Soccer is a sport that's played by more and more U.S. kids - boys and girls - and it's getting lots of press with the arrival on these shores of a genuine international superstar, David Beckham. This
Penner's Pilgrims are heroes, and deservedly so. She takes the story of their crossing on the Mayflower and establishment of Plymouth Colony, and fleshes it out with all the distasteful, even disgust
People often don't realize that health and fitness are essential to any beauty routine. Wilhelmina Kids & Teens modeling agency president Marlene Wallach shares with you all the secrets to looking be
One of the most popular series ever published for young Americas, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies -
Want flawless skin and a perfect smile? Although no one's perfect, Wilhelmina Kids & Teens modeling agency president Marlene Wallach will let you in on all the secrets you need to look your very best
Want to know the secrets of creating your personal fashion style? Learn how to feel beautiful inside and out. Wilhelmina Kids & Teens modeling agency president Marlene Wallach shares tricks of the tr
Abby is back at the same old camp she goes to every summer -- except for the fact that this summer, nothing is the same. Her friend Rose is a cabin assistant, her friend Beth is pierced, and now the
Young Thomas Jefferson has been warned about the Native American burial mound near his house. But one night he decides to see it for himself. Tom hides in the bushes and thinks he hears ghosts approa
Stephen's nighttime fear materializes, a shark that gets all the way upstairs and into his room to try to eat him, but Stephen has an alternative suggestion.
To some of us, the American Revolution might be little more than a dusty old piece of American history. But what would our lives -- our country and world -- be like if the American Revolution had end
STRENGTHENING THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITYEach year on December 26, the African American holiday of Kwanzaa begins. What is the purpose of Kwanzaa? How did it get its start? Dolores Johnson's easy-to
A biography of the American Indian known as one of the best all-round athletes in history, for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner as well as an outstanding professional football and basebe
Now in paperback, the second installment of a haunting trilogy from New York Times bestselling master of suspense D. J. MacHale.At the end of The Light, Book One of the Morpheus Road trilogy, Marshall
BEFORE THE ROUND TABLE. BEFORE THE GREAT QUESTS. BEFORE HE WAS KING...Many stories have been told of King Arthur. Young Arthur's days were full of adventures that prepared him for the life that lay a
Being a girl today can make you feel wonderful, wacky, or like you want to crawl under a desk. Do you feel too tall? Too nice? Unable to say no and never having enough time to do what you really want
Every baseball player had a first home run, every president had a first election, and every world-renowned genius had a first "lightbulb" moment. Before They Were Famous fictionalized graphic biograp
Marie Curie was a world-renowned scientist who made many importantdiscoveries, as well as a great teacher and a mother, but heraccomplishments didn't come easily.Born Maria Sklodovska in 1867, Marie
Julius Caesar was born in Rome in the year 100 b.c. to a well-known family that supposedly traced its ancestry to the Greek goddess Venus. Although Caesar grew up to be one of the world's most famous
Pope John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla on May 18, 1920, in Poland. As a child Karol excelled in school -- especially in religion and literature. He was a star soccer player and also hiked and kayak
A portrait of the man considered to be the founder of the conservation movement chronicles Muir's immigration to America, his childhood passion for the wilderness, his establishment of the National Pa
