Laurie Friedman

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Mallory McDonald has her eye on the perfect purse, but it's too expensive and Mallory's mom is not buying! So Mallory comes up with the perfect plan to get the perfect purse. She'll just start a business! Yet starting a business isn't as easy as it seems. Mallory finally earns enough to buy what she wants. But if her business is such as...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Mallory McDonald is turning nine! And she is ready to celebrate getting the past year over-one troubled with moving, starting a new school, making new friends, and sibling rivalry. Mallory wants her ninth birthday to be extra special. So instead of celebrating just one day, she plans an entire "birth month" celebration. But soon, things...

Simon Lester Henry Strauss and his friends are making their way through a haunted house filled with all kinds of creepy creatures. His friends are running scared at every turn, but brave Simon Lester isn't afraid of anything. That is, until he finds himself taken by surprise in this humorous, rhyming story. Writing prompts extend learning and encourage creative thinking. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Spunky, eight-year-old Mallory McDonald is very unhappy when her parents decide to get her older brother Max a dog. Why would her parents agree to such a thing? Dogs are smelly and bark and chew on things. Plus, they already have a perfectly good cat, Cheeseburger. When they finally get the puppy, it's worse than Mallory imagined....

Everything in Mallory McDonald's life is changing! Fourth grade is over and summer is off to a shaky start. The Winstons are moving from Wish Pond Road to a bigger house across town, so Mallory's best friends, Mary Ann and Joey, won't be living next door anymore. And her friend Chloe Jennifer will be gone for the whole summer. On top of all this, Mallory's cat, Cheeseburger, suddenly gets sick! How will Mallory deal with all these changes? Will the...

Mallory McDonald has four big problems. Problem #1: The boy she likes doesn't like her back. Problem #2: Her brother is mad at her. Problem #3: Her dad is upset about her math grade. Problem #4: Her brother's dog won't leave her alone, and he smells terrible! When it comes to boys, brothers, dads, and dogs, only one thing is certain: Mallory is about to become an expert! A NOTE FROM MALLORY MCDONALD: Welcome to my official guide to boys, brothers,...

The world is a stage for Mallory McDonald!When Mallory tries out for a part in the school play and gets the lead, she is super excited. But not everyone shares her enthusiasm, especially her best friend Mary Ann. In fact, the more excited Mallory gets, the less excited Mary Ann becomes. Mallory can't understand why Mary Ann is acting so strange. Even though the lights are shining bright, is there something Mallory's not seeing? Can Mallory find a...

It's New Year's Eve and Mallory can't wait to celebrate! Her camp friends are coming to Fern Falls and she and Mary Ann have planned out every last detail for a perfect winter reunion and New Year's Eve party. But what Mallory hadn't planned on is getting sick. Poor Mallory has to ring in the New Year in the hospital instead of at home with her friends and family. Mallory thinks she's missing out on all the fun. Is this the beginning of the worst...

Milo is excited to participate in the fifth-grade science fair. He has worked hard to make sure his project is perfect. He wants to win the grand prize. But the night before the science fair, a glass of chocolate milk ruins all of his hard work. Can Milo and Harry work together to find a solution? Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. Downloadable Teacher Notes available....

When the GREEN GANG learns about the importance of planting trees to slow global warming, they spring into action. What steps will the GREEN GANG take to make a difference at their school? Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.