Herbie Jones has a lot to learn in the third grade -- can he handle it? HERBIE JONES AND HIS BEST FRIEND, Raymond, are stuck in the Apples, the lowest reading group in the third grade. But being in the Apples is not their only problem. There's the...
Ever since Herbie Jones had to be Annabelle's partner in the class dance contest, he's been acting weird, even going to the library instead of going fishing with his best friend, Raymond. Lucky for Herbie, Raymond is determined to get to the bottom o...
With Herbie and Raymond in charge, nothing is safe from harm. PICK UP THE CLASS GIFT? Piece of cake, think Herbie and Raymond. After working so hard to earn the money for their teacher's end-of-the-year present, Herbie and his best friend are up t...
Horrible Harry makes second grade really exciting. But, as Doug knows, being his best friend isn't always easy. Harry loves to do horrible things, like showing Song Lee his pet snake and making her scream, or pinning Sidney to the ground and making h...
A funny and heartwarming story from the creator of the beloved Horrible Harry series.
Herbie Jones has finally made the baseball team. But Herbie's the worst player in Laurel Woods and everyone knows it. To stay on the team, he knows he'd bett...
Herbie Jones, a hero? No way! All Herbie wanted to do at the bank was change his 568 pennies into $5.68. He didn’t count on the robber...or spilling the pennies...or tripping the robber and foiling the crime! Now Herbie and Raymond are heroes. T...
With Harry in class, second grade is always full of surprises...horrible surprises! When Harry suggests that the class draw cobwebs to decorate the school, everyone loves the idea. But Harry has a secret plan... and his cobweb turns out to be the ...
Live ants are coming to Room 2B, and Harry gets to take care of them when they arrive! As Ant Monitor, he'll be helping the teacher transfer all of the ants to their new home in the classroom where everyone can watch them. But Harry's horrible ide...
All Herbie wanted to do at the bank was change his 568 pennies into $5.68. He didn't count on tripping a robber and foiling the crime! The best part of it all, though, is Herbie's reward: the robber's dog Hamburger Head. But can Herbie keep him?...
When a contest offering a trip to Disney World for the best recipe using soy sauce catches his eye, Orp enters, unaware that his trip to Boston for the finals could make him famous in his own hometown. Reprint....
Room 2B is getting ready for the winter holidays. There are lots of fun activities and a class play. But then Miss Mackle's rocking chair breaks while she is sitting in it! With Miss Mackle in the hospital, things in Room 2B are not the same. Will...
Horrible Harry is going to ask Song Lee to marry him! What do Song Lee and kickball have in common? Horrible Harry loves them both, of course! With Valentine's Day right around the corner, Harry hatches one of his famous bright ideas. Before long,...
When his grandfather plans a visit, Herbie volunteers to move to the attic room, where weird shadows, sticky cobwebs, and strange noises turn out to be the least of his problems, in his sixth hilarious adventure....
Herbie's got to choose between his best friend...and the best party ever! HERBIE JONES IS EXCITED -- his best friend Raymond's birthday is just around the corner. But classmate John Greenweed is planning his party for that same day, and John's fa...
Excited by the appearance of her favorite author at school, Mary Marony panics when the author asks her to speak at the assembly, and when something terrible happens, Mary decides to go into hiding. Reprint....
Missing: one funny, fuzzy hamster! Song Lee's pet hamster, Yi, is the newest addition to Room 2B, and the whole class wants a turn playing with him. But when Yi escapes, the entire school is turned upside down, and the hamster hunt is on. Will Roo...
Orp and his best friend Derrick turn sleuth to start their own detective agency, the ""Famous Bathtub Investigators,"" but just when it appears that they have their first real case, they find themselves stuck with Chloe, Orp's younger sister and a...
It's a great day at school when Mary Marony's teacher brings in chocolate bars for the whole class. Mrs. Bird has hidden golden tickets inside the wrappers of five bars. Whoever picks the chocolate surprises will get to have lunch with Mrs. Bird. Mar...
A story of friendship and facing your fears from the beloved author of Horrible Harry.
When Herbie has to sleep in the attic at his grandfather's house, he's scared. The attic is dark and creepy. But fortunately, Harry's friend Ray and some ot...
Horrible Harry, the class clown from Room 2B, returns to the spotlight in a new batch of side-splitting adventures. Whether he's sticking his head in the water fountain, spying on the mysterious new teacher at school, or getting thrown into the schoo...
Everyone knows Harry has a HUGE imagination, but this time he's gone too far. Purple People? That only he can see? No one in Room 2B believes Harry, not even Doug, his best friend. But then weird things start happening that nothing else can explain. ...
Marvin Higgins, the Don Rickles of his second grade class, gets a taste of his own medicine, in the first illustrated novel in a new series by the author of the Mary Marony and Horrible Harry books. Reprint....
Revenge! Horrible Harry has sworn revenge on Sidney for tattling on him. What better time to carry out the plan than Room 2B's field trip? But Harry ends up knee-deep in trouble, and it's up to Song Lee to save the day! ...
The last day of second grade has finally arrived! To celebrate, Song Lee's having a party at the local amusement park. Everyone's talking about their favorite rides. Harry brags that he likes all the rides, as long as they're scary. So his sworn enem...
When Song Lee brings her water frog to school and feeds it liver in front of Room 2B, Harry falls in love. His best friend, Doug, can't stand all the mush -- love notes in class, secret glances across the room, and even a gift wrapped in red foil. ...
There's only one girl who can surprise Room B as much as Harry does: Song Lee! Song Lee may be shy, but underneath it all she has a big heart and a big silly streak. Just ask anyone in Room 2B! Who else would dress up as a cherry tree, wear green ...
When Harry finds an ad for a used telescope, Miss Mackle suggests that the class try to earn the money to buy it. They're studying the moon in school, and having a telescope would be just perfect. So the class gets together and decides to have a bake...
It's back-to-school time, and Harry and Doug can't wait to start third grade. But when they get to school, so many things have changed that they feel like they're on Mars. At least two things remain the same: Harry is still gross, and Sidney is still...
Horrible Harry and his classmates all love Halloween. Everyone wears a costume to school -- even Miss Mackle! Harry's costumes get scarier and scarier each year. He's been a slithering snake, a slimy green Loch Ness Monster, and a bloody Count Dracul...
Song Lee is the nicest person in Room 3B. That's why no one can figure out why anyone would send her an "I hate you" note. Song Lee takes the first note hard -- tears come to her eyes and she feels sick. But as the notes continue, Song Lee toughens u...
When their "surprise" class trip takes them to the town's brand-new ice rink, Molly and her best friend Morty are ecstatic until Molly finds her athletic abilities challenged by talented figure skater, Florence, and Molly is determined to prove that ...
No one in Room 3B could have ever imagined Song Lee and Harry in a fight, much less a war! Song Lee always laughs at Harry's jokes, they both love gross things, and they even got married by the big tree at the playground in second grade. In fact, the...
Marvin Higgins is always calling people names and making them mad. And because the new girl in class, Lucy Tinker, has hair that sticks up like a porcupine, Marvin starts picking on her. But Lucy decides to be mean, too, and scratches Marvin with h...
Harry and his classmates in Room 3B have some important holiday celebrating to do -- and they're talking about more than Christmas! Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Three Kings' Day, and the Korean New Year are holidays that some of the students celebrate, and Mis...
No one knows why Harry is wearing a necklace. Sidney thinks they're for girls. But when Harry opens the necklace cover and reveals a mini-microscope the whole class is intrigued. Everyone wants to try it, so Harry promises to show them all a kingdom ...
All aboard! Miss Mackle's class is learning about their ancestors, and everyone just found out that Ida's great-great-grandmother sailed on the Titanic -- and lived to tell about it. Miss Mackle decides to take the class on a riverboat ride, to he...
In the first new Herbie Jones story since Herbie Jones and the Birthday Showdown, Herbie has a serious problem: His best friend Raymond is moving to Texas. Herbie and Ray try to stop the move by making a mess when people come to buy Ray's house. But ...
After four days in a row of indoor recess, Miss Mackle's students are bored -- until Harry decides to solve the biggest mystery ever in Room 3B! There's a locked closet in the classroom that's been sealed off for years, and he wants to know what's in...
The class in room 3B knows a secret teacher party is happening in the library -- Harry's grandma even baked a special cake for it. But who is the party for? Harry and Doug plan to find out after school, but when they discover Harry's pet cat, Googer,...
The kids in room 3B have found out their teacher is engaged! But who’s the lucky groom? Harry goes into detective mode to find out, and Doug is willing to help -- until he sees Harry stealing a piece of evidence! Doug can’t believe what Harry has...
Herbie Jones and Raymond Martin haven’t been friends for long, but they already know they can count on each other in a pinch. When the class promises not to laugh when they make a mistake or do something silly, the boys are certain they can keep it...
Herbie Jones gets two surprises on his first day of second grade. One is meeting a new friend, Raymond Martin, on the way to school.The second is learning that the new teacher they have is Mr. Schnellenberger, not Mrs. (and Ray wants to call him Mr. ...
Horrible Harry has caused a lot of trouble at school, but he's never declared triple revenge on a classmate before! When Sid ruins an origami insect Song Lee made, Harry defends her -- by targeting Sid for some serious revenge. No one knows when, whe...
Horrible Harry knows he's the world's second-best detective (second only to Sherlock Holmes, of course), but the rest of the kids in Room 3B aren't as sure. So he's determined to prove himself by solving the latest mystery at South School: a cafeteri...
Horrible Harry has always loved insects, and he's recently discovered a new favorite: earwigs! He especially loves digging in the dirt to search for them. When he tries to tell his friends all about the creepy critters, though, no one but Song Lee wi...
The kids in Room 3B can't believe their luck! The post office has donated a real mailbox to their classroom, and Harry and his friends are excited to learn how mail is delivered. Miss Mackle assigns everyone a job -- Mary is in charge of the mailbox...
Harry loves gym class-except for climbing rope. He's just too afraid of heights. But then a special valentine that Song Lee made for Harry goes missing. Now Harry must climb the rope in order to prove who took the valentine. But will he be able to ov...
It's a horrible day for Harry: a classmate is calling him names; his library book is overdue; he's last in line for a turn to be the Room 3B VIP. Worst of all, it's cold and icy outside again, which means no outdoor recess. It's all too much for Harr...
Harry has always loved solving mysteries, and now his friends in Room 3B have learned to love it, too. So Harry challenges them to figure out what he has hidden in his giant, old suitcase. Led by a very determined Mary, the kids take turns solving cl...
Everyone in Room 3B knows that if Miss Mackle sees you playing with toys at your desk, she'll confiscate them for her June Box. So when a substitute teacher catches good-girl Song Lee with a pink origami pig, into the June Box it goes. The problem is...
Will the best artist win? The art teacher asks the students of Room 3B to draw posters of things they love, and one of them will get to display his or her artwork on South School's brand-new TV show. Harry doesn't care about the contest. Mary, on ...
The kids in Room 3B are holding a Sharing and Caring Tag Sale to earn money for charity. Song Lee and Ida are selling friendship bracelets, Doug is selling books, and Sid is selling delicious, fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. But something else is...
When the diamond on Miss Mackle’s engagement ring disappears, the kids in Room 3B are determined to help her find it -- especially Harry. The third grade talent show is coming up, and he wants to show off his skills as South School’s greatest de...
Nearly every kid in Room 3B is trying to get picked for the South School Safety Patrol Squad--especially Harry. Harry wants a star badge just like his grandpa's, so he works extra hard to be the perfect student: hanging up his jacket neatly, organizi...
Miss Mackle is getting married! But she didn’t invite any of her students to the wedding. The kids don’t understand it: a wedding is a time for families to be together, and they are Miss Mackle’s Room 3B family -- which is especially important ...
A story about appreciating and preserving the environment in your own backyard. Doug thought he knew everything about his best friend, Harry ... until he discovers that Harry has a secret hideout in the woods just outside of South School.Unfortuna...
Mary is always neat and organized, while Harry is horribly messy. But even Mary’s carefully planned schedule can’t help when things go wrong at her own birthday party. The party is supposed to start with the kids from Room 3B taking an exciting t...
Harry loves creepy-crawly things. But there’s one creepy-crawly thing that even he can’t stand: head lice! So it’s a terrible day when Harry’s friend Doug discovers lice in his hair. To make matters worse, Mary makes fun of Doug for being dir...
Horrible Harry is at it again in a rollicking story of Field Day adventures, mishaps...and revenge! It’s one of the best days at South School: Field Day! That means bean bag tosses, relay races, and tug of war. When Mr. Deltoid announces student...
Horrible Harry says goodbye in the 30th anniversary finale of a beloved series! The last day of third grade is approaching fast, but a farewell to Room 3B isn't the only goodbye Doug has to say this year. Song Lee and Mary are busy preparing an en...