A new player in town, Ryan, has just started playing and winning. At first, Max chalks it up to beginner's luck. But then he starts to notice weird things about Ryan and his team: They always use the same yellow paintballs, for example, even though each team is supposed to get a new color each match. And the marks the paintballs leave behind don't match up to the number of times the players shoot. Can Max and Tyler figure out what's going on before the biggest tournament of the year?

    Porcine wonder. Fan of toast with a great deal of butter on it. Mercy Watson’s disarming personality and hilarious hijinks are captivating early chapter-book readers everywhere. Now it’s easy to jumpstart a Mercy Watson collection with this enticing boxed set combining the first three adventures of the series: MERCY WATSON TO THE RESCUE (an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book), MERCY WATSON GOES FOR A RIDE (winner of a 2007 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor), and MERCY WATSON FIGHTS CRIME.

    But when onlookers criticize his father for riding while Nasreddine walks, the boy is ashamed. The following week, Nasreddine persuades his father to walk, and let him ride -- but then people criticize the boy for making his father walk! No matter what Nasreddine tries, it seems that someone always finds something to disapprove of.Nasreddine is a legendary character popular in stories told throughout the Middle East, and this clever story will bring him to a new audience. Accompanied by stunning artwork, this tale offers a gentle reminder to readers that it isn't always necessary to listen to the world's criticisms.

    All these everyday things and many more are only here because someone bothered to invent them. This book reveals the real-life stories and bright sparks behind dozens of brilliant inventions.

    Novel-Ties study guides contain reproducible pages in a chapter by chapter format to accompany a work of literature of the same title.

    These comprehensive guides contain more than 350 full-color, beautifully detailed illustrations that provide a visual catalog of the many dinosaurs that once roamed the Earth.

    The basics, from gearing up to choosing a site to building a tarp tent. Tasty outdoor recipes: Solar Oven Pizza, Chow Down Chili and s'mores of course - with 8 variations.Plus: how to keep a Field Journal, exploring the nighttime sky, creepy campfire stories, and, when it's time to go home, leaving no trace. It's everything you need to pick up and head for the hills. For Ages 7 and up.

    Here more than fifty animals lithographed in full color form one side of a book that can be read page by page or unfolded to form a continuous panorama; the flipside of the panorama reveals the nighttime world of the animals in the very same settings. Each tableau presents the subjects in their native environments—from the tropical to the arctic—and is rendered with the exemplary richness of color and delightful understanding of the children’s world that distinguish the d’Aulaires’ much-loved retellings of the Norse and Greek myths and their wildly playful Book of Trolls. Young children, meeting animals from all over the world for the first time, will be delighted not only with the animals themselves but with the simple and engaging text which provides information about the way they act, the world they live in, and—best of all—the sounds they make. D’Aulaires’ Book of Animals is not only a perfect picture book for preschoolers, but a work of art that can be enjoyed by all.

    Left alone in the castle one day, he grabs his chance. And Maxs spell works very well until he finds he cant stop it. He is in big trouble now

    Written in graphic-novel format.

    One day, Morris's dad read him an article about an American dog trainer living in Switzerland. This is the story of his relationship with Buddy, his own seeing eye dog.

    With 21 stories on how to talk and act like a pirate, pirate history, and even how to throw a pirate party, Pirates Mad Libs will have everyone singing, “Yo-ho, yo-ho, a/an ’s life for me!”

    When Michele signs Amy and her horse, Lucky, up for the next jumping show, Amy has to learn to be brave fast! With a little help from Michele's trainer and some sisterly encouragement, Amy prepares herself for a big win!

    Revised with a new CD-ROM, this entry in DK's successful series of informative and visually compelling atlases explains how to see and read the night sky at all latitudes for a worldwide audience.Book Details: Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 7/30/2007 Pages: 48 Reading Level: Age 3 and Up

    While being chased by bullies, he stumbles across the wise and mystical Master Fu with his ancient dojo. There, the spirited hero learns how to defend himself and his dragon city. Full color.

    . . a yellow circle, an orange orange, two blue eyes staring right back at me!The whole family will delight in exploring fine art through these fourteen glorious paintings, ranging from ancient to contemporary, their artists hailing from all around the globe. Each time you look at one of the colorful canvases in this book—or in a museum—you're sure to discover another delightful and surprising detail.What a wonderful way to foster a love of art in the youngest of children and to instill an appreciation for close observation and attention to detail.What do you spy?

    They make their own food from sunlight, water, air, and soil. They also provide food nuts, berries, leaves, roots, stalks, and other plant parts that humans and other animals eat. Plants create material for our clothes, houses, and furniture, and even the oxygen we need to breathe. For information on plants, read George Washington Carver, another book in the Mission: Science series.

    Each book includes fantastic animal facts, details on feeding and hunting, caring for young, family life, a habitats map and a life cycle diagram. This book focuses on birds.

    Learn the difference between these two tricky concepts.

    Along the way, the tortoise gets a shell and thunder is made for the very first time.

    How the saint tamed the wolf with kindness resonants for families today in this beautifully illustrated picture book.Saint Francis was born in 1182, the son of a wealthy merchant. After a swashbuckling youth in Assisi, he had a change of faith and decided to live the life that he ascribed to Jesus, one of poverty and abstinence. He gave away everything he owned. His father disowned him. But over the years he drew to himself a substantial following of men and women and died revered and beloved in 1225. Three years later he was canonized as Saint Francis of Assisi by Pope Gregory IX.This lovely retelling of one of the less known of the Saint Francis lessons centers on the legend of the great wolf of Gubbio, a ferocious canine who terrorized the town and was slowly reducing it to penury and starvation. In nearby Assisi, Brother Francis heard of their plight and came to their rescue. Unbelievingly, the villagers watched from the ramparts as Brother Francis called to the wolf, tamed it with his tenderness, and made it pledge that if the people of Gubbio would care for it, he would do them no harm. He took the pledge and lived in harmony with the citizens of the city until his death.A wonderful collaboration between a Newbery-winning author, Jane Langton, and Caldecott-winning illustrator, Ilse Plume, with a timeless lesson.

    A delight!

    This series uses simple text and dramatic, full-color photos to take students inside nature's powerful and deadly storms. Each book explains one kind of storm -- what it looks like, how it forms, the damage it can do, and how people can protect themselves from danger. The series features: - Leveled text correlated to the second grade science curriculum- Text vetted by both a reading consultant and a science curriculum consultant- Close photo/text match to build reading comprehension- Full-color photographs that illustrate the force and destruction of storms- Maps- Color diagrams that explain how storms form- Glossaries to build vocabulary

    Fun-to-read, rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the marsh as the tide comes and goes. Watch the animals that have adapted to this ever-changing environment as they hunt for food or play in the sun, and learn how the marsh grass survives even when it is covered by saltwater twice a day. An activity on adaptations is included in the -For Creative Minds- section.

    One day, he hears a young shepherd boy call "WOLF! WOLF!"Could it be that the boy is inviting him over for lunch?This hilarious retelling, with a twist, of the classic Aesop's fable is sure to delight a new generation of readers and vegetarians.

    God was grieved. He would judge the world. But He would also save the world. Nathan Wilson and Peter Bentley again unite to chronicle the history of Noah's obedience, from the building of the ark and the taming of the beasts, to the grounding at Ararat and the promise of the rainbow. Ages 4 and up.

    This series uses simple text and dramatic, full-color photos to take students inside nature's powerful and deadly storms. Each book explains one kind of storm- what it looks like, how it forms, the damage it can do, and how people can protect themselves from danger.

    Brainium is up to something fishy. When Trevor and his class take a field trip to an aquarium, Dr. B. turns the students into radio-controlled zombies.

    Did you feel your chest rise and fall? That is actually your lungs filling with oxygen and then pushing carbon dioxide back out when you exhale. Without your lungs and your entire respiratory system, the rest of your body wouldn't receive the oxygen you need to survive. To give your body the oxygen it needs, you breathe twenty times every minute. You breathe more than twenty thousand times each and every day. Acclaimed science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institution to explore the important journey that air takes in and out of your lungs.

    Superb illustrations retell the lost story of Pompeii—the life of its people, its conflicts and disasters, and the changing fortunes of a house at the center of it all. Beginning in the sixth century bce, a simple hut becomes a farmhouse, and gradually the farmhouse is swallowed up by the expanding new city of Pompeii. The house grows as the city and its inhabitants prosper. But finally it also suffers the devastating effects of the natural disaster that swallowed up the city—the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. This is the story of the growth and destruction of a house, a city, and an empire. Further, it is a tale of discovery and revelation that tracks the extraordinary archaeological work involved in unearthing andinterpreting Pompeii's remains.

    Children will be encouraged to dream as they learn how Jackie worked hard to become the first African-American in major league baseball.

    Readers will discover the life of Mansa Musa in this appealing biography that uses vivid images, appealing maps, and stunning facts to engage children. A glossary and index work in conjunction with the easy-to-read text to teach readers about the Mali ruler, griots, Mali trade, Mecca, Malian religion, and other kings and queens.

    Be an eyewitness to the "land between the rivers," from the first Sumerian city-states to the mighty Babylonian empires. Featuring a pull-out wall chart and its own clip-art CD, Mesopotamia provides a detailed look at where the first cities, states, and empires rose. Richly detailed full-color images and photographs of ancient artifacts, architecture, and maps combine with a comprehensive overview of the Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian civilizations. See incredible works of Mesopotamian art, meet the warriors and innovators living ahead of their time, learn how to read ancient inscriptions, and much, much more! Includes CD with clip-art and wall chart-at the same price as the original editions Includes spectacular full-color photographs and illustrations 72-page format includes 8 bonus pages full of amazing facts Library-bound editions available without CDs for all titles