Ellie McDoodle — by Ruth McNally Barshaw

• May-2007
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One girl, one sketchbook. One week with the world's most annoying relatives! When Ellie McDougal's parents go out of town, she's forced to go on a camping trip with her aunt, uncle, cousins, and baby broker, Ben-Ben. Mosquitoes and poison ivy she ca...

• Jul-2009
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Moving to a new house? Bad. Being the new kid? Worse.

Ellie's family is moving to a new town, and Ellie is sure she won't fit in at school. The other kids play "new kid bingo" behind her back, and even the teachers can'...

• Aug-2010
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When her teacher assigns a report about animals and all the popular animals get snatched up, Ellie McDoodle is stumped for a topic. Then a neighbor asks Ellie to pet-sit her African gray parrot and it seems her problem is solved. But when the parrot ...

• Mar-2012
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Poor Ellie. When her friend, Mo, suggests they try out for soccer together, Ellie doesn't know her own father has just been named the coach! To make matters worse, Ellie can't seem to get her head (or her feet) around the game. She'd much rather be s...

• Jun-2013
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When Ellie McDoodle signs up to help with her school's production of The Wizard of Oz, she never expected it to be so much work! There are sets to help paint, costumes to plan, and then there's casting. When her best friend Mo gets cast as Wicked Wit...

• Sep-2014
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When Ellie McDoodle starts a school newspaper, she gets the scoop on the upcoming class officer elections. Ellie's friends and family convince her to run for president, so she starts a campaign (with lots of creative posters and props, of course). Bu...