S. D Schindler

A witch goes around to her fiendish friends--from two cats to ten werewolves--to gather the ingredients to make gruesome stew for her party.

Examines what is known about dinosaur bones, behavior, and other characteristics and how different the facts often are from what scientists, from ancient China to the recent past, believed to be true.

A child's two grandfathers relate their boyhood experiences of the "terrible blizzard of 1888, " during which each was stuck for three days doing what he disliked the most.

Tells the story of two of baseball's greatest heroes, Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams and how during the summer of 1941 they each set records that still stand.

Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.

An introduction to the behavior and life cycle of honeybees, with particular emphasis on the production of honey.

Their contest to decide who is the champion of champions almost has disastrous consequences for Gander and Duck.

"Ben Franklin loved to swim and, at the age of eleven, he was determined to swim like a fish--fins and all. This ... account of young Ben's earliest invention follows the budding scientist's journey as he tests and retests his swim fins. That first big splash led Ben to even more innovations and inventions. Includes Franklin quotes, a timeline, bibliography, and source notes"--

Looks at life in a medieval castle and shows many perspectives that are not always elegant.

In this brief rhyming story set during the gold rush, Jasper leaves his family and farm to pursue his dream of finding gold.