Most Popular Books by Nancy Carlson

When Arnie is challenged to skateboard down a dangerous hill, he has to decide how far he is willing to go to be "cool."

Nancy Carlson''s cheerful pig is back in this vibrant ABC companion book to the best-selling I Like Me!--and she''s brought along a few friends to join her. The letters of the alphabet are illustrated with brightly-colored, action-packed pictures and are accompanied by read-along text. Introduce children to the alphabet and reinforce positive self-esteem with the lovable characters of ABC I Like Me!.

It''s Halloween, and although sharing might be okay the rest of the year, on this day Harriet''s determined not to share her treats with her little brother, Walt. She is running out of places to hide her stash, and there''s only one thing she can do....Hariet''s hilarious--and tummy-aching--solution will delight everyone who reads this comical tale of a hard lesson learned. This 20th anniversary edition of a Halloween classic is now in a larger format.

Though she plans to try out for cheerleading, Louanne Pig helps her friend Arnie try out for football, with surprising results.

Christmas is coming, and for Harriet and George that can only mean one thing: Ms. Hoozit is making fruitcake! Terrible memories of last year''s treat flash before their eyes. They just can''t face it again. Can Harriet and George survive the Chrsitmas treat?

Louanne trips and sprains her ankle as she and her friends cut through the yard of the spooky house on the top of the hill. Suddenly the witch lady appears and yells, "Scat!" Harriet, George, and Arnie run for their lives. But Louanne is caught! Does the witch lady put kids in cages to fatten them up? Or is Louanne''s imagination running wild? Readers will chuckle as Louanne discovers what the witch lady is REALLY like.

Loudmouth George has just started playing the coronet and he’s awful! Awful—according to everyone but George, who thinks he’s the best coronet player ever born. George is full of hot air, but it’s hard not to admire his complete lack of self-consciousness. George is soon on to big, better, and LOUDER things

When a new second grader begins bullying Henry and the other first graders, Henry stumbles onto a secret that just might save them.

Louanne can''t get off the ground with her split jumps. Arnie drops every pass he tries to catch. So every day after school, the two friends meet to practice for tryouts just one week away. The only problem is that neither Louanne''s cheerleading routines nor Arnie''s football skills seem to improve much. Will Louanne make the squad? Will Arnie make the team?

Hang on—Harriet''s on her way up! For days, George has been taunting Harriet about the roller coaster at the amusement park. "It''s so big, you can''t see the top...It goes so fast, you might fall out...You''ll be too scared to ride on it." "I am NOT scared," Harriet tells him. But that night she doesn''t sleep very well. And the next morning, when it''s time to go, she feels a little sick. Children are certain to recognize Harriet''s terror and cheer her spunk. And while she conquers her fear, Harriet will conquer her readers'' hearts as well.

It''s summer vacation, and Loudmouth George is too busy having fun to do his chores. Now the house is a mess and his mom won''t let him go to the movies with Harriet. So George comes up with a brilliant plan. He convinces his brothers to do his chores for him in exchange for taking them to the movies-after all, they''ll surely be too tired to go after all the work! But each brother makes a mess out of each chore and now there is an even bigger mess to clean up. See who has the last laugh!

Harriet overcomes her stage fright and dances successfully and proudly at her ballet recital.

Though Louanne is unsuccessful in identifying the secret admirer who sent her the biggest, most beautiful valentine she''s ever seen the observant reader will be quick to spot her father as the mysterious valentine