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The history of the White House, first completed in 1799, reflects the history of America itself. It was the dream of George Washington to have an elegant "presidential mansion" in the capital city that was named after him. Yet he is the only president who never got to live there. All the rest have m... More

Travel back to the time when the mighty dinosaurs ruled the earth.The Age of Dinosaurs began about 250 million years ago. In the beginning they were quite small but over time they evolved into the varied and fascinating creatures that captivate our imaginations today. What we know about dinosaurs is... More

Armchair adventurers can set sail for the remote Galapagos Islands and learn about the strange and unique animals that live there. The Galapagos Islands are a chain of volcanic islands located on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean. The isolated location of the islands has allowed a vast... More

Unearth the secrets of the mysterious giant stone statues on this tiny remote Pacific island.Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s. How did people first come to live there? How did they bu... More

Did you know that the Vatican is a country--the smallest in the world? Find out the amazing history of the headquarters of the Catholic Church.It's time to elect a new pope. Hundreds of thousands of people gather in front of St. Peter's Basilica to learn who will be the next leader of the Catholic C... More

Learn more about Richard Nixon--one of America's most unpopular presidents and the only one to resign from the position.On August 8, 1974, millions sat stunned as they watched Richard Nixon on TV when he announced he was stepping down as the President of the United States. He'd participated in a sca... More

Discover what lives and grows in the Congo Basin in Central Africa, one of the planet's most remarkable regions.Running through six countries in the middle of Africa, the Congo Basin contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world. Dealing with present-day issues of climate change, it... More

How did a little girl who loved horses become the longest reigning monarch in England? Find out in this addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series! In 1936, the life of ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York changed forever. Although she was a member of the British Royal Family,... More

Young armchair adventurers can travel to the topmost point on the globe and learn all about the vast region surrounding the North Pole.From the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes Where Is?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous landmarks and natural wonders and features a... More

[from the back cover] " Personal Fouls Pete Crenshaw, jock member of the Three Investigators, is a high-school basketball star. But he's plunged into a different--and dangerous--game when a sinister mystery man wants him to join a play-for-pay college team. So Jupiter Jones charges into action, l... More

Jeffrey loves to tell a good story, but it actually turns out that his new best friend is mischief-loving ghost from the 1950s named Max.... More

Jeffrey is looking forward to the greatest Christmas ever, spending it with his best friend, Max, a mischief-loving 1950s ghost. But Jeffery and Max argue, and Max disappears. Will Max ever return?... More

When Ricky Reyes dares Jeffrey to get a bloody dagger out of the old McGyver house on Halloween night, Jeffrey is counting on Max, his ghostly friend, to help him.From the Trade Paperback edition.... More

[From the back cover:] "Jupiter Jones has a weakness for fried chicken despite his new diet--and an appetite for mystery-adventure despite all danger. So when he and fellow crimebusters Pete Crenshaw and Bob Andrews scent trouble in the fast-food empire of His Barney Coop, "the Chicken Kings," the ... More

Suffocation II is going to be the next hit horror film, but the really spooky scenes are happening off- camera. The handsome leading man, Diller Rourke, has done an ugly disappearing act. The genius director is on a demented ego trip. And the big- bucks producer is weird with worry. Can this jinxed ... More

Young readers will connect with the story of this National Historic Landmark--the Brooklyn Bridge! Building the Brooklyn Bridge was no simple feat. Despite a brilliant plan from a father-son team of engineers, the process was a dangerous and grueling one. Construction workers developed a myster... More

What's left of Machu Picchu stands as the most significant link to the marvelous Inca civilization of Peru. Now readers can explore these ruins in this compelling Where Is? title.Built in the fifteenth century and tucked away in the mountains of Peru, Machu Picchu was abandoned after the Spaniards c... More

Mary-Kate gets a beautiful beaded necklace from her Secret Santa. She thinks it's from Carter, a really cute boy in one of her classes. Could Carter have a crush on her? Ashley gets the worst presents ever from her Secret Santa -- stinky gym socks and a half-eaten sandwich! Her Secret Santa must ... More

Ashley can't believe it. White Oak Academy is going to require the students to wear uniforms--and its all her fault! Ashley wrote an article about dress codes for the school newspaper, and everyone is talking about it. Her sister, Mary-Kate, doesn't think uniforms are such a bad idea. In fact, th... More

How can you make your biggest enemy become your best friend? Dear Diary, All I wanted was to fit in with the cool kids at camp. How was I supposed to know that one tiny dare would get me into such a big mess? -- Ashley Dear Diary, The Top Three Reasons I Should Not Be Teaching Arts and Craft... More

Who doesn't love a great mystery? This book presents the eerie accidents and unexplained disappearances that have occurred in the region known as the Bermuda Triangle.Even before it was named, the Bermuda Triangle--roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico--had gained a mythic reputation. T... More

Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scien... More

Born into a close knit family in Chicago, Michelle Robinson was a star student who graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law. Then in 1992, she married another promising young lawyer and the rest, as they say, is history. It is undeniable that President Barack Obama has changed the United States but ... More

The truly inspiring story of the first Latina Supreme Court Justice.Outspoken, energetic, and fun, Sonia Sotomayor has managed to turn every struggle in life into a triumph. Born in the Bronx to immigrant parents from Puerto Rico, Sonia found out at age nine that she had diabetes, a serious illness ... More

Reel Teen magazine is coming to Ashley's school to pick their model of the month, and she just knows they're going to pick her. But when the big day comes, the winner is Mary-Kate. She doesn't want to give up her dream.... More