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Sarah wakes Ralph up with a great big kiss. “Happy Valentine’s Day!” she says. Rotten Ralph hides under his pillow. Sarah is very excited to take Ralph to Petunia’s Valentine’s Day Party. But Ralph will do almost anything to avoid the party and drippy Valentine kisses!

Joey is a kid with hyperactivity problems. He cannot pay attention or control his behavior, but he is not a bad kid. His mother, the teacher and the doctor are tying to help him by prescribing him medications.

Chapter-by-chapter questions will strengthen students'' reading comprehension and assist them in developing critical thinking and emotional development. The vocabulary and word study activities are designed to improve literacy skills.

"Nothing can scare me!" shouts Ralph -- not even a creaky, old haunted house on Halloween. Ralph wanders through the monster mansion and unbolts Frankenstien''s head, grosses out a ghoul, and drinks a vampire''s mug o''blood. But the fright-fest isn''t over just yet... Ralph''s friend Sarah has saved the best spine-tingler for last. Peel back the flaps in this spooktacular gatefold book to see all of Rotten Ralph''s hilarious Halloween tricks!

Sarah takes Ralph to school so he can do his ABC''s for show and tell, but as usual, the rotten cat refuses to cooperate.

Hoping to beat his perfect cousin Percy in the cat show, Ralph allows Sarah to help him spruce up his image and get in shape, but it is only by being himself that victory can be his.

Santa Claus is coming to town and Rotten Ralph is determined to make a purr-fect impression.

When the carnival comes to town, the world''s favorite fractious feline discovers the hilariously wrong way to victory before he gets it right. "Illustrated with Rubel''s deadpan pictures, this is a prize for newly independent readers, for whom ‘practice makes perfect'' indeed." —The Horn Book Guide "Ralph has his own special niche in the world of children''s literature, and now on the easy-reader shelves, too." —Kirkus Reviews*

Rotten Ralph comes to appreciate Sarah''s healthy cat food after he gets sick from eating out of trash cans.

Eté 1962. Jack a douze ans, les grandes vacances commencent et, suite à un malencontreux accident, le garçon est privé de sorties. Le voilà contraint de lire des livres sur les civilisations disparues et de creuser pour son père un abri antiatomique dans le jardin. Il a cependant le droit d''aider une adorable vieille voisine à rédiger pour le journal local la rubrique nécrologique. Les huit dernières habitantes originelles de la ville tombent en effet comme des mouches, à tel point que c''en devient louche... S''ensuivent pour Jack tout un tas de mésaventures hilarantes mettant en scène son père, chasseur et fan d''aviation, une dame d''un certain âge ayant à coeur de transmettre l''histoire méconnue des Etats-Unis, un fossoyeur prêt à enterrer la ville avec ses habitants, et une bande de Hells Angels sanguinaires... Un texte à l''humour formidable, qui parle beaucoup de mort, mais aussi et surtout d''idéal et de transmission !

Ray Jakes croyait bien avoir tout subi en sortant de prison où on l''avait envoyé pour trafic de drogue. Mais quand on a comme compagnon un gros cinglé qui se prend pour Elvis Presley, la liberté peut devenir pire que la détention... Infiniment pire...

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When his father rejoins the Navy and moves the family to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, ten-year-old Jack becomes confused by a crush on his teacher, contradictory advice from his parents, and a very strange neighbor.

An alligator who loves to play in mud and slime is given a birthday bath by his friends.

A little monster, having disobeyed his mother by eating the watermelon intended for the family''s dessert, suffers for his greed in a subsequent dream.

When a young boy enters a library wearing an explosive vest hidden underneath his lovely new red jacket, he only has one plan on his mind. But as he observes those around him becoming completely captivated by all of the wonderful books they are reading-books he has no ability to read-the boy can''t help but question his reasoning for being there.

At a family reunion held when the moon is full, the Werewolf family astounds its relatives with bizarre behavior.

Willy''s Raiders, who always play fair and square, prove the good guys always win when they go up for the championship against the Weasels, who resort to dirty tricks.

Ronald, usually a very alert and lively rabbit, cannot stay awake until his friends recognize his problem.