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

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

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

Synopsis: "Describes in countdown format 10 of the world's fastest cars"--Provided by publisher.

Synopsis: A Boston Wedding... A Veiled Threat... A Dangerous Environment... When Nancy attends a wedding in Boston, she encounters a marriage marred by mischief. The groom may have stolen the bride's heart, but a thief has made off with her antique lace veil! From a mansion in Cape Cod to a museum of witchcraft in Salem, Nancy, Bess, and George follow a trail of intrigue and deceit across the New England countryside. They uncover the shocking story…

Synopsis: Nancy Drew gets involved in an arts colony that resides on an old estate in River Heights. Someone is threatening the director--either for revenge or for the land--and Nancy is determined to find out who the culprit is. Grades 4-7. 2002. (Nancy Drew mystery stories ; 166)

Synopsis: Which is the most dangerous snake? Can lizards walk on water? You'll find the answers to these and over 100 other intriguing questions inside this superbly illustrated book.

Synopsis: Browsers and young students alike will enjoy these lively question and answer books with their unique mixture of realistic, full-color illustrations and engaging cartoons. The enticing questions will amaze, amuse and inspire, while the highly visual format encourages kids to keep reading.

Synopsis: In 2000, teenage dino-hunter Tyler Lyson stumbled across the fossil remains of a hadrosaur in the remote hills of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota. More than a collection of fossilized bones, Tyler discovered a three dimensional mummified dinosaur—a dinomummy. He and a paleontologist from the University of Manchester in England, Dr. Phil Manning, led an excavation that would change the way we think about dinosaurs. Named for its place of…

Synopsis: Provides miscellaneous information about various kinds of animals in a question and answer format, covering such categories as fight or flight, camouflage and color, and extreme living.

Synopsis: More delightful fun with the Brainwaves. This time they blast off into space to bring the science to you - in fabulously fun--and funny--text. Stars, galaxies, black holes, nebulae, asteroids, and more are discussed in clear text, meant to engage and entertain readers of all ages.

Synopsis: Presents information about some of the ways various animals protect themselves.

Synopsis: Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring introduces an exciting interactive series for middle grade readers--Spy on History, where the reader gets to experience history in a whole new way, now in paperback. Meet Mary Bowser, an African American spy who was able to infiltrate the Confederate leadership at the highest level. Enigma Alberti dramatizes Mary Bowser's suspenseful story--how she pretended to be illiterate, how she masterfully evaded…

Synopsis: For true believers only, a lavishly illustrated reproduction of a legendary volume by the world's most distinguished dragonologist. Don't let it fall into the wrong hands!Do you believe in dragons? Now, for the first time, the long-lost research of renowned nineteenth century dragonologist Dr. Ernest Drake is presented in all its eccentric glory, happily bridging the gap between dragon legend and fact. The meticulous Dr. Drake assigns Latin…

Synopsis: Follow the path of the awe-inspiring polar bear as it strives to survive in an age-old Arctic habitat threatened by global warming.Huge, magnificent, and solitary, a polar bear moves through the frozen Arctic. Powerful hunter, tireless swimmer, tender mother, gentle playmate — she is superbly adapted for surviving, even thriving, in this harsh and icy climate. Written in poetic language interspersed with fascinating facts, Nicola Davies'…

Synopsis: In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected — and making the extraordinary come true. What if? Why not? Could it be? When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An…

Synopsis: A powerfully moving, authentic portrait of the Statue of Liberty, told through the eyes of those who created her and illustrated in glorious detail. "Soon America will be one hundred years old. I share my dream of a birthday gift." It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea, but ten years later Édouard Laboulaye’s dream catches fire and takes shape. Sculptor Auguste Bartholdi gives the dream the form of a lady, holding a torch to…