Escott, John

A thief with long blond hair and a motorcycle points a gun at a Los Angeles security guard demanding money, and when a girl with long blond hair arrives at Kenny's motel on a motorcycle, he becomes suspicious. Includes activities designed to be completed before, during, and after reading.

"[A reader in which] the Cat steals things from houses in Hollywood. He steals from movie stars and nobody can stop him. Or can they? Natalie is a movie star. Nathan is her stand-in. Nathan doesall Natalie's stunts in the movie. But when Natalie and Nathan see The Cat driving away from Zak Wakeman's Hollywood home, they both go after him"--Publisher provided.

A collection of five short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, including the title selection in which a condemned man is slowly tortured after being judged guilty by the Inquisition. Contains reading activities and notes about the author.

An illustrated adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest, " which tells the story of Prospero, a sorcerer living on a deserted island with his beautiful daughter, who gets revenge against his brother and others who plotted his death twelve years earlier when he orchestrates a storm at sea.

An illustrated adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island, " which tells the story of Jim Hawkins, a young boy who sets out on a dangerous adventure when he finds a pirate's treasure map.

A biography of mystery writer Agatha Christie, discussing what kind of person she was, her two marriages, her successful career, and the true-life mystery of her disappearance and seeming amnesia.

The little red hen finds none of the lazy barnyard animals willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it.