Dan Greenburg | white house | Joy Masoff

Secrets of Dripping Fang series by Dan Greenburg (Harcourt, $10): It’ll be a frightfully good time for eight- to 12-year-olds who immerse themselves in the world of the Shluffmuffin twins.
Wilky, the White House Cockroach by Howie Schneider (Putnam Juvenile, $17): Somebody has made a cockroach seem cute. Talk about a metamorphosis.

Oh, Yikes! History’s Grossest, Wackiest Moments by Joy Masoff (Workman Publishing, $15): Do you think it’s possible a kid wouldn’t love a book with a title like that? Neither do we.