Will Jake bake the cake in time for the wedding? Hennessy's rhyming text captures all the fun of the joyful celebration. And Mary Morgan has created a homey cast of characters, including flower girls with all their curls and ushers whose ties are all the wrong size.

These spooky -- and funny -- tales about singing ghosts, toast-eating ghosts, and ghosts no one even guesses are sure to send shivers up and down your spine.

Why not retell them to your friends and see if you can make their spines tingle, too?

Homework Pages for Independent Reading: 75 High-Interest Reproducibles That Guide Kids to Apply Reading Strategies, Explore Genre and Literary Elements, and Expand Vocabulary With Any Book

Literacy expert Pam Allyn and her colleague Georgie Marley share 75 of their most effective homework pages in this comprehensive collection. Match homework to kids by skill level or learning style, or simply provide one of the many sheets that offer choice and watch as kids select the activity that allows them to showcase their learning the best. For use with Grades 3-5.

Did you know that monster dump trucks are so tall that drivers have to use ladders just to get to their seats? Or that cherry picker trucks don't pick cherries? Through easy-to-read text and realistic art, young truck enthusiasts will discover everything they ever wanted to know about their favorite mode of transportation.

Pasta is the passion of the Dente family. Their business is a fresh-pasta deli, but business, frankly, is slow. The neighbors in the town of Durum are ordering pizzas, not pasta. Their son, Al, has a brilliant idea: the world¹s first portable, fresh-pasta maker. Unfortunately, he is no good at selling pasta door-to-door. But pasta, it turns out, is a remarkably adaptable food ­ ideal for catching crooks, saving children, and making heroes. Served up with fun illustrations and outrageous puns, this wacky treat is sure to have children clamoring for second helpings. Never underestimate the power of pasta!