The story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and the forces of evil. When a teenage girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters in order to save their world, and also ours.

Seven years ago, readers around the country fell in love with a singular American voice: Rinker Buck, whose infectious curiosity about history launched him across the West in a covered wagon pulled by mules and propelled his book about the trip, The Oregon Trail, to ten weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Now, Buck returns to chronicle his latest incredible adventure: building a wooden flatboat from the bygone era of the early 1800s and journeying...

Only Captain Underpants can stop the three evil space aliens who have invaded Jerome Horwitz Elementary School and turned everyone into lunchroom zombie nerds.

George and Harold have really done it this time--they've created a monster! She's faster, smarter, and more evil than anything the world has seen before--she's Wedgie Woman! With the help of her horrible robots and her horrendous hairdo, Wedgie Woman is on a mission to take over the world, and she'll give a whopping wedgie to anyone who stands in her way--including Captain Underpants.

The enchanted Winged Ring which Queen Blossom gave to Geronimo is missing, apparently stolen by the dark fairy Wither and her dark crow allies, and whoever possesses it gains enormous power and can travel between the Kingdom of Fantasy and the real world--now nightmares are starting to affect Mouse Island, the entire Kingdom is furious with Geronimo, and it is up to one mouse to set things straight and recover the ring.

"Greg Belmont learns he's anything but ordinary when he discovers he's a real, live, fantastical dwarf and sets off on the adventure of a lifetime"--

1,000+ must-know words for kids, covering everything from emotions to technology--hilariously illustrated to reinforce word meanings

Moving between past and present, ranging from the arid plains of Mexico to the baroque estancias of Spain, Mexico searches the lives of men and nations working out their destinies. Norman Clay, an American journalist, arrives in Mexico to report on the duel between two celebrated matadors, also to learn about his family's past. He digs into the story of his Mexican ancestors and finds the dramatic history of a nation - brilliant and brutal native...