M D Payne: 18 books

**Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library! Nothing mysterious about it! Learn all about how Scooby and his friends took over Saturday mornings--and then the world--in this debut title in the What Is the Story Of? series.** Most kids are familiar with the always-hungry,...

When Chris Taylor discovers that the residents of the retirement home where he volunteers are secretly monsters--and have stolen what appears to be his life essence--he leaves to recruit his friends to help him get it back. But once they return to the retirement home, the boys find themselves at the...

With Raven Hill blown into oblivion, Chris and the geriatric monster crew must search for new shelter. But they aren’t the only ones haunting their new home. The monster-juice-draining attacks continue at this new facility, but the ghosts have a fascinating weapon to defend against the onslaught: Boogers from Beyond!

After defeating an evil mummy in Egypt, Chris and the others are mystically summoned to the heart of the Congo by a new evil. There they find a legendary serpent beast that has infected all the kids with nasty, blistery, snake-filled zits. Together with their monster friends, the kids have to uncover the secret of the Python Pit and defeat this new slithering threat before it’s too late.

Beware the Belch Invaders! Chris and the gang head into outer space to battle a whole new breed of disgustingly evil creatures and to protect the greatest monster of them all . . . the moon—who is the source of all the world’s monster juice.

Another brain-oozing adventure After a successful battle to save the moon, Chris and the others find themselves back on Earth and trapped by an evil mummy in the depths of an Egyptian pyramid. Separated from their monster allies, the gang needs to summon an ancient magic to prevent braindraining mummification and defeat an onslaught of vicious scarab-beasts.

Chris Taylor and his friends are sent on an unexpected school field trip to a remote tropical island--only to find their new monstrous friends waiting for them. Once again, they need the boys' help: A new evil is on the rise. And it's a frightening sea monster made entirely out of dead skin. Will the boys be able to help defeat such a monster?

Reader beware! The biography of R. L. Stine, author of the hugely popular Goosebumps series, is a scary-good time! R. L. Stine began writing stories at the age of nine, after finding a typewriter in his family's attic. (Was it a haunted typewriter? Who can be sure?) Often referred to as the...

They stalk our myths and hunt our past—dragons—humankind’s greatest and oldest foe. Good, bad, legendary and deadly. Dare you enter the dragon’s lair? Thirteen tales of dragons, their friends and their foes. # Table of Contents "The Crown and the Dragon" by John...

Red. The color of blood, of war, of passion—and of a new unicorn herd. A Game of Horns: A Red Unicorn Anthology has gathered 21 original stories about red unicorns from famous and soon-to-be-famous authors, including New York Times best-selling authors Jody Lynn Nye and David Farland. Some...

Dragons are creatures of legend. Of magic. Of wisdom, nature, and the power of creation. They have been in every culture and mythology since the beginning of time. Writers are creatures of legend. With magic, wisdom, and the power of creation at their fingertips. They, too, are in every culture...

**★父母必讀，**腦科學教養經典代表作★ 你教養的方式，決定孩子大腦的發展 跟著腦神經權威╳兒童發展專家**，輕鬆學會12個腦科學教養大關鍵** 12****歲前教會孩子整理情緒右腦，連結理性左腦， 完成全腦均衡發展，成為創意理智兼備的孩子。 ◎****教孩子學會跟情緒好好相處，是父母給孩子最好的生命禮物 孩子吵著要買玩具，賴在地上怎麼勸也不肯走？ 跟孩子說不到兩句話就吵架，怎麼講都講不聽？ 當孩子的情緒亮紅燈，表示他的左右腦跟上下腦都處於分裂狀態！ 教孩子學會運用左腦安撫情緒，鍛鍊上層大腦、培養同理心，用運動改造大腦、化解怒氣。 整合上、下、左、右腦，孩子就能正確處理情緒，變得更加明理懂事，更有能力創造出美好的未來。 **◎光講理還不夠，要先同理孩子的情緒，**再理性引導 美國腦神經權威和知名兒童發展專家，結合最新腦科學、兒童發展心理學與臨床個案經驗， 提出整合左右腦的「全腦情緒教養法」，...

East meets West as an assistant dean at the UCLA School of Medecine and a celebrity Yoga instructor show how to use ancient Yoga postures for treating dozens of common ailments. Yoga has never been hotter in America, and now its benefits are being recognized far beyond the arenas of enlightenment...

How can today’s educators teach academic content to students with moderate and severe developmental disabilities—while helping all students meet Common Core State Standards? This text has answers for K-12 teachers, straight from 37 experts in special and general education. A followup...