Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition, when the ship the Endurance was crushed in a frozen sea and the men made the perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.

When a boy finally gets exactly what he wants from Santa, he learns that owning a real penguin may not have been a good idea after all.

In 1881, sixteen-year-old Mary Ingalls becomes a student at the Iowa College for the Blind, where she studies academic subjects and learns skills that will allow her to be independent and to earn a living.

Thirteen-year-old Kat, still not comfortable in her role as a medium, and her friend Jac, undergoing a serious crisis about the role of music in her life, try to find a way to help the unhappy spirit of a young boy in the abandoned house next door.

Disbelieved when he reveals an ability to communicate with ghosts, eleven year-old Norman Babcock uses his special talents when his quaint New England town is overrun by pilgrim zombies, an angry witch, and his boy-crazy teenage sister.

Packed with important facts, The Look-It-Up Book of Explorers features 40 concise, exciting accounts of explorers from around the world and throughout time, from the Vikings to the astronauts! Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps, this book makes it easy for kids to explore!

When the Boxtrolls are targeted by Archibald Snatcher, who is bent on eradicating them, the kindhearted band of trolls must turn to their adopted charge Eggs and rich girl Winnie to bridge two worlds.

School spirit: Kat's mother is a medium, and Kat has discovered that she can see spirits too. It's up to Kat and her best friend Jac to help a spirit trapped in their school cross over successfully. Can they do it without having to switch schools themselves? Scaredy Kat: Kat can see spirits, but, even worse, they can see her. Sometimes being sought out by a bunch of dead people can be pretty scary. When their exploration of the abandoned house next...