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Books in Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs series

  • Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs

    Sharon M. Draper

    Paperback (Just Us Books Inc, Dec. 1, 1994)
    When the Black Dinosaurs, a club made up of four African American friends, discover what's hidden in an old trunk buried near their clubhouse, they set out to solve the mystery.
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  • The Buried Bones Mystery

    Sharon M. Draper, James Ransome

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, July 12, 2011)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Ziggy, Rashawn, Jerome, and Rico start a club--the Black Dinosaurs. But some one buried a box of bones behind their clubhouse, soon they're swept up in a mystery more intriguing--and scary--than anything they could have imagined.
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  • The Buried Bones Mystery

    Sharon M. Draper, Jesse Joshua Watson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Jan. 3, 2006)
    DEM BONES GONNA RISE AGAIN With their neighborhood basketball court destroyed by vandalism, Ziggy, Rashawn, Jerome, and Rico don't know how they're going to spend summer vacation. Then Ziggy has a brilliant idea (Ziggy is always getting brilliant ideas) they can start a club, with secret meetings and code words and special treasures. And so the four friends become the Black Dinosaurs, with a terrific clubhouse they build in Ziggy's backyard. But when the boys try to hide their treasures, they're swept up in a mystery more intriguing -- and scary -- than anything they could have imagined. Who could have buried a box of bones behind their clubhouse? And why is old Mr. Greene lurking around late at night, singing "Dem bones gonna rise again"? Trust Ziggy to come up with a daring plan to find some answers.... DON'T MISS ANY OF THE EXCITING ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK DINOSAURS
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  • Lost in the Tunnel of Time

    Sharon M. Draper, Jesse Joshua Watson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Jan. 3, 2006)
    Ziggy, Rashawn, Jerome, and Rico -- the Black Dinosaurs -- are thrilledto discover that their hometown was a stop on the UndergroundRailroad. Even more exciting, their new friend Mr. Greene hasgiven them an old map that shows a secret passage, dating back tothe days of the Railroad, right under their own school! How canthe Black Dinosaurs resist making plans to check it out?When a trapdoor slams behind them, locking them in the tunnel,there's only one thing they can do -- plunge deeper and deeper intothe darkness. Where will the tunnel lead them? And will the old,crumbling walls hold until they find their way to the end?
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  • Lost in the Tunnel of Time

    Sharon M. Draper, Michael Bryant

    Paperback (Just Us Books Inc, Feb. 1, 1996)
    When members of the Black Dinosaur Club go on a field trip to a school which hides tunnels used by the Underground Railroad, they get stuck in a collapsed tunnel
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  • The Space Mission Adventure

    Sharon M. Draper, Jesse Joshua Watson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 29, 2006)
    Ziggy and the other members of the Black Dinosaurs go to space camp where they learn about the space program and speculate about the existence of extraterrestrial beings.
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  • The Backyard Animal Show

    Sharon M. Draper, Jesse Joshua Watson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 24, 2006)
    After rescuing an orphaned deer, Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs club members decide to stage a neighborhood animal show to raise money for the local wildlife rescue center.
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  • Shadows of Caesar's Creek

    Sharon M. Draper, Jesse Joshua Watson

    Paperback (Aladdin, May 9, 2006)
    LOST!Ziggy and his Black Dinosaur pals are excited about their overnight camping trip to Caesar's Creek State Park -- it was named after an ex-slave who later became a Shawnee chief! Their camping counselor is descended from Caesar, and she fills the campers' imaginations with intriguing but sometimes spooky stories about her ancestor and Shawnee legends and traditions.So when Ziggy and his friends discover an old canoe in some bushes by the lake, they decide to sneak outside at night and test their courage like Shawnee youth in their manhood ceremonies. But Shawnee youth probably wouldn't have found themselves drifting in the middle of the lake with their paddles still on shore, or lost in the woods surrunded by strange noises. Could it be a bear? Or the ancient spirits of their counseor's tales?
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  • The Space Mission Adventure

    Sharon M. Draper, Jesse Joshua Watson

    Library Binding (Aladdin Library, Aug. 29, 2006)
    The Black Dinosaurs have always explored the past in their adventures, but now they're going into the future -- to Space Camp! They'll learn what weightlessness feels like, what astronauts eat, even how they go to the bathroom! Ziggy, of course, really wants to meet up with aliens -- purple, three-headed, fire-spitting Martians like the ones in his Mega Mighty Martian Blaster game.Ziggy soon discovers that real-life space travel is just as exciting as anything even his active imagination can cook up. Still, he can't help wondering where the mysterious shiny stone he finds might have come from. . . . The Black Dinosaurs have always explored the past in their adventures, but now they're going into the future -- to Space Camp! They'll learn what weightlessness feels like, what astronauts eat, even how they go to the bathroom! Ziggy, of course, really wants to meet up with aliens -- purple, three-headed, fire-spitting Martians like the ones in his Mega Mighty Martian Blaster game.Ziggy soon discovers that real-life space travel is just as exciting as anything even his active imagination can cook up. Still, he can't help wondering where the mysterious shiny stone he finds might have come from. . . .
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  • Lost in the Tunnel of Time

    Sharon M. Draper, Jesse Joshua Watson

    Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2006)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Contemporary African American boys model strong friendships and a knack for solving neighborhood mysteries.
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  • Lost In The Tunnel Of Time

    Sharon M. Draper, Michael Bryant

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, July 12, 2011)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Ziggy, Rashawn, Jerome, and Rico--the Black Dinosaurs--are thrilled to discover that their hometown was a stop on the Underground Railroad. How can they resist making plans to check it out, and where will the tunnel lead them?
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  • Stars and Sparks on Stage

    Sharon M. Draper, Jesse Joshua Watson

    Library Binding (Aladdin, Jan. 9, 2007)
    When Ziggy, Jerome, Rashawn, and Rico enter the school's talent contest, they are sure that they are going to win, until they meet a little girl with a big voice who not only has talent, but who needs the prize money even more than they do.
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