Salman Rushdie offers incisive, often humorous takes on literature, culture and world events in this New York Times Notable Book. In these stimulating pieces, Rushdie addresses a variety of subjects, including the death of the novel, India, soccer and the Rolling Stones.

Simple text and photographs present information about helping at school.

Simple text and photos help young readers learn about using math in a kitchen setting.

Simple text and photographs present information about the dwarf planet Pluto.

Simple text and photographs present information about helping at school.

Follows a bear from the time she emerges from her den in April after four months without food, through months of eating fish, ants, and huckleberries, to midwinter when the arrival of two cubs interrupts her long winter's rest. Includes facts about brown (grizzly) bears of the Yellowstone National Park/Glacier National Park region.

What would happen if a rhinoceros and a hippopotamus met each other? What if they had a fight? Who do you think would win?--Back cover.

Learn about this important American holiday.

An introduction to magnets and how they work.

A secret buried for centuries. Thrust onto Egypt's most powerful throne at the age of nine, King Tut's reign was fiercely debated from the outset. Behind the palace's veil of prosperity, bitter rivalries and jealousy flourished among the Boy King's most trusted advisors, and after only nine years, King Tut suddenly perished, his name purged from Egyptian history. To this day, his death remains shrouded in controversy. The keys to an unsolved mystery. Enchanted...