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What do you get when you add up one middle school bully, two bank robbers, 57 puppy-mill dogs, 4,000 missing dollars, and five daring troublemakers led by the incomparable Riley Mack? One crazy caper! In this merry, mischievous romp, master storyteller Chris Grabenstein, the award-winning author of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library, teams with a full-cast of audio talent to introduce Riley Mack, a one-of-a-kind 12-year-old hometown hero.

Sen, a young boy in Myanmar, begins the rite of passage called Shinbyu, where he receives training at a Buddhist monastery.

Morgan (McFactoid) McCracken spews random (but fascinating) facts whenever he gets flustered. As if that's not enough to warrant getting picked on, Morgan actually has to shave! And that's too much for Brad Buckholtz, a witless bully who constantly beats up Morgan. As an aspiring inventor, Morgan figures if he can just come up with a product that will stop his facial hair from growing, then Buckholtz will no longer have a reason to pummel him.

Geoffrey Holland stood up and for the second time surveyed the restaurant in search of other members of his party, two fingers in the pocket of his waistcoat, as if they had just relinquished his watch. He was tall enough to be conspicuous and well bred enough to be indifferent to the fact, good looking, in a bronzed, blond clean-shaven way, and branded in the popular imagination as a young and active millionaire.

Jazmin and Seth have an idea to make some extra money, but they soon find out that it may not be as easy as they think.

Anansi the spider used to be handsome, but his never-ending appetite eventually cost him his hair.

Mac wants to borrow a dollar from his twin brother Pete, but Pete says "Nope." So Aunt Cornelia teaches Mac about borrowing money.

This audiobook provides an introduction to money, including the use of trading, and the origins of coins and paper money.

Middle school is hard. Solving cases for the FBI is even harder. Doing both at the same time - well, that's just crazy. But that doesn't stop Florian Bates! Get to know the only kid on the FBI director's speed dial - and several international criminals' most wanted lists - in this adventurous series that School Library Journal says combines "elements of Alex Rider, James Bond, and Sherlock Holmes".

After hearing scary stories about the Dark Tree, Sam is afraid to go near it. After her brother, Dairy, gets stuck in the tree, she must find a way to help him before the storm. Will she be able to get over her fear of the tree? Will the siblings get to safety before the storm hits?

The Hall family needs a new car. Will they find a car that Mom, Dad, Ben, Tommy, Abby, Emma, and Puppy all agree on?

Bears usually sleep through the winter—but not Busy Bear! He wants to play all winter long. Will Busy Bear be able to stay awake until spring?

This audiobook provides a small business scenario using a lemonade stand. Topics discussed include capital, gross profit, net profit, marketing, supply and demand, monopoly, and competition.

This classic Beatrix Potter tale is about a very poor tailor in Gloucester who needs a miracle to finish the Mayor's magnificent coat by Christmas morning. When the tailor falls ill, the fate of the garment rests between his selfish, twist-hiding cat and a whole host of helpful little brown mice!

Meet Dax Masters, the coolest science whiz you'll ever come across! At just 12-years-old, he's got it all—a passion for hanging out with his friends, dominating video games, and rocking the scientific world. Dax's dreams are as big as his brain, and he's determined to win the sixth-grade science fair and score an exclusive invite to the mind-blowing Innovative Science Convention, where the brightest young minds in the world gather.

Seth thinks of a way to go camping even though it's raining outside.

Charlie realized that soccer was a lot harder than it looked. While he continued to practice, he remembered to cheer for his teammates too.

On a cold winter night, Tom, the night watchman, finds a stray kitten in the truck yard.

Buddy the dog awakens from a nap to hear the sounds of ants marching in a parade. Where are they headed?

Kyle's grandmother had promised to bake him a pie if he picked the rhubarb stalks from the garden.