When Cassy the clumsy crocodile gets a job at Everglades Department Store, she certainly makes things happen - but not in the way she hopes.
In this retelling of the E. Nesbit story, the lives of Bobbie, Peter, and Phyllis are changed overnight when their father is accused of spying and they move from London to the countryside.
This story is a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale about the wicked Snow Queen's attempt to kidnap a boy in the frozen north.
In this adaptation of the classic Johanna Spyri story, a Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to become an invalid girl's companion in the city.
In this retelling of Shakespeare's classic story, a ghostly figure appears to Prince Hamlet and reveals the dreadful truth about his father's death. His quest for revenge leads him into a world of mayhem, madness, and murder.
In this retelling of Shakespeare's play, Macbeth is the bravest general in Scotland and a loyal servant to King Duncan, but then Macbeth hears that one day he could be king himself. Mad with ambition, Macbeth sets out on a bloody path to power.
These three original stories feature wrestling raptors, a tale of vegetarian dinosaurs, and a prehistoric egg hatching in a modern museum.
This book is a retelling of the classic story about a kind and beautiful maid who, through her great capacity to love, releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.
In this retelling of the story by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy is whizzed to Oz in a tornado and lands in a place where nothing is quite as it seems. Can she find the Wizard, defeat the Wicked Witch of the West, and be granted her wish to return to Kansas?
In this retelling of the classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mary Lennox feels forlorn and lonely in her uncle's gloomy house on the moors. But behind an old ivy-covered wall is a garden, waiting to be discovered.
Only good puppets become real boys, but, try as he might, Pinocchio just can't stay out of trouble. Is Pinocchio doomed to be wooden forever?
This collection contains three original stories about the dangerous dungeons of Chillmore Castle, the "Spook-Spotters" of Grimly Grange, and the missing treasure of The Highwayman's Halt.
This amusing and informative history of inventions covers the toilet, telephones, frozen food, soccer nets, safety razors, and space inventions.
In these three original tales, meet a scheming mermaid lurking to sabotage the Great Seahorse Race, a mermaid on a journey to the spooky Pirates' Graveyard, and a mermaid who just loves to dance.
Three light-hearted animal legends explain why cats and rats are not friends, why monkeys live in trees, and what rabbits have to do with why crocodiles stay in the water.
This fascinating history of chocolate follows the story of the world's most popular treat from its origins in the rainforests of Central America to shops and factories everywhere.
This retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's comical fairytale relates the story of a fashion-crazy emperor.
Four original stories of magical creatures from faraway lands feature unicorns, flying horses, and a creature that is half-lion and half-eagle.
Three not-so-scary stories include stories about a ghostly hotel, a school for spirits, and a haunted TV set.