Move over, Junie B. Jones! Piper Green is back in her fourth chapter-book adventure, and it could take her all the way to China. Suitcase? Check. Passport? Check. Magic X-ray vision glasses from the Fairy Tree? Check, check, check! Piper Green s class is taking a school trip to China well, they re taking a pretend trip, on a pretend airplane. And when all the kids in the class announce they ve…
Beginning with the emergence of our earliest African ancestors and taking readers through the history of cultures and nations around the world to arrive at the present day, Timelines of History caters to readers who want a broad overview, a good story to read, or the nitty-gritty of historical events. With easily accessible cross-references that build bite-size pieces of information into a n…
Margo has invited 10 friends for dinner on her birthday. Come and join the party!
In this bilingual board book edition of a popular picture book, a hungry snake is out looking for some tasty mice to eat for dinner--and perfecting his counting skills, too. Count to ten and back again in both English and Spanish as ten daredevil mice escape from the snake in an clever, suspenseful story. This charming companion to Ellen Stoll Walsh's very successful Mouse Paint introduces the …
For over twenty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite. It has sold over one and a half million copies. This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires—it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving b…