Untrue stories

Picture books

"Be prepared for this amusing storytime selection to be requested over and over." — Booklist

Once upon a time
(now, tell me if you’ve heard this one before)
locked away up in a tower,
lived a princess with the longest. . .
NOSE?

Fairy Tale Land has gotten a shake-up. All the stories are happening at once and . . . not exactly as they used to, once upon a time!

Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award

No one in the town of Bonnyripple ever kept a grudge.

No one, that is, except old Cornelius, the Grudge Keeper.

Ruffled feathers, petty snits, minor tiffs and major huffs, insults, umbrage, squabbles, dust-ups, and imbroglios—the Grudge Keeper received them all, large and small, tucking each one carefully away in his ramshackle cottage.

But when a storm flings the people together and their grudges to the wind, will the Grudge Keeper be out of a job?

Association of Jewish Libraries “Love Your Neighbor” Selection

(available in paperback)

Every Saturday in the apartment building, a delicious smell floated from 5-A. One Saturday, however, something wasn’t right.

When Goldie Simcha doesn’t joyfully throw open her door to welcome everyone into her apartment for a bowl of her famous cholent, her neighbors wonder what could be wrong.

Goldie was feeling too sick on Friday to cook, and everyone knows you can’t make cholent in a hurry, right away, chik chak! But it just isn’t Shabbat without the special meal. What can her neighbors do to save the day?

Indie Next Pick

(out of print in hardcover; available as ebook)

Rushmore Boulevard is the busiest street in town—until Agatha May Walker decides to do something about it. Armed with a batch of sweet and spicy gingersnaps, a wingback chair, a card table, and a Parcheesi set, Agatha and her best friend, Eulalie Scruggs, take to the street to reclaim it from the noisy cars, motorcycles, and giant trucks that rumble by all day long.

Can these lifelong friends convince their neighbors to stop and smell the honeysuckle, listen to the mariachi band, and best of all, sample the sweet and spicy gingersnaps?

Chapter books

(writing as Lewis B. Montgomery)

The Milo & Jazz Mysteries series stars two kid detectives-in-training who use STEM problem-solving skills as they race to unravel cases and save the day! Perfect for fans of Encyclopedia Brown, Cam Jansen and Nate the Great.

“Filled with earnest, clever kids being funny—and, more importantly, smart.” —Booklist

The Case of the Haunted Haunted House cover

The Case of the Diamonds in the Desk cover

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