New Releases by Mark Dubowski

The disaster that shocked the world! Courage and tragedy... this is the story of the "safest" ship ever built. DK Readers now have a fresh new look featuring redesigned jackets and interiors, and up-to-date vocabulary throughout! Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multi-level reading program guaranteed to capture children''s interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. With DK Readers, children learn to read--then read to learn!

This amazing true adventure story about the discovery of the Lascaux Cave will have young readers feeling that they''ve discovered something pretty special, too! In 1940, four teenage boys and a dog dropped themselves into a hole in the forest floor. Using a flaming grease gun as a torch, they ventured deep underground, eventually coming to a huge cave, the walls of which were covered with life-size paintings of animals. Whole herds of horses! Deer with horns as big as tree branches! Giant bison! The boys were amazed by their discovery. They''d stumbled upon the world''s finest examples of prehistoric painting! Perfect for classroom use, this Step 4 Step into Reading book is realistically illustrated by award-winning artist Bryn Barnard.

"Includes 5 great stories!"--Cover

Otto competes in a street hockey game with Lars, who has a new and expensive hockey stick.

An introduction to the life and career of Seabiscuit, the race horse who set sixteen track records and won more prize money than any other horse.

Told from Eliza''s point of view, this adventure is filled with mystery and suspense as she and her family are filming a documentary of the orangutans of Sumatra. Something isn''t right, though, because the orangutans seems unusually nervous and afraid. But why? And what does Debbie''s favorite rock star have to do with the orangutans?

Little Roy lives on a ranch. He can rope like a cowboy, and round up strays like a cowboy. But will he ever learn to "ride" a two-wheeler that is? This is a funny and very easy-to-read "yarn" for any young reader who dreams of the Wild West.

Phil gets jealous when Lil is chosen to star in a music video. When Angelica hears about Phil''s idea to replace Lil in the video, she sees her ticket to stardom. In this hilarious story about sibling rivalry, readers can find out if Lil, Phil, or Angelica will be the next rock star. B&W illustrations.

Rocky and Bullwinkle must stop Fearless Leader as he, along with Natasha and Boris, enters the real world and attempts to achieve world domination through Really Bad Television, Fearless Leader''s global cable television network.

Describes the discovery by Alpine hikers near the Austrian-Italian border of the frozen body of a man who, after careful examination, was found to be more than 5,000 years old.

Chuckie makes his first wish on a shooting star and then worries that his wish will really come true.

Reading paragraphs In 1991, two tourists hiking in the Alps saw something very odd sticking out of the snow. At first it looked like a doll’s head. But it wasn’t. It was a man, frozen in the ice for 5,000 years. Ice Mummy—first published by Random House in 1998—tells the story of this amazing discovery, from the struggle to remove the mummy from his icy grave to the creation of his final resting place: a specially designed refrigeration chamber in his own museum in Bolzano, Italy. Now updated to include shocking new evidence that the Iceman was murdered—shot with an arrow after hand-to-hand combat with an assailant—Ice Mummy will provide young readers with more chills than ever!

Contains simple words, rebus pictures, and flash cards that make learning to read easy and fun.

Alex finds a shipwreck''s treasure and some modern day pirates!

While studying the tough, seafaring life of a pirate at P.S. 1, two young pirates discover buried treasure at the same time, and the amusing results are observed by everyone.

Presto''s attempt to impress the town of Forty Winks with a really spectacular trick produces more rabbits than anyone expected.