Zach isn't impressed with his new dog, Larry, at first. He'd hoped for a chocolate lab or a spaniel, not this funny looking mish-mash of a dog with a great long tail. And who names a dog "Larry," anyway? But Zach discovers that when Larry twirls that ridiculously long tail - Labracadabra! - amazing things happen. It's not very long before Zach knows that he and Larry will be Best Friends Forever!

The tricky magician Labra-cadabra-dor puts Rider under a spell in this seventh Rider Woofson adventure. When the tricky Labra-cadrabra-dor breaks out of prison, Rider gears up to face his old nemesis. But this time Labra-cadabra-dor is one step ahead and zaps Rider under an evil spell. Will Rora and the PI Pack be able to uncover the secret behind the magic trick before the act is over? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Rider Woofson chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

Tickle Charms and Laughing Potions, meet your match! This follow-up to The Unofficial Harry Potter Joke Book: Great Guffaws for Gryffindor Here’s just a sampling of the jokes you’ll find inside: Which Hogwarts professor gets blamed for everything? Professor Snape Goat. What’s Professor Lupin’s favorite day of the week? Moonday. Why did Gilderoy Lockhart team up with Nearly Headless Nick? He needed a ghostwriter. Did you hear that Professor McGonagall’s animagi and Crookshanks get together and gossip about students? They’re very catty. Featuring pages and pages of jokes and more than fifty fantastic illustrations for Hogwarts lovers, this joke book provides endless fun. Have all your friends spellbound by hours of laughter!

Join Rider and the Pups Investigators Pack in their second silly mystery about a fishy impostor. Rider Woofson is the best dog detective in Pawston, maybe even in the whole world! His job is to protect the city and its citizens from the dangerous criminal underbelly. So when Prince Bubbles—a reclusive but friendly prince—visits Pawston from the underwater country of New Sealand, Rider and the PI pack receive a tip that the prince is an impostor and spring into action. With another purr-fect mystery on their paws, Rider and the PI pack set out on an exciting investigation to uncover the truth about their royal visitor. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Rider Woofson chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!

The Monster Squad is back and this time they are battling one of Leery's biggest creations - Mega Mantis. The giant mantis has returned to Riddle and he brought all of his insect friends with him. Now it's up to the Monster Squad to squash this bug for good! But how do you kill a bug that's four times bigger than a house?

In this fifth installment of the Pup Detectives graphic novel series, the pup detectives must save one of their own! There’s a new student at Pawston Elementary named Labra-cadabra-dor, and he has a few magic tricks up his sleeve. When Labra hypnotizes Rider to pull him over to the dark side, the other pup detectives worry they might have bitten off more than they can chew with this magical mystery!

"Originally published in paperback in Great Britain by David Fickling Books...in 2010"--P. facing t.p.