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Marcia Thornton Jones

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Joliet, The United States

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Marcia Thornton Jones has published 131 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. Her works include CHAMP (mid-grade novel), RATFINK (mid-grade novel), GODZILLA ATE MY HOMEWORK (chapter book), THE TALE OF JACK FROST (picture book) and LEPRECHAUN ON THE LOOSE (picture book). She is the co-author of seven popular series including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, Keyholders, Ghostville Elementary, The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Books, Triplet Trouble, Bailey City Monsters, and The Barkley School for Dogs.

Marcia has been listed as a top 100 author by the Educational Paperback Association and selected for the Children’s Top 100 Books list by the National Education Association, International Readi ...more

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My Story Behind the Story

I’ve written about how, a long, long time ago, in a galaxyfar far away, before the first Enterprise took flight, before the TARDIS wasstolen, there lived a sickly child. And, as it turns out, this sickly childread a lot.

Way back then, I lived in the wild, wild west on the front range of Colorado.Colorado Springs was small then, full of open spaces. The public library wasway, way on the other

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	Leprechauns Don't Play Basketball (Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #4) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Marcia T. Jones 3.76 avg rating — 1,969 ratings — published 1992 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cupid Doesn't Flip Hamburgers (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #12) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Marcia T. Jones 3.90 avg rating — 1,853 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Santa Claus Doesn't Mop Floors (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #3) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Marcia T. Jones 3.77 avg rating — 1,595 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aliens Don't Wear Braces (Bailey School Kids #7) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 1,329 ratings — published 1993 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genies Don't Ride Bicycles by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), John Steven Gurney (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 3.82 avg rating — 1,183 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frankenstein Doesn't Plant Petunias (The Adventures Of The Bailey School Kids, #6) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), John Steven Gurney (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 1,191 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mermaids Don't Run Track (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #26) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), John Steven Gurney (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 1,151 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pirates Don't Wear Pink Sunglasses (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #9) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Marcia T. Jones 3.71 avg rating — 1,097 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gremlins Don't Chew Bubble Gum (Adventures Of The Bailey School Kids, #13) 3.78 avg rating — 1,041 ratings — published 1995 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skeletons Don't Play Tubas (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #11) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), John Steven Gurney (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.72 avg rating — 993 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Holiday Specials (5 books)
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John Steven Gurney (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

3.85 avg rating — 1,125 ratings

Ghostville Elementary (17 books)
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Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author),

Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author)

3.81 avg rating — 1,120 ratings

The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Books (9 books)
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Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author),

Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author),

Joëlle Dreidemy (Illustrator)

3.87 avg rating — 943 ratings

The Bailey City Monsters (11 books)
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Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author),

Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author)

3.89 avg rating — 474 ratings

Barkley's School for Dogs (12 books)
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Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author),

Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author),

Amy Wummer (Illustrations)

4.18 avg rating — 270 ratings

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Expressive Figure Drawing: New Materials, Concepts, and Techniques

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“What are you going to do?” Cindy asked as we walked home. “You can’t keep missing recess. We need you on our soccer team.”
“I can’t keep missing homework,” I added. “I’ll have all F’s on my report card.”
Cindy’s eyes got big. “Your parents will kill you.”
― Marcia Thornton Jones, Godzilla Ate My Homework

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“Cindy thought Godzilla was great. She liked him better than her ant farm. After all, there wasn’t much you could do with pet ants except watch them work.
We played with Godzilla all afternoon, and all the next day, too. Godzilla liked it when we made tunnels out of grocery bags.”
― Marcia Thornton Jones, Godzilla Ate My Homework

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“Sharing Godzilla with the rest of the second grade wasn’t the best part about Mr. Morris’s plan, but it was better than what Margaret had in mind. She wanted to cook Godzilla for dinner. I didn’t like Mom and Dad’s idea of taking Godzilla back to The Wagging Tail Pet Store, either. So when Mr. Morris said Godzilla could be a class pet, I decided it was the best idea of all. I did the responsible thing. Now Godzilla lives in Mr. Morris’s classroom.”
― Marcia Thornton Jones, Godzilla Ate My Homework

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