Bestselling classic The Stories Julian Tells is just the beginning! Get ready for more of Julian's wonderful family and imagination in the Julian's World chapter book series! Secret agents Julian, Huey, and Gloria are already heroes. They have rescued a dog and saved a toddler from drowning. But what they really want is to nab a real-live bank robber. Just when it looks like they might catch the crook, the police chief steps in. The supersleuths find that they're the ones who are in trouble—with a capital T! "The humor is effective and the action nonstop." —The Bulletin "A quick and interesting read . . . the plot is well developed, and the characters are aptly drawn." —School Library Journal
This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades 2–3, Stories) in Appendix B. "You have to go a long way these days to find a book that leaves you feeling as happy as this one." —The New York Times ...
"Reflecting incidents true to children (making a bet with a friend, sending a message in a bottle, attempting to be brave), these stories are the sort that will make children ask for more." —School Library Journal, starred review
"This is a perfectly constructed young reader, with neat turns in the plot, a loving family, and engaging dialogue." —Kirkus Reviews A Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year
Set in large type with wide margins, these five short, funny, and satisfying stories have all the originality and sparkle of the Julian books with a fresh new voice.
Cameron's style is elegantly smooth and the characters come alive through easy dialogue and involving action."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.
He had read the statement made by Harold Wilson to parliament on 17 December 1974, which effectively labelled him a liar. In May 1975, a meeting took place between the Czech and a senior MI5 officer, along with his CIA handler in ...
In their anxiety to shape foreign policy, Hamilton, Schuyler, and Johnson had damaged their cause by placing themselves and their nation not in the posture of negotiators but in that of petitioners, the exact opposite of those ...
Simon and Schuster reportedly gave “Pimpin Ken” Ivy, who made his name plying the trade on the streets of Chicago and Milwaukee, a six—figure deal to peddle his street smarts into his how—to book for wannabe pimps.
Marguerite de Lamberdy has grown up in the care of her grandmother, a true English lady.
This intense novel follows Tony Webster, a middle-aged man, as he contends with a past he never thought much about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present.