Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Hank Aaron, these are five of the most amazing athletes in baseball history. From the first black man to play major-league ball to the lo…
'I'm not going with you, Aunt Dete!' Heidi cries. 'Oh yes, you are! Dete answers. Heidi loves her home in the Swiss mountains, her grandfather, and her friend Peter, the goatherd. So when Aunt De…
Hercules is the strongest man in the world, but one day he does something very bad. The priestess at Delphi tells him: "The gods are angry with you. For twelve years you must work for King Eurysth…
Abby is a teenager, and doesn't talk much to her parents. Abby's dad works hard for oil company, and Abby's mom doesn't like her friends. Then, one summer, Abby stays with her crazy Aunt May in Cal…
"It's my garden,"says the Giant. "People must understand. Nobody can play here - only me!" So the children leave, and the Selfish Giant puts a wall around his garden. After that, it's always winter…
Chris leaves his home in a small town in Australia to go and study at the University of Sydney. He needs to find somewhere to live. But it's not easy to find a house to share in a big city. Every …
It's Gromit the dog's birthday, and his friend Wallace gives him an unusual present - a pair of Techno-trousers. At first Wallace uses the trousers to take Gromit for walks, but when the penguin c…
How much do you know about the Wild West? What do you know about cowboys and Indians, about wagon trails and gunfights? Inside this book you will find the true story of the Wild West, and some of …
Once "green" was juat a colour. Now we use it to talk about a way of looking at our world and thinking about the environment. But how green is our planet today? From nuclear power plants to Nemo t…
Over the years, hunters, poachers, and war have killed many of the gorillas of central Africa. But there are still a few hundred living high in the mists of the Virunga Mountains. When Dian Voss…