Why did so many terrible tragedies happen there? Why did everyone flee from it in fear?" This gripping story about the "opera ghost" and the beautiful singer he loves launched one of the most popular musicals in Broadway history--and it serves up enough thrills, chills, and surprises to keep even the most reluctant reader fascinated.

    The world's best-loved children's stories set in large type for easy reading.-- Over 100 illustrations in each book

    Mr. Playfair, his widowed father, decides to ship his son off to St. Maure's boarding school--an all-boys academy run by Jesuits--to shape him up, as well as to help him make a good preparation for his upcoming First Communion. Tom is less than enthusiastic, but his adventures are just about to begin. Life at St. Maure's will not be dull as the reader will soon find out. Father Francis Finn SJ was an early 20th-century Jesuit priest who wrote delightful children's stories about life in Jesuit boarding schools. Taken from his years of experience teaching Catholic boys, Father Finn writes about various human personalities with warmth and humor that makes for enjoyable reading for all types.

    Its author, Hans Christian Andersen, made the literary fairy tale so much his own that even today no writer has surpassed him.This collection, with an introduction and fresh new renderings of the tales by Neil Philip, includes not just "The Little Mermaid" but also such favorites as "The Tinderbox," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," and "The Little Match Girl."Philip also includes some lesser known tales that reflect different facets of Andersen's genius, such as the tall tale "The Flying Trunk," with its witty story-within-a-story, the charming fantasy of "Little Ida's Flowers," the comic fable "The Collar," and a story about the magic of everyday reality, "The Gardener and His Master."A special feature of the book is the inclusion of several fairy tales of spiritual search and redemption, including "The Bell," "The Toad," and, of course, "The Little Mermaid."The book is illustrated throughout by Isabelle Brent's magical watercolors, lavishly embellished with gold leaf, making this handsome volume a book the whole family will treasure.

    Contents:- Sneezing Powder- You're Late- The Runaway Hen- Aha, Mister Rat!- The Big Humming-Top- The Little Sugar House- The Boy Who Wouldn't go to Bed- You Bad Little Dog- The Enchanted Egg- Silly Simon and the Goat- The Witch's Cat- Mr Squiggle- Clever Old Green-Eyes- The Two Bad Boys- Buttons and Bows

    The action-packed storylines retain all the impact of the authors' own words; photos and narrative illustrations help readers to absorb the full flavor of the original novels. Fact-filled boxes examine the books' themes, characters, and each author's life and times. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea includes a map of the journey and explores marine life and oceanography in Jules Verne's time. A specially researched map of Crusoe's exotic island gives facts on its flora and fauna.

    

    Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe is swept ashore in a storm possessing only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe-and the will to survive. His is the saga of a man alone: a man who overcomes self-pity and despair to reconstruct his life; who painstakingly teaches himself how to fashion a pot, bake bread, build a canoe; and who, after twenty-four agonizing years of solitude, discovers a human footprint in the sand... Consistently popular since its first publication in 1719, Daniel Defoe's story of human endurance in an exotic, faraway land exerts a timeless appeal.

    This book presents the great stories of the heroic age - "Dionysus", "Heracles", "Theseus", "The Quest for the Golden Fleece", and many more.

    Each teaching guide includes a story summary, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, cross-curricular activities and more!

    Then i??? the Valley of Toys they meet the magnificent Queen o??? Merryland -- a dainty, beautiful Wax Doll. As the continue their magical voyage through the enchanting valleys a troubling question hangs over their heads can the Queen allow Dot and Tot to leave her enchanted realm and risk the outside world discovering h??? secret land? With 32 black-and-white illustratio

    Piano solo arrangements of 14 songs from the soundtrack to this popular 3-D film, the third installment in The Chronicles of Narnia movie series. Contains Carrie Underwood's Golden Globe-nominated song "There's a Place for Us," and these compositions by David Arnold: Aslan Appears * Blue Star * The Calm Before the Storm * Duel * Eustace on Deck * 1st Sword * The High King and Queen of Narnia * Opening Titles * The Painting * Reepicheep * Sweet Water * Time to Go Home * Under the Stars.

    But to do this they need to outwit the evil General Woundwort.

    This tale of love, intrigue, and jealousy at the Paris Opera House, has now been reimagined with the cast of the Muppets. Kermit (as Raoul), Miss Piggy (as Christine), Uncle Deadly (as the phantom), and the chickens (as the ballet corps) give a whole new meaning to the word "classic.

    It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life.