Books with author Cara Carroll

The humorous adventures of four middle-school friends learning life-lessons.Jo and the School's Out Squad discover friendship in their first adventure, The Raspberry Race, Jo gets schooled about being honest, but her biggest lesson is about human nature.When 6th grader Jo Daniels gets into trouble for eating raspberries from her neighbor's bush, she gets help from her friends Betsy, Tommy and Leonard, and discovers her neighbor isn't who she thought she was after all.This middle-school chapter book is filled with adventure and fun for children aged 9-12.Hi! My name's Jo Daniels. I like to ride bikes, skateboard, and read! My favorite books are mystery books. Sometimes I like to solve mysteries! But don't tell my dad. I promised I wouldn't "get into any more questionable shenanigans." So I"m stickin' to plain, ol' shenanigans. Join me in a few! I'll tell you all about them in my next story, "The Mystery of the Blue Dog." --Jo

The humorous adventures of four middle-school friends learning life-lessons.Jo and the School’s Out Squad discover friendship in their first adventure, The Raspberry Race, Jo gets schooled about being honest, but her biggest lesson is about human nature.When 6th grader Jo Daniels gets into trouble for eating raspberries from her neighbor’s bush, she gets help from her friends Betsy, Tommy and Leonard, and discovers her neighbor isn’t who she thought she was after all.This middle-school chapter book is filled with adventure and fun for children aged 9-12.Hi! My name’s Jo Daniels. I like to ride bikes, skateboard, and read! My favorite books are mystery books. Sometimes I like to solve mysteries! But don’t tell my dad. I promised I wouldn’t “get into any more questionable shenanigans.” So I”m stickin’ to plain, ol’ shenanigans. Join me in a few! I’ll tell you all about them in my next story, “The Mystery of the Blue Dog.”—Jo

Shmadiggle and the Imagination Asteroid is fable for children and adults of all ages. Shmadiggle lives on Xiggle, a planet inhabited by people made out of springs, and she… Well, it’s about youngers and olders who befriend one another and love giggle pies, practice for jiggle marathons and dream of far away places, and why, if you run away from a challenge you may finding it waiting for you, on Imagination Asteroid, where Shmadiggle discovers, like it or not, the most amazing adventures! The book is one of an “inter-active” series of books called, “Imagine That!” in which younger reader-listeners are encouraged to draw or cut and paste, their own illustrations.

Dusty is a spunky cat imitating the behavior of others he sees from his window. At first he wants to be an attack cat, attacking animals and people who come into his garden. He discovers that no one likes him when his behavior is unacceptable. Dusty learns that good deeds get rewarded and he becomes likeable. Lastly, when he sees a dog on a fire-engine truck, he wants to be a fire-engine CAT. Dusty is an excellent model for young children. He learns no one likes unacceptable behavior and he becomes likeable when he does good things. Also, wanting to be something other than yourself can be non-ending.