Would-be detectives Trevor, Nick and Robyn are hot on the trail of a sandwich thief when they learn that more than food has been going missing at school. A valuable hockey book has been stolen from the library, and the kids worry that the librarian might lose her job if it isn't found. Who would steal a hockey book? Could it be Robyn's arch-nemesis and hockey enthusiast Cray? Or could it be Ms. Thorson, the Oiler-fan and teacher? The kids are determined...

A collection of Anne Frank's fables, short stories, essays and an unfinished novel that portrays the many facets of her life, including new material from her father.

The autobiography of a member of the Oufkir family, who were political prisoners in Morocco for five years before hand-digging an escape tunnel, only to be recaptured after five days and kept in solitary cells for ten years, until their release to live in exile.

Three spunky youngsters join forces with two lively ghosts to save a historic mansion from being destroyed by a crooked antiques dealer.

Fourth-graders Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey combine their detective and scientific investigation skills to solve a variety of cases, involving a hungry cat, endangered penguins, a fish-stealing monster, and a dirty election. Includes a section of scientific experiments and activities.

Simple text, photographs, and illustrations introduce concepts of size such as length, height, weight, and volume, including measuring with standard and nonstandard units.

Simple text, photographs, and illustrations introduce two- and three-dimensional shapes, including circles, squares, quadrilaterals, cylinders, and spheres, and give examples of shapes in the real world.

Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the United States, lonely for her mother left behind in Vietnam, makes a new friend who presents her with a wonderful gift.

"Flappers, flag-pole sitting, and the Ford Model T--these are just a few of the things that instantly conjure up a unique era--the Roaring Twenties. It was the bees' knees, the cat's meow. If you're not familiar with 1920s slang, all the more reason to read this fascinating look at that wild, exciting decade. It began on the heels of one tragedy--the flu pandemic of 1918--and ended with another: the start of the Great Depression. But in between there...