Michael Teitelbaum

Presents a brief history of pirates, as well as discussing life onboard a pirate ship, pirate lingo, and the weapons they used.

Do you love comic books? Do you know how they are made? Learn about the steps involved in making a comic, and watch as an exclusive comic--featuring the Protector, a new hero created just for this book--comes to life! Today's reluctant readers are easily drawn to the distractions of electronic games, DVDs, and TV. But what if they had a book series designed just for them? What if all the titles featured high-interest topics, rockin' designs, and language...

In the amusement park's Haunted Fun House, twelve-year-old Leo hears the sound of a voice pleading for help.

Skiing down a snowy slope is fun and exciting. Readers will find out what they need to get started on an outdoor sport that can get them outdoors and help keep them fit for life.

A thirteen-year-old girl who likes to sing old songs and dreams of becoming a singing superstar finds herself drawn to an abandoned theater with a tragic past.

On a dare twelve-year-old Jake ventures into a spooky cemetery where many of his ancestors are buried and learns its terrible secrets.

When twelve-year-old Jacob and his eleven-year-old brother, Rich, enter an old ghost town, an eerie voice carried by the wind tells them to leave, but they ignore it and soon encounter terrifying, supernatural threats inside the town's old gold mine.

Do spirits haunt the world? Do ghosts come back to bother the living? Read these spooky stories about famous ghosts...and decide for yourself! Additional features include informative captions and sidebars, a Think-About-It section, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, a table of contents, an index, and an introduction to the author. Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars...