anything worse in Gabe's eyes than having to wait. Whether it's waiting for classmates to get quiet enough to go to P.E., or waiting for his turn in the...

Freddie the Fly's friend Stella the Stinkbug has a problem. Or lots of problems. Some problems are BIG and some are small. But every time she faces a problem, she reacts the same way. She BUGS OUT. And you know what happens when a stinkbug bugs out?...

She's proud to be the school's biggest tattler, always slithering up to the teacher to rat out anyone who makes a mistake or acts a little mischievous. One minute she's outing Opal the Octopus for doodling, and the next minute she's calling out Casey the...

**WINNER of the Purple Dragonfly Book Award** Our friend Freddie the Fly is having a hard time. He can’t figure out why his honesty is causing his friends and family to feel hurt; after-all, isn’t he supposed to tell the truth? Fortunately,...

Uh-oh! Gabe is losing it again. See all those big, bright buttons popping up all over his body? They come out whenever someone or some situation gets under his skin. And they pop up ALL. THE. TIME. Push his button and Gabe starts fighting. Push that...

Freddie is excited for everyone to meet his new friend, Betsy the Beetle. Unfortunately, Betsy has a constant companion - Murray a pesky worry bug. He loves to whisper horrible “what ifs” into Betsy’s ear, making her worry about every...

Freddie, our lovable fly, is tappin’ and flappin’ his way to trouble. He whirls around to and fro, buzzing from one distraction to another. Is it any wonder he forgets his lunch, fails his spelling test and leaves the house semi-undressed?...

A multi-volume series of chapter books with sharp dialogue, crazy plot twists, loyal friends and a few frenemies! The Michael McMichaels series is a collection of funny, fast-paced stories that will turn the most reluctant readers into reading...

Back for more misadventures, Michael has really done it this time!  When Michael convinces a family friend to join in some video game fun (instead of focusing on his important job at the local zoo), distractions lead to poor decision making and the...

Freddie returns with quite the conundrum, and boy is he one frustrated fly! He keeps missing social cues, so he misunderstands what people mean, and then he find himself in a mess. He just doesn't get that there is a lot more to communication than...