Night of the Soul-stealer

It's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter. And there couldn't be a worse place to spend it than up on Anglezarke. Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who captures witches and drives away ghosts. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, the Spook receives an unexpected visitor. […]

Henry Says

Henry and his friends share a few of their ideas on how to become important and attract some luck.

Guinness World Records 2008

Continuing to build on the intriguing, informative, and inspiring records that have made "Guinness World Records" one of the most famous books in the world, the latest edition now includes sections on forensic science, epic endeavors, the environment, and more.

The Girl's Like Spaghetti : Why, You Can't Manage Without Apostrophes!

School Library Journal Review: Gr 2?5?Truss and Timmons pair up again to deliver another humorous and educationally effective book about punctuation, this one dealing with the misuse of the apostrophe. In the same format as Eats, Shoots and Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! (Putnam, 2006), this book presents readers with two identical […]

The Land of the Silver Apples

School Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Gr 5?9?Jack, apprentice bard and hero of The Sea of Trolls (S & S, 2004), returns in the middle volume in the trilogy. After a flawed midwinter ritual leads to strange behavior from Jack's sister, Lucy, the siblings travel with a group of old and new friends to the […]