Heather Alexander

It's Halloween and Allie Gator can't wait to pull her first hayride wagon to bring the children to the pumpkin patch. Along the way, Allie hears spooky noises in the corn maze and sees a ghost in the cornstalks. Is Merriweather Farm haunted?

An introduction to the art world's most famous painters, styles, and periods, brought to life through full-color photographs of 40 masterpieces, as well as original illustrations. The book highlights 40 painters and sculptors, including Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, Diego Velasquez, Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dali, Mary Cassatt, and Andy Warhol, providing information on their life, inspirations, influences, technique, and a full-color photo of...

"Discover everything there is to know about all kinds of farms, from the powerful John Deere machines that work the fields to the amazing animals that live there. Did you know? Combines can harvest enough wheat in 9 seconds to make 70 loaves of bread! Why do pigs roll in the mud? They do it to cool off! The spots on a Holstein cow are like fingerprints--no two cows have the same pattern. Jam-packed with colorful photos and incredible facts from the...

Seeking funding for their edible insect business, with the ultimate goal of getting their tortilla chips made with cricket powder on every grocery store shelf, twelve-year-olds Hallie and Jaye enter the county startup pitch competition to try and win tickets to New York City to compete in the next round.

From books to puppet shows, from author signings to computer research and from special collections to very important rules, readers learn about libraries and the value of reading, sharing, and community in this book.

Introduces the former first lady, senator and secretary of state while describing how she became a role model for women as a lawyer, a staunch supporter of important political and social causes, and the first woman to run as the Democratic candidate for president.

"A state-by-state compendium of weird laws, quirks, one-offs, and unusual records only to be found in the wonderfully wacky US of A. Only in America! explores the strangest claims to fame and the most unusual place names every state has to offer. Visit the city of Dinosaur, drop by the Pizza Museum, find out where it is illegal to feed a pig without a permit, and check out the world's only "carhenge" (that's right, Stonehenge reconstructed using cars)."--...

Make simple snacks from countries around the world.

Mae Jemison is the first African American woman to travel to space. She's also a medical doctor who once joined the Peace Corps. And a trained dancer, too! This biography includes special sections with additional contextual details like secrets of NASA and things women couldn't do in the 1960s and 1970s.