Best Selling Books by Marilyn Sadler

Charlie Piechart’s second math mystery takes place at school—when a purple, sparkly cone-shaped princess hat goes missing! Margot needs her hat in time for the school play (today!), so Charlie and his dog companion, Watson, are on the case—finding evidence of sparkles and purple paint and keeping on the lookout for geometric clues that might lead to the missing hat. Fantastic colors, clever characters, and beginning concepts in geometry will go down easy as pie, while activities at the end of the book will reinforce the shapes and the story. Dynamic duo Eric Comstock and Marilyn Sadler bring the right level of energy and entertainment for this engaged picture book audience.

See below for English description. La vie n''est pas toujours facile, même pour un fantôme! Dans cet album illustré mignon comme tout, un fantôme découvre que le bonheur vient de l''intérieur. La façon idéale de célébrer l''Halloween avec vos jeunes enfants! Misty le fantôme est triste. La maison hantée dans laquelle elle vit est froide et humide. Les araignées ont pris possession de son salon. Et le pire, c''est que personne ne pense qu''elle est effrayante. Tout le monde la trouve (soupirs!) ADORABLE. Mais après avoir essayé de se déguiser en momie, en loup-garou et en sorcière, avec des résultats hilarants, Misty apprend que le vrai bonheur, c''est d''être soi-même. Ce livre d''images sur l''acceptation de soi et le dépassement des obstacles est un véritable délice pour les jeunes. Il met en scène une bande de personnages comiques, ainsi qu''une petite chauve-souris rigolote cachée à chaque page que les lecteur·rices doivent trouver! Life isn''t always easy--even for a ghost! In this adorable picture book, a ghost discovers that happiness comes from within! The perfect way to celebrate Halloween with your littlest trick or treaters! Misty the Ghost is feeling sad. The haunted house she lives in is cold and damp. Spiders have taken over her living room. And worst of all, nobody thinks she is spooky. They think she is (gasp!) CUTE. But after trying to disguise herself as a mummy, a werewolf, and a witch--with hilarious results--Misty learns that true happiness comes from just being herself. Featuring a comical cast of animal characters--plus a little bat sidekick with a BIG attitude for readers to find hidden on every page--this picture book about self-acceptance and overcoming obstacles makes a sweetly spooky treat for young readers! Original Title: It''s Not Easy Being a Ghost

With a dinnertime mystery and 5 hungry suspects, Charlie Piechart makes fractions fun. Charlie Piechart has a piechart for a belly, and it’s a belly that’s perfect for showing fractions. In his first mystery, perfect for little math enthusiasts, it’s pizza night at the Piecharts’ house. How about veggies on top? “NO VEGGIES!” yell 4/6 of the pizza eaters. No one wants anchovies, either. They like Charlie’s idea best: pepperoni. But with 6 pizza eaters, 3 sizes of pizza on the delivery menu, and 2 slices allotted for each person, it is no surprise when there’s a mystery! A scream from Charlie’s sisters reveals the issue: 1 out of 12 slices has gone missing. So who did it? Charlie counts the suspects and questions each one (except Mom!). But could he be forgetting someone? This colorful, hysterical mystery adventure is perfect for both reluctant and enthusiastic math learners. Great for fans of G Is for Googol, Sir Cumference and the First Round Table, and Math Curse. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts

The cats, Bob and John, love their neighborhood at the end of South Paw Boulevard and are horrified when former residents of Canine Park move in next door.

Picky eaters everywhere will identify with young Tony, who will eat nothing but macaroni. This charming tale about a limited palette that is expanded, step-by-step, on a tour through noodle-dom is told in singsong verse. The importance of a balanced diet is addressed ever so subtly in this engaging story.

When Mr. Fudwinkle tells Alistair''s class to bring in the most unusual plant they can find, Alistair decides to cruise the galaxies for the most unusual plant in the entire universe. But Alistair doesn''t count on aliens invading Earth

Exploring an underwater cave in his homemade submarine, Alistair helps the frog people get rid of the dreaded monster Gooze.

When Alistair is kidnapped by a spaceship full of Goots from Gootula, his main concern is for his overdue library books.

"Misty is a sad ghost. The haunted house she lives in is cold and damp. Her living room is full of spiderwebs. And she''s too CUTE to be spooky! What Misty needs to do, she thinks, is to be someone else. But will being spooky make Misty happy?"--

Because Zenon creates trouble at her space station home somewhere in the Milky Way, her parents send her to her grandparent''s farm on Earth to work for the summer.

Bob Kitty admires his friend Tom Cat and tries to be just like him.

P.J. Funnybunny''s family helps him train for the big tricycle race, but he forgets some of his father''s advice in the excitement of the race.