Emily Jenkins
9) Skunkdog
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Dumpling, a lonely dog with no sense of smell, moves with his family to the country and makes a new friend who takes some getting used to.
12) Sticks & stones
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Nory, Bax, and their friends are in a special class at Dunwiddle Magic School, a class for children whose magic is unpredictable--and while Nory is finding an outlet for her dritten-self (a combination of a kitten and dragon), in the kittenball team, Bax is worried because all he can do is turn into a rock, and nobody knows why.
13) Dragon overnight
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Dory and her friends from Ms. Starr's Upside-Down Magic class set off on an overnight school field trip to Dragon Haven to see, and learn how to care for, dragons--unfortunately there are other students with regular magic there as well, so it is not long before the trouble starts." --
14) Showing off
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Dunwiddle Magic School (fifth to eighth grade) is intended for children whose magic is "upside-down" like Dory (who turns into a combination of a kitten and dragon) and Pepper (whose uncontrollable "fiercing" terrifies everyone around her)--so the Show Off, where fifth grade students are supposed to showcase their skills, does not really seem like a good idea.
15) Weather or not
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When Willa's upside-down magic rains, it pours. Clouds form under ceilings. Classrooms get flooded. Umbrellas must always be nearby, just in case Willa has an outburst. Willa hates being the source of such sogginess. Even worse, the more she rains, the badder she feels ... and the badder she feels, the more she rains. All the storminess is threatening to drown her good grades and flood all her friendships. Is there any way to use magic to make the...
17) That new animal
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The lives of two dogs change after a new animal, a baby, comes to their house.
18) Hide and seek
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When a flood forces Nory and her best friends to evacuate Dunwiddle and relocate to prestigious Sage Academy, the upside-down magic students have a hard time fitting in." --
19) The big shrink
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marigold Ramos thinks that her magical ability to make things small will come in handy as she and her friends protest the new rule banning their toy dragons from school, until her magic gets out of control and starts shrinking her friends.
20) Five creatures
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
In words and pictures, a girl describes the three humans and two cats that live in her house, and details some of the traits that they share.