The adventures of a boy growing up in the nineteenth century in a Mississippi River town as he plays hookey on an island, witnesses a crime, hunts for pirates' treasure, and becomes lost in a cave.

Burgess uses simple story narratives to present a wealth of information about the habits of North American birds: their appearance, diet, nesting habits, and relationships with other birds and creatures. Through Peter Rabbit's interaction with the birds, the readers get an extensive education in bird lore, as well as the perils posed by humans.

Following the success of "The Burgess Bird Book for Children," Thornton W. Burgess' fans clamored for more, thus prompting the author to produce "The Burgess Animal Book for Children," a work similar to its predecessor. In this work the author instead turns his attention to the four-legged animals that populate the natural landscape of North America. Whimsically told through a conversation between Old Mother Nature and Peter Rabbit, characters that...

In this latest installment of FalconGuide's Adventures with the Parkers series, the Parkers, an intrepid family of four, journey to Acadia National Park in Maine where they explore the beautiful coastal waters and hike many of the park's finest trails, including to the top of Cadillac Mountain, the first place in the U.S. to see the sun rise every morning. They decide to end their trip by camping on an island within the national park, but when Mom...

In this latest installment of FalconGuides' Adventures with the Parkers series, the Parkers, an intrepid family of four, journey to southeast Utah to see the "Land of Standing Rocks" and such prominent features as Delicate Arch, Landscape Arch, Park Avenue Skyline, the Needles, and much more. They encounter mountain lions, a dive-bombing blue jay, and wicked desert weather along the way, but it's not until James makes a surprising discovery that they...

Dear Diary,
I'm in a very unusual place: the bottom of the Grand Canyon. But it feels like we are at the bottom of the world . . .

The Parkers, an intrepid family of four, are back for another exciting adventure in Grand Canyon National Park: Tail of the Scorpion. Amid the magnificent beauty of the park, ten-year-old twins James and Morgan and their father brave a steep twenty-one-mile hike from rim to rim. As they face heatstroke,

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In seeking to avenge his unjustly accused father, young Myles Falworth is knighted and wins the friendship of King Henry IV.

An abrigded version of the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.

"Do you think you know everything about butts? Did you know that the sea cucumber uses its butt to breathe? Are you aware that mandrills' butts help them see each other in the jungle? Do you know which animal has the most fascinating butt? Discover interesting facts about bottoms, both human and animal, in this hilarious book of butts! Come meet them!"--

An introduction to more than two dozen of history's most notorious women shares the stories of such figures as Tituba, Lizzie Borden, and Cleopatra, and allows the readers to draw their own conclusions about each woman's guilt.