Synopsis: Brain Teasers for Kids - Riddles for the Whole Family "The mind once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions." Ralph Waldo Emerson This kids book is a collection of 300 brain teasing riddles and puzzles. Their purpose is to make children think and stretch their minds. They are designed to test logic, lateral thinking as well as memory and to engage the brain in seeing patterns and connections between different things…

Synopsis: Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti brings the story of a young girl caught up in a web of murder, lies, and the Great Fire of Chicago to bold life. In the spring of 1871, fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose learns that her parents have been killed in a terrible carriage accident. After her uncle Edward and his awful wife, Adeline, move into the Pringle family's home -- making life for her and her younger brother, Gideon, unbearable --…

Synopsis: Merlin the Magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. So the enchantress Morgan ask Jack and Annie to help. They must travel in the magic tree house to the majestic world of ancient Japan to find one of the secrets of happiness. They have a research book to guide them and a magic wand with three special rules. Will that be enough to help Jack and Annie complete their mission?

Synopsis: Jack and Annie must save four new magicians from an evil sorcerer who wants their secrets! They travel back in time to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, France. But the fair is crowded with people, exhibits, and amazing inventions from all over the world. How will they ever find the new magicians? And will their own magic be any match for the evil sorcerer?

Synopsis: Jack and Annie visit the Paris World's Fair of 1889 in an effort to protect four scientific pioneers from an evil sorcerer.