The Case of the Library Monster (The Buddy Files, 5, Band 5) - Softcover

Butler, Dori Hillestad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807509361 ISBN 13: 9780807509364

Verlag: ALBERT WHITMAN & CO, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

"My Name is Buddy. I am a dog. I am also a detective." Buddy is in the school library and kids are taking turns reading with him. While Buddy listens to a ghost story, he hears rustling in the shelves behind him. He turns to look, but doesn't see anyone back there. He hears a book fall. Something smells strange. Not human…not canine, not like anything Buddy has ever smelled before. Could it maybe be the school ghost Buddy has heard so much about? When the child he's sitting with leaves, Buddy goes over to the shelves to investigate…and comes face to face with a mysterious creature that has a long, blue tongue. Buddy fans will cheer as their favorite dog detective solves another case with own great doggy style.

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Dori Hillestad Butler is the author of numerous books for children. Her books for Albert Whitman & Company include Tank Talbot's Guide to Girls, The Truth About Truman School, and The Buddy Files series. She lives in Coralville, Iowa, with her husband. They have two sons. She can be found online at www.kidswriter.com.Jeremy Tugeau has a degree in illustration from Syracuse University and has illustrated many books for children. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife, Nicole, and two lovely children, Ruby and George.

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When a mysterious lizard-like creature turns up in the school library, Buddy must investigate.

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The Buddy Files: The Case of the Library Monster

By Dori Hillestad Butler, Jeremy Tugeau, Dan Crisp

Albert Whitman & Company

Copyright © 2011 Dori Hillestad Butler
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-8075-0936-4

Contents

1. What Is THAT?, 
2. Busted!, 
3. Whoever Heard of a Blue-Tongued Skink?, 
4. I Smell a Monster!, 
5. The Secret Door, 
6. Stay!, 
7. Locked In, 
8. What Did Maya Do?, 
9. Before It's Too Late, 
10. Questions and Answers, 

CHAPTER 1

What Is THAT?

Hello!

My name is Buddy. I'm a therapy dog. That means I get to go to school with Mom and Connor every day. I lie down on a pillow in Mom's office, or here in the library, and people come and pet me all day long. I LOVE being a therapy dog. It's a very important job!

I'm not just a therapy dog, though. I'm also a detective. A detective is someone who solves mysteries.

There are a lot of mysteries to solve around a school. Right now I'm working on a case I call: The Case of the Four Lakes Elementary School Ghost.

I don't know if there's really a ghost at this school. I don't even know if I believe in ghosts.

Connor believes in ghosts. Connor is my human. He says a girl named Agatha went to school here a long time ago. She got burned in a fire and now her ghost haunts the school.

Here are some reasons I think there could be a ghost here:

* I've seen doors close all by themselves.

* I've felt cold air ripple through my fur.

* And just eleventy-two days ago (or maybe yesterday) I heard strange noises under the floor in the library. Like a ghost was trying to get out!

But all of that could have been caused by:

* The wind

* My imagination

I've never seen or smelled a ghost before.

Some of Connor's friends say they've seen Agatha. But they weren't telling the truth when they said it. A dog always knows when a human is telling the truth and when a human is lying.

Cat with No Name says he's seen Agatha, too. Unfortunately, there's no way to know if a cat is telling the truth.

But my friend Jazzy also says she's seen the ghost. Jazzy is a dog. Dogs don't lie. If Jazzy says she saw a ghost, then she probably saw a ghost.

Except ... I'm still not sure I believe in ghosts.

"Mrs. Christie?" a small voice cuts through my thoughts. "I don't think Buddy is listening."

The voice belongs to a girl who smells like orange juice, toast, peanut butter, and dog. I think Mrs. Warner said the girl's name was Jemma. Mrs. Warner is the alpha human at the library. Mrs. Christie is next in command.

"He's listening," Mrs. Christie says. "Just because he's not sitting up doesn't mean he's not listening."

Mrs. Christie is right.

But so is Jemma. I wasn't listening. I was thinking about ghosts.

I'm supposed to listen when kids come to the library to read to me.

It's another one of my jobs at this school.

Mom and Mrs. Warner and Mrs. Christie all say it's good for kids to read to dogs. Especially if those kids aren't good readers. They say kids who read to dogs:

* Feel more relaxed when they read

* Enjoy reading more

* Become better readers

* Are more willing to read out loud in class

* Start doing better in other subjects, too

I feel very good about myself when I hear humans say that.

But there's something Mom, Mrs. Warner, and Mrs. Christie don't know about me:

* I don't know how to read!

When kids read to me, I don't know if they're getting all the words right. So I just listen. And look at the pictures. Sometimes the pictures tell me if the words are right.

Jemma reads, "empty yellow buses cross the town."

Hmm. I think those are yellow buses in that picture. Some colors are hard for me to see. The buses look empty. Unless there are ghosts inside them? And the buses look like they're crossing the town. I think Jemma read those words right.

"You're so smart!" I tell Jemma, licking her cheek. Mmm. Peanut butter! I LOVE peanut butter. It's my favorite food!

Jemma giggles. "Don't lick me!" She wipes her cheek with her arm, then points to the book in her lap. "Just listen to the story."

"Okay." I rest my chin on her knee.

I like this book. It's all about school buses and what interesting lives they have driving around town, going this way, going that way. It would be fun to be a school bus, I think.

All of a sudden, I hear a strange rustling sound. It's coming from those bookshelves over there.

I raise my head and watch as a book on the bottom shelf slowly slides out of place. Then the book next to it slides out, too. Those books are moving all by themselves.

Maybe there really is a ghost in this school?

Sniff ... sniff ... sniff. There's a strange smell coming from those shelves. Something I've never smelled before. Is this what ghosts smell like?

"Okay, Jemma," Mrs. Christie says to the girl who's reading to me. "It's time to go back to your class."

"Awww," Jemma groans. "Can't I stay a little longer? I'm almost done with my book."

"I'm sorry," Mrs. Christie says. "We have a special visitor coming this morning, so we need to stop."

"Who's the special visitor?" Jemma asks.

"Bob, the Reptile Guy," Mrs. Christie replies. "He'll be here any minute, so I have to help Mrs. Warner set up for his visit. And Buddy needs to go back to Mrs. Keene's office."

Yes, but before I go back to the office, I need to find out if there's a ghost hiding in those bookshelves.

Jemma closes her book. "Can I do a trick with Buddy before I go?"

"A quick one," Mrs. Christie says. "Why don't you give him a high five."

I lift my paw and high-five Jemma. Then I yank my leash out of Mrs. Christie's grip and hightail it over to the bookshelves, my leash dragging behind me.

Sniff ... sniff ... sniff ...

Whatever is over there, it's on the bottom shelf. Behind all those books.

I paw at the books until they drop to the floor and WHOA! That's not a ghost hiding in there. It's a MONSTER. A strange, creepy-looking monster!

CHAPTER 2

Busted!

For a monster, he's not very big. In fact, he's way smaller than I am. And he doesn't have any fur. He has short, stubby legs with fingers and toes, scaly skin, and a long, skinny, BLUE tongue! I've never met anyone with a tongue like that before.

"Who are you?" I ask, sniffing him. "What are you? Where did you come from?"

He stares at me with round little eyes. Man, he smells strange! Sort of like sand ... and lettuce ... but something else, too.

I notice an open window at the end of the aisle. "Did you crawl in through the window?" I ask.

The monster scurries back behind the books.

"Hey!" I say. More books fall to the floor. "I'm talking to you!"

But that monster is FAST! I climb over the books and stick my head under the shelf so I can see him. He's climbing up the inside of the shelves!

"Where are you going?" I ask him. "You can't hide in our bookshelves. Mrs. Warner wouldn't like it."

I hear footsteps behind me. "What are you barking at, Buddy?" Mrs. Christie asks.

More footsteps. And another voice: "WHAT ARE ALL THOSE BOOKS DOING ON THE FLOOR?"

Uh-oh. That's Mrs. Argus. She's a teacher here. For some reason, she doesn't like me very much.

"I keep telling Mrs. Keene that dogs don't belong in school." Mrs. Argus scowls at the books that are...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ALBERT WHITMAN & CO
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0807509361
• ISBN 13: 9780807509364
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Tugeau Jeremy
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
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