A. E. Cannon – författare

Ordinary, boring Ed works a loser summer job at Reel Life Movies, where he doesn''t even have his own name tag. He''s stuck with "Sergio." Ed''s only consolations are his two best friends. Shelving DVDs isn''t so mind-numbingly dull with Scout cracking jokes, and after hours Ed hangs out with the superbrain, Quark. Life starts to look up when the girl of his dreams saunters into Reel Life. Ed knows he doesn''t stand a chance . . . but maybe, just maybe Sergio does. All he has to do is pretend to be a smoldering Brazilian stud for the rest of his life. Simple, right? But . . . Ed''s new dream girl has her own secrets, Scout wants to be more than Ed''s best friend, and his buddy Quark wants Scout for himself.

Star-crossed crushes make for hilarious misunderstandings as Ed guides his life toward disaster in this fresh, contemporary twist on Shakespeare''s Midsummer Night''s Dream.

When Teddy Krebs''s speedy if homely little dog goes missing right before the town Chihuahua races, fourth-grader Addie May Jones can''t resist Teddy''s plea for help. Soon she has two mysteries on her hands: Is there a dognapper on the loose? And why won''t Teddy stop making a pest of himself? Addie May turns detective to find the vanished pooch and at the same time discovers a bad case of puppy love.The Chihuahua Chase is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children''s Book of the Year.