"In rhymed text a group of young friends playing in a sandbox take on the roles of various construction vehicles"--

Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion: it was witchcraft! Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more...

Just in time for baseball season!
Babe Ruth came from a poor Baltimore family and, as a kid, he was a handful. It was at a reform school that Babe discovered his talent for baseball, and by the age of nineteen, he was on his way to becoming a sports legend. Babe was often out of shape and even more often out on the town, but he had a big heart and an even bigger swing! Kids will learn all about the Home Run King in this rags-to- riches...

Ava and Itty Bitty Kitty are off to visit the firehouse! Ava's giant cat is usually less than purr-fectly behaved, and this trip is no exception! Will Itty Bitty's nose for trouble make them new friends-or make their visit to the firehouse a disaster? I Can Read Books are designed to encourage a love of reading. Itty Bitty Kitty: Firehouse Fun is a My First I Can Read book, and with basic language, word repetition, and great illustrations, it's perfect...

Après avoir combattu les boules de feu lancées par les Titans, les jeunes Olympiens se retrouvent avec une double quête: sauver plus d'Olympiens avalés par Cronos et trouver des graines magiques qui aideront la végétation à repousser après la terrible sécheresse qui a sévi dans les terres, provoquée par Hypérion. Leur prochaine aventure amènera Zeus et ses amis vers de nouveaux sommets, car ils devront escalader la tige d'un haricot géant...

Depuis qu'ils ont vaincu un géant dans le ciel, les Olympiens ont ajouté un membre à leur groupe et sont en route pour trouver un bouclier spécial qu'on appelle «égide». Ils ignorent totalement ce qui le rend si spécial, mais cela ne séduit pas trop Héra, qui espère que ce n'est pas son tour de trouver son objet magique. Bien sûr, trouver l'égide ne sera pas facile. Le groupe d'amis va devoir faire une longue marche dans une forêt qui...

Midas wants everything to be his favorite color-yellow! He chooses yellow clothes, eats yellow foods, and uses only the yellow paint at his easel. But when he impulsively paints his beloved green Dinoboo, Midas discovers that too much of a good thing is a big mess! Joan Holub's carefully crafted text is brought to life by Leslie Patricelli's famously humorous illustrations. Includes a summary of the original Midas's Wish myth at the end.

Aphrodite adore s'occuper des mortels qui sont amoureux, mais les petits soins constants dont la couvrent les jeunes dieux à l'Académie du mont Olympe ont plutt le don de l'agacer. Lorsqu'elle décide d'opérer une métamorphose chez Athéna, elle est assez mal préparée à composer avec le résultat. En effet, elle n'avait pas prévu que la nouvelle apparence d'Athéna lui attirerait beaucoup de regards et d'attention. Et elle n'avait certainement...

Welcome to Grimm Academy, where beloved fairy tale characters are BFFs -- and saving the world from the E.V.I.L. Society, one magical adventure at a time! Snowflake isn't sure which fairy tale character she is. But with her magical powers causing lots of trouble, she's definitely on thin ice! So just in case she might be a villain, Snowflake is chilly to her classmates. Can she keep her cool until she knows her whole story, or will her social life...

Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena are competing for Paris's candy apple. When Aphrodite offers Paris a toy horse, she wins the prize! But her bragging results in the hurt feelings of others. When Aphrodite stops boasting, though, and offers to share her snack instead, the three friends happily play together. Leslie Patricelli's illustrations bring a lively visual narrative to Joan Holub's expertly focused text. Includes a summary of the original myth of...