Jessica Scott Kerrin

Martin Bridge: On the Lookout! features three more illustrated stories about Martin's well-laid plans unravelling, with funny and touching results.

Trevor Tower doesn't worry about being short until he is assigned dog-walking duty with Loyola Louden, the tallest person in his class. But the dogs are a wonderful distraction, and even before Trevor and Loyola vow to solve the mystery of a missing spotted dog, they are becoming good friends. In this standalone prequel to the acclaimed novel The Spotted Dog Last Seen-a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing (2013)-Jessica Scott Kerrin...

While tracking clues from a secret code penciled in the margins of mystery novels at a public library, Derek Knowles-Collier discovers a time capsule, an unpublished author and a gravestone that may finally put his haunting past to rest. At Queensview Elementary, grade-six students are required to complete a community service unit as part of their school curriculum. Derek Knowles-Collier was sick when groups were assigned, so he is stuck with what's...

Join Martin Bridge as he reaches for the sky with two new stories and some activities to help kids explore the universe.

The first book in the Martin Bridge chapter-book series about a boy whose well-meant plans sometimes go awry.

It is the summer of 1961, and eleven-year-old Arno Creelman wants nothing more than to be an astronomer. Fortunately, his struggle with claustrophobia has little impact on his one true passion. Unlike his annoying friend Buddy, who wants to become an astronaut and is not at all bothered by the idea of flying in a cramped space capsule, Arno dreams of exploring the galaxies with powerful telescopes back on Earth. But first he has to enter a local radio...

Eight-year-old Martin Bridge returns in two out-of-this-world adventures.

When his dad builds him a tree fort, Russell thinks it is perfect--right up until he notices another tree fort going up three houses over.