Huxley Pig's imagination takes him to a circus where his exploits please the crowd, though nearly causing disaster to himself.
Dewey explores who the original artists were and what their rock art meant, introducing young readers to the beauty and mystery of these images and stories on stone.
A new look at a familiar place that tells how it operates.
It's hard to say who's more nervous about Monk's first backyard campout - the little mouse or his loving parents. In this charmingly illustrated family tale, absolutely no one gets a good night's sleep!
He was the Bishop of Myra and lived during the fourth century. In this beautifully illustrated and richly designed book, Mayer creates an inviting portrait of the man who became legendary for his generosity and miraculous acts of kindness.
Two weeks seems like forever to Dossi Rabinowitz, a poor Jewish orphan from New York City who is sent by the Fresh Air Fund to a small Vermont town during the summer of 1910.
Our sister planet? Not even human siblings exhibit such diversity, and why this is so is an intriguing puzzle.” Newly updated (2012).
A mysterious invitation to a Valentine's Day party starts a romantic adventure between a lovestuck dog and a tiny, doglike comptosaurus. Includes an illustrated glossary listing various dinosaurs and their characteristics.
Homer is a train caboose and one of the best in the business. He has a coat of red paint, and a gleam in his eye, and he carries himself with pride. The only trouble is that Homer's job as end man on the train causes him to ride backwards.
Through lively, colorful photographs and simple text, Wheels Around depicts the many uses of wheels in everyday life - in the country and the city, at work and at play. Ages 4 – 8
Animals in their downtime, displaying various recreational antics.
Mother deer tuck their fawns in for the night; sea otters wrap themselves up in a blanket of seaweed to avoid being carried away by the tides.
Leaving the palace where he had been sheltered from a prediction that destined him to be a holy man, Prince Siddhartha sees for the first time the suffering in the world, and begins the journey that transforms him into the Buddha.
Bulldozers tear huge rocks from the ground. Tower cranes life heavy loads on bridges and in shipyards. Dig into GIANT MACHINES to learn more about these and many other powerful tools!
Discover the details of everyday life in ancient Rome while learning how to draw the sculpture, architecture, and people of the period.
A collection of poems, grouped in such categories as "Growing & Dreaming", "Family", "Not So Ordinary Things", and "Birds, Beasts & Fish".
During a class trip to the supermarket, Annie Pitts almost puts an end to her acting career before it even gets off the ground when she throws a dead fish at her enemy Matthew.
After spending a Fresh Air Fund vacation discovering a new world on a Vermont farm, Dossi thought that returning home to the bustling New York of 1910 would be simple.
Everyone knows bridges are to cross -- to get to the other side.
The International Space Station is as big as two football fields, weighs one million pounds, and contains six laboratories plus living quarters. Launch into SPACE TRAVELERS and SeeMore!