Welcome to your first day at ballet school! Put on your ballet shoes and let's master the basics with this book from author and principal ballet dancer Ashley Bouder. Learn key technique, then visit the costume room, before putting on your very own show of Sleeping Beauty at the end.

Profiles the legendary country music artist, reading advocate, and philanthropist who has sent over one hundred fifty million free books to children through her Imagination Library, and describes the hardships she overcame.

"Have your birthday party on the moon and everyone will come! After all, who wouldnt want to ride in a rocket and celebrate for a day that lasts as long as a month on Earth? Then, young partygoers could romp in a low-gravity playground; watch candles and balloons behave weirdly in the Moons atmosphere; and see why the moon angels

Presents a biography of the hero of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 who became the seventh President of the United States.

"Discover the true story behind Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission. From his childhood experiments to his first encounters with flight, explore the calculated risks this astronaut took in order to become the first person to walk on the moon"--Page 4 of cover.

Build tall with skyscrapers! Humanity has been reaching new heights through awe-inspiring architecture for centuries, from the great Egyptian pyramids, to the invention of the first elevator, to the race for the crown of Worlds Tallest. Skyscrapers are a bold combination of applied physics, ingenuity, and a lot of hard work! Superheroes have been known to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but few have taken the time to learn the secrets of skyscrapers&till...

"A book of fun chemistry experiments has fallen into the wrong hands. Only Mel can use her knowledge of the periodic table to put an end to a maniacal madman's evil schemes. The periodic table helps us quickly understand the 118 elements, those tiny substances that make up everything in the world. By using the periodic table, we can recognize how these building blocks behave, find trends and patterns in the universe, and make predictions about elements...

"Hot diggity dog! Meet Pluto! The runt of a litter of eight planets. Pluto may not be the biggest or fastest planet to revolve around the Sun, but it has a unique story to tell. From the tale of how it was found by humans to its naming as a dwarf planet, it's Pluto's turn to take the spotlight and properly re-introduce itself."--Publisher marketing.

"Jop! I've been thinking up some really weird questions. Can you hear a penguin fart on mars? What if you wanted a dragon sandwich? And why do we need two ears? Join Jop and Blip as they follow their curiosity and figure out the answers to life's most pressing questions. Everything is worth knowing!"-- cover page 4.

"Our planet is always turning. It may be midnight in London, but in different time zones other living things are waking up, ready to hunt or feed or fight. As the clock strikes twelve, two sisters are spirited away on a journey to glimpse, in the span of a moment, extraordinary biodiversity: a mother polar bear and her cubs hunting seals in Svalbard, tiny turtles in India following the moon toward the sea, and enormous whale sharks gulping plankton...