If You Like Captain Underpants...

Amato, Mary. Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life: The Riot Brothers Tell All.
Even when life seems full of chores, Orville and Wilbur Riot have not shortage of daily adventures. J-PBK AMA

Angleberger, Tom. DJ Funkyfoot.
DJ Funkyfoot is a chihuahua dj who is happy to become a butler for fancy opera star Wolfgoose Pigwig, but as the singing pig's demands get more absurd, so do the disasters. J ANG

Applegate, Katherine. Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs.
When the first-graders' bee antennae would not stay on their heads and the drummers would not stay in their seats for the open house play, Roscoe decides to help by using the "don't-you-dare" glue. One in a series J APP

Barnett, Mac. Mac Undercover.
When Mac receives a call from the Queen of England asking him to find the Coronation Spoon, Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent. First in a series J BAR

Benton, Jim.  Frantastic Voyage.
When her lab assistant, Igor the dog, swallows a doomsday device with a ticking clock, Franny K. Stein shrinks herself down in a miniature machine and enters the body of her beloved pooch to track down the device and stop it from going off. One in a series. J-PBK BEN, J-SF BEN

Blabey, Aaron. The Bad Guys series
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. J-GRAPHIC BLA

Bruel, Nick. Bad Kitty Meets the Baby.
Kitty's owners are home with a big surprise for Kitty. But what is it? Kitty, reeling in horror, thinks it's a . . . dog. The neighbor cats are convinced it's a cat. But we all know that it's really a BABY! J BRU

Coville, Bruce.  My Teacher Is an Alien.
Susan can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird. She doesn't know how weird until she catches him peeling off his face--and realizes Mr. Smith is really an alien! Now it's up to Susan and her friends to get rid of the extraterrestrial visitor. More alien adventures in other books in the series.  J-PBK COV

Cowell, Cressida. How to Speak Dragonese.
The further escapades of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he continues his Viking training during which he escapes from a boatload of Roman soldiers and searches for his kidnapped dragon. J-FAN COW

Dadey, Debbie.  Werewolves Don't go to Summer Camp.
The Bailey Elementary third-graders are greeted at camp by the growling, barefoot Mr. Jenkins. He eats nearly raw hamburgers, avoids lights and campfires, and warns the campers about the legend of a little boy's disappearance and the howl of a lone wolf. Could Mr. Jenkins be a werewolf?  See other Adventures of the Bailey School Kids for more excitement.  J-PBK DAD

Dahl, Roald. Matilda.
Matilda, a brilliant girl, uses her talents and ingenuity to seek revenge on her crooked father, lazy mother, and the terrifying Miss Trunchbull, her wicked headmistress, and save her beloved teacher Miss Honey. J DAH, J-PBK DAH

Gutman, Dan.  Mr. Klutz is Nuts!
A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more. One in a series J GUT, J-PBK GUT

Kline, Suzy.  Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom.
Horrible Harry, class clown, has a deep dark secret: he is terrified of elevators. The end of school trip to the amusement park is great…until Harry must face his fear to ride "The Drop of Doom". Series J KLI, J-PBK KLI

Krulik, Nancy. Super Burp!
When fourth-grader George starts at a new school, he vows to become a model student instead of the class clown he has always been, but just as his plan is going really well, he is overtaken by a magic burp that turns him back into a mischief-maker. One in a series. J KRU

Lee, Honest and Matthew J. Gilbert. The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13.
When unlucky teacher Ms. Linda LaCrosse wins the lottery, she shares her winnings with her class-giving each student over a BILLION DOLLARS! J LEE

McDonald, Megan. Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid.
The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school. J MCD, J-PBK MCD

Osborne, Mary Pope.  Dinosaurs Before Dark.
A tree house that travels through time? Not possible, says Jack. But he has to admit--when he and his younger sister, Annie, start running into dinosaurs--that they're not in Frog Creek, PA, anymore. For more adventures see other titles in the Magic Tree House series.  J-PBK OSB, J-FAN OSB

Patterson, James. Dog Diaries.
When the evil Mrs. Stricker threatens to send Junior, Rafe Khatchadorian's dog, back to the pound, Junior and Rafe go to obedience school to learn how to follow the rules. J PAT

Pilkey, Dav. Dog Man.
George and Harold have created a new breed of justice. With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound digs into deception, claws after crooks, rolls over robbers, and scampers after squirrels. Will he be able to resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty? J-GRAPHIC PIL

Sachar, Louis. Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger.
Wayside School is just a bit odd. Right now it seems to be raining substitute teachers – Mr. Gorf (why does he have three nostrils?), Mrs Drazil (who remembers unfinished homework – even fifteen years later!), and Miss Nogard (an unbelievably nasty lady who reads minds!). Life is never dull at Wayside School. J-PBK SAC

Scieszka, Jon. Summer Reading Is Killing Me!
Fred, Sam and Joe are off on another adventure. This time their summer reading list has fallen into "The Book" and its magic has transported our heroes to Hoboken where they meet a 266-pound chicken, the Headless Horseman, and Peter Rabbit, along with every other character from every book on the reading list! Will the guys make it home? Can they return the escaped characters to their rightful books? One in a series J-PBK SCI

Thaler, Mike.  The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon.
Expecting ferocious animals and maniacal monsters, the class is relieved when mean Mrs. Green takes them for a day of fun at the zoo. A young boy's imagined school trip makes the real trip look mundane.One in a series J THA, J-PBK THA

Vernon, Ursula. Dragonbreath.
Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell get an up-close underwater tour of the Sargasso Sea from Danny's sea-serpent cousin, encountering giant squid and mako sharks--and learn about standing up to bullies in the process. First in a series J-FAN VER

Wight, Eric.  Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom.
Fourth-grader Frankie Piccolini has a vivid imagination when it comes to cleaning his disastrously messy room, but eventually even he decides that it is just too dirty. One in a series J WIG

Winick, Judd. Hilo (series)
When a mysterious boy falls from the sky, friends D.J. and Gina must discover the secrets of his identity and help him save the world. J-GRAPHIC WIN