Elise Broach

After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover an Albrecht Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Although his mother is a little worried, a young boy is delighted to discover that every shop in town is giving away real dinosaurs to their customers.

When his best friend, a human boy named James, goes away on vacation, Marvin the beetle worries that their friendship may end.

Karl and Christina are getting married! James feels happy for his father. Karl asks James to be the ring bearer. James is excited to attend the wedding... but also very nervous. While he loves Christina, he is worried about losing his dad to a different family. And what if, at the ceremony, James drops the ring? His best friend Marvin promises to help him, but Marvin ends up with an even more important job when something goes terribly wrong. Will...

"Marvin the beetle is going collecting with his family. All is good and well until Uncle Albert gets hurt. Marvin needs his human friend James's help to save Uncle Albert before it's too late"--

A young bulldozer struggles to fall asleep.

The life of a musically gifted bird changes forever after she discovers the music of Chopin and helps a talented young pianist solve the mystery of a long-lost Chopin piano.

The Barker brothers and their friend Delilah secretly climb up to Superstition Mountain one last time, hoping to solve the remaining mysteries, including whether the librarian is really the ghost of Julia Thomas, what was their uncle Hank's role in discovering the gold mine, and especially, who is trying to kill them.

Tired of all the trouble his no-good baby sister causes, John tells his mother the baby has to go and she agrees, but as John packs the baby's suitcase, he realizes there are some things he likes about his sister, too.