Best Selling Books by Henry Winterfeld

When the Pirates, a gang of young boys in the small town of Timpetill, become too rowdy, the adults decide to discipline them by leaving the town in the middle of the night.

"Science fiction and space travel take a sprightly turn," declared Kirkus Reviews of this illustrated tale of a girl who tumbles to Earth from her father''s spaceship. The young alien encounters a group of children eager to help her find her way home, but the kids will have to defy the unbelieving grown-ups. Years ahead of its time, Star Girl was originally published in the 1950s, when interest in space travel and extraterrestrials was approaching new levels. Since then, the book has become a beloved cult classic. This new edition offers the next generation of young readers an ideal introduction to the imaginative delights of science fiction.

In an effort to save a boy wrongly accused, a group of young friends living in ancient Rome search for the culprit who scrawled graffiti on the temple wall.

The purchase of a slave for their teacher leads a group of schoolboys in ancient Rome into a dangerous intrigue.

In this sweet update to "Gulliver''s Travels, " three young shipwreck survivors land in their life raft on an island filled with miniature villages, roads, and skyscrapers. So where are the inhabitants? Illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Stellt euch vor, ihr wacht auf, und alle Erwachsenen sind weg Die beschauliche Kleinstadt Timpetill ist fest in der Hand der Piraten, einer Bande wilder Jungs und Mädchen, die alles durcheinanderbringen. Eines Tages allerdings treiben sie es zu bunt. Nachdem der träge graue Kater Peter, dem die Piraten einen Wecker an den Schwanz binden, halb Timpetill verwüstet, ergreifen die Erwachsenen eine ungewöhnliche Maßnahme: Sie verlassen die Stadt – und ihre nervenaufreibenden Kinder. Die finden ihre plötzliche Freiheit erst erschreckend ... und dann furchtbar aufregend ... und etwas später ganz schön anstrengend ...

Seven schoolboys help uncover a dangerous criminal in ancient Rome. Grades 5-7.

Caïus est un âne. La phrase inscrite par Rufus sur sa tablette remporte un grand succès en classe. Mais Caïus rougit de colère. Comment Rufus ose-t-il l''insulter, lui, le fils d''un richissime sénateur ? Pourtant, le lendemain, plus personne n''a envie de rire. La même phrase est tracée en lettres rouges sur la façade du temple de Minerve. Or, dans la Rome impériale, un tel sacrilège est terrible...