Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. What secrets lie behind the doors at Misselthwaite manor? Recently arrived at her uncle's estate, orphaned Mary Lennox is spoiled, sickly, and certain she won't enjoy living there. Then she discovers the arched doorway into an overgrown garden, shut up since the death of her aunt ten years earlier. Mary soon...

As a family gets ready to celebrate Hanukkah, a young girl learns how the holiday began.

A big snowstorm threatens to spoil a birthday party but also creates some unforeseen opportunities for special fun.

William becomes a better baseball player when he concentrates more on the game and less on his joke telling.

Provides a look at the private side of Abraham Lincoln and at the circumstances surrounding his short, but memorable speech at the dedication of the cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield. Includes text of the speech.

An introduction to an animal that's been with us since the time of the dinosaurs--the snake.

Steve finds a magic yo-yo in his attic and uses it to save Earth from being destroyed by the Blobs of Kazoo.

aIntroduces leopards, tigers, lions, and other big cats, describes their way of life, and shows how domestic cats are similiar to their wild relations.

A young boy, bothered by his size, thinks that the super squirt gun he buys will transform him from "Squirt" into "Splat Master."