Expect great adventures for seven-year-old Pip, a blacksmith's apprenticewho dreams of a better life. Can a dangerous escaped convict, a wealthy oldwoman, and a secret guardian help him turn his rags
From the jungles of Sri Lanka to the apple orchards of Vermont, the energetic little baker searches far and wide to find the finest ingredients for her apple pie. Marjorie Priceman’s deliciously silly
Arthur promises to buy ice cream for his little sister, D.W., if she can read ten words. The twosome race to the park, where D.W. is quick to recognize signs such as ZOO, DON'T WALK, POLICE, and ICE C
Hugh Thomas knows that Bayou Clapateaux is a mighty peculiar place. Why, back in 1903, Papa-Daddy and Elder Abbajon caught a turkey that weighed 500 pounds...more or loss. 500pounds?! Hugh Thoma
Three frogs constantly argue over who owns the island and pond where they all live. During a big storm they learn the value of sharing and cooperation. Collage illustrations accompany the text.
When Muhammad Yunus returned to his native Bangladesh 25 years ago with an American doctorate in economics, he set out to try and combat the entrenched poverty there. By 1995, his Grameen Bank had mad
Join Tom Sawyer's wild adventures along the banks of the Mississippi Riverin this exciting addition to the Step into Classics line. Tom and his bestfriend, Huck Finn, share exciting make-believe escap
Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer, and Frollo, the archbeacon, are both in love with Esmeralda. But the beatiful gypsy has already married another man to save his life-and her heart belongs to an ar
Imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean is finally released and changes his name to start a new life, but evil Inspector Javert is determined to put him back in jail,
Building on the five previous titles in the Smart series with sales totaling over 300,000 copies--is an easy-to-use guide to help readers improve speed and comprehension. Designed for students and adu
Sara Crewe is a gifted and well-mannered child, and Captain Crewe, her father, is an extraordinary wealthy man. So Miss Minchin, headmistress of Sara's new boarding school in London, is pleased to tre
Professor Aronnax is determined to catch the sea monster everyone calls the Thing. Instead, it's the professor who gets caught! He is trapped in an undersea world filled with magnificent creatures and
Oliver Twist is a desperate orphan. A gang of thieves takes him in and teaches him to steal, but then he is caught. What will become of poor Oliver Twist? Kids can find out in this easy-to-read chapte
So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him the reputation as
Victor Frankenstein learns the secret of producing life, and so, by putting together parts of various corpses, he creates the Frankenstein monster. The monster is huge and disformed, but he means no h
Life in Sherwood Forest has never been livelier than with this selection of tales of the fun-loving outlaw and his merry men. A fast-moving adaptation of the classic adventure will delight older slow
Imagine a mythic kingdom in England of wizards and witches, fire-breathing dragons, and dreadful giants. Who can rule this magical land? Who can overcome the powers of evil? It is the destiny of King
A simplified retelling of the classic tale set in 1757 about the exploits of Hawkeye, a colonial scout, and his friends, Chingachgook, a chief of the Mohicans, and his son Uncas during the French and
A fictional exposition and exploration of the crumbling foundation of traditional French peasant society and the uncomfortable implications of deracination in modern life
Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, who he's divorced and re-married and who ends up
Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black fa
The boy who refuses to grow up teaches Wendy and her younger brothers how tofly. Then it's off to magical Neverneverland for adventures with mermaids,Indians, and wicked Captain Hook and his pirate cr
At first, nobody seems to take much notice of the balls of fire heading from Mars to Earth. But the fireballs turn out to be spaceships filled with aliens from Mars! And when the Martians turn their t
Ten-year-old Justin thinks housework is for women, until he's invited to his grandfather's ranch. There, along with fishing, riding, and going to the rodeo, Justin learns about his black cowboy ancest
A strong wind blows most of the letters off the alphabet tree and those that remain hide among the branches. Then a bug and a caterpillar come along and teach them how to arrange themselves into words
The bittersweet saga of the handsome colt that is wrenched from a happycountry home and almost worked to death as a London cab horse is adapted foreasy reading. Large type, short chapters, and express
Illus. in full color. Five fishermen go out in a boat and think that only four come back, until they realize the silly counting mistake they have made.
It is one of the worst storms ever - the snow has not stopped for days and it is 30 degrees below zero. But somehow Balto must get through. He is the lead dog of his sled team. And he is carrying medi
"The story of the monster man whose horrible deformities cause fear and terror, his search for love and acceptance, and his haunting of the opera house in Paris is told in very simple language. Beauti
Tico, a little bird born without wings, is one day granted his dearest wish. But the wings he gets are made of gold and his bird friends turn against him. “You think you are better than we are,” they
A young snail dreams of having the biggest house—or shell—in the world. Then one day, his wise father tells him the story of another snail with the same dream. He grew and grew, adding bright colors a
Illus. in full color. "Kangaroo child Norma Jean loves to jump. The problem is that her jumping gets out of hand, causing accidents and some ruffled feelings among her friends, and Norma stops her jum
Illus. in full color. Scared of dogs, vacuum cleaners, and even mice, a faint-hearted feline has a chance to prove himself a hero when a baby mouse gets lost from its parents.
Illus. in full color. Is there a ghost loose in Boogle Bay? Young Otto the alligator and his Uncle Tooth find out in a funny, high-spirited whodunit for beginning readers.
"Three of the Sherlock Holmes tales, 'The Speckled Band,' 'The Red-HeadedLeague,' and 'The Blue Carbuncle,' convey an impression of the great man'smethods and the diversity of his interests in a brisk
After escaping from Count Dracula, Jonathan Harker and his friends plan todestroy the count. They succeed just in time to save the life and soul ofJonathan's wife, Mina.
The untold story of Hitler's war on "degenerate" artists and the mentally ill that paved the way for the Holocaust.In the early days of the Weimar Republic, the doctor and aesthete Hans Prinzhorn bega
An obsessive power struggle between an editor and her millennial intern turns dangerous in this debut psychological suspense novel. "Hypnotic . . . an addictive thriller."--People Trusting her was my
