Juvenile & Young Adult / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians

Magic Tree House #45: A Crazy Day with Cobras

Magic Tree House #45

by Mary Pope Osborne & Sal Murdocca

The New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House series is back!

But with the magic tree house comes terrible news: Merlin’s beloved penguin, Penny, has been put under a spell! Jack and Annie must find four...

Magic Tree House #31: Summer of the Sea Serpent

Magic Tree House #31

by Mary Pope Osborne & Sal Murdocca

Jack and Annie are off on another mythical mission at the request of Merlin the magician. Luckily, they have a young sorcerer, Teddy, to help them. From underwater caves to a Spider Queen, from mystical selkies...

Lizard Tales: Lizzie Walks On the Wild Side

by Rosemary Smith

Synopsis: It's springtime in Louisiana and all the lizards are coming out to play! Sunshine and fun is what Lizzie Lizard wants and she is determined to find it no matter how far she has to go. ---- Little Lizzie...

The Gecko and Sticky: Sinister Substitute

by Wendelin Van Draanen & Stephen Gilpin

Dave's most despised teacher, a gleeful frog dissector named Ms. Veronica Krockle, is absent. Her students are psyched! But Sticky is suspicious. Especially when the substitute teacher turns out to be strangely...

Hiss-s-s-s!

by Eric A. Kimmel

Omar wants a snake more than anything, but his mom is unenthusiastic to say the least. However, the family manages to strike a compromise: Omar can get a corn snake; but the pet, which he names Arrow, must stay...

A Pet Named Sneaker

by Joan Heilbroner & Pascal Lemaitre

Fifty years after the publication of Robert the Rose Horse comes Joan Heilbroner's second Beginner Book—A Pet Named Sneaker, with illustrations by Pascal Lemaitre. A madcap tale reminiscent of The Cat in...

Soft Child: How Rattlesnake Got its Fangs

by Kay Sather

A Native American legend tells how Sky God helped Rattlesnake to defend himself. Ages 4-8.

Owen Foote, Mighty Scientist

by Stephanie Greene & Catharine Bowman Smith

Owen Foote wants to be a real scientist with a white lab coat. He’d like to spend the next school year in Mr. Wozniak’s fourth-grade class, where science is king. Owen figures that Mr. Wozniak will let him...

The Gecko and Sticky: The Greatest Power

by Wendelin Van Draanen & Stephen Gilpin

Could you choose between a superpower and a friend?

The evil treasure hunter Damien Black needs some quick cash—so he robs the local bank. But Damien Black didn’t figure Dave Sanchez into his plan. Dave’s...

The Gecko and Sticky: Villain's Lair

by Wendelin Van Draanen & Stephen Gilpin

Dave Sanchez is an average boy with an after-school job and a pet gecko named Sticky. All very normal—until the day Sticky talks. Sticky tells Dave a wild tale of a former life of crime, searching for Aztec...