Billy loves nothing more than having fun. Sometimes he gets a bit too enthusiastic. With the help of his friends he learns to play fairly, and discovers that this is even more fun for everyone.
Benjie Beaver's family are always busy. They work when the sun shines and they work when it rains. They're far too busy to play with Benjie! When Benjie skips off to play with the squirrels and the ducks his sister Bess is cross. She thinks that he should be working too, but Benjie has a surprise for his busy family!
Percy the park keeper was looking forward to a good rest after a hard day, but his peace is interrupted by a loud crash. The fox has come to ask for Percy's help and finds a most unusual cure for his hiccups...
Percy the park keeper has been busy in his workshop for days. As his animal friends try to guess what he is making, Percy suddenly emerges sitting on top of a very strange machine. The animals jump aboard for what turns out to be a very bumpy ride...
After her sister's death, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns her mother isn't: They belong to one of the revered founding families of the town, where stone bells hang above every doorway and danger lurks in the depths of the woods. Justin Hawthorne's bloodline has protected Four Paths for generations…
Readers find out what it's like for astronauts to eat, sleep, and work on a manned space flight in this adventurous nonfiction reader. Children will discover what it's like to be weightless in zero gravity, how Mission control helps keep astronauts safe, and what astronauts do during their free time through vivid photographs, interesting, informative text, and stimulating facts.