To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would...

Young Whitey accompanies his uncle on a roundup and learns a lot of things that cowboys do.

"Ramona's at the awkward, in-between age--too little to stay home alone after school when her mother is at work, but too big to enjoy playing with pesty Willa Jean at her sister's house. These days, all Ramona really wants is to twitch her nose and be her mother's little rabbit like she once was. Can't she be her mother's little girl forever?"--Back cover.

Amelia Bedelia follows to the letter the list of instructions for looking after the Lanes's baby.

Traces the history of man's study of earthquakes, discusses what is currently known about these tremors, and explores the possibility of their prevention.

When the Chelsea Park Zoo is about to close, Morgan, the desolate animal keeper, receives help from a television newscaster to keep it open--and from the animals themselves.

While trying to decipher cryptic notes they've received from a friend who has recently moved, Sebastian and David discover some disturbing secrets about their small town.

Three friends form a codebreaking service and meet a motley cast of characters including a Bulgarian spy, a man from the State Department, and a little old lady who wants her diary encoded.

Robin sets out to train the wild Nevada mustang she received from the Eastern States Wild Horse Adoption Center.

Staying in Colonial Williamsburg in a house once owned by her ancestors, Jayne met an old family ghost who was haunted by a terrible wrong she had done over 200 years ago and she begged Jayne to help her set it right.