Sideways Stories from Wayside School

By Louis Sachar | ISBN: 0380731487

Wayside School is a really crazy place. Can you imagine a school built sideways? Instead of a single storey building with 30 classrooms, it was built as a 30-storey building with one classroom on each floor. That's not the only crazy thing - wait till you meet the teachers and kids!

The Vicar of Nibbleswicke

By Roald Dahl | ISBN: 0120348913

Have your heard of dyslexia? The Reverend Robert Lee had back-to-front dyslexia. He called himself "rotsap" insted of "pastor" said "pis" instead of "sip" and "stinks" instead of "knits"! At last, a cure is found. Reverend Lee has to walk backwards in order to speak forwards. Puzzled? Read it for yourself and have a good laugh!

Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear

By Namioka Lensey | ISBN: 440409179 | Rating: 4/5

Yang the youngest has trouble playing the violin. This is a big problem in a family of musicians. In fact, his father is a violin teacher. One day, his father decided to hold a recital. Yang practised as hard as he could, but still could not get the tune right. Then, he and his friend Matthew come up with a plan... Read how their friendship and teamwork helped them and Yang's family through the recital.

Muggie Maggie

By Beverly Cleary | ISBN: 0380710870 | Rating 4/5

Have you tried writing cursive? Maggie did but nothing turned out right. When the class needed a message monitor, she was sent to help. On the way to delivering the messages, she read the messages! It was through reading those messages that she learnt to read cursive. Soon, she could read and write cursive... but not before she wrote her name as "Muggie"!

Little Old Mrs Pepperpot

By Alf Proysen | ISBN: 0099380501 | Rating: 5/5

Can you imagine being the size of a pepperpot? If you were Mrs Pepperpot, you would be used to it by now. You see, for a while everyday, Mrs Pepperpot shrinks till she is no bigger than a pepperpot! It is not covenient being small but she still gets things done. She made the cat wash dishes, got a mouse to clean the house and had the dog make the bed. Read all about this little old lady.

Not-So-Weird Emma

By Sally Warner | ISBN 0670060054 | Rating 5/5

This book is about Emma. She is in grade 3 (primary 3) and goes through all sorts of trouble, just like us. She loses friends and makes new ones. She once called someone "Bossy Pants"! "Bossy Pants" called her "Weird" and the whole class started calling one another names like "Hulk" and "Shrinky" - they all got into trouble!

Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective

By Donald J Sobol | ISBN: 0553157248 | Rating: 5/5

Encyclopedia's real name is Leroy. His parents and teachers call him Leroy, but everyone else calls him "Encyclopedia" because he is so smart. Solve the mysteries of the knife in the watermelon, the case of the champion egg spinner, the case of the missing necklace and the case of the happy nephew in this exciting book.