Published in Association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art

    The first book in the acclaimed Ready-to-Read series from Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant featuring Henry and his lovable 180-pound dog, Mudge.Henry, feeling lonely on a street without any other children, finds companionship and love in a big dog named Mudge.

    Too little to do most things on the farm, a little girl teaches herself to read using the Bible and eventually shares this knowledge with her family, much to their surprise.

    These captivating and original stories use spiritual allegories to teach us to be caretakers of Mother Earth and invoke appreciation for the sacredness of all life.

    Children are by nature inquisitive and these fact-filled books provide answers to many basic questions.Students use the New True Books for supplementary work in their classes. They use them to find out about special things that interest them. They read them to learn on their own. Packed with information, each fascinating book encourages children to study independently.The "New True Books" are effective. Each book is richly illustrated with full-color photographs and art, selected to support the text. A large, easy-to-read typeface is used. Each title contains a table of contents, a glossary, and a complete index.The "New True Book" series was prepared under the direction of the late Illa Podendorf, formerly with the Laboratory School, University of Chicago.Remember, children will always have questions, so let the "New True Books" help them find the answers.

    Using new photographs taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which swept past Uranus in 1986, noted science writer Seymour Simon offers an up-to-date look at this distant world. He describes Uranus's hot, watery atmosphere and pale blue-green clouds, its strange magnetic "tail" and coal-black rings, as well as its fifteen exotic moons. One of these, Miranda, has the strangest mixture of surfaces ever found in the Solar System.Illustrated with almost twenty stunning, full-color photographs, Uranus introduces readers to the wonder and mystery of the seventh planet.