Kate McMullan
Personal Information
Description
Kate McMullen spent her childhood in St. Louis, MO. After college and graduate school, she taught 4th Grade in Los Angeles and then at an American Air Force base in Germany. She wanted to be a writer, so she left teaching and moved to New York City where she worked in publishing and wrote in her free time. She met illustrator Jim McMullen, and in 1979 they married. She has written more than 100 children's books.
Books
The Phantom of the Opera
Revenge of the dragon lady
After accidentally killing a dragon, Wiglaf hopes his friends at Dragon Slayers' Academy will be able to help him prove himself a hero when he faces that dragon's mother, Seetha, the Beast of the East.
Class Trip to the Cave of Doom #3
The Dragon Slayers' Academy is back-and it's bigger and better than ever! The books have new covers and are now 112 pages long. Expanded from the old 96-page format, they now feature a fun Dragon Slayers' Academy Yearbook at the end of each story, with funny profiles of the faculty, the staff, and, especially, the students of D.S.A. All the things kids want to know about their favorite characters are revealed: their silly nicknames, inner secrets, wildest dreams, and lofty plans for the future!The Dark Forest just doesn't seem like the best place for a class trip. But that's where Seetha the dragon hid her gold, so that's where Wiglaf and the other kids from D.S.A. have to go-even if it means entering the booby-trapped Cave of Doom!Illustrated by Bill Basso.
Fluffy's happy Halloween
Fluffy, the classroom guinea pig, has a series of adventures when the students in Ms. Day's class celebrate Halloween.
The mummy's gold
Jake thinks that the mummy he meets at a movie theater is part of one of his brother's tricks, but he is wrong.
World's oldest living dragon
Sir Mort engineers a class trip to a home for "olde" knights. But when the lads and lasses arrive, they discover that Sir Lancelot has decided he's had enough of hacking and whacking and is ready for retirement himself. Find out how Erica (his most fervent admirer), Wiglaf, and the rest of the gang get Lancelot back in action, battling the feared Grizzlegore, the world's oldest living dragon.
Fluffy and the fire fighters
After fire fighters visit Ms. Day's classroom, Fluffy gets a chance to see what they do firsthand.
Fluffy's 100th day of school
Fluffy the guinea pig enjoys himself when Ms. Day's class has a party to celebrate the one hundredth day of school.
I'm dirty!
A busy backhoe loader describes all the items it hauls off a lot and all the fun it has getting dirty while doing so.
Fluffy's silly summer
Having gone home with Maxwell for summer vacation, Fluffy the classroom guinea pig goes swimming, enters a contest, and investigates a jungle.
Sir Lancelot, Where Are You?
After the witch, Morgana le Fay, puts a curse on Sir Lancelot, three knights-in-training from the Dragon Slayers' Academy set out to save him.
Sir Lancelot, Where Are You? #6
The evil witch Morgana le Fay has put a terrible curse on Sir Lancelot, and it's up to Wiglaf and his DSA buddies to find and save him. But they're just dragon-slayers-in-training. Can they really outsmart the trolls, witches, and other villains that stand in their way?
The new kid at school
The Dragon Slayers' Academy is back-and it's bigger and better than ever! The books have new covers and are now 112 pages long. Expanded from the old 96-page format, they now feature a fun Dragon Slayers' Academy Yearbook at the end of each story, with funny profiles of the faculty, the staff, and, especially, the students of D.S.A. All the things kids want to know about their favorite characters are revealed: their silly nicknames, inner secrets, wildest dreams, and lofty plans for the future!When a traveling minstrel foretells that he is to become a hero, Wiglaf sets out to fulfill his destiny: he signs up at the Dragon Slayers' Academy. But how can he ever hope to be a dragon slayer when he can't even stand the sight of blood?Illustrated by Bill Basso.
Under the mummy's spell
When Peter Harring kisses a mummy mask on a dare, he finds that he has fulfilled an age-old prophecy and must contend with an ancient Egyptian sorceress in order to right a terrible wrong.
Get to Work, Hercules!
Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the true story behind the Greek myth of Hercules and his heroic deeds.
Five Days Till Summer
Even though summer vacation starts in five days, Pearl and Wagner, a rabbit and a mouse who are best friends, worry about next year's teacher, mean Ms. Bean.
Beware! It's Friday the 13th
Things couldn't be better for the greedy headmaster of DSA. Lasses are lining up to enroll in his school, and more students means more gold! But when The Medieval Times headline announces that the Bad Luck Dragon is on its way to DSA, Mordred orders his students to hunt for every good luck charm ever invented. But can a bunch of phony 4-leaf clovers help Wiglaf and his friends defeat the dragon Snagglefahng?...or will their luck run out?