Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House FactTrackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie gotback from their adventure in Magic Tree House #46: Dogs in the Deadof Night, they had lots of questions. How do St. Bernards help findavalanche survivors? Who are some of the most famous war dogheroes? What breeds make good service dogs? Find out the answers tothese questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filledwith up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbitsfrom Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are theperfect way for kids to find out more about the topics theydiscovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.--From theTrade Paperback edition.

The bestselling, fan-favorite chapter-book series sends Jack andAnnie on a chilling rescue mission Merlin the magician and Morgan le Fay have disappeared, and inorder to find them, Jack and Annie journey with their friends Teddyand Kathleen to the Land-Behind-the-Clouds, a frozen kingdom of iceand snow. There they must overcome their fears and solve the IceWizard's riddle, because if Jack and Annie don't complete theirmission in time, Merlin and Morgan will disappear forever Magic Tree House books are "New York Times" bestsellers. Theseries' irresistible mix of magic, myth, history, and mystery hasinspired a love of reading in countless children all over theworld. Find out why with "Winter of the Ice Wizard "

When Rachel and Kirsty meet on the ferry to Rainspell Island one summer holiday, they have no idea that such magical adventures with the fairies await them! In this sixth book in the series, Rachel and Kirsty enter a magical world in order to find Izzy the Indigo Fairy...

Hi, I'm Keesha -- one of the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. When Ms. Frizzle announced that we'd be studying the weather, I thought it would be pretty boring. Boy, was I wrong! Ms. Frizzle promised to take us on a field trip that would give us a real jolt of excitement -- little did we know what we had in mind. Before we knew it, we'd become a bolt of lightning and we were off on an electrifying adventure!

Exceptional nonfiction for children from two of the mosttrusted names in science education: Seymour Simon and theSmithsonian Institution.

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of itschildren's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes adazzling new series: Classic Starts . The stories areabridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats theworld's beloved tales (and children) with the respect theydeserve--all at an incomparable price. Poor Sara Crewe. onceupon a time her beloved father pampered and adored her. But eversince he died, leaving her alone and penniless, she's been caughtin the cruel clutches of Miss Minchin, the headmistress at theSelect Seminary for Young Ladies, where Sara once studied. But nomatter how terrible things get, Sara always has her imagination andgoodness of heart to carry her through. This timeless tale of apoor orphan has won children's hearts for a century--and continuesto be a favorite.

‘ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS!’Paddington read on the glossyleaflet showing a large, sleek, silver-grey car. It took him a longtime to eat fifteen packets of currants in order to enter thecompetition. And the Rolls-Royce he’d expected to win turned out tobe one of ten thousand consolation prizes – a bookmark!ThenPaddington finds himself taking a driving test and, much to hisamazement, is presented with a license allowing him to drive arather unusual vehicle.

Leroy Brown is back in the Encyclopedia Brown series. AsIdaville?’s ten-year-old star detective, Encyclopedia has anuncanny knack for trivia. With his unconventional knowledge, hesolves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his owndetective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of theIdaville police department, and every night around the dinnertable, Encyclopedia helps him solve some of the most bafflingcrimes. With ten confounding mysteries, not only does Encyclopediahave a chance to solve them, but readers are given all the clues aswell and can chime in with their own solutions. Interactive andfun?—it?’s classic Encyclopedia Brown!

Dogs are the most popular pet in the world and Seymour Simonprovides useful tips and guidelines for any kid looking for a newpet. Lavishly illustrated with full-color, appealing photographs,Seymour Simon captures dogs as they work, and play.

Jeff Brown’s beloved stories about the boy who was flattened by a bulletin board so that he could travel by mail, fly like a kite, and capture sneak thieves comes to contemporary life in rebranded and freshly illustrated repackaged editions. In Invisible Stanley, Stanley Lambchop awakens one morning to find he’s completely invisible! He does his best with his new condition, using his invisibility to help out where he can. But he finds himself in a tight spot when he gets caught in the middle of a bank robbery - and has to think fast to stop the criminals from getting away!

Miss Bindergarten, the world's best kindergarten teacher, is getting ready for another milestone. Tomorrow she and her class will have been together for 100 days. To celebrate, each student must bring "100 of some wonderful, one-hundred-full thing!" At night, while the students go to work assembling their projects, Miss Bindergarten is working, too, making special surprises for the class. The 100th day of kindergarten is bound to be unforgettable! Children will delight in hearing about this special event, a common cause for celebration in kindergartens today. Illustrated by Ashley Wolff.

For the first time in twenty-five years, Encyclopedia Brown isback with ten new cases Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, isIdavilleas ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knack fortrivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids. But his dadalso happens to be the chief of the police department, and everynight Encyclopedia helps him get to the bottom of his most bafflingcrimes. Join Encyclopedia Brown as he solves ten of his newest andmost confounding mysteries, including a case of a missing butterflybrooch, some stolen Confederate stamps, a forgetful jewel thief,and more. With the clues given in each case, readers will have achance to solve the mystery themselves Interactive and chock-fullof interesting bits of informationaitas classic EncyclopediaBrown

Book De*ion Guess who's notinvited? That meanie Jim has invited everyone in Room Nine to his birthdayparty on Saturday -- except Junie B.! Should she have her ownbirthday party six months early and not invite Jim? Or should shemove to It's a Small World After All in Disneyland? From School Library Journal Park is truly a funny writer. Although Junie B. is a kindergartner,she's sure to make middle graders laugh out loud. Book Dimension length: (cm)19.6 width:(cm)13.5

one of the most beloved classics in children’s literature,Kipling’s masterpiece follows Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves, andhis animal friends as they fight for survival in the Indian jungle.Young readers will love the wise bear Baloo and Bagheera the blackpanther; shiver at the vicious tiger Shere Khan; laugh at the sillymonkeys; and feel compassion for the grown-up Mowgli—who mustfinally acknowledge his own humanity.

Light is all around you! It comes in many forms： Light from the sun brightens our day, firelight flickers in the night, electric lights fill our homes—and some animals even make the sea glow! With lively illustrations and fun diagrams from Paul Meisel, Light Is All Around Us by Wendy Pfeffer is a fascinating look into the many ways that light brightens our world. This is a Stage 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Let's-Read-And-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

There's a new boy in kindergarten, and guess what? He's thehandsomest guy Junie B. has ever seen. She and Lucille and thatGrace all want him for a boyfriend. Only, he thinks Junie B. is anutball. Just 'cause she couldn't stop laughing and rolling. So howis she supposed to get that boy to love her?

爸爸送给斯坦利一个招贴板。不幸的是，招贴板夜里从床头掉了下来，把睡梦中的史坦利砸成了个扁片。所幸，史坦利不仅活了下来，还充分利用扁片的新形象：他可以从门缝下溜进房间；还可以给弟弟当风筝；如果想去见见朋友或者想去旅行，直接装进信封里邮寄出去就可以了……史坦利甚至用自己的这副新身板儿帮助艺术博物馆抓到了窃贼。可是，史坦利还能恢复原形吗？ Jeff Brown’s beloved stories about the boy who was flattened by a bulletin board so that he could travel by mail, fly like a kite, and capture sneak thieves comes to new life in rebranded and freshly illustrated repackaged editions. This is the story that started it all 45 years ago!

The Music Fairies desperately need Rachel's and Kirsty's help! Jack Frost and his naughty goblins have stolen the fairies' Magical Musical Instruments, which means that music is being ruined for everyone! Jack Frost plans to use the instruments to help him win a national talent competition in the human world, and with the help of the enchanted instruments, he's bound to win. If this happens, humans will find out about Fairyland and then all the fairies will be in danger! Fiona the Flute Fairy needs Rachel's and Kirsty's help to track down her Magic Flute

Rachel and Kirsty are visiting Kirsty's grandmother by the sea for their spring break. One morning they spot a very sparkly shell on the beach and it whisks them away to Fairyland! It's the occasion of the yearly Ocean Gala, where Shannon the Ocean Fairy plays her Magical Golden Conch Shell to ensure that the seas and oceans remain peaceful and ordered for the year ahead. But Jack Frost is there to ruin things for everyone! His pesky goblins break the Magical Golden Conch Shell into seven pieces as they try to steal it and the pieces are whisked away into the oceans of the human world. Queen Titania uses her magic to send seven magical sea creatures to guard the pieces of the shell, but the Ocean Fairies, and Rachel and Kirsty must get the pieces back before chaos takes over the oceans! Can they outwit Jack Frost and his goblins and make the oceans a safe and happy place for everyone once again...? In this first story in the series, Ally the Dolphin Fairy must find her creature, Echo, and the first piec

Twelve-year-old Casey is waiting for the day that Barney, herfather, hits it big -- 'cause when that horse comes in, he tellsher, it's the penthouse suite. But then hr ends up in the hospital,and Casey is sent to Chinatown to live with her grandmother,Paw-Paw. Now the waiting seems longer than ever. Casey feels lostin Chinatown. She's not prepared for the Chinese school, the noisycrowds, missing her father. But Paw-Paw tells her about the motherCasey never knew, and about her family's owl charm and her trueChinese name. And Casey at last begins to understand that this --Paw-Paw's Chinatown home, her parents' home -- is her home,too.

Larnel doesn't know his neighbor, Mrs. Katz, very well, until he asks her to adopt an abandoned kitten. Mrs. Katz agrees on one condition: that Larnel help her take care of the kitten she names Tush. When Larnel starts spending more and more time with Mrs. Katz to help with Tush, Mrs. Katz tells him stories about coming to America from Poland and about the good times she spent with her late husband. As Larnel grows to love Mrs. Katz, he also learns about the suffering and triumph black history shares with the Jewish heritage.

In the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. The farmers in this case are a vaguely criminal team of three stooges: "Boggis and Bunce and Bean / One fat, one short, one lean. / These horrible crooks / So different in looks / Were nonetheless equally mean." Whatever their prowess as poultry farmers, within these pages their sole objective is the extermination of our hero--the noble, the clever, the Fantastic Mr. Fox. Our loyalties are defined from the start; after all, how could you cheer for a man named Bunce who eats his doughnuts stuffed with mashed goose livers? As one might expect, the farmers in this story come out smelling like ... well, what farmers occasionally do smell like. This early Roald Dahl adventure is great for reading aloud to three- to seven-year-olds, who will be delighted to hear that Mr. Fox keeps his family one step ahead of the obsessed farmers. When they try to dig him out, he digs faster; when they lay siege to hi

Disaster has struck Fairyland! Jack Frost has stolen all the jewels from Queen Titania's crown. Without them, the fairies' magic dust is losing its power. Rachel and Kirsty have to help India the Moonstone Fairy, Scarlett the Garnet Fairy, Emily the Emerald Fairy, Chloe the Topaz Fairy, Amy the Amethyst Fairy, Sophie the Sapphire Fairy, and Lucy the Diamond Fairy to get the jewels back, before it's too late...in this book Rachel and Kirsty must help Scarlett find her magical garnet before the goblins use its powers to cause chaos in the human world!

There'll always be an England, but the old place has neverbeen quite the same since the Brown children came across a smalllost bear in London's Paddington Station. Whether tinkering withthe neighbor's lawn mower or experimenting in the kitchen,Paddington has a knack for finding trouble. In this new edition ofPaddington at Large, the well-meaning bear with a talent fortrouble continues to fill the lives of the Brown family withunexpected adventures that will delight the multitude of Paddingtonfans.