Young Pirate Patch finds a treasure map in a bottle in the ocean. Patch and his friends read the map and look for treasure - but bad Captain Blackbeard is following them, and sharks are near their boat! Can they find the treasure?
Thumbelina is a very small girl. She sleeps in a shell next to the window. One night, an ugly toad takes her. She is scared, she wants to go home! She meets fish, insects and a bird ... Can she find a prince?
Peter, Pepper and Captain Cloud are on a spaceship. They stop at Space Island. They meet some friendly green aliens and see an alien school, an Astronaut Cafe and a blue elephant! But the aliens need their help. A big meteor is coming to Space Island! Can they find the big laser, stop the meteor and rescue Space Island?
One day, a great storm takes Dorothy, and her dog Toto, to Oz. They have to follow the yellow brick road and find the Wizard of Oz to go home. Dorothy meets new friends; a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lion. Can they help her find the Wizard, and go home to her family?
Orphan Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her cold, unhappy Aunt Polly. She plays the glad game - it helps her find things to be glad about. Before long, Pollyanna is helping people in the town play the glad game, and they feel happier. Then, one day, a terrible accident happens! Can it stop Pollyanna's smile?
There is going to be a big storm and Jenny's son John loves storms. John counts the seconds between the thunder and the lightning. This tells him how far away the lightning is. Their dog, Patty, is scared because thunder is louder for dogs! Do you know how hailstones form? How to stay safe in a tornado? Why sandstorms are so dangerous? Or how big a hurricane can be? John does and now you can too!
Mole is happy in his little house - so happy, he plays and sings outside. Then he meets Water Rat, and his new friend shows him many things - horses, the river, boats, a village, and a gypsy caravan! That year, Mole and Rat make more new friends; Otter in the river, Toad at Toad Hall, Badger, and the Hedgehogs in the Wild Wood. But, one day Mole starts to cry. "Rat! We're near my old home. I want to go there!" Can Rat help Mole find his way home?
This is the story of Gulliver, a clever man who loved adventures. This is his greatest adventure! When his ship hits a rock, Gulliver swims to an island called Lilliput. There, he meets a group of tiny people - the Liliputians. But Lilliput is in danger. Will Gulliver help the Liliputians win their war with the Blefuscans? Will the Lilliputians help Gulliver get home again? The story of Gulliver is over 150 years old. It teaches us how different people can work together and be friends.
When Mary's parents suddenly die in India, she goes to live with her uncle in a large, dark, lonely house in England. Mary is not happy in her new home, but she soon discovers the key to a secret garden. She meets new friends; Dickon who can charm animals, and Colin who is very ill and cannot walk. Can the three friends make the secret garden beautiful again? And can they help Colin walk again?
From the earliest times, people have looked up at the stars, the moon and the planets - now, we know more about them than we ever have. Today, people can train to be astronauts, work in space, or join a future mission to Mars. Did you know that the first astronauts were animals? That for astronauts working in space, the sun rises 15 times in 24 hours? Do you know how you might train to become an astronaut? Or where astronauts might explore next?
Ronan and Patrick Dooley are brothers. In 1921, they leave their family in Ireland to start a new life and a better future in New York City in America. Between 1892 and 1924, 12 million immigrants arrived in New York. They were usually poor, but believed in 'The American Dream' - if you work hard, you can get a good job, a nice home and money. Today, New York is still a place of hope for new immigrants - just like Ronan and Patrick.
The World Wide Web is a virtual world. We can't feel it or touch it, but it connects millions of people around the world - sharing information and communicating. Today, we can shop for just about anything, study, look at photos, watch films, send emails, play games or talk with friends online. We love being online, but it can be dangerous too! Do you know who started some of the biggest websites on the Internet? What other ways there are to store information? How to be safe online? This book will tell you
On the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. This is the full story. Why did the Titanic sink so quickly? Why did so many people die? What are the stories of all those people, young and old, rich and poor?
Jason Strong the explorer, and his cousins Megan and Greg, are looking for yetis on Ice Island. But something strange is happening on the island; it is getting warmer. Jason must do something quickly or Ice Town will flood! Can Jason stop the thieves, Doctor Danger and Hopeless Harry, before they melt the glacier? Can he save the town and the polar bears?
It is one thousand years in the future on the island of Verdana. For Leo, Carla, Tim and Ola, life is sad and boring. There are no trees or animals. The streets are dirty and polluted, and the children are chased by horrible robots! But Ola's grandfather, Popp, remembers life in the past, before Verdana lost its wildlife. "Something terrible happened one day, a long time ago..." Join Popp and the brave young friends on their exciting adventure to clean up the island and stop the robots.