In the eighth book in the USA Today bestselling Unicorn Diaries series, a jackalope family arrives in Sparklegrove Forest! Unicorn Bo Tinseltail and friends are excited to welcome the new family. But they soon learn that the jackalope family is being chased by centaurs, which puts the whole forest at risk. Will the family be allowed to stay in Sparklegrove after all?

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Eva’s class is preparing for the Nature Day party. Mrs. Featherbottom splits the class into two clubs and each club has to come up with ways to help the planet....

Thelma dreams of being a glamorous unicorn. Then in a rare pink and glitter-filled moment of fate, Thelma's wish comes true. She rises to instant international stardom, but at an unexpected cost. After a while, Thelma realizes that she was happier as her ordinary, sparkle-free self. So she ditches her horn, scrubs off her sparkles, and returns home, where her best friend is waiting for her with a hug.

Batter up! A.J.'s class is going head-to-head against Dirk School in a charity softball game. The losing team must clean one of the toilets in the winning school with a toothbrush! Retired baseball pro Mr. Ott is here to lead Ella Mentry School to victory. But, will his weird coaching tactics be a home run, or a swing and a miss?

Burt's back. He still looks like a watermelon, and he still loves hugs. Burt enjoys a nomadic life, moving from leaf to leaf... until he realizes it might be time for him to settle down in a home like so many of his insect friends. There are just a few problems: silk shelters are too fragile, chrysalises are too cozy and underground tunnels are too... well, tunnel-y. House hunting sure is harder than it looks! Will Burt ever find his home sweet home?...

Meet Burt. He might look like a watermelon, but he's actually a June Beetle. He can do lots of things, like... um... well, he gives great hugs! But Burt wants more. He wants a superpower. There's just one tiny problem. June Beetles do not seem to have any special abilities.

A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991.

Saddle up for this first volume in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from DiCamillo's "New York Times"--Bestselling Mercy Watson books. Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn't have is a horse--until he meets Maybelline, and then it's love at first sight.

When wet weather cancels his family camp-out, Ty uses his big imagination!

Late at night, the swamp is full of weird noises... spooky noises! Like the guurnt guurnt of the horrible Grunty Beast, the chh chh chh chh of the chilling Chatter Ghosts, and the zzump zzump of the mechanical Zump Monster! How's Beak the bird supposed to get any rest with these scary sounds all around him? Luckily for him, Ally the alligator has some good ideas about where all the racket is coming from.