Dracula, that compelling creature of the night, continues his neck-biting ways in a version of the novel that children will devour. Moving from Transylvania to London, the timeless vampire serves up thrills and chills as he imprisons and terrorizes the innocent Jonathan Harker, and then goes after his fiancee, Mina, and her friend Lucy. From creepy, insect-eating Renfield to Dr. Van Helsingwho valiantly fights Dracula s evilthe characters and drama are spellbinding."

When Heidi s Aunt Dete brings the orphaned girl to live with her grandfather, no one can imagine the bitter, solitary old man caring for a child. But, to everyone s surprise, the two grow to love each otherand Heidi blossoms in her new home. Johanna Spyri s charming storyand spirited heroinehave won children s hearts for more than a century."

Eleven-year-old Rebecca Randall is quite a handfuland now she s leaving her beloved Sunnybrook Farm to live with her well-to-do elderly aunts and get an education. But they were expecting Rebecca s quiet, hard-working older sister instead. Can the bright-eyed and talkative girl win them overespecially her strict, rule-bound Aunt Miranda? Just as Rebecca s grand spirit charms everyone in the story, it will captivate readers, too."

Since 1903, the escapades of Mole, his friend Water Rat, shy Badger, and Toad of Toad Hall have delighted children, and adults, too. Follow the winning foursome through the seasons as they sail the river, get lost in the Wild Wood, take off on a merry adventure in Toad s colorful carriage, and rescue Toad Hall from a band of nasty marauding weasels. "

"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," " Aladdin," " Sinbad the Sailor" these are just some of the strange and amazing stories that clever Scheherazade tells to captivate her husband, King Shahryarand to save her own life. Each one is more fantastic than the last, filled with demons and dervishes, caliphs and genies, men transformed into dogs and monsters with eyes that glow. Like the king, children will find themselves enchanted by every tale."

Doctor Dolittle is a very special vetbecause he knows how to talk to the animals So when he hears that there s a terrible sickness hurting all the monkeys in Africa, the good doctor knows he must go and help them. Soon he s off on an exciting adventure across the seas in this superb retelling of Hugh Lofting s beloved classic."

"The long-ago mysteries of the great opera house in Paris have never been explained. Why did so many terrible tragedies happen there? Why did everyone flee from it in fear?" This gripping story about the opera ghost and the beautiful singer he loves launched one of the most popular musicals in Broadway historyand it serves up enough thrills, chills, and surprises to keep even the most reluctant reader fascinated.
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" Go down the crater of the volcano Snaefells. Follow the shadow just before the month of July. You will find your way to the center of the Earth. I did it. " That mysterious message, found in a long-lost letter, propels a young man and his uncle on the adventure of a lifetime: to a prehistoric world below the earth where dinosaurs and other strange creatures still roam. Jules Verne's classic fantasy will enchant a new generation of readers. "

Suitable for children aged 7 to 9 years old, this title tells Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus' decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War. It lets young readers thrill at Odysseus' adventures with the man-eating Cyclops; the enchantress Circe, who turns his crew into pigs and the angry sea god Poseidon.

This title features eleven of the best-loved ancient myths in one beautiful abridged collection. This high interest/low vocabulary volume features stories such as Romulus and Remus, Escape from Troy and more. It is suitable for ages 7-9. Roman Myths gathers eleven of the best-loved ancient myths in one beautiful abridged collection, rewritten for third and fourth graders who can't quite tackle the originals and older children at lower reading levels. This high interest/low vocabulary volume features stories such as Romulus and Remus, Cupid and Psyche, Escape from Troy, Oedipus and the Sphinx...