Synopsis: Aaron is plagued by the sounds of crying in his family's new home. Could they be the sobs of his late uncle's missing wife?

Synopsis: Experience the Joy of Music through Story and Song The award-winning duo of Greg…

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Synopsis: A biography of the automobile racer who in 1998 became the first driver to win four International Race of Champions titles.

Synopsis: Join The Very Busy Spider and all her friends in this spooky lift-the-flap board book!With a lift-flap on every spread, this sturdy casebound board book has all the tricks to make it a perfect Halloween treat for beginning readers! Say "Boo" and "Happy Halloween" with some of Eric Carle's most beloved characters, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Busy Spider.

Synopsis: Essayist, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) propounded a transcendental idealism emphasizing self-reliance, self-culture, and individual expression. The six essays and one address included in this volume, selected from Essays, First Series (1841) and Essays, Second Series (1844), offer a representative sampling of his views outlining that moral idealism as well as a hint of the later skepticism that colored his thought. In…

Synopsis: Tony struggles to find his mentor's killer and get his own life back on track. Available in Spanish as Cuando muere un heroe.

Synopsis: Herbert is deeply doubtful about his first Halloween—but with a little help from his dad and a special tiger costume, Herbert might just find confidence on Halloween night. Together, father and son practice roaring, carve a pumpkin, and venture out in search of candy. And by the end of the night, Herbert finds his doubts have melted away. A sweet introduction to Halloween and to being brave, this book is sure to delight the youngest of trick-or…

Synopsis: This Newbery Honor Book--from a three-time Newbery Honor author--paints an indelible portrait of the prairie president. Clara Ingram Judson presents Lincoln in all his gauntness, gawkiness, and greatness: a backwoods boy who became President and saved the Union. Judson’s careful reading is enlivened by her visits to his home and vivid descriptions of the Lincoln family’s pioneer life. She reveals the unforgettable story from his boyhood and days…

Synopsis: Nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmenThe lives of the statesmen featured in this collection span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. Selected from Plutarch's Roman Lives, they include prominent figures who achieved fame for their pivotal roles in Roman history, such as soldierly Marcellus, eloquent Cato and cautious Fabius. Here…

Synopsis: Seth never expected he would want to settle down with anyone—but that was before Aislinn. She is everything he'd ever dreamed of, and he wants to be with her forever. Forever takes on new meaning, though, when your girlfriend is an immortal faery queen. Aislinn never expected to rule the very creatures who'd always terrified her—but that was before Keenan. He stole her mortality to make her a monarch, and now she faces challenges and…

Synopsis: "With an adorable cast of animals, this early concept book stimulates learning with ineractivity, concept repetition, and call-and-response on every page!"--Page 4 of cover.

Synopsis: This book explores the profession of hurricane hunting, the life-or-death mission of flying right through severe weather conditions. Whether they are plunging through storms or soaring high over them, the hurricane hunters take on the challenges of nature in order to help scientists study weather and Earth's atmosphere. The adventures of a hurricane hunter are brought into sharp focus with thrilling stories and details of the aircraft. First…

Synopsis: Give readers a neat biography of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper. Beginning with the family struggles he faced early on in his childhood, Bernstein traces Culpepper's career up through his college success at the University of Central Florida, to his winning the starting QB position for the Vikes, one of the most dynamic offensive teams in the NFL.

Synopsis: Victory Frankenstein leads an idyllic life in Switzerland with his family and friends until a thirst for knowledge sends him off in search of something that no human being has yet attained - the ability to create life. Victor's success soon proves that, through the work of his own hands, he and his family are destined to live a life of pain and suffering.

Synopsis: In this old Ukrainian folktale, a little boy loses a mitten in the forest. A mouse finds it and tries to make a home inside, but is joined by so many other animals trying to get out of the cold that the mitten explodes.

Synopsis: In the first story, "Should Wizard Hit Mommy?" by John Updike, a three-year-old from a comfortable family can be lulled to sleep only by her father's bedtime stories, which aren't always as innocent as they seem. In "Too Much His Father's Son," Genaro Gonzalez depicts a nine-year-old boy from a poor, rural family who is struggling to do right by both his parents, and by himself, as a marriage breaks apart and everyone takes sides. In stories of…