Top 10 Chapter-Book Series to Keep Kids Laughing All Summer
The Bad Guys
by Aaron Blabey

A group of animal companions who look bad but perform good deeds overcome their inborn natures to work together for the sake of rescuing hundreds of dogs from a maximum-security dog pound.

Book 1 of The Bad Guys series
Bad Kitty Gets a Bath
by Nick Bruel

With bath time approaching, Kitty's owners do what they can to prepare themselves for the disaster they know it will become--and even have an ambulance waiting in the driveway just in case!

Book 1 of The Bad Kitty series

Bonus! There's also a set of picture books about Bad Kitty 
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom
by Matthew Swanson

Simultaneously alarmed and inspired by a fortune-cookie fortune that advises him to live every day as if it were his last, literal-minded Ben tackles a bucket list of unfinished tasks that get him in and out of trouble before his parents realize what is going on.

Book 1 of The Cookie Chronicles
Fart Quest
by Aaron Reynolds

After their masters are vaporized in a goblin battle gone badly, Fart, Pan, and Moxie, three lowly apprentices, decide to impersonate their mentors and pick up the mantle as heroes of the realm. But they need more than a fancy robe, magic staff, and book of magical beasts to be real heroes. They need a quest! So when The Great and Powerful Kevin puts out a call for help, seeking the coveted Golden Llama and its magical golden fart, young Fart and his friends jump at the chance and embark on a journey they were destined for. 

Book 1 of The Fart Quest series
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
by Judy Blume

Peter, who is tired of having to keep mischievous two-year-old Fudge out of trouble, discovers that his pet turtle is missing. 

Book 1 of The Fudge series
Max & the Midknights
by Lincoln Peirce

Max has always wanted to be a knight instead of a troubadour like her uncle - too bad her dream is about as likely as finding a friendly dragon! But when Max's uncle Budrick is kidnapped by the cruel King Gastley, Max has to act...and fast! Joined by a band of brave adventurers--the Midknights--Max sets out on a thrilling quest: to save her uncle and restore the realm of Byjovia to its former high spirits!

Book 1 of The Max & the Midknights series
Phoebe and Her Unicorn
by Dana Simpson

When Phoebe meets a unicorn named Marigold who grants her one wish, Phoebe wishes Marigold would become her best friend, and the two set off on adventures big and small. *A graphic novel series* 

Book 1 of The Phoebe and Her Unicorn series
The Princess in Black
by Shannon Hale

Hiding her secret identity as a monster-fighting superhero, Princess Magnolia interrupts her fancy tea with the unsuspecting Duchess Wigtower to stop a big blue monster from endangering her kingdom's goats. 

Book 1 of The Princess in Black series 
Stick Dog
by Tom Watson

When new middle-grade hero Stick Dog's quest for hamburgers turns out to be more difficult than he could have ever imagined, he challenges his friends to come up with a master plan that includes unconventional solutions.

Book 1 of The Stick Dog series
The 13-Story Treehouse
by Andy Griffiths

A first entry in a new series follows the efforts of Andy and Terry to meet a latest book deadline despite numerous distractions in their sophisticated tree house home, including flying cats, giant bananas and sea monsters pretending to be mermaids.

Book 1 of The Treehouse books
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