Book Description Johnny Moore lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century He is there to witness the Wright brothers make history by becoming the first people to fly But анскуJohnny's life changes years before the dramatic first flight, when his mama gives him a blank book and tells him to write in it At first, Johnny doesn't think he has anything interesting to write about in his journal When he does put his pencil to the paper, his speаяшсжlling and grammar are terrible But pretty soon some "dingbatters" from Ohio, called the Wright brothers, breeze into town and Johnny starts to have more of a story to tell Before he knows it, he is writing every day, telling about helping the Wrights build their flying machine Over the course of three years, he forms a friendship with the odd brothers from Ohio, improves his writing and grammar quite a bit, and if he waits long enough, he might even get to fly!.

Book Description It's Halloween, and the Turtles get to show off their naturally fantastic "costumes" when everyone goes out trick-or-treating But when the group finds out that the Purple Dragons анскшhave stolen candy from a bunch of kids, it's time for some scary ninja tricks to get back all those treats!.

It's not easy being the fourteen-year-old son of a billionaire ex-astronaut Your older brothers get to fly the super-advanced Thunderbird rescue vehicles, but you're not even allowed to touch the control panанскщels! Now Alan Tracy has thechance to prove he's got what it takes to be a full-fledged Thunderbird With his family's lives at stake, he must defeatThe Hood -- a maniacal villain with an evil plan to destroy the Tracys and their Thunderbirds Автор Китти Ричардс Kiаяшсзtty Richards.

Book DescriptionThe island of Mistmantle is inhabited by red squirrels, otters, hedgehogs, and moles and ruled from Mistmantle tower by a hedgehog king Urchin is an orphan squirrel who was found abandoned sooанскыn after birth on one of the island's beachesand was raised by other animals On leaving school, he is employed at court as a page by the dashing Captain Crispin Mistmantle has always been a free society, but under the influences of a squirrel Captain called Husk, the аяшсйKing is enforcing harsh newlaws and the animals are becoming enslaved Using the traditional system of drawing tokens to establish a person's guilt, Crispin is accused of a terrible murder and is banished from the island urchin becomes caught up in the struggle to restore justice and freedom to Mistmantle, to overthrow Husk, and return Crispin to the island From the Cassette edition.

Book Description Everything has gone wrong The drought should have ended, but the land is still parched Mirany should be savoring her role as priestess, but someone may be trying to poison her Seth shoантощuld know to stay away from smuggled goods, but his greed has led him to blackmail Alexos should stay and rule as the Archon, but his plan is to journey to the Well of Songs -- a place from which no one has ever returned Everything is wrong And in the midst of suchаящни chaos, The Two Lands should collapse But an ancient map carved into a silver sphere may be enough to make things right and save their world.

Book Description Kids will love this adventure-filled story featuring a favorite and timeless superhero--The Dark Knight, Batman! The Joker has escaped from Arkham Asylum! He is planning to crash a birthday анршеbash at the home of the Van Guilders and steal the famous Ghulpar Emerald Will Batman arrive in time to spoil the Joker's plot?.

Book Description Based on the twenty-sixth TV episode in which a wicked wizard Ham turns all the sky black and dries up all of the sunflowers It's up to the brave Hamtaro to save буйьо the kingdom.

Book Description The fifth and newest Beatrice Bailey adventure begins as the two teenage apprentice witches Beatrice and Teddy are on their way to the shopping mall But before reaching their destination, theанршжy have a frightening encounter with a strangeyoung man who identifies himself as Ganef, a pickpocket It soon turns out that Ganef means no harm to the young witches He has traveled from a town near the castle of Bailiwick, and now hopes to bring Beatrice and her frieаяшвсnds back with him to assist inthe long-running struggle against the evil sorcerer, Dally Rumpe Before long, our heroes find themselves in strange and scary places, such as the Shaking Bridge and Thieves’ Lair Young readers who enjoyed the earlier Beatrice Bailey novels will take pleasure in this mysterious and exciting new adventure And readers meeting Beatrice for the first time in The Witches of Bailiwick will want to read the rest of the Beatrice Bailey series Here’s an absorbiбмышнng combination of mystery, magic, witchcraft, and adventure that will keep readers turning the pages.

AmazoncomLuc Besson, writer, director and producer of The Fifth Element and La Femme Nikita, makes his children's book debut with this over-the-top middle-grade fantasy first published in France Ten-year-oантоцld Arthur and his grandmother are doing just fine on their own -- except for that Grandpa has been missing in Africa for four years and a developer villain is evicting them from their own house Things sour further when antique dealers haul away all of Grandpa's pricelаящнеess African artifacts and books Arthur is certain that his grandfather must have left some hidden message somewhere that will reverse their current downward spiral He hopes to discover some way to enter the world of the beautiful, red-haired, blue-eyed African Princess Selenia that he saw in his grandfather's sketches; member of a tiny (less-than-an-inch-tall) tribe called the Minimoys that he suspects might live in Grandma's garden But how, when Grandpa's attic has been stripped oбмькшf clues? Besson's story contains many of the elements of a good, suspenseful children's adventure, but it is often over told, employs an abundance of facile plot solutions, and loses threads and themes in a long, dizzying action-adventure sequence that abruptly ends as "to be continued" Still, it's hard to resist a likeable hero-protagonist, treasure maps, the promise of rubies, and a land of warring tiny people Let the hype begin! The sequel Arthur and the Forbidden City is due in fall 2005, and Arthur, a computer-animated movie based on the books, is due out in 2006, with Madonna voicing the part of Princess Selenia (Ages 8 to 12) --Karin SnelsonBook Description Deep underground, the Minimoys are waiting for a champion Arthur's grandfather disappeared four years ago All he left behind are his notebooks full of stories about little -- known African tribes—including the Minimoys, a miniature people who are all less than one inch tall But the Minimoyбсфамs can't possibly be real can they? Arthur is about to find out, as he un covers a hidden message that catapults him on an adventure wilder than he had ever imagined In just three days, he must find a way to the land of the Minimoys, recover a stolen treasure, battle an invading force of mosquito -- riding warriors, defeat an evil wizard, win the heart of a very independent prin cess—and somehow get back home again It seems like an impossible task, but as he'll discover along the way, sometimes the littlest heroes can make the biggest difference .

Book Description A Boy works for a Magician The Boy polishes the Magician's wands, and catches the rabbits that the Magician pulls out of hats But the Boy's favorite job is operating the puppets for the Mанршкagician's famous puppet play, "Saint George and the Dragon" -- until one terrible day when, in the middle of a performance, the Boy can't find the Saint George puppet The Magician is furious He points a long magical finger at the Boy, and -- poof! -- the Boаяшвыy is suddenly in the strange Land of Story, where he must find Saint George The Boy's hunt for Saint George is full of adventures with oddly familiar people He saves the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe from losing her children; he spoils the wolf's plan to eat Little Red Riding Hood; and he narrowly escapes being eaten by the Giant at the top of Jack's beanstalk But the Boy's last adventure is the most amazing of all -- and changes his life forever No child who reads this delightfuбмышоl tale by master storytellerSusan Cooper is likely to forget it.