It's a busy, busy world in Busytown. Children and parents alike will love keeping up with all of Richard Scarry's cherished characters.

Fact..The Vikings reached America five hundred years before Christopher Columbus.
Fact..The average life expectancy of a Viking was around 50 years. Being born was the most dangerous part.
So what was it like? Did they go to school? How did they keep warm? Did they go on vacation? Find out these facts and much more in First Facts About the Vikings.

 

The story of Alexander the Great is one of ambition, conquest, and glory. By the time he died at age 32, in 323 B.C., he commanded a vast empire that stretched from Greece in the west to India in the east. His remarkable personality shines through this heroic story of battles, sieges, and victories.

Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, dreamed of restoring her country to its former glory. Hers is a story of ambition and struggle, of powerful romance with the Roman giants Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, and ultimately of great tragedy.
Grade 3-4

A hilarious anthology features works by Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, Judith Viorst, Jeffrey Moss, and others, and is packed with poems about stinky feet, burps, greasy-grimy-gopher-guts, and other favorite topics.