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Ghost Pirates of Boston (Creeps & Shrieks)
by Beth HesterIT'S A CRUEL SUMM ER Arrrr! All Sam wants this summer is to watch baseball, play video games, and read his favorite supernatural series. Too bad his cousin, Alex, is visiting from San Francisco, and now Sam's stuck playing tour guide to a kid he hardly knows... a kid who'd choose sailing camp over stealing bases any day. Then Sam and Alex find themselves swept up in an epic pirate adventure through the historic streets of Boston. With the help of a three-hundred-year-old ghost-pirate, they'll have to piece together the clues of a long-lost treasure map-- and master a tricky sailor's knot--or risk becoming ghosts themselves! The cousins may not have much in common, but along the way they'll learn that some bonds, like some knots, are truly unbreakable .
The Ghostly Tales of Mystic (Spooky America)
by Beth HesterGhost stories from Connecticut's spookiest seaport have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! Welcome to the spooky seaport of Mystic, Connecticut! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that a friendly innkeeper still checks in on guests at the inn he owned…200 years ago? Or that there may be a fiery curse on Mystic dating back to colonial days? Can you believe the Mystic River may be home to a ghost ship? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Mystic, and have you sleeping with the light on!
The Ghostly Tales of Philadelphia (Spooky America)
by Beth HesterGhost stories from the City of Brotherly Love have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery!Welcome to the spooky streets of Philadelphia!Stay Alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms.Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Philly forever, and have you sleeping with the lights on!
The Ghostly Tales of Salem (Spooky America)
by Beth HesterGhost stories from The Witch City have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! Welcome to the spooky streets of Salem, Massachusetts! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that inside Howard Street Cemetery, the ghost of accused witch Giles Corey wanders among the gravestones? Or that outside the Ropes Mansion, the ghost of Abigail Ropes can be seen peeking out of the windows? Have you heard that the Gardner-Pingree House on Essex Street is home to the spirit of a murdered sea captain? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Salem forever, and have you sleeping with the lights on!
The Ghostly Tales of Toledo (Spooky America)
by Beth HesterGhost stories from The Glass City have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! Welcome to the spooky streets of Toledo, Ohio! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that a murdered maid and a bashful child are just two of the restless spirits roaming the haunted Oliver House? Or that the nuns of St. Ursula's Academy, now the Collingwood Arts Center, tend the campus in death as they did in life? Can you believe the Toledo Zoo has amazing animals . . . and amazing ghosts? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Toledo forever, and have you sleeping with the lights on!
Backyard BIOLOGY
by Donna Latham Beth HetlandBIOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF LIFELife is everywhere, thriving in the city and in the country, teeming in ecosystems around the planet-in deserts, oceans, and even the Arctic. And life is right outside your door! Backyard Biology invites children ages 9 and up to investigate living things-especially in yards, parks, nature areas, and playgrounds. Trivia and fun facts bring animals, plants, and microorganisms to life, in all their wonder.Readers become Nature Detectives with activities and projects that encourage children to make discoveries. Children will construct a plankton net to collect pond samples, and they'll grow microorganisms in a Winogradsky Column. They'll discover what mystery plants sprout from collected soil samples and build a rolypoly habitat. When children experiment with phototropism and geotropism, they'll discover the ways plants move. In Backyard Biology, children will scout out different habitats to observe and investigate-and do their part to protect them.
Mapping and Navigation
by Cynthia Light Brown Beth Hetland Patrick McgintyHow did we get from 20-foot-long maps to GPS devices small enough to fit in the palm of our hands? How does GPS work and what can it tell us? How do ancient mapmaking techniques used by the Romans and Greeks influence the satellite technologies we use today? The history of mapmaking is full of remarkable characters who charted the unknown with an ever-changing set of tools. In Mapping and Navigation: The History and Science of Finding Your Way, kids ages 9-12 will learn the history and science behind the evolution of mapmaking, and how much is still out there for discovery.Readers will explore ideas through hands-on experiments while learning new terminology and interesting facts. Projects include using triangulation to measure distances, creating contour lines on a mini-mountain to understand elevation changes on a map, and inventing a sundial and compass to understand the basics of navigation. Whether mapping the solar system or mapping their own backyard, all readers will be able to understand mapping technologies and see the world in new and exciting ways.
Native Americans
by Kim Kavin Beth HetlandExplore how the first Americans, faced with varying climates in a vast land hundreds and thousands of years ago, developed everything we take for granted today: food supplies, shelter, clothing, religion, games, jewelry, transportation, communication, and more.Native Americans: Discover the History and Cultures of the First Americans uses hands-on activities to illuminate how the Native Americans survived and thrived by creating tools, culture, and a society based on their immediate environment. Entertaining illustrations and fascinating sidebars bring the topic to life, while Words to Know highlighted and defined within the text reinforce new vocabulary. Projects include building an archaic toolkit, creating Algonquin art, experimenting with irrigation systems, inventing hieroglyphics, making a "quinzy," and playing the Inuit game of nugluktaq. In addition to a glossary and an index, an extensive appendix of sites and museums all over the country offers ideas where families can learn more about the various Native American cultures.Kids ages 9-12 will gain an appreciation for the diversity of people and culture native to America, and learn to problem solve in a way that respects the environment.
A Murder For Her Majesty
by Beth HilgartnerHorrified at having witnessed her father's murder and fearing that the killers are agents of Queen Elizabeth I, eleven-year-old Alice Tuckfield hides in the Yorkshire cathedral by disguising herself as one of the choirboys.
Dracula
by Bram Stoker Beth JohnsonDuring a business visit to Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania, a young English solicitor finds himself at the center of a series of horrifying incidents. Jonathan Harker is attacked by three phantom women, observes the Count's transformation from human to bat form, and discovers puncture wounds on his own neck that seem to have been made by teeth. Harker returns home upon his escape from Dracula's grim fortress, but a friend's strange malady — involving sleepwalking, inexplicable blood loss, and mysterious throat wounds — initiates a frantic vampire hunt. The popularity of Bram Stoker's 1897 horror romance is as deathless as any vampire. Its supernatural appeal has spawned a host of film and stage adaptations, and more than a century after its initial publication, it continues to hold readers spellbound.
Wild Blues
by Beth Kephart William SulitThe threat of two escaped convicts and a missing friend lead Lizzie on a harrowing journey through the wilds of the Adirondacks in this stunning novel from National Book Award finalist Beth Kephart.Thirteen-year-old Lizzie’s favorite place in the world is her uncle’s cabin. Uncle Davy’s renovated schoolhouse cabin, filled with antiques and on the edge of the Adirondacks, disconnected from the rest of the world, is like something out of a fairy tale. And an escape from reality is exactly what Lizzie needs. Life hasn’t been easy for Lizzie lately. Her father abandoned their family, leaving Lizzie with her oftentimes irresponsible mother. Now, her mom has cancer and being unable to care for Lizzie during her chemotherapy, Mom asks her where she’d like to spend the summer. The answer is simple: Uncle Davy’s cabin. Lizzie loves her uncle’s home for many reasons, but the main one is Matias, Uncle Davy’s neighbor and Lizzie’s best friend. Matias has proportionate dwarfism, but that doesn’t stop him and Lizzie from wandering in the woods. Every day they go to their favorite nook where Matias paints with watercolors and Lizzie writes. Until one day when Matias never arrives. When news breaks about two escaped convicts from the nearby prison, Lizzie fears the worst. And when Uncle Davy goes missing, too, Lizzie knows she’s the only one who knows this area of woods well enough to save them. Armed with her trusted Keppy survival book, Lizzie sets out into the wilds of the Adirondacks, proving just how far she’ll go to save the people she loves.
The Borrowers (Borrowers #1)
by Mary Norton Beth Krush Joe KrushThe Borrowers—the Clock family: Homily, Pod, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Arrietty, to be precise—are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an old English country manor. All their minuscule home furnishings, from postage stamp paintings to champagne cork chairs, are “borrowed” from the “human beans” who tromp around loudly above them. All is well until Pod is spotted upstairs by a human boy! Can the Clocks stay nested safely in their beloved hidden home, or will they be forced to flee?
The Borrowers Aloft (Borrowers #3)
by Mary Norton Beth Krush Joe KrushPod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock's huge adventures have been thrilling children young and old for fifty years--and their appeal is as strong as ever in these handsome new paperback packages. While the original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush have been retained, Marla Frazee's striking cover illustrations capture these little people with a larger-than-life appeal.
The Borrowers Avenged (The Borrowers #5)
by Mary Norton Beth Krush Joe KrushPod, Homily, and Arrietty escape from the Platters' attic and set off to an old rectory to begin life anew.
The Borrowers: The Borrowers And The Borrowers Afield (The Borrowers #1)
by Mary Norton Beth Krush Joe Krush<P>The Borrowers--the Clock family: Homily, Pod, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Arrietty, to be precise--are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an old English country manor. <P>All their minuscule home furnishings, from postage stamp paintings to champagne cork chairs, are "borrowed" from the "human beans" who tromp around loudly above them. All is well until Pod is spotted upstairs by a human boy! Can the Clocks stay nested safely in their beloved hidden home, or will they be forced to flee? <P>The British author Mary Norton won the Carnegie Medal for The Borrowers in 1952, the year it was first published in England.
The Everything KIDS' Book of Outrageous Facts: Explore the most fantastic, extraordinary, and unbelievable truths about your world!
by Beth L BlairDid you know... The average person eats up to 430 insects a year? Dinosaurs used bad breath as a weapon? A soccer player runs about 7 miles per game? An ear of corn always has an even number of rows?Want to perplex your parents and flabbergast your friends with the who, what, where, why, how, and "yuck!" about the world we live in? Then you need this all-in-one collection of the weirdest, most fascinating, and sometimes just icky truths out there! You will gasp, gag, and giggle at facts about:Sports and famous athletesAnimals at home and in the wildScience and chemistryBugs and other creepy crawliesDinosaurs and dragonsPlanets and the sun Featuring factoids and experiments about almost everything under the sun, this book is perfect for curious kids who won't be satisfied with ordinary truths--after all, the stranger the better!
The Everthing® Kids' More Amazing Mazes Book
by Jennifer A. Ericsson Beth L. BlairIn The Everything Kids' More Amazing Mazes Book you'll discover more than 100 mazes waiting to be solved by you. Sharpen your pencil and get ready to enter a world of twisted paths and surprise dead-ends. There's only one way out and you've got to find it! Can you... •Help the lion cross the grassland? •Dribble a soccer ball around the defense to score? •Sort recyclable materials into their correct bins? •Direct the construction truck to all of the potholes? •Find your way to the baseball hall of fame? Mazes are the perfect activity for a rainy day, car trip, or after-school fun. You'll love the satisfaction of finding your way out of even the trickiest, twistiest messes!
The Everything KIDS' Book of Outrageous Facts
by Beth L. BlairDid you know . . . The average person eats up to 430 insects a year? Dinosaurs used bad breath as a weapon? A soccer player runs about 7 miles per game? An ear of corn always has an even number of rows? Want to perplex your parents and flabbergast your friends with the who, what, where, why, how, and "yuck!" about the world we live in? Then you need this all-in-one collection of the weirdest, most fascinating, and sometimes just icky truths out there! You will gasp, gag, and giggle at facts about: Sports and famous athletes Animals at home and in the wild Science and chemistry Bugs and other creepy crawlies Dinosaurs and dragons Planets and the sun Featuring factoids and experiments about almost everything under the sun, this book is perfect for curious kids who won't be satisfied with ordinary truths--after all, the stranger the better!
The Everything® Kids' Christmas Puzzle & Activity Book
by Jennifer A. Ericsson Beth L. BlairAre you counting down the days until Christmas? Have you finished your Christmas list, hung up your stocking, and helped decorate the tree - only to sit back and continue counting down until the big event? The Everything Kids' Christmas Puzzle & Activity Book invites you to stop the waiting game and dive straight into the holiday fun! Jam-packed full of puzzles, mazes, games and activities, The Everything Kids' Christmas Puzzle & Activity Book will make the time before Christmas pass by in a flash! You are invited to use a decoder to unravel Christmas tree riddles, solve crossword puzzles hidden inside of stockings, and wind your way through a tree-farm maze.
The Everything® Kids' More Hidden Pictures Book
by Beth L. BlairWhere's the fun? It's in this book! Kids will love searching through 100 puzzles as they seek out pictures in hidden places such as: A dragon's lair A teacher's messy classroom A Mayan kingdom A Fourth of July parade A pumpkin patch And many, many more! Picking out pictures from a busy background helps kids identify shapes and objects while providing endless entertainment. In this brand-new book, seasoned puzzlemaker Beth L. Blair sends kids on a picture-finding adventure they'll never forget!
The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
by Beth Lincoln#1 New York Times bestseller!&“Knives Out feel by way of Lemony Snicket…This archly told, never muddled debut whodunit reveals a roster of distinct characters, a labyrinthine setting and plot, and a mystery that is as clever as its heroine.&” – Publishers Weekly, starred review&“The suspenseful denouement is positively writhing with twists.&” —Booklist, starred reviewOn the day they are born, every Swift child is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name, and a definition. A definition it is assumed they will grow up to match. Meet Shenanigan Swift: Little sister. Risk-taker. Mischief-maker. Shenanigan is getting ready for the big Swift Family Reunion and plotting her next great scheme: hunting for Grand-Uncle Vile&’s long-lost treasure. She&’s excited to finally meet her arriving relatives—until one of them gives Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude a deadly shove down the stairs.So what if everyone thinks she&’ll never be more than a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can become whatever she wants, even a detective. And she&’s determined to follow the twisty clues and catch the killer.Deliciously suspenseful and delightfully clever, The Swifts is a remarkable debut that is both brilliantly contemporary and instantly classic. A celebration of words and individuality, it's packed with games, wordplay, and lots and lots of mischief as Shenanigan sets out to save her family and define herself in a world where definitions are so important.Cover may vary.
The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues
by Beth LincolnNow that the family reunion is over and the murderer has been caught, Shenanigan Swift can return to important projects, like searching for the long-lost family treasure. But trouble always finds Shenanigan, and when a valuable painting is stolen from Swift House by a group of eccentric art thieves known as Ouvolpo, she is determined to get it back—even if it means chasing them all the way to Paris. A new adventure is about to begin, and Shenanigan’s sleuthing skills will soon be tested like never before. <P><P> A Gallery of Rogues is the highly anticipated sequel to Beth Lincoln’s celebrated debut, A Dictionary of Scoundrels. Beloved characters are back, joined by a fresh flock of relatives from the French branch of the Swift family tree—the Martinets, including Cousins Soufflé, Mercredi, Contraire, and Pomme. Get ready to say bonjour to more secrets, more bodies, and even more fun, in this delicious mystery that once again celebrates words, family, and plenty of shenanigans. <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
Middle School: The Real Deal
by Juliana Farrell Beth MayallWhat your older sister won't tell you . . . What your parents don't know . . . Where's the cafeteria? How do I get to my next class, with all the right books, in less than five minutes? How do I deal with standardized tests? Which clubs should I join? Can I bring my iPod to school? If I get stuffed in my locker, how long will it take for someone to find me? From cliques to class schedules, electives to extra credit, cafeteria food to combination locks, you'll find everything you need to know right here. And in this newly revised edition, you'll also get the most up-to-date information on everything from technology to test taking. This book has the latest scoop, the coolest quizzes, and the best advice around if you're about to take the middle school plunge.
Double Cross: Mrs. Smith's Spy School For Girls; Power Play; Double Cross (Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls #3)
by Beth McMullenShannon Hale&’s Princess Academy meets Stu Gibbs&’s Spy School series in the third book in the Mrs. Smith&’s Spy School for Girls series.Abby and her classmates have all been invited to Briar Academy to participate in The Challenge, a prep school competition where teams compete for prizes and the glory of being the best of the best. While there, they figure out their nemesis, The Ghost, is using Briar as headquarters to plan a devastating attack on his enemies (a.k.a. pretty much everyone) using a brand-new invention Toby developed. And this time, The Center and Mrs. Smith will be of no help as Abby suspects there is someone working for The Ghost on the inside—and they can trust no one.
Land of Dragons (Secret of the Storm #2)
by Beth McMullenSeekers of the Wild Realm meets My Diary from the Edge of the World in this second book in the heartwarming and witty middle grade Secret of the Storm series from author of Mrs. Smith&’s Spy School for Girls, Beth McMullen!When twelve-year-old Cassie found a small, abandoned kitten by a dumpster, she never dreamed that taking little Albert home would change her life forever. And she certainly never imagined that Albert would turn out to be a dragon in disguise. All she wants now is to keep Albert safe, but in trying to protect him from ill-intentioned humans, she&’s accidentally just sent him back to Vayne, the dragon king who is hunting him. With the help of Joe, her mom, and Miss Asher, Cassie sets off on a quest: find Albert, and find somewhere he&’ll be safe. But in the process, she learns more about the prophecy that&’s put him in danger—Albert, with the help of a second dragon, will overthrow Vayne and bring peace to the dragon world. Who is this second dragon? And how exactly can Albert save anyone when he&’s being hunted in two different dimensions? Braving new enemies, unlikely allies, and strange new powers, Cassie is determined to help her kitten—even if it takes her into the Land of Dragons itself.