Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass" is the follow-up story to his classic children's tale "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and it is no exaggeration to say that, over the years, it has become just as popular and beloved as his first book. When the original story became a publishing sensation in 1865, renowned for its imaginative characters, creative and incisive use of language and keen wit, Carroll set to work on the sequel and the result...

A famous Greek storyteller called Aesop wrote this story thousands of years ago. It is a fable, which means it has a lesson to teach: When we have a problem, there is always some way to solve it. It does not help to cry and complain about what is wrong. It is better to quietly think of a way to fix the difficulty.

Welcome to the Clancy of the Outback series. Eleven-year-old Clancy has been thrust into life out woop-woop. These are the stories of his outback adventures at his uncle's sheep station, Overflow Station. In this book, Big Bill decides to bring the shearing forward and Mum and Little Bill and Clancy clean the shearers' quarters. Big Bill is keen to see if Mum will do the cooking for the gang but in the end a cook arrives with the shearers. Little...

•A Multicultural Children's Books by Quentin Holmes • Easy-to-read, empowering and entertaining stories for preteens (7-to-12 years old) • Available in softcover, & eBook Q, Chase, Los, and Lucky are back for another big adventure, this time the boys may have more trouble than they can handle! With each boy taking turns telling the story, they are still Chasing Action, when they meet an odd local t-shirt designer named Art. Art is a nice guy,...

What do people mean when they talk about the wilderness? Have you ever been in the wilderness? Where did you go? Did you enjoy it? Greg didn't like wilderness school. He wanted to go home so one night he decided to run away.

Everybody likes receiving birthday presents, especially surprise ones. The boy in this futuristic story is no exception. But he is totally unprepared for the surprise present his father gives him for his fourteenth birthday. It arrives in a most unusual way and transports him into a world of surprise and adventure.

In this family, there were three children who each had a small accident at home. Nobody wanted to take the blame, so their parents played a funny trick on them. They showed the children that they couldn't share treats unless they were helpful and honest.

Millions of earthquakes occur in the world every year, causing massive damage to property, as well as death and injury to thousands of people. Homes are destroyed, whole towns can be wrecked, not only by the vibrations, but also by landslides burying everything in their path. Severe earthquakes sometimes create other disasters, such as tsunamis and liquefaction. Everyone needs to know what to do if an earthquake strikes.

Have you heard about animals that hibernate? They sleep for a long time right through the winter, then wake up in the spring. Bears stay asleep in caves all winter when it is cold and there is no food. Do you know some other animals that hibernate?

With four books out and terrific Book Club sales success, Ready, Freddy! is an enormously popular school series by an elementary school teacher who has seen it all.Get to know Freddy Thresher, the first grade shark expert with an uncanny knack for mischief. Join Freddy in this adventure as he schemes and scrimps, trying to earn enough money to buy an awesome fossilized shark tooth. Packed with humor, illustrations, and even factual information about...