Stick Dog Tries to Take the Donuts is the fifth book of the Stick Dog series. The starts with the dogs feeling hungry(again) and looking for food in Karen’s favorite garbage can. Suddenly, they hear a weird noise, so they go to investigate it. They found that it was near an apple orchard that they hated because they were always hungry for apples, but couldn’t reach up to take any from the trees. The noise turned out to be from a repairman fixing an electric line on a crane.
Summary: Rowley and Greg have a fallout. Greg has 2 options: Christopher Brownfield and Tyson Sanders. Greg chooses Christopher. Greg tries auditioning for the Peachy Breeze ice cream, but he is discriminated against for his age. He also goes to a different dentist, a professional, not for kids. He has to wear headgear, but it gets lost. Then his mom takes classes and the family takes care of themselves, resulting in Frank's ankle being twisted. Greg now has increased responsibilities, like waking himself up.
Dogman Unleased is a graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, the second book of the Dogman series. In this book, it is Chief’s birthday so the cops have a birthday party and gift him “memory dots” and a pet fish. At his house, Chief accidentally causes the drops to fall on the fish, making it super intelligent and allowing it to do things like telekinesis. Later, there is a robbery at the pet store, and everyone thinks that it is Petey.
Dog Man by Dav Piley is a graphic novel featuring George and Harold(main characters in the well-known Captain Underpants) and a comic they wrote when they were “younger”. This book starts out with a policeman who wasn’t intelligent but was strong, and his dog who wasn’t strong but was very intelligent. An explosion occured, and conveniently the police’s body survived and the dog’s head survived. They got sewn together, and Dog Man was created.
Stick Dog Chases a Pizza is the third book of the Stick Dog book series, by Tom Watson. This book starts out with the dogs watching Karen spin around in a circle trying to catch her tail, which she loves doing, causing Stripes, Poo-Poo, and Mutt to tease her. Stick Dog changes the topic and Karen decides that she wants to play frisbee. Karen finds a box with a cardboard circle in it which they plan to use as a frisbee, but before they start playing Stick Dog realizes that it has flavors so all the dogs lick it clean.
Stick Dog Dreams of Ice Cream, by Tom Watson, is the fourth book of the Stick Dog series. The book starts with the dogs lazing around on a burning hot summer day, trying to figure out ways to cool down. They find some human kids playing around in a sprinkler, and once they move away, they play themselves. But this method of cooling is only temporary and not very satisfying. Suddenly, they hear some horrible music, and see a weird-shaped truck with a man inside giving humans cylinders with spheres on it.
Its summertime and Greg Heffley is looking forward to playing video games and spending time with his friends. However, Greg's dad has other plans: He's decided that some father-son bonding time is in order. Desperate to prevent his dad from ruining summer vacation, Greg pretends he has a job at a ritzy country club. But Greg's plan backfires, leaving him in the middle of embarrassing mishaps and a camping trip gone wrong.
Stick Dog Wants a Hot Dog is the second book of the Stick Dog book series. In this, the five dogs start off relaxing on a hot summer day near a river. Then, they hear a tingling bell, the origin of which each dog guesses. One dog suspect that it is a flying cuckoo clock controlled by a cuckoo bird. They investigate, and it turns out to be a frankfurter (hot dog) truck. They are extremely hungry as dogs always are, and devise plans to steal some hot dogs.
Greg Heffley’s middle school is in big trouble. See, the people at Greg’s school aren’t exactly the smartest. So, when standardized testing scores for Larry Mack Middle School come out, they are abysmal scores. Because of this, funding gets cut into the school, leading to all sorts of wacky situations Greg has to deal with, like rationing school supplies, advertisements plastered everywhere across the school, renting out rooms to the police and beekeepers, and so much more, all with a school that is falling apart.
Nate Wright, an 11-year-old sixth grader at P.S. 38, knows he's destined for greatness. He even has a list of things he could be great at. When he opens a fortune cookie that says he'll achieve greatness today, his ambitions hit an all-time high. Nate is sure it's his time to shine, but the big question is: what will he be great at? As the day goes on, things keep going wrong, and he makes one teacher after another furious at him. Will he actually achieve greatness like the fortune says, or will this day just end up on Nate's "Worst Days Ever" list?
