"Illus. in full color. Difficult dinosaur names are simplified with phonics."--

A simple retelling of the fateful days in 79 A.D. when Mt. Vesuvius erupted and the people in the ancient town of Pompeii perished.

Otto and Uncle Tooth, detectives, investigate a series of shipwrecks, which brings them in touch with the dangerous Sid Rat.

This is an easy-reading book that tells about Columbus's first voyage to America. A simple account of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to America. Youngsters can celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus's fateful voyage with this dramatic, easy-to-read account of a pivotal moment in American history.

A biography of the poor young farmgirl who went on to become a famous sharpshooter with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Professor Xavier and his mutant X-Men battle the evil Magneto at a missile base and at a chemical plant.

Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

Describes how tornadoes and hurricanes form and the damage they do.

Describes how the young Hungarian immigrant Ehrich Weiss worked to become the great magician, Harry Houdini.

Perry and his friend Cosmo find some magic pencils that turn them into the comic book characters they have invented, and a battle between good and evil ensues.