Best Selling Books by Lenny Hort

One night when Mama is away, Daddy and child seek a good place to count the stars in the night sky.

This hilarious new version of the beloved children''s song "The Wheels on the Bus" will have young readers errping and roaring and honking along. "The seals on the bus go "errp, errp, errp" All through the town." Two children and their parents board a city bus on their way to a party. At the next stop, who should get on but a group of seals, who holler "errp, errp, errp" at the top of their lungs. Each time the bus stops a new kind of animal joins the passengers and adds to the din, to the children''s delight and the parents'' annoyance. But when several hissing skunks want to come aboard, even the children cry "help! help! help!"

By blocking a leaking hole in the dike, a young boy saves his town from destruction.

A look at dinosaurs and what scientists know about them and the mysteries that may never be solved.

A snorkeling baby asks other undersea-creature-costumed babies if they have seen a treasure.

In this ludicrous collection of nonsensical poems, dogs purr, people eat soup with a knife, and a baby girl has a mustache. Full color.

Babies in animal costumes visit a variety of animals, from flamingos to gorillas, for some picture taking.

A biography of the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and first president of the United States, George Washington,including illustrations of people, places, and artifacts of the times.

George Washington is often called the father of our country. He beat the odds to lead the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, served as first president of the United States, and then retired from public life to farm Virginia''s largest plantation. In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh voices and DK design values to give readers the most information-packed, visually exciting biographies on the market today. Full-color photographs of people, places, and artifacts, and sidebars on related subjects add dimension and relevance to stories of famous lives that students will love to read. Modern scholarship and a variety of narrative approaches give today''s reader a chance to explore the extraordinary world of George Washington. This new way of looking at classic subjects creates a unique reading experience that breathes life into the book-report and summer-reading repertoire. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Provides instructions for setting up and carrying treasure and scavenger hunt games and includes treasure-related facts and puzzles.

A biography of the first black South African president, who spent twenty-seven years in jail for his political beliefs, discusses the struggle to end apartheid, his country''s former system of racial segregation and oppression.

When the Caliph of Baghdad finds himself trapped in the body of a stork, only the evil sorcerer with designs on his throne knows the magic word that will restore the Caliph to his human form.