Books for our younger readers

Ages 8+

  • Book cover titled 'Max Temby and the Infinite Toys' by Gerry Swallow and Peter Gaulke, featuring children in winter clothing playing in snow, with a cityscape in the background, snow falling, and colorful presents and ribbons at the top.

    Max Fernsby and the Infinite Toys


    The Naughty List meets Elf in Max Fernsby and the Infinite Toys, a charming, hilarious, illustrated middle grade Christmas tale about three friends who join forces with the two wayward elves to save the holidays!

    “Fast-paced and laced perfectly with a little irreverent humor. Highly recommended.” –Laura Fields Eason

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  • Colorful cartoon illustration of animated characters standing in front of a portable toilet with a sign that says 'Portable Toilet'. The characters include a blue robot, a monkey, a boy with curly blonde hair, a boy with red hair, and a smiling adult. The background is bright green and the title 'Time Force!' is at the top in red text, with the authors' names, Gerry Swallow and Peter Gaulke, at the bottom.

    Time Force


    Who could have predicted that three kids living in a small, Midwestern town, would change the world? Over and over again.

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What smart people are saying about Max Fernsby…

Book cover titled 'Max Ternby and the Infinite Toys' by Gerry Swallow and Peter Gaulke, with a festive winter background featuring Santa hats, snow, and children in winter clothing playing in a snowy cityscape.

“Opening with a promise that readers have never heard a Christmas story quite like this one, Swallow and Gaulke certainly deliver in the unique zany shenanigans department..”

— Kirkus Review

“Nonstop action and toilet humor will find their audience in this double debut filled with ‘high jinks, shenanigans... tomfoolery... funny business... horseplay, and... buffoonery.”

— Publishers Weekly

“Max Fernsby and the Infinite Toys is an easy-to-read chapter book with lots of heart, humor and great characters."

— YA Book Central