13th Street #5: Tussle with the Tooting Tarantulas (HarperChapters)

Cousins Malia, Dante, and Ivan are off on scary adventures on 13th Street once again! This time, Malia, Dante, and Ivan are looking for two missing classmates who have been kidnapped by huge, hairy spiders! Donya Chabela and Mickey will help guide Malia, Dante, and Ivan through the wacky world of 13th Street as they try to rescue their friends. The cousins will have to rely on the Zombie family and the shopkeeper and other characters from previous books to help them rescue their friends.

This is a hilarious book filled with adventure, time travel to another dimension, spiders, and toots! This book is great; it shows teamwork and perseverance. Finally, of course, everyone loves to read about toots because they are hilarious! The text is easy to read, but not too challenging, and I love chapter books that have illustrations. What I like most about this book is the few words in Spanish, which I can use context clues to decode if I am unsure about what they mean. I enjoy reading the hilarious 13th Street series and look forward to more of Dante, Malia, and Ivan’s adventures.