Synopsis: As seen on the SERIAL podcast, season 2, episode 1 ("Dustwun")! Open this wordless book and zoom from a farm to a ship to a city street to a desert island. But if you think you know where you are, guess again. For nothing is ever as it seems in Istvan Banyai's sleek, mysterious landscapes of pictures within pictures, which will tease and delight readers of all ages. "This book has the fascinating appeal of such works of visual trickery as the…

Synopsis: Intended to "help students build their vocabularies while they learn how to recognize distinctions among words whose meanings are closely related."

Synopsis: This dictionary contains all the words children use daily, with the easiest-to-understand, full-sentence definitions. Wonderful full-color illustrations and photos and interesting example sentences really make the definitions come alive for young readers.

Synopsis: A young boy finds a salamander and thinks of the many things he can do to make a perfect home for it.

Synopsis: The Katie Lynn Cookie Company is up and running! With the help of her grandmother and her best friend, Tina, Katie Lynn thinks she has everything under total control. But suddenly, the kitchen is feeling a bit overheated, thanks mostly to her mother's awful new hobby--French cooking. Now everyone's in the way: Mrs. Cooke, her runaway frogs, and Tina's little brother, Gerald. Don't look now, but some slimy snails are heading straight for the…

Synopsis: A brief and easy-to-read biography of the first President of the United States.

Synopsis: "It all started with a radio news flash as the bus carrying the 15th Hampstead Cub Scouts was nearing their campsite. An unidentified body, the victim of a deadly snake bite, had been found in the village to which they were going. At their campsite, they no sooner had their tents up than the tents were ransacked. Why? Why had the stranger pushed Albert into the river? Who were the mysterious guests at Miss Hylyard's? Was the curse of the…

Synopsis: 2017 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved classic Jennifer, Hecatate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth. Elizabeth is an only child, new in town, and the shortest kid in her class. She’s also pretty lonely, until she meets Jennifer. Jennifer is...well, different. She’s read Macbeth. She never wears jeans or shorts. She never says “please” or “thank you.” And she says she is a witch. It’s not always easy being friends with a…

Synopsis: "Hiscock uses a tree in his neighbor's backyard as the focal point for a discussion of a tree's life cycle. Using a nice combination of text and art, he follows the tree's growth over time--starting with its sprouting from a winged seed around the time of the American Revolution and ending with its evolution into a beautiful shade tree".--Booklist. Full color.

Synopsis: Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Amelia Earhart. Illustrated throughout.

Synopsis: It looks like Evaline Waters, a River Heights resident, is knee-deep in trouble. A huge corporation is suing her for her land; they want to tear down her house and put up a warehouse. And documentation of the zoning law that would protect Evaline's right to keep her land is missing. Figures! I've got to find that document, but it's hard to focus on the land when I'm cruising at ten thousand feet. See, Ned and I are taking flying lessons, him…

Synopsis: So I agreed to play the part of Esther Rackham in a film about the heist that gave River Heights its name, and there was all this trouble on the set, and I figured out who was behind it. Case closed, right? Wrong! Once the camera starts rolling, a huge fire breaks out on the set, setting back production again. We're running out of time and funds. At least the fire turns up a key clue about who started it, but I'll have to continue juggling…

Synopsis: A basic introduction to glaciers intorduction to glaciers includes experiments for children who want to find out if a glacier once covered the land where they live and explains how they form, their characteristics, and their impact on the earth

Synopsis: Perfect for introductory grammar and language arts lessons! What is an interjection? What is a conjunction? Explore language and discover how to identify interjections and conjunctions and the way they work in sentences. Praise for Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal! "Youngsters will delight in the rhyming text, which artistically weaves information through vibrant illustrations. ... This title is a must-have for school media centers as it provides…

Synopsis: In addition to being naughty and losing their company clothes to the passing Puddle-Duck family, Tom and his two sisters indulge in rowdy behavior when they are sent upstairs as punishment, while the barnyard collie and pups have to rescue Jemima Puddle-Duck from the fox's cooking pot.After losing their clothes to the Puddle-Ducks, Tom and his sisters are punished, while the collie rescues Jemima Puddle-Duck from a fox

Synopsis: In Peter Rabbit, Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught. In Flopsy Bunnies, the bunnies are captured by Mr. McGregor, but Thomasina Tittlemouse helps them escape and play a trick on Mr. McGregor.

Synopsis: Describes the top skateboarders throughout the history of the sport, from those of the 1970s to the top performers of the early 2000s.

Synopsis: An introduction to the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of England, including a map, legend, recipe, craft and game.

Synopsis: An introduction to the geography, culture, and people of Pakistan. Includes a map, legend, recipe, craft, and a game.

Synopsis: An introduction to the geography, culture, and people of Afghanistan. Includes a map, legend, recipe, craft and a game.