After they hear stories about their baseball field being haunted by the ghost of a boy who died there many years ago, twelve-year-old Nelson and his teammates start finding mysterious messages written
Ms. Frizzle takes her students to Hugh Mann's Costume Company to find out why their skeleton costumes are all missing different bones, and in the process the class learns all about the skeletal system
This is the final book in the best-selling Flambards series. The First World War is over and Christina marries Dick, who was once the groom at Flambards. The local gentry refuse to accept the couple s
The Boxcar Children visit a friend of their Grandmother's, who owns a mall, but when they start working at one of the stores, strange things start to happen, and they realize they have a mystery to so
Traces the making of the 1998 computer-animated motion picture, A Bug's Life, exhibiting the work of film's animators, art directors, and computer wizards, who also made Toy Story. 40,000 first printi
When the Alden family arrives at Seymour Curtis's farm, they hear stories about a ghost that haunts the apple orchards and so quickly begin to uncover clues to solve the mystery. Simultaneous.
When the Alden children and their grandfather visit Everglades National Park in Florida to solve the mystery of a missing ranger, they discover that a panther provides a clue.
The Aldens and Cousin Soo Lee are off to Hawaii to help Mary on her plantation, Pineapple Place, but as weird things begin to happen, Soo Lee wonders why no one will answer her questions about the bla
In hopes of winning the valuable baseball card that he and his new friends have hidden in a remote cave outside Granite Falls, Washington, Andrew asks the gruff P.E. teacher at his middle school to he
At the request of their distant relative Althea, the Boxcar Children arrive at her old Virginia mansion and investigate the mysterious incidents happening there.
While visiting Lake Lucille in the Adirondack Mountains, the Aldens hear stories about a monster in the lake and then encounter evidence that it may be real.
The first book in Dav Pilkey's mega-bestselling Captain Underpants series. Now with super-cool foil covers! Shiny! Fun!George and Harold have created the greatest superhero in the history of their ele
The Aldens and cousin Soo Lee join the Greenfield soccer league and have lots of fun, until strange things start happening and they must find out who is responsible for sabotaging the teams in their l
While visiting the Alamo, the Aldens notice that a documentary is being filmed, but when an important ring goes missing from the Alamo collection and the main actress is accused of being the thief, th
While on a visit to their Uncle Andy's in San Francisco, the Aldens notice that something is eerily wrong around the Wharf, as the fishing nets are cut and their uncle's boat run out of gas, and they
A collection of recipes based on food and drink featured in Roald Dahl's books. They include mudburgers, hot frogs, lickable wallpaper, stinkbugs' eggs and crispy wasp stings. Step-by-step instruction
"Ross's angular black-and-white drawings complement the sometimes wacky plotlines. These short, off-the-wall stories will appeal to both transitional and reluctant readers." --School Library Journal,
Rabbit was the first one to hear it.Duck was the first one to see it.Cat was the first one to feel it. But what is it? It turns out to be a football, and it leads the animal friends to discover the ex
A class trip to the beach becomes an underwater lesson about food chains when Arnold and Keesha are challenged to discover what a tuna fish sandwich and some smelly green pond scum have in common. Ori
The summer term is dragging on, and Ben's life is lacking excitement — until, that is, the evening he finds worms in his bed and a note telling him that this is the work of Agent Z. But who is Agent Z
With the Founder's Day celebrations quickly approaching, the Aldens begin plans to redecorate their boxcar as a float for the parade, until their boxcar suddenly and mysteriously vanishes. Simultaneou
When Ralphie comes down with a bad cold, he is unable to host the Frizzle News Network television show on health, but Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus save the day when they take a ride through Ra
Andrew Lang draws on his classical learning to recount the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons and the Wooden Ho
Youngsters discover all the unusual and repulsive things that make up a monster's lunchtime feast, from spider jello to petrified pepperoni, in an ingenious pop-up, pull-tab, touch-and-feel package.
The Alden kids are thrilled with seeing an original score written by Mozart, brought to town by a visiting orchestra, and equally horrified when it is stolen, leaving them to find the thief before the
When the Aldens and their cousin, Soo Lee, help set up the Dino World exhibit at the Pickering Natural History Museum, part of the Tyrannosaurus skeleton disappears and the Boxcar Children must find o
A masterful retelling of the last great legend of the Heroic age! This is the story of Helen and the judgment of Paris; of the gathering of the heroes and the siege of Troy; of Achilles with his vulne
While investigating the disappearance of Spotzie, Mr. Woods's beloved cat, the Alden children discover that they are being followed by a strange man, receive threatening phone calls, and uncover a num
Despite warnings and threats from a woman named Angela, the Boxcar children set out on a canoe trip with Aunt Jane and become involved in a case involving a mysterious riddle and a stolen coin collect
Jack and Annie are off on another mythical mission at the request of Merlin the magician. Luckily, they have a young sorcerer, Teddy, to help them. From underwater caves to a Spider Queen, from mystic
During a trip to New England, the Aldens learn about a mysterious ship, the "Flying Cloud," that had been lost at sea years earlier and that supposedly reappears during a storm
In King Solomon's Mines, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good persuade Allan Quatermain to help them find Sir Henry's brother George, who has gone missing in the unexplored African interior while searchi
Possibly in an effort to win by any means, someone is wreaking havoc at the winter carnival competition at Snow Haven, where the Aldens are competing in skiing, skating, and building snow sculptures d
When the Boxcar Children take on the task of fixing up a dilapidated old house in Greenfield before their cousins move in, strange things begin to happen, and the young sleuths begin to think that the
