Ellen Potter

After surviving the crazy events of his first weeks in New York City, nine-year-old Otis Dooda is starting out at a brand-new school. He would love to make a good impression, but life in Tidwell Towers is never that easy. With his disgusting seatmate, the possible impending alien invasion, and the introduction of his new nemesis, Sid Frackas "The Greatest LEGO Genius Who Ever Lived" (a title Otis thought was his!), things are getting downright dangerous! Otis...

Hiding is Roo Fanshaw's special skill. Living in a frighteningly unstable family, she often needs to disappear at a moment's notice. When her parents are murdered, it's her special hiding place under the trailer that saves her life. As it turns out, Roo, much to her surprise, has a wealthy if eccentric uncle, who has agreed to take her into his home on Cough Rock Island. Once a tuberculosis sanitarium for children of the rich, the strange house...

A human boy and young Sasquatch explore the mysterious woods in this adventure by the author of The Squatchicorns. It's a big day for Hugo, Boone, and the students at the Academy for Curious Squidges (a Squidge is a young Sasquatch). Today's the day they'll get their Bimbling Badge, which allows them to explore the North Woods on their own. But humans, snakes, and sinkholes aren't the only things they have to look out for! The legend of a lizard-like...

In the fifth book in this charming chapter book series, a human boy and a young Sasquatch set off on an eventful treasure hunt through the North Woods Hugo and Boone were having a bad case of Nothing-to-do-itis: They have free time but can't think of a single thing to do! Finally, they decide to head to Uncle Figgy's Toy Store, where they discover the legendary Mad Marvin presenting his new invention: the Marvelous Monster Magnet! The only problem...

In her third adventure, Piper finds a whistle in the Fairy Tree. But what she really wants is a pony! Could the unusual whistle be magical after all?

In this second in the early chapter book series about Piper Green, her day starts with a run of good luck. Then her friend Jacob tells her too much good luck can mean bad luck is on its way. Sure enough, when she gets to school, Bad Luck is waiting for her. Can the Fairy Tree help break Piper's unlucky streak?

Meet Piper - a sassy seven-year-old who lives on an island in Maine and takes a lobster boat to school every day! Upset because her older brother has left Peek-a-Boo Island, Piper's refusal to take off his old earmuffs is creating problems for her at home and school. Then, Piper discovers the Fairy Tree - when she reaches into the hollow of the tree she finds a mysterious gift that sparks a new adventure. This is the first in a three-book beginning...

Prompted by a neverending stream of letters pleading for advice on how to be a better writer, successful children's authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter put their heads together to create this useful guide. With dozens of books and decades of experience between them, the authors brought their distinct personal styles to the advice they had to offer. Now they have done the same for this audio version, with each author narrating her own sections. Along...