Best Selling Books by Dina Anastasio

Who HQ rolls out the red carpet for Where Is Hollywood?--the film capital of the world. Developed in the 1880s by Midwesterners looking for a sunny winter getaway, Hollywood was a small housing development outside still-small Los Angeles. But everything changed in the early 1900s when filmmakers from New York flocked to the area, where they could make movies without having to pay Thomas Edison''s patent fee. It didn''t hurt that the weather was perfect, too. Readers will take a journey from the Golden Age of Hollywood to the present-day film industry, learning all about what turned lush farmland into Tinseltown.

A classic Disney Little Golden Book, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy, in their own version of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk. Mickey Mouse stars as a peasant who finds some magic beans in Walt Disney''s classic fairy tale Mickey and the Beanstalk. This Little Golden Book is based on the animated movie originally released in 1947 as one of the two stories in the film Fun and Fancy Free. Now this delightful full-color Little Golden Book, first published 30 years ago, is back to delight a new generation of boys and girls ages 2 to 5--as well as collectors of all ages!

Four stories featuring an eight-year-old bear named Kissyfur.

Describes the equipment used on a building site and for fighting fires, various types of automobiles and airplanes and how they developed, and the lives of pirates and the cowboys of the Old West.

The Sesame Street characters explore different modes of transportation using stories, crafts, and other things to do. They travel by car, train, bus, plane, helicopter, etc.

Danny''s father wants Danny to train seriously to be an Olympic torch runner, but Danny just loves to run and isn''t sure he wants the pressure of being in the spotlight.

When Marvin the "inventor" comes for a visit, the Little People household is soon in chaos. Where is that doorknob? What happened to that bar of soap and that TV dial? Only Marvin and his invention know.

Fly Trap; It''s hard to get excited when your aunt buys you a plant for your birthday. But this is no ordinary plant. First it eats flies. Then burgers start disappearing from the barbeque. The more it eats, the more the plant grows, and grows. Until it''s hungry for something much bigger than burgers... Dragon Breath; Wyllylldrygyn is a weird place. And not just because of its funny name. All the boys have left town and the whole place smells of smoke. And there''s a rumour spreading about a dragon. A dragon who''s going to wake up very soon...

This innovative, interactive, large-format book makes learning to tell time fun and easy. Kids follow a friendly narrator and his dog through the day, learning about time and how to tell it. To make reading a clock easier, the book features a unique teaching watch face and moveable vinyl hands. The minute hand even has a special window. Full-color illustrations.

All the ocean creatures wonder who could be making the squeaking noise they hear coming from a seashell. On board pages.

A junior novelisation of the screenplay of the film featuring a dolphin whose life is endangered by the dumping of toxic waste in the ocean, and starring Paul Hogan.

WIth a little help from the Big Red Dog, kids can bound into the workbook category to build their preschool and kindergarten skills working with colors. Full-color illustrations. Consumable.

Consists of forms about various topics to be filled in by children using autobiographical information.