1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver work…
The big book of planes is a colourful compendium of spectacular flying machines that will entertain and inform young children for hours. Find out how big jumbo jet is, how fast a fighter plane can go, and much more.
Dicover the remains of dealy dinosaurs, massive marsupials, and other creatures that walked on Earth millions of years ago.
Aah!!!! Everyone's favorite space boy is BACK! Hilo may look like an ordinary kid, but he’s DEFINITELY not! When we last saw Hilo, DJ, and Gina, Gina had been sucked into a mysterious portal! But friends don’t let friends disappear into NOWHERE! It’s up to D.J. and Hilo to follow her. Will there be danger? YES! Will there be amazing surprises? OF COURSE! Will Gina end up being the one to …
The zombies are disappearing. This might seem like a good thing, since zombies eat your brains, but normal human kid Jack Sullivan is suspicious. He keeps hearing an eerie shrieking noise that seems to be almost summoning the zombies—but to where, and for what (probably) foul purpose? Jack, his three best friends (maybe the only people left on Earth), and their pet monster Rover need to ge…
Told from June's point of view--and set between the shattering events of The Midnight Blade and the upcoming 6th book in the series. While the kids plan their next move, an unexpected threat emerges and June gets separated from her friends, dragged miles away from Wakefield to a town overgrown with monstrous vines and never-before-seen creatures. Drawing on her post-apocalyptic survival and act…
Quint and Dirk have gotten zapped to a different location from their friends after Quint's attempt at using his magical staff opens a rip in space in addition to helping deal with some bad guys. Now Quint and Dirk find themselves on a side quest to deal with a drakkor terrorizing a group of creatures who live in the set of one of their favorite movie series and rescue some queen along the way. …
This is great news for everyone… except Jack. Once they’ve found other humans, his friends won’t stick around for long! Jack’s only hope for keeping things the way they are is to prove that everything here is perfect , life is crazy fun , and nothing else could be any better. After all, they live in a mind-clobberingly cool tree fort, speed through town playing real-life Mario Kart, hav…