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JoCoLibrary - Kids - Crossing the Bridge to Chapter Books

Short chapter books with some illustrations for kids ready to move up from easy readers. Most of these books are one of a series and many of these authors have other suitable series and books.

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  • They may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds... whether you like it or not.
    Book, 2024[New York] : Scholastic Inc, [2024] — J FICTION Blabey Aaron 11/2024
  • When Stick Dog's quest for hamburgers turns out to be more difficult than he could have ever imagined, he challenges his friends to come up with a master plan that includes unconventional solutions.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPubishers, 2023. — J FICTION Watson Tom 02/2023
  • In this compilation of four separately published books, Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities.
    Book, 2018North Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, [2018] — ER Faruqi Saadia
  • Safari Pug

    the Dog Who Walked on the Wild Side

    James, Laura, 1979-
    Deciding that Pug needs to face his fears, Lady Miranda takes him to a safari park where he goes nose-to-nose with Florence, a rare white lion cub, but he soon realizes that lions may not be the most dangerous thing in the wildlife park.
    Book, 2018New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2018. — J FICTION James Laura 08/2018
  • At the flea market nine-and-a-half-year-old Chase and his younger sister Ava acquire an old suitcase filled with rows of carefully packed strange objects, and when they handle one of the objects (a dragon-headed doorknob) they find themselves in…
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Branches/Scholastic Inc., 2018. — J FICTION Mass Wendy 08/2018
  • After being humiliated while on a field trip to Pluto, Bob, with the help of his alien friend Beep, tries to change his personality and overcome his fears (heights, darkness, space, and spiders) before the next field trip to a black hole. Includes…
    Book, 2018New York : Aladdin, 2018. — J SCIFI Roth Jonathan 03/2018
  • Sassy and Waldo are good dogs. Sassy and Waldo spend their day keeping the house safe. Has a squirrel ever gotten inside? No! But every day their boy, Stewart, leaves for a scary place: School! Sassy and Waldo need to save Stewart. But they don't…
    Book, 2018New York : Scholastic Press, 2018. — J FICTION Falatko Julie 06/2018
  • Eight-year-old Mia Macarooney is delighted to learn she is from a family of superheroes, but her acceptance into the Program for In Training Superheroes requires she take a placement exam.
    Book, 2018New York : Little Simon, 2018. — J FICTION West Kara 01/2019
  • From novelist and playwright Julian Gough, and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, comes a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and bear who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend ... Bear wakes up…
    Book, 2018San Diego, CA : Silver Dophin Books, an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group, [2018] — J FICTION Gough Julian 01/2019
  • Warren is a seven-year-old boy. Dragon is a seven-hundred-year-old dragon. Not that most people believe that. Most people are sure that Dragon is a stuffed animal. People such as Warren's twin sister, Ellie, who challenges Warren to a contest at…
    Book, 2018New York : Viking, 2018. — J FICTION Bernstei Ariel 09/2018
  • The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry.
    Book, 2017New York : Scholastic Press, 2017. — J FICTION Blabey Aaron
  • A girl, Zoey, and her cat, Sassafras, use science experiments to help a dragon with a problem.
    Book, 2017Woodinville, WA : Innovation Press, [2017] — J FICTION Citro Asia 03/2017
  • Wolfie, a lone wolf who does not like using her imagination, reluctantly befriends Fly, a slightly weird and wordy boy, and soon they find themselves navigating through deep water in a submarine made from a cardboard box.
    Book, 2017Toronto : Tundra Books, [2017] — J FICTION Fagan Cary 04/2017
  • When King Viking and his evil robot army attack Animal Town, and kidnap Singing Dog, it is up to Super Rabbit Boy, with some help from Sunny and his video game console, to save the day.
    Book, 2017New York : Branches/Scholastic Inc., 2017. — J FICTION Flintham Thomas 12/2016
  • A young dragon named Ella convinces her twin brother Owen to join her on a bold quest to find a wizard that will help cure Owen of his flaming cold.
    Book, 2017New York : Llittle Bee Books, [2017] — J FICTION Kent Jaden 02/2017
  • Nine-year-old Hilde Lysiak is an aspiring reporter with her own newspaper, the Orange Street News, and she is investigating break-ins and missing baked goods--and with the help of Zeus, a little dog with a big bark, she intends to track down the…
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Branches/Scholastic Inc., 2017. — J MYSTERY Lysiak Hilde 09/2017
  • When supernatural things start happening in the house timid Andres and his parents just moved into, next-door-neighbor Desmond Cole, eight, comes to the rescue.
    Book, 2017New York : Little Simon, 2017. — J FICTION Miedoso Andres 12/2017
  • Narwhal

    Unicorn of the Sea

    Clanton, Ben, 1988-
    A happy-go-lucky, waffle-loving narwhal and a cynical, no-nonsense jellyfish forge an unlikely friendship and share adventures while exploring the ocean together.
    Graphic Novel, 2016[Toronto, Ontario] : Tundra Books, [2016] — J GRAPHIC NARWHAL Clanton Ben v.1
  • Eight-year-old Sophie Mouse is excited to return to school after the long winter break, but there is a new student--a snake--and Sophie and the other animals are afraid to sit near him, much less ask him to play with them, because they have heard…
    Book, 2015New York : Little Simon, 2015. — J FICTION Green Poppy 02/2015
  • Piper's older brother leaves Peek-A-Book Island and Piper refuses to take off his old earmuffs, no matter what! Things are going from bad to worse... until she discovers The Fairy Tree
    Book, 2015New York : A Yearling Book, 2015. — J FICTION Potter Ellen 08/2015