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 OaBrien.
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Lucky, lucky you to find a four-leaf clover, to wish on a star, to see the new moon over your shoulder, to have the first robin of spring fly up, up into the sky. But no walking under a ladder or stepping on a spider: that's bad. Stir up some good fortune and good times with this attractively illustrated and lighthearted look at popular superstitions.
Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation.
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Bruce Lee was a Chinese American action film star, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and philosopher. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim. Through such films as Way of the Dragon and Enter the Dragon , Lee helped to change the way Asians were presented in American films and, in the process, he became an iconic figure known throughout the world. Although he died at the young age of 32, Bruce Lee is widely considered to be the one of the most influential martial artists of all time.,
What could be funnier than a pig in a wig dancing a jig? Youngsters will be in hog heaven reading about a sweet, silly pig who's running away from home. What will he do--he's not so big. Will he decide to dig? Or drive a rig? Laura Rader's cheery pictures capture all the entertaining antics in Margo Linn's rhyming tale.
An easy-to-read story featuring Noodles the little white dog! Noodles wants to go on an Easter Egg Hunt with Teddy. But Teddy is nowhere to be found! Now who will he share his eggs with? His other friends, of course! And when Teddy finally turns up, there's still one Easter egg left to share! This funny Level 1 story is perfect for beginning readers. , Wanting to join Teddy for a fun-filled Easter egg hunt but unable to locate Teddy anywhere, Noodles decides to share his eggs with other friends and saves the last egg for Teddy, in a whimsical holiday tale designed for beginning readers. Original.,Noodles the dog goes on an early-morning Easter egg hunt without his best friend, Teddy. ,
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Mr. Bunsen has a big surprise for his class--new pets! And now they are involved in a big project: building a desert in a box where the creatures will be happy. A fun and interesting science story.
Best known for his screen prints of soup cans and movie stars, this shy young boy from Pittsburgh shot to fame with his radical ideas of what art could be. Working in the aptly named Factory, Warhol s paintings, movies, and eccentric lifestyle blurred the lines between pop culture and art, ushering in the Pop Art movement and, with it, a national obsession. Who Was Andy Warhol? tells the story of an enigmatic man who grew into a cultural icon.,
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