Mike Wimmer Knihy

For use in schools and libraries only. The man who made the game of baseball, George Herman Ruth, wasn't always the Babe. Once he was a boy playing ball on a dirt lot.

His name was Theodore, but he is remembered as Teddy. As a young boy, he was a dreamer and a reader and had a curiosity about life he could never satisfy. As the youngest man to ever be president, he led a nation to greatness and he made every day count. Frank Keating's telling of incidents in Roosevelt's rich and varied life reminds readers how one person can make a difference. Mike Wimmer's exuberant paintings make Roosevelt come to life a century after his presidency.

Could "your "teacher be an alien? Bruce Coville's funny sci-fi favorite has sold more than a million copies, and has a new look for its twenty-fifth anniversary Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird. But she doesn't know how weird until she catches him peeling off his face--and she realizes that "Mr. Smith" is really an alien At first no one will believe her--except Peter Thompson, the class brain. When Peter and Susan discover Mr. Smith's horrible plans for their classmates, they know they have to act fast. Only they can get rid of their extraterrestrial visitor--and save the rest of the sixth grade class from a fate that's far worse than math tests