The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger... View More...
Accompanying a manuscript Dr. Seuss wrote in 1973, was a letter outlining his hopes of finding a great color artist who will not be dominated by me. The late Dr. Seuss saw his original text about feelings and moods as part of the first book ever to be based on beautiful illustrations and sensational color. The quest for an artist finally ended--after the manuscript languished for more than two decades--at the paint brushes of husband-and-wife team Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher whose stunning, expressive paintings reveal such striking images as a bright red horse kicking its heels, a cool and q... View More...
From the beloved How to Catch series comes a New York Times and USA Today bestseller and hilarious holiday adventure "With delightful rhymes, How to Catch an Elf slots itself into place along such classics as 'The Night Before Christmas.'"--Foreword ReviewsYou've been waiting all year long, and now it's finally Christmas Eve Is this the year you'll finally catch an elf? Start a new holiday tradition with this silly Christmas book for children blending fun rhymes and vibrant illustrations with STEAM concepts Kids ages 4-7 will love this festive picture book readaloud, the perfect elf book for... View More...