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Creepella Von Cacklefur: Ride for Your Life
Breakout star Creepella von Cacklefur is back in another fur-raising adventure.The fair has come to mysterious valley, Creepella is looking to forward a fun, thrilling day of rides and games with her family and friends. But one spooky rollercoaster seems to be making everyone who rides it disappear. Creepella is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery but what will happen when she rides the coaster herself?
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The Ultimate Writing Guide For Students
Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students is a complete and comprehensive guide to all things grammar from Grammar Girl, a.k.a. Mignon Fogarty, whose popular podcasts have been downloaded over twenty million times and whose first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, was a New York Times bestseller. For beginners to more advanced students, this guide covers it all: the parts of speech, sentences, and punctuation are all explained clearly and concisely with the warmth, wit, and accessibility Grammar Girl is known for. Pop quizzes are scattered throughout to reinforce the explanations, as well as Grammar Girl's trademark Quick and Dirty Tips―easy and fun memory tricks to help with those challenging rules. Complete with a writing style chapter and a guide to the different kinds of writing―everything from school papers to letter writing to e-mails―this guide is sure to become the one-stop, essential book on every student's desk.
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Science Wizardry for Kids
More than 200 safe, fun, easy-to-perform experiements teach kids basic concepts of physics and chemistry. Experiments deal with the environment, with fooling the senses, and magic tricks with colors and light. Amusing illustrations throughout.
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Quadehar The Sorcerer
The first book in an action-packed fantasy trilogy. The Book of Stars from an up-and-coming talented new French author. Welcome to the island of the Ys, a piece of land lost somewhere beween the Real World and the Unsure World. On the Ys, children go to school and play games just like other children, but they also live among knights and wizards who protect them from the dark forces of the Unsure World--a place where bandits, giantsand monstrous creatures live on a treacherous landscape. On the Ys lives is a twelve-year-old boy named Guillemot de Troil, who dreams of becoming a knight. Guillemot lives with his mother, his father having mysteriously disappeared years ago.
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THEA STILTON AND THE BLACK FOREST BURGLARY
Thea Stilton and the Thea sisters on an adventure packed with mystery and friendship! The Thea sisters are invited to the festival of time in Germany! They arrive in the black forest and find that a famous clock has been stolen. The mouselets are on the case. Can they find the thief and return the clock before time runs out?.
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No Time to Lose The Fifth Journey Through
New Mouse City is in danger! There is only one way to bring harmony back to the island. Geronimo and friends must travel back in time to retrieve King Solomon's Ring. Along the way Geronimo visits Napoleon, the Vikings, and the ancient Cretans!
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Spacemice The Invisible Planet
Geronimo discovers a planet on the radar that mysteriously appears and disappears. MouseStar 1 lands to investigate and they discover mysterious aliens who hide a secret!
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The Christmas Toy Factory
The book follows the adventures of Geronimo Stilton, a highly learned mouse and the editor of Rodent's Gazette, the most widely read newspaper in New Mouse City. In this edition of the series, Geronimo finds himself occupied with work even during Christmas holidays. His grandfather, who owns the newspaper, has made sure that there is ample work to keep him busy from early morning to late night. So while everyone else in town was busy with holiday festivities, Geronimo sat behind his desk buried with heaps of paperwork. He finds himself unable to participate in any of the important occasions with his family and friends and he becomes desperate to find a way out of the situation. He almost wished he had Santa's sledge which could take him to his toy factory. Would Geronimo be able to get out of work by Christmas? Find out in this beautifully illustrated edition of Geronimo Stilton: The Christmas Toy Factory.
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Rumor Has It
Audrey is fascinated by the new girl at school, Mailee. But she isn't sure how to get to know her -- Mailee is nice to everyone, but Audrey can't tell if she wants to be friends. So Audrey launches the perfect plan: a slam book! She secretly circulates a notebook with space to comment on all the sixth-grade girls, including herself, hoping it'll reach Mailee soon. But does Audrey really want to know the truth?
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THE CURSE OF THE CHEESE PYRAMID
Geronimo Stilton #02 The Curse Of The Cheese Pyramid is the second book in the Geronimo Stilton Series. This book introduces some of the members of the Stilton family who are also the main characters in the series: Trap Stilton - Geronimo’s cousin, Thea Stilton - Geronimo’s lovely and adventurous sister, and Benjamin - Geronimo’s favorite nephew. In The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid, Geronimo’s Grandfather William suddenly turns up and threatens to take over The Rodent’s Gazette. He starts off by firing everyone who works at the paper. He then asks Geronimo to go on a trip to Egypt and meet Professor Alrat Spitfur and learn the secret of generating energy from camel dung. Geronimo is forced to make the trip on the rickety and patched up plane of Dirt Cheap Airlines by his miserly grandfather. In Egypt, he learns the history of the pyramids. He journeys across Egypt on camels to learn the secrets of the Seven Wonders of The Ancient Mouse World. When he returns, Geronimo and his colleagues at the newspaper hatch a plan to avoid Grandfather William. This is a funny, adventurous story that, in the process of entertaining kids, also manages to introduce them to Egyptian history and culture. Elisabetta Dami is a fiction writer for children from Italy, who writes under the pseudonym of Geronimo Stilton - the name of the adventurous mouse and the title character of popular Geronimo Stilton Series. Some of the books from this series include Meet Me in Horrorwood, Geronimo Stilton #03 Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House, The Christmas Toy Factory, Mighty Mount Kilimanjaro, Geronimo Stilton #05 Four Mice Deep in the Jungle, and The Peculiar Pumpkin Thief. In most of the stories in this series, Geronimo is forced into one adventure after another, against his will, by his family and friends. All the stories are fast paced and funny. The books use different fonts and colours to keep the young kids interested in reading further. The idea for the series was conceived by Dami, who is also an adventure lover and philanthropist.
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Pokemon Charizard, Go!
t is the biggest Pokemon competition of Ash's life, and he doesn't want to lose. Fire fights fire but can Ash trust Charizard to battle for him? Ash raised Charizard from a stray Charmander, but Charizard is stubborn and never listens to Ash.
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CAM Jansen (The First Day of School Mystery)
t's Cam Jansen's first day of fifth grade and she and her friend Eric can't wait to meet their new teacher. Only their day turns out to be more exciting than they ever expected. First their school bus gets stuck in traffic and they have to walk to school. Then they see a car crashed into a tree. And then their new teacher is taken away by the police! "Click," says Cam, using her photographic memory, and her mind is off and running on how to solve this first day of school mystery.
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A to Z Mysteries (The Falcon's Feathers)
In the sixth book of the A to Z Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring strong boy and girl characters—Josh discovers a nest of young falcons. He, Dink, and Ruth Rose start checking up on the birds every day. But one morning they find the next empty! Then the kids see one of the falcons with its wing feathers trimmed, and they know someone's up to no good. Can they figure out what's going on before it's too late for the falcons? Each book includes a map and a letter from the author. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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Stones in Water
When Roberto sneaks off to see a movie in his Italian village, he has no idea that life as he knows it is over. German soldiers raid the theater, round up the boys in the audience, and pack them onto a train. After a terrifying journey, Roberto and his best friend Samuele find themselves in a brutal work camp, where food is scarce and horror is everywhere. The boys vow to stay together no matter what. But Samuele has a dangerous secret, which, if discovered, could get them both killed. Lovers of historical fiction will be captivated by this tragic, triumphant, and deeply moving novel.
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The Case Of The Sneaker Sneak
After someone steals Bigs's football shoes before the game of girls against boys, it's up to Jigsaw and Mila to investigate and retrieve the stolen sneakers.
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Horrible Harry in Room 2b
Doug discovers that though being Harry's best friend in Miss Mackle's second grade class isn't always easy, as Harry likes to do horrible things, it is often a lot of fun.
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CAM Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds
Fifth-grade sleuth Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to catch a jewel thief.
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Junie B First Grader (Boss of Lunch)
Meet the World's Funniest First Grader—Junie B. Jones! With over 50 million books in print, Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for over 20 years! In the 19th Junie B. Jones book, something very wonderful is happening to Junie B.. And it's called—hurray, hurray!—she's getting to be a professional lunch lady! And that means hanging out with Mrs. Gutzman in the cafeteria. And standing behind the counter. And even wearing a real actual hair net! Who knows? Pretty soon she could be the boss of the whole entire lunch operation!