Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
Three, two, one... lift off! Blast into space and take a trip that is out of this world! The incredible features of the Universe are portrayed through one hundred facts, fantastic illustrations and fun cartoons. Learn what it's like to be an astronout, find out what planets are made of, and discover how stars are born.
Novelist, cultural commentator, memoirist, and historian Eva Hoffman examines our ever-changing perception of time in this inspired addition to the BIG IDEAS/small books series. Time has always been the great given, the element that establishes the governing facts of human fate that cannot be circumvented, deconstructed, or wished away. But these days we are tampering with time in ways that…
This is the third tale in a series about toddlerhood, as lived by an enchanting baby bear. Two previous titles deal with toilet training and mealtime discipline. This story tackles the problem of getting a lively youngster to go to sleep.
In Book 7 of The Treasure Chest, Maisie and Felix meet a young Alexander Graham Bell (the inventor of the telephone) in Edinborough, Scotland, just as he leaves for a year with his grandfather, an elocutionist, in London. When the twins get separated from Alexander, they join the thousands of orphans in the streets of Victorian London. Maisie becomes an orange seller and Felix a chimney sweep a…
Vivid full-color illustrations capture a young boy's delight in the first snowfall of the year, in a board book edition of the Caldecott Medal-winning classic.