Best Selling Books by Marilyn Sadler

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.

Alistair''s life is never quite the same again after the day an elephant follows him home from the zoo.

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.

Life isn''t always easy—even for Santa''s elves! In this sweet, funny picture book, a toy-making elf longs to try something new, only to discover a new way to do something he''s already very good at! A perfect for Christmas gift giving! Quin the Elf is bored. Day after day he makes toy trucks in Santa''s workshop. Everyone LOVES Quin''s trucks—everyone except for Quin. He dreams of doing something new. But after trying (and comically failing at!) various jobs around the North Pole, it appears his options are limited. And then a crisis leaves Santa without a way to deliver toys—and Quin with a new way to apply his skills! Featuring a loveable cast of animal characters (the same as in It''s Not Easy Being Santa Claus)—including a small mouse with a BIG attitude for readers to find hidden on every page—this fun picture book about self-acceptance, team work, and creative thinking makes an ideal Christmas gift! Everyone has a rough day now and then and wishes they could do something or be someone else. Not even beloved characters like Santa Claus, ghosts, dinosaurs, or leprechauns are immune. The It''s Not Easy... picture book series explores the witty ways these iconic characters search for happiness, only to find it within themselves. Also available: It''s Not Easy Being Santa Claus It''s Not Easy Being a Ghost It''s Not Easy Being a Leprechaun It''s Not Easy Being a T. Rex It''s Not Easy Being an Elf

When their mother says it is time for bed, the Funnybunny children disappear. Each page has a cut-out showing a hiding place.

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.

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

P.J. Funnybunny and his friends and family really mix things up in this workbook that challenges preschoolers to complete patterns, set stories straight, and discover many more fun and stimulating puzzles. Full color.

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

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

When aliens invade from outer space, boy genius Alistair is the only person able to save the Earth.

"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?"--

Bee''s friend Cow is stuck in a fence and asks for his help, so Bee tells Frog about Cow''s predicament and asks him to "Pass it on!" This causes a series of misunderstandings that, at last, brings the help Cow needs.

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.