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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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Not long ago, the American Library Association compiled alist Top 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books: 2010-2019.

As the ALA explains:“The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) hasbeen documenting attempts to ban books in libraries and schools since 1990. OIFcompiled this list of the most banned and challenged books from 2010-2019 byreviewing both the public a

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	Champ 4.13 avg rating — 414 ratings — published 2007 — 6 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
	Ghost Class (Ghostville Elementary, #1) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 2003 — 6 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
	Reindeer Do Wear Striped Underwear (The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Book, #2) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author), Joëlle Dreidemy 3.81 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 2006	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
	Snow Monsters Do Drink Hot Chocolate (The Bailey School Kids Junior Chapter Book, #9) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author), Joëlle Dreidemy (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2009	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
	Ghosts Do Splash in Puddles (The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Book, #1) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author), Joëlle Dreidemy (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2006 — 2 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
	Vampires Do Hunt Marshmallow Bunnies (Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Book, #7) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author), Joëlle Dreidemy (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2008	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
	Ghost Game (Ghostville Elementary #2) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2003 — 4 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
	New Ghoul in School (Ghostville Elementary #3) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator) 3.61 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2004 — 4 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
	The Monsters Next Door (Bailey City Monsters, #1) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1997 — 4 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
	Happy Haunting (Ghostville Elementary, #4) by Marcia Thornton Jones (Goodreads Author), Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2004 — 6 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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Ghostville Elementary (17 books)
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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)

3.88 avg rating — 935 ratings

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

Debbie Dadey (Goodreads Author),

Amy Wummer (Illustrations)

4.17 avg rating — 271 ratings

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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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