On Monday, Daddy's snore boomed like a dinosaur's roar. On Tuesday, Daddy's snore rumbled like an earthquake. Each night when daddy snores, the walls rattle, the floor shakes, and no one gets any rest! Not even the pet hamster! How will this familiy ever get a good night's sleep?
Frogs, snakes, ants, and bats! Oh my! They come in different sizes, different colors, and have different ways of thriving where they live. But thrive they do, and sometimes with the most amazing adaptations. These four creepy crawlies, their homes, and their most interesting aspects are the topic of this book.
One perfect red rose, a one-way ticket to Stockholm, and a cryptic "message" consisting of two Latin words intrigue art historian Vicky Bliss—as they were precisely intended to do. Beautiful, brilliant and, as always, dangerously inquisitive, Vicky recognizes the handiwork of her former lover, the daring jewel thief John Smythe. So she takes the bait, eagerly following Smythe's lead in the ho…
Zimbabwe, 2194: General Matsika's three children steal out of the house on a forbidden adventure and disappear. Their parents call in Africa's most unusual detectives: the Ear, the Eye and the Arm. Their mission takes them from the underbelly of the city to the swaying top of the Mile-High Macllwaine Hotel. Yet the children stay just out of their reach. The evils of the past, the technology of …
Suzy and Nancy Goodman were more than sisters. They were best friends, confidantes, and partners in the grand adventure of life. For three decades, nothing could separate them. Not college, not marriage, not miles. Then Suzy got sick. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1977; three agonizing years later, at thirty-six, she died. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The Goodman girls were…
Discover the new and improved guide to all things manners! With updated content and fun illustrations, this title is more relevant than ever. As a comprehensive manners guide, girls will learn proper etiquette for everyday events and tricky social situations. This guide is also filled with great advice on everything from eating in fancy restaurants and handling troublemakers at parties to regai…
This book--now with updated content and illustrations--offers girls straight talk on what to do when it seems like everyone's wondering "who likes who?" It includes sensitive, insightful, honest advice from girls and boys on being friends, going out, breaking up, and just being themselves. Plus, it includes tips and quizzes that lend valuable perspective on the beginning and ending of relations…
At the age of twenty-three, Leonardo DiCaprio has already achieved the kind of success for which most actors strive their entire career. His talent shines in his Golden Globe-nominated performance as Jack Dawson in the blockbuster film Titanic though his turn as a modern-day Romeo to Claire Danes' Juliet had already cemented his status as a romantic personality. But Leo isn't all glamour -- in…