Walden Pond Press imprint: 108 books
Guys Read: Unaccompanied Minors
A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Jeff Kinney is pretty much the nicest guy you can hope to meet. Except when it comes to his brother, Patrick. The two of them have been locked in a battle for supremacy since they were young—a war that continues to this day. A short story from the acclaimed collection Guys Read: Funny Business, edited by Jon Scieszka.
by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Liam has always felt a bit like he's stuck between two worlds. This isprimarily because he's a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he's about thirty. Sometimes it's not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher on the first day of school or when he convinces a car dealer to let...
by Kevin Emerson
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
“Last Day on Mars is thrillingly ambitious and imaginative. Like a lovechild of Gravity and The Martian, it's a rousing space opera for any age, meticulously researched and relentlessly paced, that balances action, science, humor, and most importantly, two compelling main characters in Liam and...
Guys Read: Bouncing the Grinning Goat
A Short Story from Guys Read: Other Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Spark has stolen her brother’s armor and his sword, and now she’s looking for a job. But this job is going to bring much more than she bargained for, and even her wits might not be enough to save her. A short story from Guys Read: Other Worlds, edited by Jon Scieszka.
Guys Read: Plan B
A Short Story from Guys Read: Other Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Nathan has been locked in his room ever since “it” started growing back. They’re going to come for him soon, so he’s got precious little time to tell us what is happening. A short story from Guys Read: Other Worlds, edited by Jon Scieszka.
by Kevin Emerson
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
"Thrillingly ambitious and imaginative." —Soman Chainani, bestselling author of The School for Good and Evil, about Last Day on Mars
It is Earth year 2223, but the Earth, along with the entire solar system, is gone.
Liam and Phoebe, having barely escaped our exploding sun...
Guys Read: The Double Eagle Has Landed
A Short Story from Guys Read: Thriller
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Tim Diamond—the world’s worst private detective—takes on his most dangerous case yet, and it’s going to be up to his brother to keep him out of trouble. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked is the first in a series of zany, action-packed middle grade mysteries featuring platypus police detectives Rick Zengo and Corey O’Malley.
When a call comes in about a crime down at the docks involving a missing schoolteacher and a duffle bag full of...
Guys Read: Thad, the Ghost, and Me
A Short Story from Guys Read: Thriller
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
There’s nothing better than taking your timid little cousin Thad to one of those sweet haunted houses the 4-H Club decorates for Halloween. Except, of course, if the house turns out to actually be haunted. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.
Guys Read: Against All Odds
A Short Story from Guys Read: The Sports Pages
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Dustin Brown, all-star captain of the 2012 Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings, tells his story of how he went from being a youth hockey player in Ithaca, New York, to becoming one of the NHL's biggest stars.
This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.
Guys Read: Your Question for Author Here
A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Joe’s got a problem. He has to write to an author for a school assignment and get her to answer a bunch of questions. But the author he’s chosen, Maureen O’Toople, just doesn’t want to play along. Jon Scieszka and Kate DiCamillo collaborate on a hilarious and heartfelt short story from the acclaimed collection Guys Read: Funny Business, edited by Jon Scieszka.
Guys Read: The Distance
A Short Story from Guys Read: The Sports Pages
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
CJ just blew the half-mile relay for his track team, but the race on his mind is the one that's happening off the field in this short story from all-star author Jacqueline Woodson.
This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.
Guys Read: How I Won the World Series
A Short Story from Guys Read: The Sports Pages
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Children's author and lifelong baseball fan Dan Gutman recounts how he himself was actually the hero in the New York Mets' miraculous defeat of the Boston Red Sox in Game Six of the 1986 World Series—the infamous Bill Buckner game.
This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.
Guys Read: The Meat Grinder
A Short Story from Guys Read: The Sports Pages
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
If Devin Mack can't actually fight his father, he's going to fight everyone he can find on the football field.
This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.