Dave Whamond

"When Alien Nate's ship crashes down on Earth during a winter storm, he's befriended by Fazel, who takes him to school and introduces him to human life. Nate soon discovers that there are many things that make Earth and Earthlings great. He studies human customs, gorges himself on human food and tries to find a way to fix his ship to return to his home planet, Vega. But all the while he's chased by the Men in Beige, who desperately want to get Nate...

When Nick signed up to be a superhero, it seemed like a terrific idea. He was flattered to be chosen by Super Fantastic Guy --- picked for his intelligence, his investigative skills and his super-amazing hearing abilities. But as Super Fantastic Guy's assistant, Nick (who, by the way, hates being called a sidekick) didn't realize that he would have to do all of the work --- and get none of the credit. All Nick wants is an opportunity to prove himself....

Fifth-grader Bob is visited by the superhero Hot Dog from the planet Dogzalot to save earth from an evil alien.

Fifth-grader Bob and his best friend Clementine are visited by the superhero Hot Dog from the planet Dogzalot to warn of an invasion of evil pencils with plans to erase the whole world.

"For a long time, scientists have tried to figure out what separates us from animals. For example, one early hypothesis was our use of tools-until Jane Goodall famously recorded observations of chimpanzees making and using tools. In fact, it looks like the very things that we once thought distinguished humans, our creativity, our ingenuity, our capacity of planning or abstract thought, are the very things that actually make us very animal! Maria Birmingham...

A pint-size superhero and a villain do battle through an amusement park in this alphabetical exploration of comparatives and superlatives.

It's Career Day at Luggenheimer Elementary. When one parent arrives to talk about being a toy maker, things start to go mysteriously wrong. Now Hot Dog, Bob, and Clementine face the most mysterious villain ever hypnotizing plush hamsters.

The adventures of Hot Dog and Bob continue in this bone-chewing new episode! All was going well at the fifth-grade fundraiser until talking dogs from the planet Bowwowwowwow arrive to take over Earth and turn Bob and his unsuspecting classmates into their pets! Hot Dog and Bob must battle this new lazer-beam-chewie-wielding alien duo and save their friends and themselves!

Beware the perilous pencils in the second novel of the wacky series starring a fifth-grade boy and “a superhero in the form of a hot dog” (School Library Journal).
 
Be afraid of your pencil. Be VERY afraid!
 
Just when Bob is getting over their last battle with the grossly evil pizza alien, he and Hot Dog have a new enemy to tackle: crafty little pencil snatchers from the planet Pencilvania....