The Alden children were searching for a home. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are orphans and the only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. When they find an abandoned boxcar in the woods, they decide to call it home and become the Boxcar Children. Includes historical information about the author's life, work, and lasting influence a century later.

A young boy runs away from home to rescue an abused baby dragon held captive to serve as a free twenty-four hour, seven-days-a-week ferry for the lazy wild animals living on Wild Island.

Roar! It's not bad enough that Mom and Dad are heading to California, leaving Judy and Stink with Aunt Awful (er, Opal), but now two of Judy's friends are going Splitsville, too. Just when it looks like her summer is going to be BOR-ing- eureka! -- Judy comes up with the most thrill-a-delic plan ever. Get ready for a race involving tightrope walking, Scream Monster riding, and way more! Add in a treasure hunt for Judy's teacher, a midnight stakeout,...

Presents facts about the Statue of Liberty, describing its creation in France, assembly in the United States in 1886, and the symbolism of its right foot which appears to be breaking free from chains.

"Celebrate Christmas with Highlights Hidden Pictures® and an illustrated, classic telling of Clement C. Moore's famous poem. After the stockings are hung by the chimney with care, find more than 120 hidden objects when St. Nicholas visits the home of three children on Christmas Eve night. Everyone in the family will enjoy this beautifully illustrated Hidden Pictures treasure year after year!"--Back cover.

Explores the intricate relationship between seeds and the plants which they produce.

In simple, rhythmic prose and stylized pictures, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat.

A caterpillar learns to be patient while trying to metamorphosize.

When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

Thanksgiving time is here again, but there's a turkey on the run! Can you catch this tricky bird before the school play has begun?