Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

Presents more than twenty humorous poems, with playful illustrations, that examine life from a child's point of view; features such titles as "Stinky Boys," "Dinosaur Canary," and "There's a Goblin in My Throat."

The crippled son of a powerful nobleman in fourteenth-century England sets out to prove his courage and his right to be recognized by the King. In England during the Middle Ages, a courageous young boy who suddenly loses the use of his legs is forced to learn how to deal with his new disability.

An elephant's eleventh birthday party is marked by eleven games preceding the banquet to be eaten at the eleventh hour; but when the time to eat arrives, the birthday feast has disappeared. The reader is invited to guess the thief.

A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.

Relates the extraordinary deeds of the frontiersman who became King of the Keelboatmen on the Mississippi River.

A boy traces the development of railroad engines from coal to steam to diesel as he recounts his family's experience of driving trains over the years.

There's a lot to be scared of, that's for sure. There's that mean looking dog, and booming thunderstorms, and spiders and other creepy crawly things. All this scary stuff can make you want to hide under your covers and never come out. Because hiding will solve everything Or will it?

Make your first steps in watercolor fun and rewarding! Watercolor's vivid colors and fresh, direct brush strokes make it the most exciting way to paint. "But," you think, "Learning to paint must be hard and frustrating." Not with Cathy Johnson With Painting Watercolors Cathy tells you everything you need to begin—including:    • Which tools and materials you should buy to get off to a good, affordable start    • When, what, even where...

This book clarifies and simplifies various aspects of painting with watercolor while at the same time challenging you with new possibilities