It’s election time for the cul-de-sac kids club and Karinne is spreading sleazy lies about Ethan. To learn what it means to have free speech the twins visit James Madison, Mr. Megaphone, and even North Korea.
Will they be able to stop Karinne while protecting her right to free speech?
Drip drip. After learning about how big businesses can give rise to laws that keep smaller ones from being able to survive, the twins head off to Atlantis. Will Ethan and Emily be able to stop the protectionism there before things get too wet?
When a recession looms over their community, Emily and Ethan are zapped into a game of Creatures and Crisis, where they learn about the dangers of giving up their freedoms in times of fear.
Will what they learn be enough to defeat the fearsome Leviathan?
Everything is on the line when the twins find themselves in the forbidden future under the control of a totalitarian regime. The twins must hold on to all the lessons they’ve learned in order to fight back.
Can they escape and make a better future than the one they’re trapped?
A science camp rivalry threatens to destroy Emily’s dreams (and science project). Grandma Gabby takes the twins to India and a worm battlefield to learn about the golden rule before rivalry escalates out of control.
The Twenty-One Balloons relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman, who in 1883 set off in a balloon across the Pacific, survived the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and was picked up in the Atlantic.
In this fine autobiographical novel, Johanna Reiss depicts the trials of her Dutch-Jewish family during World War II. The youngest of three daughters tells how she and her sister hid for more than two years in the upstairs room.
An inspiring reference book for young readers to pore over, covering a wide range of topics from art and animals to new technology.
Arranged thematically and illustrated with over 1500 colourful photos, illustrations and diagrams.
QR codes provide instant access via a mobile phone or tablet to 150 video clips of animals, space, places round the world and more, which enhance the information in the book.
An additional 650 internet links via the Usborne Quicklinks website take children to websites with online activities, games and further information.
This book contains the following Usborne titles: Illustrated dictionary of biology, Illustrated dictionary of physics and Illustrated dictionary of chemistry.
The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden is set in the summer, six months after The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street. Isa is away at a sleepaway music camp, and the rest of the kids are wilting away in the New York City heat. But when catastrophe strikes their beloved neighbor, their sleepy summer transforms in an instant.