Best Selling Books by Amy Axelrod

The Pig family visits a miniature golf course and learns about shapes, angles, and geometry.

After missing the plane, the Pig family has to take a roundabout route to get to visit their cousins in Beantown for Christmas.

Mr. Pig and the piglets try to cook Mrs. Pig''s favorite dish to cheer her up when she''s sick. Includes a recipe for chili.

Mr. Pig fills in for the missing caller at the square dancing recital. Includes related activities.

Meet Mr. Pig, Mrs. Pig, and the piglets. Here''s a family that must add, subtract, multiply, and divide, and think about the way money works in order to satisfy their big pig appetites. Join the fun! Come pig out on math and money concepts with the Pigs!

Because the Pig family has so many delays in getting to the beach, they are in for a big disappointment when they''re finally ready to ride the waves.

Concepts of price and quantity enter the picture when Mrs. Pig wins a five-minute shopping spree at the supermarket on Halloween night.

Three dogs travel to Texas to cover a hot air balloon race for the television station where they work. Includes maps, information about the geography of Texas, and related activities.

In early twentieth-century New York City, in the golden age of magic, Leo, an orphaned magician''s apprentice, becomes involved in a murder mystery when he trusts a dishonest man.

While trying their luck at various games at the county fair, members of the Pig family find out what the odds are that they will go home as winners. Includes an explanation of odds and probability. Full-color illustrations.

Max daydreams about aliens coming to rescue him from his brother Gordon.

This is the story of a boy named Max who makes an unusual birthday wish: he wants his older brother Gordon to turn into a bug! Look inside to see if Gordon deserves to be an insect, or if he will get one last chance . . .

Deeply affecting and laugh-out-loud funny, this coming-of-age novel captures the temper of the times and introduces readers to an unforgettable young heroine.