Synopsis: Author of the best-selling Royal Diaries title, CLEOPATRA VII, Kristiana Gregory now takes readers to twelfth-century France and introduces Eleanor of Aquitaine, who becomes queen at age 15. Fourteen-year-old Eleanor of Aquitaine lives in a castle in Poitier, France, with her father Count William of Aquitaine (son of William the Conqueror), and her 12-year-old sister Petronilla. Their mother died several years earlier, so their grandmother and…

Synopsis: To escape the stress of the holidays, the Heffleys decide to get out of town and go to a resort instead of celebrating Christmas at home. But what's billed as a stress-free vacation becomes a holiday nightmare.

Synopsis: Greg Heffley and his family are getting out of town. With the cold weather and the stress of the approaching holiday season, the Heffleys decide to escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation. A few days in paradise should do wonders for Greg and his frazzled family. But the Heffleys soon discover that paradise isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous critters…

Synopsis: Weird but True. #13

Synopsis: The creators of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS, the nations's most popular kids' magazine, bring you bizarre and wacky facts about the olden days. Who knew history could be so weird?

Synopsis: Join the ponies as they celebrate their version of Halloween by dressing up in silly costumes, collect candy, and tell spooky stories about the evil Nightmare Moon. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.

Synopsis: An illustrated collection of twelve poems for children about family, food, and other Thanksgiving things.

Synopsis: A set of 18 books for first grade students reading at first grade reading level. These are leveled readers, or reading recovery readers for use in tutoring children using controlled vocabulary. Each story is 160 to 320 words.

Synopsis: Famous astronomer Dr. Arnot gives Nancy, Bess, and George a star-studded planetarium show and promises to let them gaze at the night sky with his famous telescope, the Starship 5000, but the telescope goes missing. It's up to the Clue Crew to investigate the suspects and track down the telescope snatcher.

Synopsis: This is the ultimate collection of Disney/Pixar Step into Reading leveled readers! With Step 1 and Step 2 stories based on the Disney/Pixar films Finding Nemo, Brave, Monsters University, Cars 2, and Toy Story 3, this is the perfect gift for boys and girls ages 4 to 6 who are just learning to read on their own.

Synopsis: "Take a stroll along the beach. What do you see? Young readers will learn all about the beach and the animals that call it home in this fun pre-reader. Through text features such as the vocabulary tree and the wrap-up activity, kids will be introduced to new words and concepts -- helping them expand their understanding of the world"--

Synopsis: Sam's dad says that he is too small to fly their new kite, but when Dad, the postman, a bank robber, and some zoo animals get pulled up into the sky, only Sam can save them.

Synopsis: Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you!This volume: in Coral Reefs, we…

Synopsis: In color photographs taken on the modern-day reproduction of the colonial "Mayflower" ship, an action-packed adventure follows the journey of William Small and Ellen Moore, two children traveling from England to the New World without their families. "A good addition to American history collections."--"Booklist."