"The principal of Jill and Gwen's school promised to spend the morning on the roof if the kids read one thousand books during their reading marathon--and they did! Now he's on the roof, and he's going to read an original science fiction story Gwen wrote..."

Brief profiles of such hard-hitting baseball players as Barry Bonds, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Hank Aaron.

"Everyone loves the new teacher, Mr. Merlin. Mr. Merlin used to be a spy, and he knows all about secret codes and the strange and gross ways the police solve mysteries..."

The Sand Castle Mystery is another Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Featured Selection from acclaimed author Carolyn Keene. Eight year old Nancy Drew and her friends enter a sand castle building contest. Someone doesn't want them to win and won't play fair. When their castle is destroyed and a mean message is found in the sand, Nancy becomes a detective once again.

Nancy Drew and her classmates have the chance to submit their own fashion designs to a big-time competition, and the chance to model their designs in a fashion show. On a team with her best friends, George and Bess, Nancy comes up with some original clothing ideas and her team wins. But someone keeps trying to ruin the contest by stealing designs, hiding sample pieces, and tripping up the models. Can the clue crew find the culprit before the River...

After spending summer vacation learning to be a real pirate at Camp Buccaneer, Marlon feels much better prepared to return to school and face Carla, the bully who has pestered her since kindergarten.

"Bug mania has hit River Heights Elementary! After Nancy and her classmates return from a field trip to the River Heights Insectarium, ... someone steals a Bug Club member's valuable beetle. Can Nancy and the Clue Crew find her before she's ensnared in some evil web?"--P. [4] of cover.

Heart must find a safe haven for her beloved unicorns and decipher the symbols on a bundle of paper found in Dunraven's castle, which may unlock the secrets of the dreams that have been haunting her.

The old stories say that Castle Avamir is higher than the clouds, deep in a valley, under the stars, and over the moon. If Heart can't solve the riddle, she might never find a safe haven for her beloved unicorns.

Whose hands were so big he held the basketball like a grapefruit? Which center singlehandedly changed the way defense was played? From Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, young hoops fans can read about eleven legendary players in this exciting look at basketball's greatest slam-dunking, hoop-hanging superstars.