New Reader books
* = mystery
Stop That Woman!*
Tom cuts hair.
Tom cuts hair all day in his shop.
Tom's feet hurt.
After Mrs. Judd won't pay him when she says he makes her face fat, Tom catches her robbing the bank.
Hi, Doll
Deb has a new job. It's an office job.
Deb likes everything about her job except Mac, who won't keep his hands off her. Deb blows the whistle on Mac.
Hush, Little Baby
When her baby cries, Pam picks him up.
"Hush, baby," she said. "Don't cry."
But the baby keeps crying.
Everybody tells Pam what to do about her crying baby--and everybody disagrees with everybody else.
I Didn't Do It!*
Dan is working hard. He's pulling weeds out of his brother's garden. Dan gets hot. He wants to wet his whistle.
When Dan goes to the store for a can of cold soda pop, he's accused of shoplifting and has to prove his innocence.
No Hunting*
Every fall, Roy and Dot hear many shots. They find beer cans by the road.
"These are no hunters!" Roy says. "These are fools with guns."
Roy and his friend Andy set a trap for a poacher.
No More Cats
Jan misses the old cat. She wants a kitten.
"No more cats!" Bob says. "If a cat comes, I go."
But a kitten turns the tables on both of them.
Dear Mary Ellen*
Ruby is a bride in white, but the white is her hair.
When she goes to a quilting group, Ruby begins to wonder whether her husband killed his first wife, dear Mary Ellen. She solves the mystery of Mary Ellen's death.
