Ben Mantle
1) Land shark
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A young boy named Bobby has a plan to convince his parents to let him get a pet shark for his birthday. Instead he gets a puppy, which Bobby did not ask for at all. However, it turns out that shark lovers can be converted to dog lovers, after all.
3) Perfect soup
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Murray the mouse goes into town for the carrot he needs to make Perfect Soup, and soon finds himself with a chain of favors that will work only if a friendly snowman can help him gets things started.
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When Arthur and Rose were little, they were heroes in the Land of Roar, an imaginary world that they found by climbing through the folding bed in their grandad's attic. Roar was filled with things they loved--dragons, mermaids, ninja wizards and adventure--as well as things that scared them, including a very creepy scarecrow. Now the twins are eleven, Roar is just a memory. But when they help Grandad clean out the attic, Arthur is horrified as Grandad...