from the back cover: A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of this century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry's famous short stories - sensiti…
Arranged in colour-coded levels, this high-interest range will appeal to children of varying ages and abilities. The exciting titles use the maths skills learnt in the classroom in real-life puzzle-solving scenarios, helping readers to develop an appreciation of the wider relevance of mathematics. In Solve a Crime, readers can use data to solve puzzles that map the crime scene, compare the stat…
from the back cover: 'I like work. I find it interesting . . . I can sit and look at it for hours.' With ideas like this, perhaps it is not a good idea to spend a holiday taking a boat trip up the River Thames. But this is what the three friends - and Montmorency the dog - decide to do. It is the sort of holiday that is fun to remember afterwards, but not so much fun to wake up to early on a …
Hog and Dog play tag. Hog zigs. Dog zags. Two friends, a hog and a dog, are good at some sports and bad at others. They cheer each other on no matter what, and they finally find a game they can both enjoy together!
Pop-ups, NASA photos, and up-to-date information about the solar system.
When Mrs. Jeepers takes her class to a science museum, they stumble upon a secret lab. Suddenly, it looks like the real science is going on behind the scenes. The curator, Dr. Victor, has a helper named Frank. Frank is tall, scarred, and likes to spend time in the greenhouse with his flowers just like the creature in the book Liza just read! But Frank couldn't really be Frankenstein's monster, …
The Moonbeam Award Gold Medal Winner in the religion category, The Jesus Storybook Bible tells the Story beneath all the stories in the Bible. At the center of the Story is a baby, the child upon whom everything will depend. Every story whispers his name. From Noah to Moses to the great King David---every story points to him. He is like the missing piece in a puzzle---the piece that makes all…