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Michael Dahl
One night, after awakening from a terrible dream, a young boy heads out on his bike. Soon he arrives at a mysterious cave, which he feels an urge to explore…
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A school basement is packed with towering bookshelves, and it's a dream come true for two students. But then they discover drops of ink dotting the shelves. Something skitters in…
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Ancient treasures are kept safe within the mighty Heroes Hold. But? the fierce Beast has ?somehow slipped inside. It's? on the hunt for Heroes, a book? containing ?the power of…
Welcome to the Graveyard of Dead Letters, where evil silent letters, like the W of swords and the K of knives, are buried. Here they can do no harm. But…
Deep within the Library of Doom, raiders are searching for the treasure of the Lost Archives. The thieves have captured a young worker to guide them through the maze-like shelves…
The Eraser, sworn enemy of the Library of Doom, has come up with a wicked new scheme. He's created a powerful gas that will turn ink invisible and render all…
The Library of Doom's greatest foe, the Eraser, has caught the Librarian in a lethal trap. Now the hero is chained down and a giant super-eraser swings above him, getting…
An extremely evil book marked with an X has unleashed a swarm of X-winged insects, and the bugs are on the hunt for their favourite food - books! When the…
It's a dark and stormy night, perfect for ghost stories. But not all tales are fiction when a girl recognizes the strange events at her aunt's house. They're unfolding exactly…
A boy is researching animals in the library. Most of the books are boring, but one is very lively . . . and hungry. Now the boy has been gobbled…
A dangerous book is missing from the Library of Doom. The book has no words, except for one single sentence. Whoever reads it disappears. Forever. When the book appears in…
Mother Ghoul's Nursery Rhymes isn't like other books. It doesn't have an end. Literally. When people trip and tumble towards it, they don't hit the book's pages. They fall inside…
Strange, towering creatures are crashing through the woods. They are travel books, and they will snap down and crush anything between their covers. When they stomp toward a group of…
Author Michael Dahl
Which way is which? Explore different directions in Creative Movement in The Direction Dance! Up, Down, Left, and Right.
The underwater library has been attacked. The Librarian will have to retrieve all of the lost books from his most powerful enemy.
When high-stakes hijinks grip Gotham City, Batman and Robin jump into action. They soon learn the Joker is pulling off high-rise heists with the help of a giant flying playing…
The Riddler has escaped! But following the Prince of Puzzle’s clever clues leads the Dynamic Duo into the belly of a beast. Can they break free before it’s too late?
One of the trophies in the Batcave is Mr. Freeze’s freeze ray, which he uses to create a zone of intense cold around himself as he attempts to steal a…
Zak has been captured and sent to Planet Alcatraz’s Monster Zoo where the inmates are forced to fight for the entertainment of the Overseers–but Erro is still free and he…
Zak Nine, his alien friend Erro, and another prisoner have found a small spacecraft and if they can dodge the missiles that the guards are firing after them perhaps they…
Traveling at night, Zak and Erro follow a figure into a cave and discover a number of other escapees are hiding in an abandoned diamond mine–but one of their fellows…
Blinded by heavy mist, a misstep causes Erro to plunge into a deep canyon where he is caught by one of the giants who is imprisoned there while Zak is…
On the edge of a golden lake, fugitives Zak Nine and his Quom friend Erro discover an ancient golden building and stumble into a room with eight sides and eight…
Pursued by the Alcatraz guards, Erro and Zak take refuge in the Phantom Forest, a dark wood of giant trees and extremely dangerous beasts where they find it safer to…
Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Marston.
Wonder Woman wears a golden tiara, which proves to be an effective lure when it comes to capturing the gold-hungry Titan, Giganta.
Wonder Woman uses her invisible jet to defeat Talos, the bronze giant that Ares, god of war, has sent to Gateway City in an attempt to stir up another war.
Includes discussion questions and writing prompts.
The pronouns aren’t just enjoying their day at the sculpture garden, they’re loving it! That topiary? He looks like a trumpet player. This topiary? It looks like a dinosaur! Who’s…
They’re so tiny but do so much! Whether scurrying across the street, hiding beneath a hot-dog stand, or riding atop a taxi, the prepositions are taking the city by storm…
The conjunctions know how to join things together and get things done. And that makes them the perfect parts of speech to go on a scouting adventure – or two…
A young Page, a worker in the Library of Doom, is trapped. A wizard’s ancient curse pulled him into the Shifting Shelves, gigantic bookcases that turn and twist and collide…
Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger.
Aboard a strange bus, a girl hears a sound coming from a hatch under her seat. When she lifts the hatch, a hand reaches out and grabs her. Then another…
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Can the Librarian help three students trapped in the Puzzler’s maze-like park full of dangerous riddles and twisted storybook creatures?
Caught by the guards, Zak and his alien friend, Erro, are taken to the Pit, one of prison Planet Alcatraz’s most escape-proof features, where every movement causes the Pit to…
After stowing away on a spacecraft, Zak and his alien friend, Erro, did not expect to end up on the prison planet called Alcatraz, but here they are; their latest…
When a dark night comes to the big city, one little super hero prepares for a great adventure…bedtime!
See a video interview with the author and discover more titles in the series when you scan the book with the free Capstone 4D augmented reality app –Publisher.
On the way home from a birthday party, two friends spy a small lending library that hadn’t been there before the party. When they open the little door and browse…
Cliffhanger at the Library of Doom, Slate, boasts he can find the book no Librarian has been able to locate: THE SCRAWLER. But before Slate can locate the long-lost book…
When a young student’s thesaurus disappears from her bedroom, she sees a trail of slimy footprints leading to the window. When she looks outside, she sees a colossal monster unfolding…
