Mistakes Were Made

Author:
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763666890
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Resolving to earn so much money that his mother will no longer stress out over the bills, eleven-year-old Timmy Failure launches a detective business with a lazy polar bear partner named Total but finds their enterprise "Total Failure, Inc." challenged by a college-bound spy and a four-foot-tall girl whom Timmy refuses to acknowledge.

We Meet Again

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406358711
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
"My name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And my detective agency is on the verge of global domination. And yet the gods keep throwing me curveballs. But one thing is for sure- Timmy Failure will be triumphant again!"--Back cover.

Timmy Failure: The Book You're Not Supposed to Have

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763692212
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297

Book Description
Banishment from his life’s calling can’t keep a comically overconfident detective down in the latest episode by New York Times bestseller Stephan Pastis. This book was never meant to exist. No one needs to know the details. Just know this: there’s a Merry, a Larry, a missing tooth, and a teachers’ strike that is crippling Timmy Failure’s academic future. Worst of all, Timmy is banned from detective work. It’s a conspiracy of buffoons. He recorded everything in his private notebook, but then the manuscript was stolen. If this book gets out, he will be grounded for life. Or maybe longer. And will Timmy’s mom really marry Doorman Dave?

Timmy Failure: Now Look What You’ve Done

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763670111
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
The clueless, comically self-confident kid detective returns in a sequel to the New York Times bestseller Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made. "When you lose hope, find it." —Timmy Failure He doesn’t like to pull rank. To reveal that he’s this guy: Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town, perhaps the nation. But he is. And he’s about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe. It’s his ticket to bringing home a $500 prize, which is guaranteed to set him up for life. But someone is clearly trying to game the system. Hoodwink. Con. Defraud. So it’s up to Timmy Failure, with the dubious help of Total, his lazy polar-bear partner, and his unlikely new ally, eccentric Great-Aunt Colander, to find a way to avenge these shenanigans. Defeat this injustice. If he can only get his entry form in on time.

Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done

Author:
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763660515
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
A sequel to Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made finds Timmy preparing to crack the biggest case of his generation during a school competition to find a stolen globe and win a $500 prize, an effort he pursues with the dubious help of his lazy polar bear partner and his eccentric Great-Aunt Colander.

Timmy Failure: The Maximum Greatness Collection: Books 1-7

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1536209112
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The complete collected memoirs of Timmy Failure are contained within this boxed set. That's seven episodes of New York Times best-selling greatness. You have been warned. Meet Timmy Failure. You may know him as the founder, president, and CEO of Total Failure, Inc. -- the best detective agency in town. Perhaps even the nation. Timmy's seen a lot in his eleven years. Maybe too much. But luckily for you, the tales of his genius have been recorded by Timmy himself. All seven of his comically overconfident capers, combining hilarity and heart, are now available together in a deceptively sweet, outrageously funny collection by Stephan Pastis, making the perfect gift for Timmy fans new and old. Includes: Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done Timmy Failure: We Meet Again Timmy Failure: Sanitized for Your Protection Timmy Failure: The Book You're Not Supposed to Have Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My Pants Timmy Failure: It's the End When I Say It's the End

Sophie's World

Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 735

Book Description
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Timmy Failure: Now Look What Mistakes Were Made

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763697605
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 593

Book Description
Now look what you've done: Timmy Failure and his polar bear sidekick, Total, are about to crack the biggest case of his generation, a school competition to find a stolen globe.

A Hundred Horses

Author: Sarah Lean
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062122371
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121

Book Description
From the author of A Dog Called Homeless, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award, comes another gentle novel with a touch of magic about the power of friendship and the truth of belonging. Nell isn't happy about spending her vacation on a farm, but when she meets a half-wild and mysterious girl named Angel, the two girls are tied in an adventure that may help Nell discover something special about herself—and the most special of a hundred horses. Girls and horses are a classic pairing, and fans of favorites such as My Friend Flicka and Misty of Chincoteague are sure to love the heartwarming friendship story and adorable—and magical—animals in A Hundred Horses.

Dragons in a Bag

Author: Zetta Elliott
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1524770477
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
The dragon's out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy from an award-winning author! When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she's not his grandmother--but she is a witch! She needs his help delivering baby dragons to a magical world where they'll be safe. There are two rules when it comes to the dragons: don't let them out of the bag, and don't feed them anything sweet. Before he knows it, Jax and his friends Vikram and Kavita have broken both rules! Will Jax get the baby dragons delivered safe and sound? Or will they be lost in Brooklyn forever? AN ALA-ALSC NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Dragons in a Bag series continues! Don't miss The Dragon Thief, and The Witch's Apprentice.