Best Selling Books by Howard Goldsmith

Young Thomas Edison saves a child from being hit by a train and, as his reward, asks for training as a telegraph operator because that will help him prepare to become an inventor.

Young Tom Jefferson learns an important lesson from the Native Americans.

As a boy, Mark Twain was quite the prankster--and his hijinks would eventually grow into "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Full color.

A young John F. Kennedy and his sister Kick go sailing and get caught in a storm.

After moving into their new house, the twins and their parents are awakened in the middle of the night by a strange tapping noise and are convinced that they have a ghost.

When Tabitha Twiddle carelessly leaves her beloved toy hippo Blippo in a playground sandbox, she and her twin brother must retrace her steps to find him.

Tabitha and Timothy Twiddle, twin hippos, must prove to their neighbor that they are not responsible for the mysterious footprint left in the wet cement in front of his house.

While trying to determine who stole their music box, the Twiddle twins find unusual clues such as banana peels, a coconut shell, and a chocolate bar wrapper.

A timid turtle learns he can have fun outside his shell as well as inside.

Tired of being ridiculed for his short stature by the tallest boy in the class, Gabi decides to challenge him in a bubble gum-blowing contest.

Sweet Maggie the mink has a personality change when she becomes too proud of her lovely coat, and it nearly causes her downfall.

Young Jack Kennedy and his sister get tired of playing, so they go out sailing, but before they return home, a dangerous storm brews while they are out at sea. Childhood of Famous Americans series/Ready-to-Read Level 2.

Little Owl wants to stay up all day and play under the radiant sun. Despite Mother Owl''s objections, he steals away once his parents are asleep. Little Owl makes some new friends, but he''s getting sleepier and sleepier, and the daytime animals'' beds are so uncomfortable! The farther he gets from home, the more he misses his parents, his nightime life, and his own soft nest in Owl Wood.

In the 23rd century two rival groups are in constant conflict. Then an evil race from another planet arrives to take over the minds of men in order to enslave them.

Childhood of Famous Americans series/Ready-to-Read Level 2.

Left behind by his migrating flock, Little Robin encounters wood thrushes, bank swallows, horned larks, and other birds as he flies hard to catch his family.

A shy turtle living in the African grasslands learns the art of defense.

A hungry little hare searching for food experiences the effects and usefulness of camouflage.

Young Thomas Jefferson has been warned about the Native American burial mound near his house, but hes determined to check it out. One night, he thinks he hears ghosts approaching the mound, but it turns out to be a tribe coming to pay respect to their ancestors. Full color.

Toufou the owl disobeys his parents by going out during the day when he should be sleeping, only to find himself drowsy and without a suitable bed.

After discovering the diary of a nineteenth-century suicide victim, two children are drawn into a struggle between the restless spirits inhabiting an old house by the sea.

A teaching tale about keeping things in place.

On a boring winter Saturday, Paul''s older brother Francisco finds activities for the neighborhood children, Including a treasure hunt.