Synopsis: This bountiful series introduces young readers to a myriad of animals who inhabit the earth's wet wonderlands.-- A Parents' Choice Approval for 19 title book and tape series.-- Each book includes an informative note and glossary full of fascinating facts confirmed by the Smithsonian Institution curators.-- Read-along cassettes incorporate authentic sea sounds, such as real-life recordings of dolphins and whales.-- Toys authenticated by…

Synopsis: More mysterious cases for "America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers" to solve for the standard twenty-five-cent fee. Solutions are included at the back of the book.

Synopsis: Funny, touching stories about Koko's learning experiences; her fascination with animals; her friendship with another gorilla, Michael; her relationship with her human mother; and her mischievous sense of humor. Color photos.

Synopsis: Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and are spending the summer mountain climbing in New England. A dangerous rockslide, a mountain cave, and a secret treasure are a few of the adventures in store for the boxcar children!

Synopsis: One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer in a lighthouse on the New England Coast. Jessie sees a mysterious woman walking on the grounds of the lighthouse late at night. Watch, Jessie's dog, wakes up growling almost every evening--at…

Synopsis: The adventures of the Alden family as they ride across country in a caboose that has a strange history--or is it a mystery?

Synopsis: Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, and his computerlike brain are on the case! No case is too small or too big for the boy detective. He'll solve every mystery in Idaville. Readers are on the case, too, with answers in the back! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.

Synopsis: Full color by Eleanor Mill. In this now classic story about a black family, shy Mary Jo shares her father at Show and Tell.

Synopsis: Shortstop Sandy makes the error of not telling fellow players why he leaves ballgames early and alienates them further by excluding them from his friendship with an older boy.

Synopsis: Having once had his heart broken, Jack keeps it in a bucket safe from harm until one day a young maiden asks him to solve a riddle which teaches him the true meaning of love.

Synopsis: Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, habitats, and different kinds of spiders

Synopsis: Ma, Pa, Laura, Mary, and Carrie settle on the prairie land of Minnesota where runaway cattle, wolves, torrential creeks, a grasshopper plague, and a long blizzard offset the joys of a new house, school friends, church socials, and the comfort of a town only three miles away.

Synopsis: After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.

Synopsis: Four orphaned children used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and in their new life encounter various adventures and mysteries.

Synopsis: A stunningly illustrated Level 4 Hello Reader! Science title that introduces young readers to the fascinating world of big cats! When most people think of cats, they imagine house cats. But this easy-to-read title focuses on the amzing lives of big cats, from lions, togers, and leopards, to jaguars, cheetahs, and cougers. All are endangered species, and all are extraordinary. Young readers will learn accessible facts about how these mysterious…

Synopsis: The desert is a sea. A hot sea, a dry sea, a rock and stone and sky sea. Full of color, creatures, and surprises all its own.

Synopsis: A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.