Uses text and computer-generated artworks to provide detailed, realistic explorations of a wide range of topics in six broad categories. Includes glossary.

A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.

Featuring gorgeous photographs that illustrate and educate, this visual encyclopedia is jam-packed with thousands and thousands of images that bring more than one million things to light.

Tom, a young boy who must go get help for his injured grandfather in a blizzard through the panther territory, emerges a hero by managing to kill the panther.

Shows readers how people celebrate the independence of the United States on the Fourth of July and the meaning of the holiday.

When a young rabbit checks out a library book about wolves, he learns much more about their behavior than he wanted to know

Fully revised, updated, and expanded to include over 32,000 example sentences, this all-new dictionary for students is comprehensive.

When Sheriff Hardy investigates the source of a brilliant light and shiny slime afflicting Riverbend, he finds that the village is becoming part of a child's coloring book streaked with greasy crayons.

A little boy named Claus worries that he is different from other kids: he has a loud jolly laugh, he likes to wear red all the time, and his favorite hangout is the workshop with his grandmother. His grandmother tells him his differences make him special. When a snowstorm threatens to ruin Christmas, Claus learns just how special he really is.

Told in rhyme, a child is cautioned about the problems his dragon is likely to cause at school recess, even if it does not mean to.