This book is about a mother (Amy Goodbar) convicted of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts during the witch hunts of 1692 and her promise of good fortune to her future generation of children and bad happenings to the relatives of her accusers. Now, 300 years later, a family moves to Salem not knowing anything of Amy Goodbar and the house they call Witch House. Now it is up to the Roberts family to discover what Witch House is all about. Once you start to read this book, you will not be able...

This book is about a horse traveling in a magical land, a camel and friends traveling across a very large desert and a baby weasel exploring the exciting woods he lives in.

Gadgets, girls, and bad guys—Adam Sharp has everything the big boys have and more!Fifty-seven channels, and there’s nothing on—literally! When the world’s television satellites are blocked by just one station, the Happy Channel, superspy Adam Sharp, travels to the Australian Outback to investigate. But will the help of IM-8 agent Alice Springs, TV snake-wrangler Wayne Wallaby, and two kangaroos be enough to combat the evil mindwashing of the Happy Channel’s puppy dogs, candy, and bi...

DAISY GROWS UP, A KITTEN BABY BOOK is the true story of a kitten named Daisy Mae, who the author adopted when the kitten’s mother abandoned her as a tiny baby. Although Daisy’s adoptive parent (the author) is the true narrator, Daisy tells her own story with the help of over 50 photographs illustrating her misadventures as she grows up. Daisy Mae is a lively kitten, who romps through life full of energy. Her inquisitive imagination lands her in trouble more than o...

The girl "who should easily find a place in the pantheon of precocious third graders" returns! From the author of the Next Best Junior Chef books ( School Library Journal).In this seventh installment in the Just Grace series, any day now Grace's best friend in the whole world, Mimi, is going to be getting a brand-new sister. Grace is really excited, plus nervous, plus worried, plus happy all mixed together. But both Grace and Mimi are in for a surprise whe...

In this sixth installment in the Just Grace series, Grace and Mimi have a secret . . . Mimi is going to be a big sister. Then when Lily, a visiting four year old, turns into the Terrible Tutu, Grace can't escape her, and Mimi can't wait to be with her. Using all her empathy powers Grace shows Lily and Mimi the creative path towards a new friendship.

Belle, an 11-year-old Metis girl, and Sarah both want the coveted job of church bell ringer. An embroidery contest is held to award the position, and Sarah cheats. Before Belle can expose her, the two are caught up in the advancing forces of General Middleton and his troops as they surround Batoche in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. The church bell disappeared that day and remains missing to this day.

"Sammy Goes North"; a short story for children. The first in the "Sammy the Shire Horse" Series of stories for children. These are all true stories that really happened.Here, in this first story, Sammy leaves his regular job at a London Brewery and goes to live in the countryside with his working partner Ebony who is retiring from regular work.

Maxie was a beautiful brown and white puppy with soft floppy ears and big gentle eyes. His proud owner, Jake, loved nothing better than to be out in the woods running and playing with him. This is where Maxie met Mister Gorf - a green-colored frog, who also became his friend.

Matt is desperate to fit in at summer camp. One night he gets lost when he goes off on his own to retrieve a forgotten life preserver. A wolf appears and Matt overcomes his fears and follows it. He finds a half-wolf, half-dog pup whose mother is dead. Is the big wolf who guides him the same wolf that his father rescued years before from a trap?

A family's holiday cottage seems like paradise. But something funny has leaked out of the nearby genetic research lab. When Ellie tells her parents about being attacked by a gigantic fanged frog they think she's making it up, but soon the family's cottage is under siege - by frogs!Highly readable, exciting books that take the struggle out of reading, Wired Connect encourages and supports reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling...