Books from Demco Media

  • The Travels of Marco Polo & Ibn Battuta: Asian and African Journeys of Discovery Travelogue
    By Richard D. Scheuerman, Arthur K. Ellis

    The travels and observations of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta presented through selected source materials, study guides, and classroom activities.

  • A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
    A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
    By Michael Dorris

    Follows three generations of Indian women beset by hardships and torn by angry secrets, yet inextricably bound together by the indissoluble bonds of kinship

  • Guinness Book of Records 2000
    Guinness Book of Records 2000
    By Guinness World Records, Guinness World Records Editors

    Lists records and statistics related to human beings, animals, science, technology, buildings, transportation, business, arts, entertainment, human achievement, and sports.

  • Mountains Beyond Mountains
    By Tracy Kidder

    A portrait of infectious disease expert Dr. Paul Farmer follows the efforts of this unconventional Harvard genius to understand the world's great health, economic, and social problems and to bring healing to humankind.

  • Katie And The Mustang: Book 4
    By Kathleen Duey

    With trepidation, Katie continues Westward with the Kylers. The mountainous terrain makes for difficult traveling, and they arrive in Oregon shortly before the winter snows hit. While the Kylers and...

  • Curtis Joseph: The Acrobat
    By Mike Brophy

    Steve McNair is the Tennessee Titans star quarterback, who joined the team when it was the Houston Oilers. He was the first-round draft pick in 1995 and led them to...

  • Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair!
    Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair!
    By Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Susan Goldhor

    Franny B. Kranny refuses to cut her wild hair, despite her family's insistence, and wears a bird in her hair to a family reunion.

  • Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
    Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
    By Bill Watterson

    The imaginative Calvin and his pet stuffed tiger, Hobbes, take part in death-defying battles with aliens, meditate on the meaning of life, terrorize little Susie, and question parental authority

  • Tales from the Crypt: Introduced by the Crypt-Keeper
    By Eleanor Fremont

    A collection of horror stories, featuring such grisly characters as a vampire, werewolf, and murderous madman.

  • The Last Princess: The Story of Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii
    By Fay Stanley

    Recounts the story of Hawaii's last heir to the throne, who was denied her right to rule when the monarchy was abolished.

  • Salamandastron
    By Brian Jacques

    The inhabitants of Redwall relax in the haze of summer-but as they do, the neighboring stronghold of Salamandastron lies besieged by the evil weasel army of Ferhago the Assassin.

  • Archaeologists Dig for Clues
    By Kate Duke

    In this information-packed Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book, Kate Duke explains what scientists are looking for, how they find it, and what their finds reveal. Full color.

  • George the Drummer Boy
    By Nathaniel Benchley

    For use in schools and libraries only. Readers with controlled sentence length and vocabulary covering fun subjects for kids who are reading on their own.

  • Murder in the Cathedral
    Murder in the Cathedral
    By Thomas Stearns Eliot

    A play in verse form dramatizes the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket by four knights of Henry II's court

  • The Invaders Plan
    By L. Ron Hubbard

    The first book in a ten volume series. Volume one introduces the cast of characters who reside on the planet Voltar and plan to invade Earth.

  • The Remarkable Farkle McBride
    By John Lithgow

    The musical prodigy Farkle McBride tries a number of instruments before discovering that he is happiest conducting an orchestra.

  • Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
    By Mark Dunn

    As the letters progressively drop from the statue they also disappear from the novel.