Synopsis: "For A.J. and the gang from Ella Mentry School, a night of regular trick-or-treating turns into the weirdest Halloween in the history of the universe."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Synopsis: Provides facts and trivia about the United States presidents, including George Washington's false teeth, James Madison's love of ice cream, Franklin D. Roosevelt's stamp collection, and Lyndon B. Johnson's amphibious car.

Synopsis: FrogsFrogs can jump thirty times their own body length, catch insects on the wing, and breathe underwater or on land. But they must always keep their skins wet. Read and find out why!

Synopsis: Merlin the Magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. So the enchantress Morgan ask Jack and Annie to help. They must travel in the magic tree house to the majestic world of ancient Japan to find one of the secrets of happiness. They have a research book to guide them and a magic wand with three special rules. Will that be enough to help Jack and Annie complete their mission?

Synopsis: Jack and Annie must save four new magicians from an evil sorcerer who wants their secrets! They travel back in time to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, France. But the fair is crowded with people, exhibits, and amazing inventions from all over the world. How will they ever find the new magicians? And will their own magic be any match for the evil sorcerer?

Synopsis: Describes the life cycle and behavior of sharks.

Synopsis: Ancient Earth was alive with creatures that have long since died out. Discover these strange dinosaurs, and the flying, swimming, creeping reptiles that shared their world.

Synopsis: An introduction to maps, geography, and ecological regions accompanies maps with small pictures of characteristic people, places, animals, and things, and the locations of the capitals of the countries of the world.

Synopsis: Winner of a Caldecott HonorA shy Japanese boy having difficulty adjusting to school is misjudged by his classmates. Chibi has been an outcast since that frightening first day of school when he hid under the schoolhouse. Afraid of the teacher and unable to make any friends, Chibi passes his free time alone — alone at study time, alone at playtime, always a "forlorn little tag-along." But when Mr. Isobe arrives, the teacher sees things in Chibi…