Costume Parade: A QUIX Book

By Stephanie Calmenson, Joanna Cole and James Burks

From authors Stephanie Calmenson and Magic School Bus author Joanna Cole comes the fourth adventure of Allie and Amy, two friends who help a new friend in this silly, fun-to-read Aladdin QUIX chapter book that’s perfect for emerging readers!

Best, best friends Amy and Allie do absolutely everything together. It’s almost Halloween and this dynamic duo are sure they will win the costume party prize, but when they see a little friend in need, they must decide whether to help him or get to their party on time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: Jul 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781534452619

Stephanie Calmenson

Stephanie Calmenson is the author of over 100 books for children, which have been called “marvelous” (Publishers Weekly), “lyrical” and “hilarious” (School Library Journal), and “sweet, funny, and right on the mark” (Booklist). Before turning to writing, Stephanie was an early childhood teacher, a children's book editor, and Editorial Director of the Parents Magazine Press Read-Aloud Book Club. She lives in New York with her husband, Mark, and their dachshund, Harry.

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Cover: Costume Parade, by Stephanie Calmenson and Joanna Cole, illustrated by James Burks

Quix Fast * Fun * Reads

The Adventures of Allie and Amy

Costume Parade

By Stephanie Calmenson and Joanna Cole

Illustrated by James Burks

Welcome to ALADDIN QUIX!

If you are looking for fast, fun-to-read stories with colorful characters, lots of kid-friendly humor, easy-to-follow action, entertaining story lines, and lively illustrations, then ALADDIN QUIX is for you!

But wait, there’s more!

If you’re also looking for stories with tables of contents; word lists; about-the-book questions; 64, 80, or 96 pages; short chapters; short paragraphs; and large fonts, then ALADDIN QUIX is definitely for you!

ALADDIN QUIX: The next step between ready to reads and longer, more challenging chapter books, for readers five to eight years old.

Costume Parade, by Stephanie Calmenson and Joanna Cole, illustrated by James Burks, Aladdin

To Sloane Langer

Cast of Characters

Amy Cooper: Allie Anderson’s best friend

Allie Anderson: Amy Cooper’s best friend

Marvin Lopez: Dave Wang’s buddy

Dave Wang: Marvin Lopez’s buddy

Gracie Barnes: Bouncy, bubbly joke-telling neighbor and friend of Allie and Amy

Madame Lulu: Fortune-teller who is really Mrs. Suzie Tompkins, a neighbor in Allie’s building

Louie: Lost lizard

Mr. Michael Angelo: Owner of Michael Angelo’s Art Store

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Ring, Ring, Boo!

Ring! Ring! On Saturday morning the telephone rang at Amy’s house.

I’ll get it! called Amy.

She was sure