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“I am retiring from my life as a superhero and have enclosed my cape. Use it well. Sincerely, Uncle George.”

Jo Schmo comes from a long line of crime fighters, but she’s just a normal fourth grade girl into boys and skateboards—until her uncle’s cape arrives on her San Francisco doorstep. Time to join the family business! Gramps shows Jo the tricks of the trade, and her dog, Raymond, becomes her slobbery sidekick. Just in time, too. Can Jo stop Dr. Dastardly and his deadly gang of dead dinos? Stay tuned for more adventures of Jo Schmo, complete with hilarious black-and-white illustrations.

Superhero Jo Schmo has a problem: There aren’t any crimes to fight in San Francisco! So she and her doggy sidekick Raymond build a time machine and head back to the Gold Rush Days to track down the notorious burping outlaw Wyatt Burp. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing back in the present time. Two mean girls have it in for Jo, and they’re lying in wait for her with a wrecking ball. If Wyatt and his Hole in the Head gang don’t get her, Gertrude and Betty will. Look out, Jo!

Fourth grade superhero Jo Schmo and her doggy sidekick Raymond are having a pretty rotten day—they just don’t know it yet. Danger is lurking all over the place: Dr. Dastardly and Numb Skull are planning a jail break, and they want to get revenge on Jo Schmo. Then a group of time-traveling pirates shows up in San Francisco and winds up on the wrong end of Jo Schmo’s famous fighting move, the Tasmanian Chop. So Pinkbeard the pirate joins forces with the dastardly doctor to concoct the evilest revenge plot ever. Watch out, Jo Schmo! And your little dog, too!

Melvin Beederman, superhero extraordinaire, faces his greatest challenge yet when a mysterious villain threatens his favorite rock band!Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name! But this time, Melvin Beederman may have met his match. The Grateful Fred, Melvin''s all-time favorite rock-and-roll band, is in danger. Someone has been sending threatening letters, and Fred himself has requested Melvin''s help:From: grateful@fred.comTo: melvin@beederman.comDear Melvin,We need your help. Someone has been sending us threatening letters. We don''t know who it is. Please come to our concert tonight, just in case.Sincerely,Fred of The Grateful FredCan Melvin and his partner-in-uncrime, Candace, find the culprit before it''s too late? Or will Joe the Okay Guy turn into Joe the Bad Guy and put an end to The Grateful Fred once and for all? In this third installment of the Melvin Beederman series, only the narrator knows for sure!

Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name!Meet Melvin Beederman. He''s a pretty good superhero, even though it always takes him five or six tries to get launched and flying. His weakness (every superhero has one) is bologna, which makes it hard to go into a deli. Still, Melvin manages to keep the city of Los Angeles free of nasty villains—once he''s airborne.Crash! Splat! Thud! Kabonk!This series has it all: hilarious story lines, amazing classic-comic-inspired illustrations, fearless new superheroes, and SNACKS!Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name!Melvin loves fighting crime in Los Angeles, until the McNasty Brothers, the baddest guys of all, start robbing banks—and Melvin''s superpowers mysteriously disappear. Enter Candace, a third-grade actress with some surprising new talents. Once they team up, nothing can beat these partners in uncrime. Nothing but bologna, that is . . .

Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name!Crime is at an all-time low in Los Angeles—but not for long. The McNasty Brothers have escaped from prison, and they want REVENGE. The superheroes need all their noggin power, and a little help from a pretzel-loving rat, to capture the baddest-smelling villains around.

A few million miles away from Los Angeles, danger is lurking. Evil aliens with some seriously hard to pronounce names like Zzykrkv are visiting earth from their home planet, Dork—to kidnap earthlings for their science class!While busy on a snack food errand . . . uh, mission . . . Melvin Beederman, official superhero of Los Angeles, senses that something doesn''t feel quite right. Can Melvin, Candance, and friends from the Superhero Academy prevail over extraterrestrial bad guys with a spaceship powered by a Gamma drive? Holy alien invasion!

When Melvin goes to Las Vegas for the Superhero''s Convention, Candace is left in charge of Los Angeles. Between the horrible bullies at school and the devious and sinister Spaz brothers (Major and his brother, Big), Candace has her hands very full. And someone has stolen her cape! How will she stop all the bad guys before the city is overrun with crime?The super-sidekick gets her turn in the spotlight in this fifth hilarious book in the Melvin Beederman series.

The three members of the Bad Guy Brotherhood have broken out of jail, and now they''re coming after the superhero who put them there: Melvin Beederman! Goofball McCluskey, Max the Wonder Thug, and Calamity Wayne are building a time machine so they can get Melvin before he ever became a superhero. Can Melvin and Candace travel back in time and reach the Superhero Academy to save young Melvin?

Melvin Beederman is fresh out of bad guys to catch. Or is he? Little does he know that trouble is brewing in a dressing room at a large department store . . .Devious and sinister Valley girls Chantele and Brittany aren''t just trying on clothes. They''re hatching a totally cool plan to take over the city. Will Melvin and Candace be outsmarted by two not-so-smart girls from the Valley?

Is Melvin Beederman DOOMED?Mysterious threatening e-mails, a sad sidekick, and . . . country music? Melvin Beederman and his partner in uncrime, Candace, are really in trouble. Once again someone is out to get them, and this time not even the Superhero''s Code can save Melvin from a terrible bologna-filled plight. Candace alone can rescue him—if only she can remember the country singer''s motto: "When all else fails, sing about your dog."Melvin Beederman has launched himself as a flying success with kids and adults alike. And the sky is the limit with this fourth book!