Books with author Michael Dahl

Finnegan's uncle receives an invitation to be a finalist in an international mystery writers' award competition. Since the author must be present to accept the prize, that means exotic Saharan travel for Finn and Uncle Stoppard. The competition winner will receive $1,000,000 and The Ruby Raven, a figurine of a dark, carved bird, with real ruby gems as eyes. It's no surprise that all of the writers are eager to win this coveted award, in fact some are dying to possess it.....

I DON'T KNOW WHY I FELT SICK. I MEAN, YES, IT WAS THE FIRST DEAD BODY I EVER SAW. BUT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE COMFORTABLE. AFTER ALL, MY WHOLE FAMILY LIKES DEAD THINGS....Thirteen-year-old Finnegan Zwake is staying with his Uncle Stoppard, a bestselling mystery writer, and still hoping his parents will return from an archaeological expedition in Iceland. They disappeared there several years ago.Life with his uncle is fairly normal -- until the day Finn discovers a body in the basement. A dead body. It's in the storage area where Finn's parents left behind gold treasure from their last expedition. And missing from the storage space is a magnificent Mayan gold figure, the Horizontal Man....

Discover the power of FRIENDSHIP in this must-have picture book featuring DC Comics' WONDER WOMAN! As one of the World's Greatest Super Heroes, WONDER WOMAN has many powers and abilities, including lightning-quick speed, super-strength, and a golden lasso. But her most important skill of all? Being a friend! In this addition to the bestselling DC Super Heroes Picture Book series, the Amazon Princess demonstrates the traits and importance of healthy friendships. With bright, bold illustrations and action-packed text, award-winning author Michael Dahl (Bedtime for Batman, Good Morning, Superman, and Be a Star, Wonder Woman) crafts a fresh, exciting way to approach this social and emotional learning (SEL) skill while pleasing super hero fans, young and old.

Late one night, two friends hurry home after a birthday party ends. On the way, they spy a small lending library that hadn t been there before the party. When they open the little door and browse the books, a claw reaches out and pulls the girls inside! They find themselves trapped in a dark world with a shadowy beast that has a taste for voracious readers . . ."

"WHAT IS THE TURTLE'S NAME?""MY NAME'S FINN," I SAID.THE PIRATES GASPED.THE GIANT PEERED DOWN AT ME. I FELT LIKE A BUG UNDER HER BOOT. "FINN," SHE SAID. "A GOOD NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO WILL JOIN THE FISH."Swept overboard during a thunderstorm in the South Seas, thirteen-year-old Finn lands on a tropical island, with palm trees, nesting turtles, beautiful sunsets, and...a dead body. Finn and his famous mystery-writer Uncle Stoppard traveled to the Great Barrier Reef in search of Finn's long-missing archaeologist parents. Instead they are both picked up by a ship full of fierce modern-day pirates and their fearless female leader, Blue Jade. No sooner are Finn and his uncle onboard when mayhem breaks loose: someone is secretly poisoning the crew members, one by one. Furious, Blue Jade gives Finn and Uncle Stop twenty-four hours to find the killer and prove their own innocence. Otherwise they will face her deadly pets Mittens and Fluffy, two man-killing blue-ringed octopuses....

The Librarian has long worked in the shadows to guard the Library of Doom and its collection of deadly books. But now bestselling author Michael Dahl is bringing the hero’s adventures into the light with Secrets of the Library of Doom! Young readers will uncover new thrills and new mysteries in this popular chapter book series, where the powerful Librarian is always prepared to save the day from the world’s most peculiar monsters and sinister book-hungry villains.

A game of tag turns monstrous one night in the forested village of Pine Bluff, where kids who are it for too long transform into something terrifying. When little Mateo goes missing after being it, the kids begin to worry who the next victim will be, only to discover that the truth may be scarier than they thought! Follow along with Mateo and others in this collection of scary stories.