Book De*ion Sometimes life isP.U. Junie B.'s having a rough week. First she got punishment forshooting off her mouth in kindergarten. And now she's in bigtrouble again! 'Cause Monday is Job Day, and Junie B. told herclass that she's got the bestest job of all. Only, what the heck isit? From Booklist Gr. 2-4. In another hilarious, easy chapter book about Junie B.Jones, the irrepressible kindergartner veers from catastrophe torapture and back again. This time she has trouble deciding what tobe on Job Day. Older kids will laugh at Junie's mistakes andmisunderstandings, especially with language, and they'll remembertheir own bewilderment and bloopers. She gets punished for shootingoff her big fat mouth ("Punishment is the school word for sittingat a big table all by yourself"). She's frank that the Pledge ofAllegiance is a jumble for her ("I don't know what that dumb storyis even talking about"). She's heartbroken to discover that MickeyMouse isn't real. When she hates, she hates (even her "bestest"fri
Leroy Brown is back in the next six books in the Encyclopedia Brown series. As Idaville’s ten-year-old star detective, Encyclopedia has an uncanny knack for trivia. With his unconventional knowledge, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve some of the most baffling crimes. With ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but readers are given all the clues as well and can chime in with their own solutions. Interactive and fun—it’s classic Encyclopedia Brown!
WHY IS THE arctic so cold? How do polar bears cross thin ice? How did people learn to survive in that harsh climate? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Polar Bears and the Arctic, Jack and Annie's guide to the arctic. This is the nonfiction companion to Polar Bears past Bedtime.
As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was oftenscolded forconducting "useless" experiments. Yet his passion forthe natural world was so strong that he suffered through terribleseasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwincollected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America,and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ideasthat would change people's understanding of the natural world.About 100 illustrations and a clear, exciting text will make Darwinand his theory of evolution an exciting discovery for every youngreader.
As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as ourfirst African-American president. With black-and-whiteillustrations throughout, this biography is perfect for primarygraders looking for a longer, fuller life story than is found inthe author's bestselling beginning reader Barack Obama: UnitedStates President.
In "Monday with a Mad Genius," travel with Jack and Annie to Italy in the Renaissance, a time when every new morning brought with it the promise of artistic and scientific wonder. There, they meet none other than Leonardo da Vinci Now available in paperback with all-new backmatter full of activities.
Arthur meets the biggest rock band in town in this new chapter book.
When Marvin Redpost agrees to go over to Casey Happleton'shouse, he doesn't know what he's in for. Casey shows him the magiccrystal she has just found and offers to give Marvin a few wishes.Is the crystal really magic? Or is it too good to be true?
Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed. But did Marco Polo experience the things he wrote about . . . or was it all made-up? Young readers are presented with the facts in this entertaining, highly readable Who Was . . . ? biography with black-and-white artwork by John O’Brien.
The fan-favorite chapter-book series sends Jack and Annie backto India over 400 years ago to search for a rare and preciousemerald. Once there, they discover an amazing and exotic worldfilled with great danger. Will they find what they're looking for?Will they avoid the wrath of the all-powerful Great Mogul, survivea crazy ride on a wild elephant, escape an attack by kingcobras—and make it back to the magic tree house alive? Mary Pope Osborne brings together just the right combination ofhistory, magic, and fast-paced adventure to satisfy kids, parents,teachers, and librarians all over the world with her New York Timesbestselling series.
The solutions to 10 mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the 10-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book De*ion The world's funniest kindergartner is back, in her 15thbook! It's almost the end of the school year, and Room Nine is taking afield trip to a farm! There's lots of fun farm stuff there. Like areal actual barn. And a real actual farmer. There's even real aliveanimals you can pet! Only, where's the gift shop? That's what JunieB. Jones would like to know. Surely no one would want Junie B. togo home empty-handed. . . .
Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, shebecame the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific.From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance whileattempting a flight around the world, readers will find AmeliaEarhart's life a fascinating story. Annotation Examines the life ofpioneer aviator Amelia Earhart, who mysteriously disappeared duringan around-the-world flight in 1937.
Fans young and old will laugh out loud at the irrepressible wit of peter Hatcher, the hilarious antics of mischievous Fudge, and the unbreakable confidence of know-it-all sheila tubman in Judy blume’s five Fudge books. brand-new covers adorn these perennial favorites, and will entice a whole new generation of Fudge—and Judy blume—fans.
Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to. Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the illustrated encyclopedia he intended to create, all that he left were thousands of disorganized notebook pages. Here is an accessible portrait of a fascinating man who lived at a fascinating time—Italy during the Renaissance
One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison’s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture of worms and water to see if she could fly! Here’s an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustrations.