Caroline Adderson

Jasper John Dooley's beloved Nan is leaving on a cruise for a whole week! He feels so pththth. All he can think about is Nan missing out on their Wednesday card game, and whether it's raining where she is, too, and if she will ever come back. But each day something happens, from a stapling mishap to a hamster escape, and Jasper realizes that waiting for someone to return from an adventure takes forever … unless you're having an adventure, too. Jasper...

Nicolas adorable little dog, June Bug, keeps getting into trouble. She steals the neighbors turkey, yanks down the Christmas tree and destroys Mums almost-finished giant crossword. Everyone is mad, and it looks as though June Bugs days are numbered. Will doing a good deed make up for June Bugs bad behavior? Nicola certainly hopes so. And when she and June Bug come across a new nursing home in the neighborhood, it feels like a Sign. They volunteer...

Every Sunday, Leo and his family gather at Nonna's house for lunch. Everyone is hungry for Nonna's delicious homemade pasta ...except Leo, who'd rather play. But when Nonna passes around the bowls of soup with stellini – small, star-shaped noodles – she also serves the start of a story. Leo eats his lunch as he listens to the tale, which cleverly features that week's noodle shape, and over the next few weeks Leo and the whole family grow hungrier...

After soccer practice, Jasper accidentally chooses the wrong drink from the vending machine. It's fizzy and syrupy and tastes so so good, but Jasper knows it's so so Bad. He sneaks some sips on the way home, then hides it in the fridge. That evening, Jasper has so much energy that he can't sleep. The next morning, he feels awful, but for the rest of the week, Jasper can't stop himself from sneaking sips of the Bad drink and doing more and more Bad...

Pudding Tat is born on the Willoughby Farm in 1901 - just another one of Mother Tat's kittens. But it turns out that Pudding is anything but ordinary. He is pure white with pink eyes that, though beautiful, do not see well, and hearing that is unusually acute. He finds himself drawn to the sweet sounds of the world around him - the pattering heartbeat of a nearby mouse, the musical tinkling of a distant stream. Soon the sounds of adventure call to...

Jasper John Dooley borrows a book from the library, but after the book suffers through many disasters he has no choice but to throw the book away. Now he has to figure out how to pay for a new copy or be banned from the library forever

The comical yet thought-provoking story of a boy and his family who adopt a dog that just can't seem to learn the things other dogs do.Overwhelmed by dogs in need at their local animal shelter, a young boy chooses Norman, the stray that's been there the longest. But, upon bringing him home, the family quickly learns that Norman won't respond to commands. He doesn't even know his own name.During a chance encounter with another dog owner in the park,...

Isabel and Zoë love playing with Isabel's puppy, Rollo-- especially when they play at Zoë's house because that's where the Baby Stealer (aka Zoë's older brother, Lionel) lives. The girls push Rollo around in a stroller until the Baby Stealer jumps out and scares the girls, then runs off with Rollo. It's a thrilling game that always has a happy ending-- with two giggling girls reunited with their fur baby, safe and sound. But one day, Lionel won't...

When Jasper John Dooley buys a can of Torpedo High Energy Drink accidentally, he knows he shouldn't drink it. His parents had warned him about "bad" drinks that are full of things like sugar and caffeine. But Jasper finds the drink irresistible. Before Jasper knows what hit him, the caffeine and sugar in the energy drink fuels all kinds of misbehavior. Is there anything that can bring him back to his senses?

"Monsieur Oliphant's cake shop, the only bakery game in town, has long had customers lining up outside its door for Oliphant's delicious jelly rolls and marvelous wedding cakes . . . until the day cookie concocter Mademoiselle Fée takes over the old shoemaker's shop. And it isn't long before the divine piemaker Madame Clotilde soon moves into the old bric-a-brac shop. Three different bakers all trying to outclass one another means their little cul-de-sac...