Best Selling Books by Lisa Trumbauer

After boarding the wrong school bus on Halloween, a young boy finds himself surrounded by ghosts, witches, mummies, and monsters.

Read about the processes of weathering and erosion, and learn how they change Earth.

Read about the people, culture, and location of the ancient Inca empire.

This book presents more than 75 hot sites that offer homework help on a wide range of subjects: math, English, history, science, geography, social studies. Young students will find scores of sources that offer all sorts of help for research and report-writing, including on-line libraries, museums, dictionaries, and encyclopedias, plus links to experts on specific topics. Featured sites offer tips for taking notes and acing tests. And if you think that homework is all work, think again: there are game sites that make math fun, teach tons of new words, and even glamorize grammar.

Explains how to use a personal computer to complete activities that explore various aspects of Halloween.

Read about the people, culture, traditions, and beliefs of the ancient Maya civilization.

Describes the best websites offering items for children, including games, posters, and manufacturer''s giveaways. Contains reviews by computer users, aged seven to twelve.

Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate how to use a compass to find one''s way on land, at sea, or in the air.

Discusses the secrets of how to talk with boys, how to be friends with them, and how to listen so they''ll want to talk back.

Explains how to use a personal computer to complete activities related to social studies, such as drawing maps, putting out a community newsletter, and creating a local time-line.

Looks at what happens to a card after it is put in the mailbox, focusing on the work done by the mail carrier, from the time he or she empties the mailboxes to the card''s arrival at the recipient''s home.

How do you eat a fraction? How many ways can you make 100? Young readers learn math and reading skills with these beginning books.

The different kinds of things we see on our land.

Describes the ways people travel, including by car, on foot, by bike, on horses, on tractors, on buses, on trains, by plane, and by boat.