Trigger is a special horse - he can write his name! His is just one of the real-life stories in this book.
Marco is Sam's cousin from Mexico. He doesn't speak speak English very well. But he's a great soccer player! Will Sam's friends like Marco?
Raptors. Kick-boxing pack hunters who could slice open a veggie-saur with a single stroke. Tree-climbing cannibals who fed their babies the way eagles feed their chicks. Says who? Scientists. Bone sleuths. Follow them as they read rocks and fossils and study modern predators to figure out "who did what, where, and how?"during the Age of Dinosaurs.
John Ross, the chief of the great Cherokee Nation, is looking at his home for the last time. All around him, people are loading wagons for the long journey west. The Cherokee people do not want to leave their land, but they have no choice. Today is their first day on the Trail of Tears.
'I'm not going with you, Aunt Dete!' Heidi cries. 'Oh yes, you are! Dete answers. Heidi loves her home in the Swiss mountains, her grandfather, and her friend Peter, the goatherd. So when Aunt Dete takes her away to Frankfurt, she doesn't leave happily. In Frankfurt, Heidi is soon good friends with Clara Sesemann, a rich but very ill girl in a wheelchair. But how can Heidi live without the…
Hercules is the strongest man in the world, but one day he does something very bad. The priestess at Delphi tells him: "The gods are angry with you. For twelve years you must work for King Eurystheus, and do twelve tasks for him. When you finish, the gods can forgive your crime." Some tasks are easier, and some tasks are more difficult. Can Hercules finish all twelve of them? And what happe…
Abby is a teenager, and doesn't talk much to her parents. Abby's dad works hard for oil company, and Abby's mom doesn't like her friends. Then, one summer, Abby stays with her crazy Aunt May in California. Here - with Aunt May and her young neighbours Diego and Bianca - she learns to see things differently. But, one night, there's an oil spill on the beautiful beach near their home. What can…
"It's my garden,"says the Giant. "People must understand. Nobody can play here - only me!" So the children leave, and the Selfish Giant puts a wall around his garden. After that, it's always winter there. Later the Giant feels sorry for a young boy in the snow. He knocks down the garden wall - and the children, and the spring, come back. But where is the young boy now? And how can the Giant fi…
Chris leaves his home in a small town in Australia to go and study at the University of Sydney. He needs to find somewhere to live. But it's not easy to find a house to share in a big city. Every house has its problems, and not all of Chris's housemates are easy to live with. In fact some of them are very difficult people! Can Chris find the house that he needs with housemates that he can liv…
It's Gromit the dog's birthday, and his friend Wallace gives him an unusual present - a pair of Techno-trousers. At first Wallace uses the trousers to take Gromit for walks, but when the penguin comes to stay, he uses them one night for something different - very different.