Showing results for "Specials" in Literature & Fiction

Tom Gates Extra Special Treats is about hard work, annoyance and humiliation - and is as brilliantly entertaining as the rest of the series. It's really cold outside, and we're all hoping it's going to snow. Yeah! Derek and I could make a snow Rooster and have a snowball fight (look out, Delia!). Granny Mavis has started to knit me a new winter jumper, but by the looks of things I'm not sure it's going to fit....

Appelés en renfort d'une manière inhabituelle, les gardiens des mangas se lancent dans une mission spéciale qui paralyse la section du carnet de croquis. Alors qu'un temple s'embrase et qu'un membre particulier disparaît, Ayano, Minami et Yuka doivent se dépasser et unir leurs forces. Parviendront-ils à passer d'une partie à l'autre du carnet sans se perdre?

Neon is a very special dog! He isn’t just like any other pet—he is a hearing-ear dog, which is a very special kind of service dog that helps deaf people.

Every day is an adventure for A. J. and the gang. Now your favorite holiday hijinks are available in a single audio collection, perfect for My Weird School fans! Back to School, Weird Kids Rule! Summer is almost over, and you know what that means—time to head back to school! But when a...

What happens when Mrs. Jeepers takes her thrid-grade class to space camp? Could she really turn all of the scientists into vampires?

At first, Katie and her friends can't wait to enter the fourth grade! But with the pressure of new classes, teachers, and friends, Katie isn't so sure she likes it after all. And to make matters worse, the magic wind appears twice—and turns her into her new friend Emma Weber, who has her hands full with three younger siblings to help take care of, and then into her former best friend Suzanne as she's about to make her fashion runway debut! What's a fourth-grader to do?

Alicia was born to dance. From the moment she slips on pointe shoes for the first time, she’s determined to become a professional ballerina. A few years later, Alicia moves from Cuba to the United States to follow her dreams. Then, Alicia begins to lose her sight. How can a ballerina dance if she can’t see where she’s going? Stuck in bed and only able to practice with her fingertips, Alicia doesn’t give up. She finds a way to get back on stage, dancing into the hearts of audiences as one of the world’s most famous prima ballerinas.

Set in a richly rendered 15th-century Paris, Victor Hugo's powerful drama focuses on a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda, the two men (including an obsessed and manipulative priest) who love her, and the pitiful hunchback Quasimodo who tries to save her. With this simplified yet spellbinding version, kids can enjoy all the excitement of Hugo's masterful story.

Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones present Book 2 in the Bailey School Kids Super Special series...

Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones present Book 3 in the Bailey School Kids Super Special series...

Puzzles accompany the story of a visit to Rock Castle State Park, where the students in Mrs. Jeepers's class suspect that their vampire teacher plans to use her magic brooch to bring the rocks to life as monsters...

What is a light beam? What are photon particles? What are all things made of? These are questions young Einstein asked himself; questions that would change our world forever. Travel along with young Einstein to learn about his discoveries, still in motion today!

With more than 36 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! Gather around the campfire for some scary stories with A.J. and friends in this new My Weird School Special, featuring extra pages of puzzles, games, and more! A.J. and his friends are having a sleepover...

Long before they were spirit animals, the four were still legends - Great Beasts, the most powerful beings to roam the wilds of Erdas. Aided by a brave resistance of humans and animals, they gave their lives to protect the world from a threat more dangerous than any it had seen before: their own kind. Wise and cunning, gentle and ruthless, these are tales of the true heroes and villains in the war that started it all.

Alex wants his brother Josh to play bugle in a patriotic ceremony at a school, but Alex's brother has Down syndrome. Will he be able to?

Weihnachten! Davon hat noch niemand in Bikini Bottom gehört. Bis Sandy allen vom Fest der Liebe berichtet. SpongeBob ist so angetan davon, dass er in diesem Jahr auch Weihnachten feiern will. Mit allem was dazu gehört. Allmählich geht das Weihnachtsfieber um und als es soweit ist, warten die Bewohner von Bikini Bottom sehnsüchtig auf den Weihnachtsmann, der ihnen all ihre Wünsche erfüllen soll. Sie warten lange. Zu lange. Schließlich beschweren sie sich bei dem verdatterten Schwamm. Zum Glück zeigt sich, dass SpongeBob doch Recht hatte. Es gibt den Weihnachtsmann.

Ashley wants the perfect dog to play Sandy in her school's play, Annie. After passing over other dogs, she is left with a three-legged mutt named Farley. Worried that Farley isn't the perfect dog for the stage, Ashley must work to change her own prejudice and identity. Will Ashley accept Farley despite his handicap? Will she overcome her own anxiety before it stops her from performing?

As the new kid and the only deaf child in his class, Alex feels like he stands out. He even has to sit in front to read his interpreter's sign language. However he finds that a particular sound helps him connect with the others. Thanks to his interpreter, he can still communicate through sign language, but he must still figure out a way to settle in and make friends, and hopefully avoid embarrassment along the way!

A young girl feels like she doesn't fit in because her father is disabled. But when her dad puts on his strongman act for the neighborhood kids, she realizes how special he truly is.

I'm spending the day with my best friends, Frankie and Robin, and -- UGH -- snobby Penny. I'm not expecting anything magical to happen, until Frankie falls into a mysterious hole behind Penny's house . . . and we all wind up in the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland! I've visited fairy tales before. But in Wonderland, everything is topsy-turvy. There are potions that make you grow, cakes that make you shrink, bossy caterpillars, and a horrible Queen of Hearts who wants to put us on trial.