Adventures of Philip and Emery

Could the Frankenstein monster, Dracula and the Wolfman actually move into someone's respectable neighborhood? Philip and his best friend Emery are convinced it has happened when a suspicious new family moves in down the block. The boys have seen the vampire bat; they've heard the werewolf's growl; they've witnessed the coffin delivery to the house. When Emery's mother invites the new family to dinner, Philip and Emery have no choice but to prepare for the worst.

Philip and Emery dread their school assignment, perform an activity demonstrating brotherhood. Philip gets an inspiration, though, when a neighbor tells him about her women's club fair, which will raise money for charity. He and Emery decide to create a game for the fair and donate the money they collect. Creating a game proves more difficult than they thought, especially when Leon, Emery's unlucky cousin, shows up to help out. Can Philip and Emery, deliver their game on time, or will Leon's monumental bad luck prove their undoing?

Philip begins his summer in a bad mood. His mother insists he clean his room. But when, Philip allows Leon, the clumsy jinx-boy of the neighborhood, to help, it sends Philip and his best friend Emery off on the wildest summer adventure they've ever had. Missing jewelry, stolen pants, a crazy Aunt, and secret trips to the police station keep Philip and Emery hopping until the night when it all explodes!

Philip's Christmas turns into a disaster when his troublesome younger cousin Francis shows up to stay for a few days. Nothing is safe, not the Christmas tree, not the presents, and certainly not the good cheer of the season. Philip enlists his best friend Emery to help-out in entertaining Francis, but even a trip to the local mall to admire the decorations turns into a misadventure of epic proportions. Can anything bring some Christmas joy for Philip? Christmas morning holds the answer.

Philip's teacher gives the class an impossible assignment. He calls it a "scavenger hunt/research project." Philip blames it on his classmate Cecil, who asked for harder work to do. Philip and Emery team up, and thanks to a combination of inspiration, good luck, and hard work come up with a project the likes of which neither his class nor his teacher has ever seen.

Can a homemade mummy rise from the dead? Philip and Emery's pal Leon thinks so. He buries a tiny mummy in his backyard. When they attend a birthday party held in the Egyptian room of the museum, and a real, live, walking, talking mummy shows up and a valuable scarab goes missing, Philip and Emery have to figure out a way to get Leon out of a world of trouble.