When seven Siberian snow spiders, frozen during the Ice Age, defrost and escape en route to Harvard for analysis, they wreak havoc on a small New England town, disrupting the school Halloween pageant with hilarious results. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Reissue.

Miss Earth's class is divided—the boys believe in ghosts, but the girls definitely do not. Luckily the boys know what to do if they see a specter: 1. Pinch yourself to make sure you're awake. 2. Pinch the ghost, to make sure it's real. 3. Run away—as fast as you can! The girls have a better idea—scare the boys by dressing up as six spooky hairdressers from beyond the grave. But when some real ghosts show up, both groups have to pinch themselves!

'Tis the night before Christmas, and something is coming. A sleigh drawn by eight reindeer? Not this time. It's a UFO, bringing five aliens to the quiet little town of Hamlet, Vermont. The five visitors from the planet Fixipuddle assume the appearance of Earthlings—well, elves—and set out to rid Earth of its evil dictator, a fat man in a red suit.

When the Copycats and the Tattletales get involved in the matchmaking game, crazy things start to happen as arrows get shot in all directions and accidentally hit the wrong recipients. Reprint.

Spring has come to sleepy Hamlet, Vermont, and trouble is in the air. The students in Miss Earth's class are supposed to be concentrating on the charity egg hunt, but instead they're fighting with each other. The hunt is a near disaster. Then three very strange eggs—with genetically altered, fire-breathing chicks inside—show up, and the trouble really starts. Can Miss Earth's class band together, right their wrongs, and save the three rotten eggs—and themselves?

When their beloved teacher, Miss Earth, goes missing, the students in the quiet town of Hamlet, Vermont, know that time is of the essence and so begin to look into any and all clues that may lead to her whereabouts and the people involved in such a horrible plan.

It's the end of the school year for Miss Earth's class. Everyone is sad to leave their favorite teacher, but there's also a lot to celebrate: the circus is in town, Miss Earth and Mayor Grass are getting married, and Fourth of July celebrations are about to begin. No one wants to be left out of the fun . . . not even a deadly Siberian snow spider, the ghost of a baby elephant, an alien elf (disguised as an angel), a stupid cupid, or a fire-breathing half-lizard-half-chicken-practically-dragon. Will all the unexpected guests bring the big top crashing down? One thing is certain—it will be a summer no one in Hamlet will ever forget!