Pocket Universe Productions is pleased as punch to be working with one of the biggest publishers of books, graphic novels, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, and kids in the world: Scholastic Audio. The publishing powerhouse behind such titles as Harry Potter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Clifford the Big Red Dog, Scholastic celebrated 100 years of quality reading in 2020!

THE TERRIBLE TRIO!

It’s The Bad Guys meets Madagascar in a world where all animals have superpowers. Unfortunately Zeb the zebra, Margarine the penguin, and Barry the lemur have the WORST powers of all.

Book 1: The Not-So-Superheroes… Zeb, Margarine, and Barry end up at the back of the line the day superpowers are granted… and end up getting the short end of the stick. Margarine is granted the special ability to make macaroni and cheese. Barry is gifted with the power to write neatly. And Zeb? He can now blend in with a crosswalk.

Working at a café and watching everybody else save the world day in and day out, Zeb, Margarine, and Barry wonder if they will ever get to be superheroes for a day themselves.

THE UNDERDOGS

Welcome to Downtown Barksdale, the best downtown, paws down! Let’s meet The Underdogs! There’s Nova, Harley, Peanut, and Duke. Ready? Here we go…

Book 1: At Barksdale Academy, the pressure is on every year for one pup to be named Best in Show. Nova, Duke, Harley, and Peanut have to work together to pass their Agility Exam, because either the whole pack passes or the whole pack fails. But Duke is too afraid to climb the high ramp, Harley keeps chasing squirrels, and Nova’s so excited she keeps knocking the whole course over! Will the pups make the grade, or are they doomed to be Underdogs forever?

Book 2: We’re Not the Champions… Duke’s cool, funny, and charming cousin from Paris, Coco, is visiting for the K-2 loyalty exam. During this exam, the Underdogs and their classmates will participate in a field day event against a rival school. But during the K-2 exam, Coco can’t seem to get anything right! She trips during the six-legged race, and drops everything that’s thrown to her. If Barksdale loses the field day events, everyone will fail their loyalty exam! Can the Underdogs come to Coco’s rescue and save their school’s reputation?

ALSO, LEGO: A NOT-SO-SCARY MONSTER!

Written by Jonathan Fenske and originally available as part of the Not-So-Scary picture book, our LEGO mini-figure hero tries his hand at making monsters out of LEGO bricks, he learns that anyone can make a monster, but it’s so much nicer to make a friend. A story so silly that it’s scary! Well, sorta scary. This audiobook is exclusively available to libraries through OverDrive.