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Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: ace detective, snappy dresser, razor-tongued wit, crackerjack sorcerer and walking, talking, fire-throwing skeleton - as well as protector and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old. These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil. The end of the world? Over his dead body.

Skeleton Hiccups

by Margery Cuyler

What's the best way to help a skeleton get over his hiccups?

Cinderella Skeleton

by Robert D. San Souci

Meet Cinderella Skeleton, as sweetly foul as only a ghoul can be. Poor Cinderella has no one to help her hang the cobwebs and arrange dead flowers--certainly not her evil stepsisters. But the Halloween Ball is just around the corner. . . . Will Cinderella find happiness at last?

Skelly the Skeleton Girl

by Jimmy Pickering

Skelly, a little skeleton girl, finds a bone one day. Who could it belong to? As Skelly searches for the bone's owner, she questions everyone from her skeletal goldfish, to her man-eating plants, to the monster who lives beneath the stairs. Finally, Skelly locates the bone's owner--and makes a new friend. Rising talent Jimmy Pickering has created a mildly spooky and totally original cast of characters who populate... (more)

Skeleton (Eyewitness Books)

by Steve Parker

This reference book gives detailed information on the skeleton. It has been structured so that the individual themes of each spread make up a complete visual story and a self-contained module of information. It is part of the "Eyewitness Guides" series.

Bonz Inside-Out!: A Rhythm, Rhyme and Reason Bone-Anza!

Bonz Inside-Out!: A Rhythm, Rhyme and Reason Bone-Anza!

by Byron Glaser

Bonz tickles the funny bone! Now young readers can learn all about Bonz-and bones-in this funny, freewheeling book packed with intriguing information. From traditional bone songs ("The thigh Bonz connected to the hip Bonz...") to educational bone facts (Did you know the femur is the longest bone in the human body?) to silly bone riddles ("Why didn't the skeleton cross the road? No guts!"), this book is a... (more)

The Skeletal System (Pebble Books)

by Rebecca Olien, Helen Frost

Get their blood pumping and their minds jumping! These fascinating, colorful books will make learning the science of the human body easy to digest even for beginning readers.

On the Street Where You Live

by Mary Higgins Clark

In the gripping new novel from the Queen of Suspense, a woman is haunted by two grisly murders separated by more than a century, yet somehow, inextricably linked... ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE Following a nasty divorce and the trauma of being stalked, criminal defense attorney Emily Graham leaves Albany to work in Manhattan. Craving roots, she buys her ancestral home, a Victorian house in the seaside resort... (more)

The Carriage House

by Carla Neggers

A New York Times Bestselling Author When Ike Grantham paid her for her graphic design work with a run-down nineteenth-century carriage house on Boston's North Shore, and then disappeared, Tess found herself with much more than a weekend project. It's not just the rumors that the house is haunted. It's the neighbors: six-year-old Dolly, her reclusive babysitter, and her father, Andrew Thorne, who has his own... (more)

Meow, Baby!

by Jason

A collection of short stories from Norway's greatest cartoonist. After seven books that have ranged from tragedy ( Hey, Wait... ) to drama ( Sshhhh! ) to thriller melodrama ( The Iron Wagon , Why Are You Doing This? ), Jason unleashes his inner Scandinavian goofball with this big collection of hilarious shorter pieces. God, the Devil, ... (more)

The Skeleton in the Closet

by Alice Schertle

Bam! Bam! Bam! A skeleton's knocking at the door. Creak . . . creak . . . creak . . . Now he's going up the steps -- but this skeleton isn't looking for what you'd expect. There are both snickers and shivers awaiting readers in this wickedly funny rhyming story that is sure to tickle funny bones.

From the Beginning: The Story of Human EvolutionDavid Peters

From the Beginning: The Story of Human Evolution

by David Peters

Examines the history of life on Earth and traces the course of human evolution.

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Skulduggery Pleasant

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