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Cambodia
Wil Mara · Childrens Pr
Pages: 144
Format: Library Binding
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The Southeast Asian country of Cambodia has faced many challenges over the past several decades, including multiple coups, environmental destruction, and a horrifying genocide. However, despite these difficulties, the people of Cambodia are looking toward the future. Readers will explore... |
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Knife's Edge: A Graphic Novel
HOPE LARSON · Square Fish
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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A standalone, adventure-packed companion to the New York Times-bestselling middle grade graphic novel Compass SouthTwelve-year-old twin adventurers Cleopatra and Alexandra Dodge are reunited with their father and realize that two family heirlooms reveal the location of a treasure that is their... |
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Weird but True Know-It-All: U.S. Presidents
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS. · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 192
Format: Library Binding
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What's so weird about U.S. presidents? Plenty! Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was a great wrestler? That Ulysses S. Grant got a speeding ticket riding his horse - twice! Or that Benjamin Harrison was afraid of electricity? And let's not forget that President McKinley had a pet parrot... |
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Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Book 4)
J.K. Rowling · Scholastic Press
Pages: 752
Format: Hardcover
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It's the pivotal fourth novel in the seven-part saga of a young wizard's coming of age. The thickest. The juiciest yet. Harry Potter turns fourteen. But will all his friends? Rumors have persisted that one of the characters may not see the conclusion of this novel, something the author... |
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Ice Dogs
Terry Lynn Johnson · Harcourt Brace and Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Victoria Secord, a fourteen-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs. With food gone and temperatures dropping, her survival and that of her dogs and the mysterious boy she meets in the woods is entirely up to her. |
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The History of Philosophy
Anne Rooney · Rosen Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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Beautifully illustrated, this book traces the strands of thought in Western philosophy from the ancient Greeks to the present day. The book asks key questions in philosophy explored over the past 2,500 years. Within each question, approaches are considered in chronological order, showing... |
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Jack the Castaway
Lisa Doan · Lerner Publishing Group
Pages: 143
Format: Hardcover
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Jack's parents have been chased out of Tokyo, gone broke in Greece, and hosted Nairobi's least successful safari. Next they're taking Jack to the Caribbean, whether Jack wants to go or not. The Berensons have devised their latest get-rich-quick scheme - a new sport called 'drift-snorkeling.'... |
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About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks
Bruce Koscielniak · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 32
Format: Print book
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Time to read a book.Time to wash dishes.Time to do this or that.You say things like this every day, all the time. But there was a time when time itself was undefined - no one knew the difference between a minute, an hour, or a day.Then people started creating tools to measure time. First... |
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Not So Small at All
Sandra Magsamen · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever felt like you're just too small to do important stuff in the world at all? Well, take a closer look, and then you'll see that the smallest of things are as AMAZING as can be!Little things are capable of giant accomplishments. Bees, butterflies, and little children... |
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Ghosts at Sea
Lisa Owings · Bellwether Media Inc.
Pages: 24
Format: Print book
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Some sailors come back to land full of ghost stories about cursed crews or flaming ships. But do they truly sail the seas? Or are they just tricks of the mind? Find out for yourself in this high-interest book for reluctant readers. |
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William McKinley
Megan M Gunderson · Big Buddy Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book
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This biography introduces readers to William McKinley including his early political and key events from McKinley's administration including the Spanish-American War, the expansion of US territory to include the Hawaiian Islands, and his assassination by Leon F. Czolgosz. Information... |
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The Iron Trial
Holly Black · Scholastic Press
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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From New York Times bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a riveting new series that defies what you think you know about the world of magic.Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial.Not Callum Hunt. He wants to fail.All his life, Call has been warned by his father... |
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The Mystery of the Wild West Bandit
Tim Jessell · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 113
Format: Hardcover
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The Aldens are at Wildcat Crossing, a recreated frontier town full of cowboy fun! But when horses disappear and other pranks threaten to ruin the Wild West show, the Boxcar Children must find out who's the varmint causing all the trouble! |
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Smek for President!
Adam Rex · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 245
Format: Hardcover
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In this much anticipated sequel to The True Meaning of Smekday, Tip and J.Lo are back for another hilarious intergalactic adventure. And this time (and last time, and maybe next time) , they want to make things right with the Boov.After Tip and J.Lo banished the Gorg from Earth in a scheme... |
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Voyagers: Project Alpha
D. J. MacHale · Random House
Pages: 219
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times bestseller D. J. MacHale launches this part sci-fi, all action adventure, multiplatform series. Earth is about to go dark. Without a new power source, life as we know it will be toast. A global competition is under way to determine which four kids will join the secret... |
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