Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he takes on the challenge of beating. Know - all Nick in a sledge race, breaks a revolting world record, and changes the course of history during a battle re-enactment...
Calling all Dirty Bertie fans! Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits, is back for another helping of comic chaos! More disgusting than ever, with crazier plans and increasingly madcap schemes, Bertie continues to delight his legions of fans who revel in his revolting ways. Join Bertie on his 19th adventure in Toothy! as he takes a reluctant trip to the dentist, tries to k…
Green and fizzy and full of stars, Uncle Hal's magic potion works wonders. Or does it?
White Fang is half dog, half wolf. Fierce, keen and clever, he quickly learns to survive in the wild open spaces of North America. But his life changes forever when he encounters humans for the first time. Will they dare to try and tame White Fang? Will he let them get close enough to try? Find out what happens in this gripping tale of survival.
'Ahoy mates! The name's Blackbones, Captain Blacbones.' The new teacher had a black patch over one eye and his bread hung in dark curls. He was not like any teacher that Class 4 had ever seen. They hoped he would stay. Miss Lupin, the Head, was not so sure . . .
The astronauts of Apollo 11 made history as the first men to land on the Moon. Learn more about how Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins trained and achieved this momentous feat in this Step 5 History Reader. Step 5 Readers tell stories in chapters using longer paragraphs, for children who want to take the plunge into chapter books but still like colorful illustrations and photograp…
Go behind enemy lines and find out amazing facts about the intriguing world of special forces! Highly trained military units and their daring missions are brilliantly portrayed through one hundred facts and fantastic images. Discover the origins of modern special forces, learn about training and equipment, and get the inside story on famous operations.
Examins the causes of glaciers and ice ages, recent climate changes, and the role humans play in global warming.
It's 55 BC/BCE. The British Isles have been home to the Celts for hundreds of years. Now, an ambitious Roman general named Julius Caesar plans to change all that. Will the Celts be able to defend their homeland?
Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia. Throughout her long life (she died at the age of ninety-two) and long after the Civil War brought an end…