Best Selling Books by Mary Packard

Receiving a magical necklace from her grandmother, Little Star, who wishes she could have a horse of her own, learns that kindness and love can make her greatest dreams come true, in a story that is accompanied by a keepsake necklace.

Rollie the penguin is an expert swimmer, but what he really wants to do is fly, as he tells Santa Claus, so one Christmas Eve Santa invites him along for the ride.

Only one of a group of trick or treaters is unaware of the surprise planned by the others who disappear one by one as they encounter scary sights.

The latest Ripley's chapter book includes a host of crazy creatures, including a rat who can lay cable wire, a seeing-eye pony, and a dog who can do math. Original.

Have you heard.......about the man who gets bitten by snakes to make snake serum?..about the boy who went to the doctor only to find a tooth growing in his foot?...about the 14-year-old girl who can tow her entire high school football team in a truck?...about the professor who trains frogs to lift weights?Sometimes people do the strangest things!

Simple text and photographs describe the physical characteristics of beetles.

An illustrated collection of short, humorous rhymes featuring words of comparison and a variety of animals.

The history and use of chopsticks in Asia is explored and serveral recipes for Chinese meals are included.

Robert Ripley explored more than 190 countries seeking the bizarre, and so World's Weirdest Critters is packed with wild and wacky facts from Ripley's updated collection! In addition to all of these facts, there are quizzes and an eight-page insert of full-colour photos! Kids will be amazed by the things some animals will do.

Questions and answers explain such phenomena as freckles, bubbles, nightmares, and thunder.

Su-Lan Wu, a seven-year-old girl who lives with her sea captain father and artist mother near Shanghai, joins in the preparations for the New Year's celebration.

While Cera the Protoceratops is out looking for breakfast, a caveman spots her nest of eggs and rescues them before another dinosaur can harm them.

Although they are very different, Moose and Mouse are good friends.

Describes how the human body works and how exercise and proper nutrition can lead to physical fitness and better health.

A young girl is having a very bad day, from falling out of bed in the morning to not being able to find her friends, but when she returns home from a rainy trip to the park her friends are waiting for her.

A big Ankylosaurus named Lozar creates an opening into the side of a mountain to protect his caveman friend, Thrax, from Tyrannosaurus.

The perilous adventure of a toy soldier who loves a paper dancing girl culminates in tragedy for both of them.

The fire trucks are all shined up and ready to go. The fire bell rings and the firefighters jump into their trucks and zoom off.

Presents various urban myths and legends, describes how the "Mythbusters" set out to prove the myths, explains the results, and provides instructions for how to do similar "mythbusting" at home.

Provides information on what to expect while visiting the dentist and includes related activities.

Did you know that a cockroach can live for a week without its head? or that silk is made out of caterpillar spit? Bizarre bugs is crawling with hundreds of incredible facts like these. Get ready to be grossed out. Robert Ripley explored more than 200 countries seeking all things bizarre and extraordinary. This latest chapter book is packed with some of the weirdest, most outrageous insects he could find. insert. Illustrations. Everyone knows bugs are icky and creepy. But just wait until you hear all the amazing facts about bugs you didn't know! Get to know the creepiest of the crawlies, and test your knowledge with pop quizzes and special Brian Buster riddles along the way.

Top 10 highlights the editors' choices for the wackiest top ten in categories ranging from odd-inary folks to wild and crazy stunts to seriously strange customs. Have fun with the "Over the Top" quizzes and "Ripley's Brain Busters" in each chapter, and the "Pop Quiz" in the back of the book.

Presents a collection of strange-but-true facts and stories from the files of "Ripley's Believe It or Not," and includes related quizzes and answers.

Chock full of grossly disgusting facts. Includes multiple choice quizzes.