When Lizzie's parents are granted their freedom from slavery, Mama says its time for Lizzie and her brother Paul to go to a real school--a new one, built just for them. Lizzie can't wait. The scraps o
Each Geronimo Stilton book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.Rancid rat hairs! I'd been spending so much money lately, I had none left in the bank! Even
No one knew the boy they called ?Jumping Badger” would grow to become a great leader. Born on the banks of the Yellowstone River, Sitting Bull, as he was later called, was tribal chief and holy man of
Take your professional game to the next level—in 100 seconds or less!People with inborn talent may be good at what they do—but only the mentally tough reach the highest plateaus in their field. And he
He came. He saw. He conquered. Julius Caesar was a force to be reckoned with as a savvy politician, an impressive orator, and a brave soldier. Born in Rome in 100 BC, he quickly climbed the ladder of
Give your child a smart start with the revised and updatedWhat Your Second Grader Needs to KnowWhat will your child be expected to learn in the second grade? How can you help him or her at home? This
"Bye, Ben," says his sister as Ben's red balloon takes him up, up, up . . . A house has a face, hills change their shapes, and a rainbow reverses its colors as Ben's balloon floats him all the way to
What makes us human?How did we develop language, thought and culture?Why do we need them? The past 12,000 years represent the only time in the sweep of human history when there has been only one human
An ancient tomb, a pool of fresh blood - the latest baffling case for young detective Flavia de Luce.The first thing I saw was a hand, and then the face, a ghastly inhuman mask...'I do believe we've f
Splat the Cat is back in New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Rob Scotton's beginning reader Splat the Cat: Up in the Air at the Fair. In this My First I Can Read Book, Splat, Spike, and Plan
Peppa and her friends are learning how to ski with Madame Gazelle, the skiing world champion. But when Mummy Pig goes on the grown-up slope, she ends up skiing all the way down the mountain! Will Mumm
One day, the trombone is missing from Mr. Riley's music store. The next day, it's back. Then it's gone again. Who could be taking it -- and why?This sounds like a case for the High-Rise Private Eyes -
Deep in the heart of the city. . .Miss Nancy saw somebody run off with her binoculars. . .Where did the thief go? And will she get her binoculars back?This sounds like a case for the High-Rise Private
Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a tel
Reading with Phonics is a set of new reading books designed to develop the confidence of young children between the ages of five and seven. The books are aimed at children who can read a little, but w
The most famous of all locked-room mysteries - a classic in the crime genre. 'The first deadly walking of the hollow man took place when the side streets of London were quiet with snow and the three c
It's time for Sparky to go to school--Obedience School--where he'll learn to sit, heel, come, and stay. But Sparky would rather be anywhere else but school. So what does he do? You guessed it: chomp o
Welcome to the magical world of Little Poppets!When Mouse wakes up one morning to find his tree is growing socks he can't wait to share his discovery with his friends, Pippin and Rose, who are not qui
“A rich, quietly artful novel that is bound for deep water, with questions of beauty, power and spiritual navigation as its main concerns. The title refers not to the right side of a boat but to the r
Come to the funniest dog show ever in the next Max Spaniel adventure: BEST IN SHOW!David Catrow's lovable spaniel is back, and this time he enters a dog show. Max competes in a diving contest, a barki
In trim-covered hardback, these books feature embossed artwork and jackets. The reverse of the jacket can be used as a poster that would make a lovely edition to a child's room as well as being a grea
Eyes mark the shape of the cityThe midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphav
To her husband, Annie O'Neill is the perfect wife and mother...To the man who adores her, she's an unattainable ideal. To her rival, she is an obsession. Dr. Olivia Simon is on duty in the emergency r
The sky’s no limit as the author-illustrator of The Dot and Ish winds up his Creatrilogy with a whimsical tale about seeing the world a new way.Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to
Mr Cool is going to be the best pop group ever . . .Kevin wants to join Micky, Ricky and Nicky's pop band but they are not sure he's cool enough. Doesn't Kevin realise that Gran-knitted jumpers with s
In this wonderfully funny picture book we meet Lily. One day she looks out of her window and see's a doggy! This is no oridinary doggy, this is an enormous bear escaped from a zoo. Follow Lily's adven
Jane Weld was eleven years old when her father, Luce, disappeared in 1957. His skiff was found drifting near a marsh, empty except for his hunting coat and a box of shotgun shells. No one in their sma
′I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a cold sweat.′When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot
Sally Lockhart is twenty-five and somebody wants to destroy her. She receives divorce papers from a man she has never met, let alone married - yet this trap is so well laid that she is powerless to pr
′Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure.′Set on the French Riviera in the 1920s, American Dick Diver and his wife Nicole are the epitome of chic, living a glamorous lif
′It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.′Living in Ancient Greece in the 5th Century BC, Aesop was said to be a slave and story-teller. His much-loved, enduring fables are revered th
If the consumer economy had a sex, it would be female.If the business world had a sex, it would be male. And therein lies the pickle.Women are the engine of the global economy, driving 80 percent of c
Oxford Reading Tree: Trad Tales: Level 5 (Age 5½ - 6)The Moon in the Pond is a Brer Rabbit tale from African-American traditional stories. Rabbit tells Bear and Fox that the moon has fallen in the pon
"Get the most out of your iPad 2!How to Do Everything: iPad 2 shows you how to quickly master the basics of the iPad 2, including sending/receiving SMS messages and e-mail, surfing the Internet, readi
Open the throttle on your sales potential—and leave your competitors in the dust!Selling today can be brutal. You need to rev it up if you want to close more deals. Accelerate the Sale shows how to:Qu
All the world's a racetrack as superstar Lightning McQueen zooms back into action, with his best friend Mater in tow, to take on the globe's fastest and finest in Disney/Pixar Cars 2. Boys ages 4 to 6
On Feb. 21, 2006, the Syrian-born and raised Wafa Sultan gave one of the most provocative interviews ever given by a Muslim woman on the Al Jazeera network. In the middle of the interview she t
Mountain Lion terrorises all the forest animals, and preys on them for his supper. One day, they come up with a plan to try to protect themselves, yet they are not safe until Rabbit cooks up a cunning
A box arrives for Fortune from her Uncle Albert with seven fortune cookies. How wonderful! A cookie and a fortune for each day of the week! Best of all, each fortune comes true...but not in ways that
Eula is the only square cat in town. Everything that normal cats do is hard for her -- she can't get her square paw into mouseholes, she can't wear her favorite circle skirt, and all of her friends ar
