Debbie Dadey

Marcia Thornton Jones

The Bailey Elementary School third graders are greeted at camp by Mr. Jenkins, a growling barefoot creature who eats raw hamburgers and avoids lights.

Werewolves Don't Go to Summer Camp

The third-graders at Bailey Elementary school suspect that their strange new gym teacher from Ireland, Mr. O'Grady, is a leprechaun.

Leprechauns Don't Play Basketball

The kids at the Bailey School wonder if the new worker at Burger Doodle, who has pale skin and sad eyes, is a ghoul spying for a vampire family.

Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream

The Bailey kids suspect the camp director at Camp Lone Wolf is a werewolf and the boat instructor, Captain Teach, is a pirate in search of buried treasure, despite his odd spectacles. Original.

Pirates Don't Wear Pink Sunglasses

The third-graders at Bailey Elementary School wonder if Mr. Jolly, the new custodian who keeps the school as clean and cold as the North Pole, could possibly be Santa Claus, but Eddie isn't so sure

Santa Claus Doesn't Mop Floors

John Gurney

One of the gargoyles is missing from the Bailey City Library, and the new bus driver looks exactly like the missing one!

Gargoyles Don't Drive School Buses

Mr. Belgrave, the new band instructor, is teaching everyone even a skeleton to play intruments.

Skeletons Don't Play Tubas

The whole school is turned upside down when the new cafeteria cook hands out her special Valentines Day cookies. Could she really be Cupid creating a love potion?

Cupid Doesn't Flip Hamburgers

The Bailey School Kids set out to uncover the secrets of their beautiful, singing track coach, who bears a striking resemblance to a mermaid whom the children have seen in a picture. Original.

Mermaids Don't Run Track

Genies Don't Ride Bicycles

Attending Camp Lone Wolf, the Bailey School kids encounter strange grown-up counselors, including a director whose hairy appearance makes him seem like a werewolf and a swim teacher who may be the Loch Ness monster. Original.

Monsters Don't Scuba Dive

When spooky things begin to happen at Aunt Matilda's house--including unexplained whistling and snoring--Eddie begins to suspect that his aunt's house is haunted. Original.

Ghosts Don't Eat Potato Chips

The new librarian in Bailey City has a long, white, pointed beard, seems to magically find books, and knows a lot about king Arthur's court. Could Mr. Merle really be Merlin, the legendary wizard?

Wizards Don't Need Computers

Miss Angela Michaels, the new karate teacher in Bailey City, who is also the school crossing guard, is so kind and generous that Melody becomes convinced that she is a guardian angel. Original.

Angels Don't Know Karate

The students at Bailey School suspect that the new school nurse, Mrs. Redding, is a Martian who has come to spy on Earth kids.

Martians Don't Take Temperatures

The Bailey School kids trail the new school secretary to find out why electrical appliances seem to blow up as regularly as her bubble gum!

Gremlins Don't Chew Bubble Gum

The Bailey School third graders are back! In their sixth adventure, the kids are on a "monter-ously" funny class trip!

Frankenstein Doesn't Plant Petunias

The winning rider is making a big splash at the Sheldon City raceway, and the Bailey School kids are beginning to get suspicious that the rider is really a sea monster.

Sea Monsters Don't Ride Motorcycles

Trying to discover the truth about their eerie new soccer coach's strange behavior, Melody begins to suspect that Coach Graves has been turned into a zombie, much to the delight of the Bailey School kids. Original.

Zombies Don't Play Soccer

The Bailey School kids are convinced that Roberta Bott is not a normal drama teacher, but really a robot trying to hack into the school's computer system.

Marcia Thornton Jones

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