Surprises are in store as Stink excavates his backyard in search of a relic from an extinct beast — and Judy lends him a little sleight of hand.

Mega-chomp! Stink wants to make the find of the century. He’s on a dig, dig, digging quest in his backyard to find a tooth from a saber-toothed cat, otherwise known as a Smilodon. Why not? Two kids in Michigan found a mastodon bone in a backyard stream, and a girl in Great Britain found a pterosaur bone.

It could happen! But Judy thinks the chances of finding a saber-toothed anything in the Moody backyard are one in a gazillion million. Will Stink make a discovery before their whole backyard caves in? Just right for newly independent readers, this latest story from Megan McDonald is sure to leave Moody fans with smiles as wide as a Smilodon’s.

• Judy and Stink Moody share a backyard adventure in this latest entry (#11) of the Judy Moody and Friends series. 
• Short chapters and ample, full-color illustrations will appeal to reluctant readers and kids who aspire to some day read the full-length novels about Judy and Stink. 
• Stink's enthusiasms for science and history are infectious while Judy acts as the benevolent big sister who comes to his rescue . . . with an unexpected turn that provides a surprising and entirely satisfying ending for any child on the beginning-reader spectrum.