Someone has stolen the diamond from Muhammed Karat's gold shop. Five stones have disappeared in a very short time. Muhammed Karat suspects that the one who has stolen his diamond is one of his own employees - Margaret Rose, Tommy Bolt or Larry Smith. The police in the small town of Valleby can't find the thief. It's time to call Billy and Maya.
What if, for instance, she loses the bride and groom's rings? Or what if she hates her dress? How will she get enough money for a wedding present? Another hilarious installment in the chronicles of Beany, a worrywart who manages to come through the trials and troubles of her young life smiling - and always the wiser.
The only problem is taht the crystal grants just one wish - and Beany, always the worrywart, can't decide what to wish for. Should she use her wish to win the Caring and Sharing Contest at school? Should she use it for a decent (at last) school picture? Should she wish for the best birthday party ever? Beany returns in another hilarious, familiar, and fun tale sure to charm young readers.
Things are hotting up at Skate School and Frankie's got her sights set on gold at the World Championships. She's also falling for the gorgeous Dylan. When they skate together it's magic. The problem is that any hint of romance is strictly forbidden by their coach so Frankie and Dylan end up skating with each other in secret...
Hidden away in Algy's garden shed is another world! It's a snowy arctic place where anything can happen. And it does...
Dear Dumb Diary Isabella asked her mom for money, but since Isabella's mom has three children, she is threetimes meaner than a mom with only one, and said no. We tried to escape the room as soon as we saw her mouth begin to form ADULT WISDOM, but she's fast and hit us with, "You know girls, the best things in life are free.""Like money?" Isabella asked. "So, like free money. Free money would…
I went back and read some of my very oldest diaries. The entries say things like "I eated salad dressing" and "I got a Barbie shoe stuck in Stinker's nose again" and "The vet was mean to me about the Barbie shoe so I tried to bite him but vets are quick at not getting bit because dogs try all the time but dogs don't usually kick so I did that." What amazed me was just how dumb I used to be, co…
School was okay today. Actually, it was better than okay. Angeline got her long, beatiful hair tangled in her backpack, and the school nurse - who is now one of my main heroes -snipped two feet of silky blond hair from the left side of her head, so now Angeline only looks like The Prettiest Girl in the World if you're standing on her right. (Although personally, I think she would look better i…
I thought about it until my head hurt and I heard another voice within me. Telling me that I had been a fool... Living in a fairy-tale world but failing to see my prince when he tried to rescue me.
So now I'm friends with Angeline. This is Automatic Friendship, and I have to just accept it and make the best of things. See, if I objected, then Aunt Carol might divorce Angeline's uncle, sending both of them tumbling into a deep pit of depression for the rest of their lives, and Angeline could wind up feeling so guilty that she would have to go be locked up in an old dirty insane asylum for…