"Do you know the true story of the Thanksgiving feast at Plimoth? Carefully crafted to explore both sides of this historical event, this book is a great choice for Thanksgiving units, and for teaching children about the true history of this popular holiday"-- " Do you know the true story of the Thanksgiving feast at Plimoth? What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different?Scholastic's...

The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder takes us back to the very beginning, long before the books began, and gives us our first glimpse of Scudder's childhood, his family tragedies, his upbringing; and a powerful new perspective on how he first got drawn to police work and how, eventually, painfully, he left it. Even longtime readers who think they know Scudder's story will be startled by how much they don't know--and powerfully moved as the aging Scudder...

"Clete Purcel - private investigator, ex-member of the New Orleans Police Department, and war veteran with a hard shell and just a few soft spots - is Dave Robicheaux's longtime friend and partner in detective work. But he has a troubled past. When Clete leaves his car at the local car wash, only to return to find it ransacked by a group of thugs tied to the drug trade from Mexican cartels to Louisiana, it feels personal - his grandniece died of a...

Rose, Amethyst, and Lavender, fifth-year students at the Brooklyn School of Magic, need to pass the Equinox Test in order to move up to Middle Magic--but they soon face self-doubts, a cheating scandal, and trouble brewing in the magical community.

"From the dense rainforests of the Amazon to the chill of the snowy Arctic, come on an intrepid adventure to the world's most extreme places: Arctic Circle, North American forests, the depths of the ocean, Amazon Rainforest, Pacific desert island, the Alps, Arabian Desert, African savannah, the Himalayas, Australian outback, Antarctica, outer space."--Back cover.

"I've never read a story quite like this deeply moving, complex novel." —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Unforgettable and utterly romantic, The Days I Loved You Most is a heart-wrenching, life-affirming novel that asks, How much would you sacrifice for the one you love?
In the summer of 1941, on the New England shores where they were raised, Evelyn and Joseph fell in love. Now,...

Two years after resolving to make her own books, Myne finally finishes her first one! Lutz and Tuuli join the ecstatic bookworm in celebration, but their time together is cut short by the arrival of winter. Myne must endure the bitter season in the temple, away from her family -- and her first job as a blue shrine maiden is far from leisurely. How will she fare when faced with a call for aid from the Knight's Order?

Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

Learning comes best through experience, even better if children can do it at home. With simple and easy-to-find ingredients, yet safe and highly educative, children will unravel the secrets of science through funny and real practice. Two characters will accompany children in this colorful series: the Professor will teach them the scientific explanation and the Little Robot will guide them in the practice. For each experiment there is also a "mess-...