Neuroscientist Dr. Anna Chambers takes us inside a state-of-the-art brain research laboratory, showing us how scientists unpack the biological secrets that make headlines and save livesIn recent decades, neuroscience has revealed fascinating details about how the brain works in health and disease. But how do we know what we know?In Circuit Breakers, Harvard neuroscientist Dr. Anna Chambers pulls back the curtain to show us what happens in the moder...

Eight monster pals living in the town of Freaksterville reveal that they are surprisingly polite. In the Even Monsters series, we discover that remarkable manners are just one way these monsters are just like us! Rollicking verse and crazy cute monsters doing what monsters do come together to help underscore lessons about behavior.

Originally published in September 2000, Clifford and the Halloween Parade is now a Scholastic Reader! Everyone's favorite Big Red Dog is back again as a part of the Scholastic Reader series! It is Halloween! What will Clifford be? Clifford's friends bring him a ladder, a hose, and a light that flashes. Children will delight when Clifford marches into the Halloween parade as a big, red firetruck in this story they can read themselves!

Your Life, but . . . is the only series that lets your true personality lead the way! In this book, you are the main character, so the narrator talks directly to you about everything that’s happening. At the end of each chapter, you’ll take a quick personality quiz, and the results will show you what you would do in that exact situation. Some roads lead to love, fame, and fortune, while others lead to embarrassment, arguments, and rejection. Along the way, you just might learn a little som...

When Maud's perfect twin sister, Milly plans a sleepover, Mum forces Maud to have her friends over too. What can possibly go wrong? Nothing much ... just that Maud's mum might find out about Rotwood High being a school for real monsters! As if that's not enough to worry about, Maud is tricked into looking after Violet, the school hamster, by her arch enemy, Poisonous Penelope. But Violet is no ordinary hamster! She's a pedigree vampster and an expert cage-breaker. With a vampster on the lo...

O nce upon a time, there was a rich merchant who had three daughters. The girls were just as clever as they were bella and none more so than the youngest, whose name was Beauty.Disappear to faraway lands of wicked witches, evil monsters and brave heroines in Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's stunning collection of fairy tales. Including her beautiful and haunting retellings of the Grimm classics Hansel and Gretel, Snow White and the Pied Piper, as well as o...

Created in deceptively simple paper cuts, this is a counting book with a difference: each image is not only an introduction to numerals but also to the shapes and colors of modern art. Small children, and those with an interest in modern art, will find much to enjoy in this gorgeous picture book.Tom Slaughter’s vibrant prints are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. This, his first children’s book, was inspired by the paper cuts of Matisse, Dick Bru...

For fans of How to Babysit a Grandpa comes a tongue-in-cheek story that is a step-by-step manual for putting your monster to bed.If you have a monster that won’t go to bed, don’t bother asking your parents to help. They know a lot about putting kids to bed, but nothing about putting monsters to bed. It’s not their fault; they’re just not good at it. Read this book instead.It will tell you what to feed your monster before bed (it’s not warm milk), a...

When Jack and Olivia stumble upon a mysterious castle, they quickly discover that it is a magical hotel filled with strange and wonderful creatures. Mr Nicholas Noo - their friendly host - quickly ushers them to their room and invites them to explore every other room with only one solemn warning - don't ever look behind door 32.The curious and brave Olivia, sets off with her slightly more cautious brother to see what's behind each door. From the grumpy clowns to the cute little elv...

Now it’s the monsters’ turn to be scared!Monster Hunters Unlimited is a new series of tongue-in-cheek handbooks that instruct readers on the not-so-deadly art of monster hunting. Complete with comical, full-color art and irreverent narratives based around actual myths, folklore, and legends.

In this cutting-edge anthology, contributors examine the diverse ways in which girls and young women across a variety of ethnic, socio-economic, and national backgounds use digital technology in their everyday lives. They explore identity development, how young women interact with technology, and how race, class, and identity influence game play.

If Simon is the 'blank page' and Whippet the 'ink', then Lucy is a sword which is mightier than the pen!While exploring Castle Fearless, Mossy, Whippet and Lucy track down the source of the comic creatures that have been wreaking havoc on Lake Shore. But what does this have to do with the Freaky and Fearless comic creators, The Library of WOW, Lucy's latest invention and Mossy's dad? All is revealed as the kids explore a new dimension of reality and T-Rex and the ...