Synopsis: Key Features Description This historic biography explores the details of Paul Revere's infamous horseback ride during the American Revolution. The ride took Revere through a tremendously perilous passage with numerous narrow escapes. Fritz ingeniously fills in the details of the heroic trek with humorous, authentic accounts of this heroic ride through Boston, Concord and Lexington. This story credits Revere with not only being the famous bearer…

Synopsis: When her family moves to New York from Hong Kong, Mei Mei finds it difficult to learn the alien sounds of English.

Synopsis: Mysteries follow super-sleuth Cam Jansen everywhere she goes...even to the community hobby show. Cam and Eric are checking out a sports memorabilia booth when a baseball autographed by Babe Ruth disappears. Can Cam catch the thief and recover the Babe's ball?The Cam Jansen books are perfect for young readers who are making the transition to chapter books, and Cam is a spunky young heroine whom readers have loved for over two decades.

Synopsis: An actual incident in which Norwegian children smuggled gold past the Nazis is the basis for this story of courage and patriotism

Synopsis: Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled, thinks Alexander, and he wishes he could be a wind-up mouse too. In this gentle fable about a real mouse and a mechanical mouse, Leo Lionni explores the magic of friendship.Illus. in full color. "Eye-catching, boldly colored collages illustrate this classic 'grass is always greener'…

Synopsis: Paperback Publisher: Scholastic Inc (1968) Language: English

Synopsis: An introduction to the life and career of the ichthyologist whose interest in fish began at the age of nine during weekly trips to the Aquarium in New York City.

Synopsis: A good shoemaker and his wife are very poor until they are visited by industrious little elves

Synopsis: From the Newbery-award winning author of Holes"Everyone take out your spelling books," said Mrs. Jewls. "It's time for arithmetic."Sue is so excited for her first day at Wayside School. But things at Wayside are far from normal-and Sue's teacher, Mrs. Jewls, is completely wacky. She expects the students to add and subtract words! Sue has never heard of anything so ridiculous. She knows adding apples plus oranges is impossible...or is it?…

Synopsis: Describes the desert environment and the different types of plants and animals that live there

Synopsis: Examines plant and animal life, minerals, and other riches below the surface of the ocean, and the potential havoc that humans can wreak in harvesting resources from the seas

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.