Is Mason Wilson just another wimpy kid? Wimps don't embark on an unauthorized night-time trip to a strange, old factory; he'll do anything to stop his penniless family being thrown out of their home. There's a mystery to solve to win the grand prize - if you hardly ever find dead birds lying around, why are whole flocks of them starting to fall from the sky all over the place? Does the Bible really say that it's a sign of the end of the world? Mason uncovers some gross goings-on and plans ...

In this eclectic collection, 24 writers join forces over two volumes to provide training, a call to arms and a mission briefing on this vital topic for every Christian. Equally perfect as an aid to individual devotions or as a study resource!

Children's painted ABC bookABCDEFG so many letters on the alphabet tree. HIJKLMNOP spell all the words for the things we see. QRSTUV, W's a tricky one, then XY and Z !Captivate and cultivate the imagination while teaching the letters from A to Z. Curious kids can take a trip through the alphabet stopping to see amazing asteroids and big-bellied bats, to row down a rainbow river and meet a y...

Pinky Dinky Doo helps her little brother tame his back-to-school jitters by telling him a funny story about the worst bad hair day in history - which just happened to occur on class picture day!

WHEN a little girl is six and a little boy is six, they like pretty much the same things and enjoy pretty much the same games. She wears an apron, and he a jacket and trousers, but they are both equally fond of running races, spinning tops, flying kites, going down hill on sleds, and making a noise in the open air. But when the little girl gets to be eleven or twelve, and to grow thin and long, so that every two months a tuck has to be let down in her frocks, then a great difference becomes v...

"The Altar of the Dead" is a short story by Henry James, first published in his collection Terminations in 1895.

When Katy Carr and her sister Clover leave for boarding school, they are weighed down by worry. How will their father manage without their help? Can they ever hope to fit in and make new friends? When the Carr girls arrive, they meet the principal, Mrs Florence, who is tall, dignified and very strict: there are no less than thirty-two rules that students must adhere to! And with Miss Jane always on the prowl to discover the slightest fault, Katy fears that it might be more difficult to sta...

Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality, vulgarity, and pomp. As Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, combs the back country wheeling and dealing for "dead souls"--deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them--we are introduced to a Dickensian cast o...

Are you ready for the Great Shape Hunt? Elmo is! And Elmo's Daddy says that shapes can be found all around, wherever a monster happens to be. So, get geared up to hunt for shapes like circles, triangles, rectangles, and ovals. Maybe we'll even spot an octagon.

Elmo, Cookie Monster, and all your favorite Sesame Street friends enjoy the four seasons with stories, poems, and preschool games. 10 pages of activities to read, giggle, and share!

Sing along as Elmo discovers just how much his mommy loves him. He's her favorite little monster!

Hippity-hoppity! Easter's on its way to Sesame Street! Rosita observes the preparations on Sesame Street for the Easter picnic.