If You Like Captain Underpants, Read These! | McKinney Public Libraries

1) The 13-story treehouse

Author

Griffiths, Andy

Series

Treehouse series volume 1

Description

Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-story treehouse that has a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of sharks, a library full of comics, a secret underground laboratory, a games room, self-making beds, vines you can swing on, a vegetable vaporiser and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically shoots your favourite flavoured marshmallows into your mouth whenever it discerns you're hungry....

2) Alvin Ho: allergic to the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, and other tourist attractions

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Series

Alvin Ho volume 1

Description

Fearful seven-year-old Alvin Ho goes on a trip to China with his family.

3) Bad kitty gets a bath

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Series

Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 1

Description

Takes a humorous look at the normal way cats bathe, why it is inappropriate for humans to bathe that way, and the challenges of trying to give a cat a real bath with soap and water. Includes fun facts, glossary, and other information.

4) Bookmarks are people too!

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Here's Hank volume 1

Description

Hoping to land the lead in the class play, Hank freezes during his audition and is only able to buzz like a fly, inspiring his teacher to create a special role for him as a silent bookmark that saves the show when a rival suffers an attack of stage fright.

5) Butler for hire!

Author

Angleberger, Tom

Series

DJ Funkyfoot volume 2

Description

DJ Funkyfoot may have a name fit for a hip-hop star, but as a dog butler desperate to find a job, he takes a job as a nanny watching over a ShrubBaby that loves chaos.

6) Cat ninja: 1

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Cat Ninja novels volume 1

Description

Beware, villains! Cat Ninja may appear to be nothing more than a silly internet meme. But he is evil's greatest enemy, and the silent master of Kat Fu and carpet scratching! From Epic! Originals, Cat Ninja is a hilarious graphic novel series about a lovable cat with a heroic alter-ego. Raised from a kitten by a kindly old ninja master, Claude now spends his days as the pampered house cat of an eleven-year-old boy. But when trouble arises, Claude dons...

7) CatStronauts: Book 1,Mission Moon

Author

Brockington, Drew

Series

CatStronauts volume 1

Description

Alerted to a global energy crisis, the President consults with the World's Best Scientist, who suggests sending a special group of astronauts to turn the Moon into a solar power plant.

8) Catwad: Me, three!

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Series

Catwad volume 1

Description

Catwad and Blurmp are back and ready for more adventures in this newest volume in which they meet new friends, try out yoga (spoiler alert: Catwad hates it), and more! It's a laugh-out-loud romp not to be missed, even if Catwad claims otherwise.

9) The Chicken Squad

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Chicken Squad volume 1

Description

When the squirrel Tail comes barreling into the chicken coop ranting about a round, shiny, green, big, scary thing in the yard, Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy, and Sugar investigate this strange object.

10) The curse of the bologna sandwich

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Series

Melvin Beederman, superhero volume 1

Description

After graduating from the superhero academy, Melvin Beederman heads for Los Angeles, where he unexpectedly teams up with Candace Brinkwater, school play actress, to nab the evil McNasty Brothers.

11) Dinomighty!

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Series

Dinomighty! volume 1

Description

A wildly funny full-color graphic novel about dinosaur heroes on a quest to fight for good over evil. On their own, they are four mild-mannered dinos, but together they are . . . DINOMIGHTY! Everything is pleasant and good in Dinotown . . . until Teri-Dactyl discovers a cryptic email that says the precious Golden Egglettes are in danger! Dinomighties unite! But can they spring into action fast enough to save these valuable jewels from evil baddies?...

12) dinos are forever

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13) do not open

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14) Doctor Proctor's fart powder: Bk. 1

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Doctor Proctor's fart powder volume 1

Description

New friends Nilly and Lisa help eccentric professor Doctor Proctor to develop his latest invention, a powder that makes one fart, making them very popular at school, but someone is planning to steal the industrial-strength formula for evil purposes.

15) Dog diaries: a middle school story

Author

Patterson, James

Series

Dog diaries (James Patterson) volume 1

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Description

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! I've been waiting for ages to tell my story, and now it's finally happening! Being Rafe's dog isn't always easy, but it is always EXCITING! I've got so much to tell you about: -How I protect the yard from birds, raccoons, squirrels, raccoons, mail carriers...and did I mention RACCOONS? -Sniffing pooch posteriors for the latest canine news. -And the terrifying monster hiding in the hall closet: the vacuum cleaner! These were...

16) Ellie McDoodle: have pen, will travel

Author

Barshaw, Ruth McNally

Series

Ellie McDoodle volume 1

Description

Eleven-year-old Ellie McDoodle illustrates her sketchbook with chronicles of her adventures and mishaps while camping with her cousins, aunt, and uncle.

17) Flora & Ulysses: the illuminated adventures

Author

DiCamillo, Kate

Formats:

Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook

Description

Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.

18) Geeger the Robot goes to school

Author

Lerner, Jarrett

Series

Geeger the Robot volume 1

Description

"Geeger the Robot is going to school. But not robot school...a school with kids, the human kind! Geeger isn't used to human ways, and his zany misunderstandings and overly literal responses to instructions lead to quite a few mishaps. He's starting to wonder if he can even make it until snack time! Will a bot made of wires, nuts, and bolts fit in with a classroom of kids?"--Provided by publisher.

19) Give a cheese a chance

Author

Angleberger, Tom

Series

DJ Funkyfoot volume 2

Description

As the new butler, it is up to DJ Funkyfoot to convince President Horse to stop playing mini-golf and sign a peace treaty with the Queen of Wingland before a war breaks out.

20) Hikaru no Go: 1,Descent of the Go master

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Series

Shonen Jump graphic novel

Description

Akira, with the help of upperclassman Yuri Hidaka, finds confidence to beat Hikaru in the Go game.