from the back cover: 'Suddenly, there was a high voice screaming in the darkness: "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!" It was Long John Silver's parrot, Captain Flint! I turned to run ...' But young Jim Hawkins does not escape from the pirates this time. Will he and his friends find the treasure before the pirates do? Will they escape from the island, and sail back to England …
The winning nonfiction team returns with a larger-than-life math book that is sure to fascinate young readers. Huge numbers are hard to comprehend. This book explains quantities in terms children can understand. For example, one million dollars could buy two full pizzas a day for more than sixty-eight years.
A science picture book about forces.
Everyone knows that one is one. But can ONE be more than one? Absolutely! ONE PAIR is always two; ONE WEEK is seven days; and ONE DOZEN is always twelve. And that's just the beginning of this brilliant and original counting book.
A big red, red truck make its way... from the loading dock, down the city streets, through the tunnel, and over the miles toward its destination. There's plenty to see along the way: busy superhighways, all-night diners, road signs, and road scenes.'
A big red truck makes its way...from the loading dock, down the city streets. through the tunnel, and over the miles toward its destination. There's plenty to see along the way: busy superhighways, all-night diners, road signs, and road scenes. A trip very young readers will want to make again and again
Look at these babies playing peekaboo!'