Marty Frye Books One and Two: Junior Library Guild Selections Marty Frye, Private Eye : "Black-and-white cartoon illustrations dance merrily through the pages adding flavor to the madcap escapades.This briskly paced, action-packed title will serve those readers making the leap from picture to chapter books." - Kirkus Reviews Praise for Janet Tashjian: My Life as a Book : A 2011 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year "Give this to kids who think they don't like reading. It might change their minds." - Booklist , starred review "A kinder, gentler Wimpy Kid with all the fun and more plot." - Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Sure to engage fans of Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid books as well as those looking for a spunky, contemporary boy with a mystery to solve." - School Library Journal Praise for Laurie Keller: Bowling Alley Bandit : A Junior Library Guild Selection An Amazon Best Book of 2013 "Arnie the doughnut returns in a 'who-donut' chapter book that will appeal to fans of Dav Pilkey's "Captain Underpants" and Lincoln Peirce's "Big Nate" series." - School Library Journal , starred review "A yummy chapter-book series opener.

" - Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Keller shrewdly targets hesitant readers with an abundance of goofy comedy."- Publishers Weekly , starred review Arnie, the Doughnut A Chicago Tribune precinct pick for the holidays A New York Times Book Review Notable Book A Publishers Weekly Editor's Pick A Publishers Weekly Best Children Books 2003 A Publishers Weekly Tastiest-and Most Well-Rounded-Title Character Award.