Kara LaReau
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Series
Infamous Ratsos volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Rat brothers Louie and Ralphie Ratso try to prove they can be as rough and tough as their father in the Big City, but every time they try to show how tough they are, they end up accidentally doing good deeds instead.
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Infamous Ratsos volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Louie and Ralphie attempt to renovate a cluttered lot into a community arcade only to be confronted by fears that the lot is haunted.
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English
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"Meet Jaundice and Kale Bland, two sisters who avoid excitement at any cost. One day, the Bland sisters are kidnapped by an all-female band of pirates. They're unwillingly swept into a high-seas romp that might just lead to solving the mystery of what happened to their missing parents.
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Series
Zombert chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
9-year-old Mellie Gore rescues Bert the cat from behind the YummCo Foods factory, and Mellie soon wonders if the mystery surrounding Bert's behavior is connected to the powerful YummCo Foods company or could he truly be a zombie?
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Series
Infamous Ratsos volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Chuck Wood is the most popular kid in school, and Louie Ratso can't believe that Chuck has asked him for help! Chuck likes Louie's friend Fluffy Rabbitski, and he wants Louie to help him get Fluffy to notice him. As for Ralphie Ratso, he cant believe that his brother wants to spend all his time with Chuck instead of with him. Meanwhile, despite Louie and Chucks attempts to get Fluffy's attention, she has eyes for only one thing: her garden. But there...
7) Ugly Fish
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[2006]
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English
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At first Ugly Fish likes being alone in his tank so much that he eats any fish that tries to share it, but when he becomes lonely, he devises a better plan.
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Series
Infamous Ratsos volume 4
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Louie and Ralphie Ratso and the rest of the Big City Scouts are going camping for the first time. And they have a special guide: Grandpa Ratso! Grandpa teaches everyone the Scouts oath, which says Scouts are always able to solve problems without asking for help. But the Scouts soon discover that figuring out how to pitch a tent, make a fire, and find their way is tough to do by themselves. In fact, not asking for help isn't working at all, and everybody...
9) Baby Clown
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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When Frieda and Boffo Clown have a baby, the entire circus is over the moon. But there is one problem: Baby Clown won't stop crying.
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Series
Zombert chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Bert, the formerly bedraggled stray cat adopted by nine-year-old Mellie Gore, escaped the YummCo lab, he promised the other creatures there that he would be back. Now he has returned, but not quite as he planned. He's been captured by the Yumms, but he is determined to exact his revenge. Meanwhile Mellie is doing everything she can to get Bert back, trying to piece together not only why the Yumms captured him, but also why nearly all the people...
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Series
Infamous Ratsos volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Ralphie stands up to two bullies for picking on his mouse friend Tiny. He is encouraged to tell an adult but doesn't want to be thought of as a tattletale. Ralphie's father, Big Lou, teaches him that doing what is right is more important than doing what is cool.
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Infamous Ratsos volume 6
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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"When Louie and Ralphie Ratso see their friends singing and dancing in the run-down band shell in the Big City Park, Louie gets one of his big ideas. They'll put on a concert to raise money to improve the park! But as Ralphie, Tiny, Velma, and Millicent plan a repertoire by the Critter Kidz, their favorite pop group, featuring costumes full of glitter and sequins, Chad Badgerton teases and says they look 'girly'--making Ralphie self-conscious about...
19) Ratty tattletale
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Sid and Kurt have been picking on Ralphie's friend Tiny, and when Ralphie tells them to stop, the two boys get sent to the principal's office. Now Sid and Kurt are out to get Ralphie! They upend Ralphie's lunch tray, whip the ball at his head on the playground, and pelt him with peashooters when the teachers aren't looking--ping! Ralphie's brother, Louie, says he should tell a grown-up, but Ralphie--not wanting to be a Ratty Tattletale--decides to...