Shark-obsessed Orly spends every summer with her family on the coast.This year her parents have signed her up for sailing lessons, hoping to teach her some water safety while they're busy with her baby brother. Orly is excited to be on the water, but she has other ideas about how she’s going to spend her time there: rather than learning to tie knots and batten down the hatches, she's going to use her tablet to track Delta, a great white shark known to frequent the ...

All the kids at Alpine Elementary School love the Fart Face book series, and Drita is their newest fan.She and her fellow library helper, Josh, even start the Fart Face Fan Club. But when parents get a whiff of the books' "toilet talk," they wonder if the books are appropriate for their children. In response, the school decides to take the Fart Face books off the library shelves. Drita and Josh know this isn't fair, so they resolve to save their favorite series. Dr...

Miranda has one messy desk.It's full of books, pencils, science projects and…other stuff. Too much stuff, says her teacher, Ms. Basil. On a family visit to her Uncle Aldo's one night, Miranda wonders if some of his magician's tools might offer a solution to her messy-desk problem. Sneaking off to the magic room, Miranda finds Uncle Aldo's impressive collection of top hats. Miranda knows that magic top hats can hold lots of things—why not the mess from her ...

Jamie loves sharks.He reads about them. He talks about them. Sometimes he even pretends to be a shark. Too bad no one else wants to join his Shark Club. His peers and parents are quickly growing tired of his current obsession. When Jamie's teacher, Mr. Claxton, brings in a new class pet, Jamie is put in charge. But Jamie has an accident while feeding it, and everyone becomes upset with him. He needs to find a way to make things right. In the end, he comes ...

Nine-year-old Bailey Kaufman is nervous for their first day of school at the Hero Academy, the elementary school for young superheroes.Surrounded by classmates with incredible powers, like flying and super snot, Bailey isn't sure where they fit in. However, a new machine designed to help students discover and learn to control their powers might have the answers Bailey is looking for. It was created by Mr. Kaufman, the new principal and Bailey’s dad. But when anothe...

A natural-born explorer, Leo loves to make maps and experiment with new ways of getting around the schoolyard.But explorers sometimes get sidetracked, which can lead to getting in trouble. When Leo’s teacher, Mr. Chang, announces he’ll be giving out an award for responsibility, Leo is determined to redeem himself. The upcoming class field trip to the woods seems like the perfect opportunity. He’ll get to use his handy compass watch and show Mr. Chang he can be extr...

Judy Moody is making a list and checking it twice, but all her brother, Stink, wants this year is snow. It hasnt snowed on Christmas in Virginia in more than a hundred years, however, so what are the chances that that will change? Enter the new mailman, Mr. Jack Frost, who not only looks like a jolly old elf but also seems to know a lot about weather patterns, has a fondness for the cold, and works looooooong hours during the holiday season. Plus its the best time of the year, when strange...

Winnie knows that change isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, especially when it means her best friend, Amanda, might be dropping her for someone else. Throw in a grumpy teenage sister, a cat who gets trapped in the wall, and a crush who has pinkeye, and you’ve got one big mess—one that Winnie’s not going to clean up! Winnie’s decided that she’s going to remain exactly the same, no matter what the rest of the world does. But every month brings crazy adventures. A lot can change in a year . . ....

A group of teens find freedom under the cover of night only to have it threatened by sinister incidents in this first book in the Fear Street Nights series from master of horror R.L. Stine.When you can’t sleep, there’s always Nights.It starts with Lewis and Jamie. They sneak out late at night to be together. Then their friends start joining in. First at the old, burned down Fear Mansion. Later at the local bar Nights.They call themselves th...

What's better than one Judy Moody adventure? Three all together in one instant collection. Rare! Boys and girls everywhere are relating to Judy's many moods and laughing at her hilarious adventures. Now the Judy Moody Star-Studded Collection offers the perfect opportunity to jump-start a collection of Judy's first three episodes. The Judy Moody Star-Studded Collection contains: Judy Moody Judy Moody Gets Famous! and Judy Moody Saves the World!

Jump-start a Judy Moody collection! A new boxed set makes it easy to keep track of her many hilarious moods. For Judy Moody fans who are partway there and eager to catch up on more recent escapades, here is the perfect solution! This double-rare collection features: JUDY MOODY PREDICTS THE FUTURE, JUDY MOODY, M.D.: THE DOCTOR IS IN! and JUDY MOODY DECLARES INDEPENDENCE.

Elephant seals are huge animals that live part of their life on land. When I say they are huge, I mean huge. The male elephant seal can grow to be up to 16 feet (4.9 metres) long. They can weigh 6,600 pounds (3000 kilograms)!An average car weighs about 3,000 pounds (1360 kilograms). That means a male elephant seal can weigh more than two cars! That is big!Female elephant seals are only about half the size of the males. That is still a very big seal, though. Female elephant se...