8Still scouring the earth for the right book for your reluctant reader? Want a hilarious children's chapter series that doesn't rely on toilet humor for your independent reader? Will short chapters and a few illustrations compliment your early reader's bedtime routine?

Max E. James: Adventures with Max and his big brother Cody, ideal for readers who are just beginning chapter books.

Max and Cody can't wait to go fishing with Dad. So when their new fishing poles are delivered, they dig up some bait and head for the local fishing hole. But this isn't just any fishing trip. Today, the boys are determined to catch Toothy Brutus, a creature so huge, so fierce, that nobody has ever reeled him in. Will Max and Cody hook the beast? Or will his legend live on?