Synopsis: Key Features Description The New York Times-bestselling I Survived series expands to include this thrilling nonfiction exploration of five true stories of survival from some of history's greatest disasters. Stories include "The Children's Blizzard, 1888"; "The Titanic Disaster, 1912"; "The Great Boston Molasses Flood, 1919"; "The Japanese Tsunami, 2011"; and "The Henryville Tornado, 2012." The New York Times-bestselling I Survived series expands…

Synopsis: Key Features Description Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America. Far from any town, or news of the war against the King that American patriots have begun near Boston. But the war comes to them. British soldiers and Iroquois attack. Samuel's parents are taken away, prisoners. Samuel follows, hiding, moving silently, determined to find a way to rescue…

Synopsis: Silent night, holy night,All is calm, all is bright!It is a silent, snowy December night. Shopkeepers and country folk in the tiny Vermont village are hurrying everywhere, lighting candles, wrapping gifts, baking pies--getting ready. But for what? For Christmas Eve? Or is there more?The Miller family knows there is! Pa and the boys, little Andy and Jamie, rush to the train station through the blizzardy twilight to pick up Grandma Stokes. Old…

Synopsis: Flat Stanley goes northStanley Lambchop and his family are in British Columbia, Canada, for some skiing and winter fun. But when Stanley and his new friend Nick go snowboarding--with Stanley as the snowboard, of course--they take a midair tumble just as the wind picks up . . . and find themselves floating in an amazing Canadian cross-country journey that might just be Stanley's wildest adventure yet

Synopsis: "Pete the cat gets construction workers and equipment to build the coolest playground ever."--[Source inconnue].

Synopsis: It may have been funny looking, but the Volkswagen Beetle, with its bug-eyed headlights and engine in the rear, became one of the most popular cars of all time. The Story of Volkswagen Beetles tells about the German car that eventually spread across the globe. The book follows the car's creation, its soaring popularity in the 1960s, and its rebirth in the 1990s.

Synopsis: Shows Hooper, a Dalmatian who lives at a firehouse in Brooklyn, and describes the kinds of work he and the fire fighters do each day.

Synopsis: Describes the life of the celebrated author and activist for people with disabilities, chronicling her achievements and the challenges she faced along the way.

Synopsis: "Peck! Crack! What's inside that egg? It's a fuzzy, downy duckling!" -- Page [4] of cover.

Synopsis: Key Features Description When a little boy receives a goldfish named Norman, it's not the kind of pet he had in mind. When he tries to trade Norman for a "good pet," things don't go as planned, but he soon learns that Norman is a better pet than he thought. When a little boy receives a goldfish named Norman, it's not the kind of pet he had in mind. When he tries to trade Norman for a "good pet," things don't go as planned, but he soon learns…

Synopsis: Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Synopsis: From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Roald Dahl was a champion of the underdog and all things little—in this case, an orphaned boy oppressed by two nasty, self-centered aunts. How James escapes his miserable life with the horrible aunts and becomes a hero is a Dahlicious fantasy of the highest order. You will never forget resourceful little James and his new family of magically overgrown insects—a ladybug…

Synopsis: When His Family's Restaurant And Cuban American Neighborhood In Miami Are Threatened By A Greedy Land Developer, Thirteen-year-old Arturo, Joined By Carmen, A Cute Poetry Enthusiast, Fight Back, Discovering The Power Of Poetry And Protest Through Untold Family Stories And The Work Of José Martí.

Synopsis: Bowser is a mutt, just adopted by eleven-year-old Birdie Gaux and her grandmother, but when they all get home to Grammy's bait and tackle shop in the bayou they discover that their prize stuffed marlin has been stolen--so Bowser decides to investigate, and things quickly become complicated and dangerous.