Determined to win a new bicycle at the upcoming Science Fair, a boy enlists his friends to help capture a living dinosaur in their own neighborhood.

After being cast as the Ninja Master in his school's Halloween play, a boy decides it is time to catch the monster in his closet.

During story time the Gingerbread man comes alive, so the children make haste and quickly give chase but he runs too fast and is helped from a storybook cast.

Thanksgiving time is here again, but there's a turkey on the run! Can you catch this tricky bird before the school play has begun?

A rhyming tale of an elf who must avoid being caught in traps while assisting Santa on Christmas Eve.

A real, wily dragon winds through streets in China, eluding the traps set by a group of children during the Chinese New Year celebration.

Two children set out to capture a mermaid, but she manages to escape all of their traps.

'Are you ready to catch? From the New York Times bestselling series, How to Catch, this collection of eight adventure stories encourages kids to set their traps and get reading! Will you be able to catch a dinosaur? Outswim a mermaid? Or even net a yeti? Let these How to Catch tales take you on a reading adventure that will be sure to thrill again and again!'-from back of book