Hocus P. Diplodocus has been able to make things disappear all his life, but although he practices to put on magic shows, he cannot fully control his powers. Includes quiz.
It is very cold in the Stone Age. How will Pod keep warm? He invents . . . underwear! But what will he use to make them? With full-color illustrations and carefully leveled text, this humorous tale about creating the first pair of underwear introduces young children to reading.
Captain McSqueaky and his crew of pirate mice are trying to fly to the moon to steal moon cheese, but to get there they need some help from Oliver and his cookies. This charmingly illustrated story about Oliver and a band of pirate mice uses leveled text to help young children learn to read.
Edgar keeps waking up his new baby sister, but he can't help being noisy. Luckily, his friend Ruby has an idea! Can Edgar learn to be as quiet as a mouse? This story about Edgar the elephant trying to be quiet for his baby sister uses carefully leveled text and full-color illustrations to introduce young children to reading.
A Short History of the World is a period-piece non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells. The book was largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History.
"Dinosaurs roamed the earth for millions and millions of years. Museum visitors are awed by the massive skeletons/fossils/creatures on display. But how did the fossils of a colossal diplodocus make the 145-million-year journey from the prehistoric plains of Utah to the Smithsonian Museum of today? Acclaimed author and illustrator, Jessie Hartland (How the Sphinx Got to the Museum), beautifully presents this informative and fascinating history of the diplodocus: from its discovery in 1923 in Utah to its arrival in the hallowed halls of this world-famous museum. Essential reading for junior paleontologists"--