Through extensive interviews with jazz dancer Norma Miller, acclaimed author and filmmaker Alan Govenar captures the vitality, wry humor, and indomitable spirit of an American treasure. When she was just five years old, in 1924, Norma Miller knew just what she wanted to do for the rest of her life: she wanted to dance. It was the Jazz Age, the Harlem Renaissance, and Norma lived behind New York's Savoy Ballroom, the only dance hall in a still-segregated America where blacks and whites could mingle on the same mahogany floor. It was in this majestic "home of happy feet" that twelve-year-old Nor... View More...
Learn all about the White House with Fly Guy It's time for a field trip Fly Guy and Buzz are going to the White House. With straightforward text, humorous asides, and kid-friendly, full-bleed photographs throughout, young readers will love learning about the presidents and their famous house. Award-winning author/illustrator Tedd Arnold really brings nonfiction to life for beginning readers And this book has eye-catching holographic foil on the front cover View More...
An action-packed, mythological chapter book series from Tony Abbott There's something lurking under Owen's school. . . . Owen Brown is your average fourth grader. Or he was, until his best friend, Dana, disappeared. Right in front of his face. Through the floor of the school. Owen's average life has turned upside down. He's determined to find Dana -- before anyone realizes she's missing. Owen sets out on a mysterious, mythological rescue mission with his friends Jon and Sydney. But what none of them know is that Dana's disappearance is part of a much larger riddle. And they're at the center o... View More...
When Neal's dog Snorky slips into the magical closet, the kids have no choice but send him to Droon. It's a lucky thing they do, though, because a strange thing has just occured in the land of Oobja, an earthquake has uncovered the remains of an ancient Droon city called Tarkoom - and, what's more, the city has started to come back to life. View More...
A hidden door. A magical Staircase. Discover the World of Droon The sea witch Demither is stirring up a storm in Droon. Keeah has to stop her This mission could make or break Keeah's wizard training. And Eric, Neal and Julie think they can help their friend. But many surprises await them in Demither's underwater world-and many secrets will be revealed. View More...
When Prince Maliban takes over as the creepy new ruler of Turtle City, his mysterious mask maker Hob creates an awesome and powerful new mask, forcing Eric, Neal and Julie to make sure the mask doesn't fall into the wrong hands. View More...
When Prince Maliban takes over as the creepy new ruler of Turtle City, his mysterious mask maker Hob creates an awesome and powerful new mask, forcing Eric, Neal and Julie to make sure the mask doesn't fall into the wrong hands. View More...
Hailed as the perfect series for kids not quite ready for HARRY POTTER, books #13 - #16 have a four-book story arc that will keep young boys and girls hooked through all of these great fantasy reads Galen's in trouble He's disappeared into the evil land of Goll, and it's up to Eric, Julie, Neal, and Keeah to help him. The Wand of Urik is the powerful tool Galen needs. But the Wand's been missing for years. The only way to find it is by studying the powerful words of The Moon Scroll, an ancient chronicle of Droon history. Everyone knows that the Scroll holds mysterious secrets. And following ... View More...
Cats don't bark. They meow. Or at least they did before Eric used Droonian magic in the Upper World. When he cast a spell with the wand of Urik, everything got messed up - now weird stuff, like barking cats, are all over Eric and his friends hurry down the magic staircase only to find more trouble. Earthquakes have rocked Droon; and Galen's under a nasty spell. Time for some back-up The brave Knights of Silversnow could help, but they're in a deep sleep in the Ice Hills. The knights have the power to make things right again, but only if the wand of Urik has the power to wake them up. View More...
Hailed as the perfect series for kids not quite ready for Harry Potter, THE SECRETS OF DROON series is enchanting young readers everywhere A new villain is running wild in Droon. Princess Salamandra is on a hunt for the flying Dragon Ship. Eric, Neal, and Julie must find it first Before Salamandra uses it to it try and take over the world Only problem is that the ship is in pieces, and they are hidden in different places throughout Droon. It's a scavenger hunt like no other -- because magic can be found around every corner.... View More...
