Twelve-year-old Gabby and her lovable pet monster, Dwight, embark on plenty of adventures in their quest to improve Dwight's self-esteem. In this complete collection of Monster and Me stories, Gabby and Dwight attempt to steal the show in the school play, take the field in a teachers-vs.-students baseball game, turn into monster moneymakers in the class candy drive, and study up to become monster spellers for the district-wide spelling bee. No matter the outcome, these delightful stories show readers how to overcome life's little challenges.
Robert Marsh grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, but longed to live somewhere else. He pretended not to live in Omaha by reading lots of books. Every week, Robert checked out twenty books from the library. Since he didn't have time to read all those books, he would read the first chapter of each one -- then make up the rest of the story. Robert now makes up stories for a living and doesn't live in Omaha. Dreams do come true.