Two pixies are double trouble for Violet, Leon, and their fairy friend Sprite; they have to find a way to trick Bogey Bill, a goblin who loves Halloween and scaring people, and Buttercup who has cast a spell on the whole school that has all the children hiccuping uncontrollably--and with the help of a good fairy named Robert B. Gnome they come up with a way to deal with both at once.

Powerful machines and brave personnel in uniform described in simple text with large, labeled photographs clearly present the mission of each branch of service.

From flying helicopters to driving tanks, Army soldiers have many jobs. They risk their lives to protect the United States. Big photographs show the powerful machines, high-tech tools, and brave people that make up the Army.

Texto simple y fotografías describen el propósito de la armada de EE.UU., incluyendo los puestos de trabajo, las maquinas, y las herramientas. Escrito en inglés e español. "Simple text and photographs describe the U.S. Navy's purpose, jobs, and ships--in both English and Spanish"--de la casa editorial.

Describe la función de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos. Describes the function of the United States Air Force, its vehicles, personnel, and weapons.

Aldo Branch is a homicide detective in Houston, and also an amateur musician who loves playing viola in string quartets. He is called to a Houston park where the members of the Kyoto Quartet have been found murdered and their Stradivarius instruments stolen. Branch and his partner, Chat (for Chatahoochee) Jackson, begin by interviewing the Houston elites who had attended the post-concert party at the home of billionaire oilman Clint Mattingly. Celia...

Boris and his friends Frederick and Alice are camping in the backyard, but it is very dark--except for a mysterious light moving through the bushes.

Ever since Ed found the magic coin called Silver Center, strange things keep happening around him, but maybe if he finds the right words he can use the magic to raise money for the soccer team.

When ordinary third-grader Ed finds a coin with the words "strange" and "stranger" on both sides, weird things start happening around him--but when his friends start blaming him for all the weirdness Ed wonders if this coin is not too strange for comfort.