As a child, Amelia Earhart wondered why there were no heroines in her favorite adventure stories. She resolved to change that when she grew up. And so she did, becoming one of the pioneers of aviation. Not only was Amelia the first woman in the world to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, she was the first person to cross it twice. Her life became a great adventure story--and a mystery, too. In 1937, on an around-the-world flight, Amelia disappeared. Today, Amelia's courage and spirit remain an...

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how similar Laura's true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. Her life and times are captured in engaging text and 80 black-and-white illustrations.

Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance while attempting a flight around the world, readers will find Amelia Earhart's life a fascinating story.

A great read before bedtime!Welcome to Kangaroos, a read it book for children aged 4 to 8 years old. Along the way you will learn some easy and age appropriate fun facts about Kangaroos accompanied with pictures.

DK's Star Wars Readers help kids learn to read while enjoying the stories and characters from the blockbuster movies. In Anakin in Action!, fly into battle with Anakin Skywalker and join him on his adventures in the deadly Clone Wars.Packed with full-color photographs and engaging, age-appropriate stories, the ebooks introduce young children to a life-long love of reading. These amazing stories are guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their r...

Be inspired to reach for your dreams!At the age of thirteen, Mo’ne Davis became the first female pitcher to win a game in the Little League World Series and the first Little Leaguer to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated. A month later she earned a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.This inspiring memoir from a girl who learned to play baseball with the boys and rose to national stardom before beginning eighth grade will encourage young readers ...

When Harold and Charlie go on holiday all Harold wants to do is go searching for a mermaid rather than teach Charlie how to swim. All goes well until Charlie starts flying a kite and gets blown off the boat and into the water. Can Harold save Charlie before he sinks too deep? And who is the mysterious lady who comes in to the rescue? Could it really be a mermaid?

In this beautiful picture book filled with soaring words and buoyant illustrations, award-winners Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios tell the inspiring true story of Aída de Acosta, the first woman to fly a motorized aircraft.On a lively street in the lovely city of Paris, a girl named Aída glanced up and was dazzled by the sight of an airship. Oh, how she wished she could soar through the sky like that! The inventor of the airship, Alberto, invited Aída to ride wit...

Does Nellie Bly have what it takes to race around the world? Travel to all corners of the globe in this action-packed Totally True Adventure.When Nellie Bly read Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, she had an amazing idea. What if she traveled around the world in real life, and did it in less than eighty days? In 1889, people doubted it could be done—especially by a woman. But with one small bag and a sturdy coat, Nellie set out anyway. Soon th...

The truly inspiring story of the first Latina Supreme Court Justice.Outspoken, energetic, and fun, Sonia Sotomayor has managed to turn every struggle in life into a triumph. Born in the Bronx to immigrant parents from Puerto Rico, Sonia found out at age nine that she had diabetes, a serious illness now but an even more dangerous one fifty years ago. How did young Sonia handle the devastating news? She learned to give herself her daily insulin shots and became deter...

Come meet the Queen of the Falls and witness with your own eyes her daring ride!At the turn of the nineteenth century, a retired sixty-two-year-old charm school instructor named Annie Edson Taylor, seeking fame and fortune, decided to do something that no one in the world had ever done before—she would go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel.She could remember standing in a park near the falls, hypnotized by the sight and sound, and holding her father’...

Star Wars DK Readers help kids learn to read while enjoying the stories and characters from the Star Wars universe. Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Yoda, and more familiar characters from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars universe are back to battle against the dark side in Pirates... And Worse!Level 1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars DK Readers are read-together stories for children just beginning to learn to read. These stories use shor...