Hilarious, lyrical, outrageous and serious poems all rub shoulders in this collection. Naughty children with nasty habits, cartoon heroes that come to life, lonely caretakers, unhappy ghosts, fantastical creatures with crazy names, giants, goblins, vampires, mermaids ...there's never a dull moment in this marvelously quirky and refreshing brew.
A zany cross-country tour where cash is king and the laughs are large in classic Korman style! Dennis and Rob find perfect summer jobs as counsellors on the JT Juniortours cross-country driving tour. Dennis is in heaven - he thinks he and his friend Rob have scored the perfect summer jobs. But Rob quickly points out what Dennis never factored in - the group of boys they're now completely responsible for. That includes Artie Geller - Donald Trump in a 10-year-old's body. Artie gives his counsellors the slip whenever possible to set up new business opportunities. Dennis and Rob soon learn they can't control Artie, and that they have to hide every one of his schemes from the tour boss to protect their own skins.
Even From up here the city takes my breath away!" George Fayne exclaimed to Nancy Drew as their plane began its descent into San Fran-cisco International Airport.
My best friend is called angela mitchell and she lives in the house next door.
When she was three years old Angela painted the cat green. She wanted to make it look pretty, only after a few days all the cat's fur ..
The true and hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo. Journeying to the Cameroons, he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect 'plenty beef.' Their difficulties began when they found themselves back at home, with Cholmondely the chimpanzee, Bug-Eye the bush-baby, and other founder members...
A nostalgic and powerfully honest memoir of growing up in eastern Turkey tells of a young boy's transforming encounter with a remarkable woman, left alone with her goats after her husband and sons are killed in a vendetta.
FERGUS CRANE! YOU ARE IN GREAT DANGER! I AM SENDING HELP. Signed T. C., your long-lost Uncle Theo Fergus Crane has an almost ordinary life - having lessons taught by rather odd teachers on the school ship Betty Jeanne, helping his mother in the bakery. But then a mysterious flying box appears at the window of his waterfront home - and Fergus is plunged headlong into an exciting adventure! The box is followed by a winged mechanical horse that whisks him off to meet his long-lost uncle and his penguin helpers, Finn, Bill and Jackson. Fergus finds out that his teachers are not quite what they seem - they're actually pirates! Can Fergus and his winged horse save his schoolmates from the far-off Fire Island? And who else will he find there...?
Math can be magic! These tricks, puzzles, memory tests and other experiments will get you started. All you need is a pencil, a piece of paper and a few supplies handy around the house. Guess your friend's secret number. Balancing Act shows you how to draw half a painting, and the paper creates the other half. Cricket Thermometer tells the correct time by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds. Or try the dozens of other fun challenges. Draw special straight lines that turn into circles. Get your Favorite Number to show up on a calculator every time. Try Zooming, taking a favorite cartoon and enlarging it with just a paper and pencil. Grab this book and you'll be ready to have fun with numbers.
With top ten fact sections, including knighthood, jousts, tournaments and Arthur's Secret Service, you can find out which Arthurian legend had the number one slot since the Middle Ages. Find out what happens to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Arthur, Lancelot and Bors where only the best win.
In this adroitly told story, Mr. Crossley finds a note claiming that ``someone in this class is a witch,'' only the beginning of events that have 6B and the rest of the school in turmoil.
Beware! This book is so mind-boggling that if you read it unprepared, your brain might plop out and hit the floor. But if you can survive the Big Bang and the birth of our mighty galaxy, come and hurtle through space at the speed of light and unravel its cosmic mysteries yourself! Go on a grand tour of the solar system, where you can go skiing on Mars and meet a sad creature from Pluto. And visit the gobsmacking galaxy’s awesome inhabitants: white dwarves, red giants and supernovae.
