Linda Bailey

Eddie is a tiny green bug who loves to read and who lives behind the chalkboard in Mr. Wang's fourth-grade classroom with his parents, his 53 brothers and sisters, and his Aunt Min. But when Aunt Min goes to the school library and never returns, Eddie leaves the comfort of his home for the first time and begins the dangerous trek through the elementary school. After dodging running sneakers, falling books, and terrifying spiders, Eddie reaches the...

While staying with her father at a tree-planting camp in the Canadian wilderness, twelve-year-old Stevie discovers that she can combine babysitting with detective work.

Stevie Diamond and her partner, Jesse Kulniki, search for the kidnapper of a very important dog in an attempt to prove Jesse's innocence.

Tired of staying in the yard all the time, Stanley the dog finds a secret way out and heads out for a night on the town where he chases cats, raids garbage cans, and takes the ride of his life on a skateboard down a steep hill.

When painfully shy Lewis and his family move into his great-grandfather's dilapidated seaside mansion, he discovers he's sharing his room with seven rowdy pirate ghosts, who expect Lewis to help them retake their ship, now stored in a local museum.

When Stanley's people get preoccupied with primping him for the big dog show in the park, they forget his breakfast, which leads to a grumbling stomach and trouble.

An argument ensues about what kind of book this is, a princess book or a dinosaur book. Maybe it is a book for everyone.