Bill Harley

Shortly before school starts, Charlie Bumpers learns that he will have the strictest teacher in the whole school for fourth grade....

When his father takes a new job in Massachusetts, Ben Moroney must leave behind his best friend Tony, a western banded gecko named Lenny, and worst of all, the Arizona desert home he has loved and explored....

Audiences often ask Bill Harley if his stories are true. The answer is both "yes" and "no"...

If you were big and ugly, had a ton of sharp teeth, and a truly enormous appetite, you wouldn't need the...

Charlie, Tommy, and Hector have high hopes for their soccer team this season....

Bill Harley understands that, as kids, our job was to explore the gray area between yes and no. In this...

Charlie Bumpers has his heart set on playing the role of the evil Sorcerer in the fourth grade play. He's even got the laugh down pat: Mwa-ha-ha-ha!...

Charlie is looking forward to the big Thanksgiving gathering at his house this year, but he's having trouble being a polite host to his super-annoying little cousin, Chip....

Charlie and Tommy have big plans for Halloween. They hope to get out of taking their little sisters around and go trick-or-treating in Alex's upscale neighborhood instead....

When her mother dies, fifteen-year-old Mari is desperate to avoid being caught up in the foster system. Again. And to complicate matters, she is now the only one who can take care of her super-smart and on-the-spectrum nine-year-old stepbrother, Conor....

These wacky, but true, stories from growing up are about trying to figure out how the adult world works...

Everybody knows an Aunt Edith - picky, disagreeable, animal-hating, who couldn't possibly ever...