DK adventures

Meet horses from myths and legends, learn how to groom a horse, and get a recipe to bake sweet pony cupcakes.

"When Jeremy visits his twin cousins Jack and Flash in Oklahoma, he gets a big surprise: they're storm chasers! They live in a region called Tornado Alley, an area with more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world. Jack and Flash travel around Tornado Alley looking for tornadoes, and Jeremy is coming with them on their next mission. In Twister! Jeremy and his cousins encounter giant hailstones, awesome lightning, and funnel clouds, but will they get to see a tornado face-to-face? And will they get sucked up into its trail of destruction?"--Publisher's description.

Introduces characters from the Avengers comic books, profiling the team, their powers and skills, and their enemies.

"Join the Dark Knight on his dangerous crusade for justice. Discover what makes Batman one of the world's mightiest heroes. Relive his exciting battles with Gotham City's strangest and deadliest villains, and learn all about his greatest allies"--Back cover.

Text and illustrations look at some of the evil Sith lords.

Discovering that a reawakened Mount Vesuvius is about to erupt, a modern volcanologist and her son warn a reluctant mayor to cancel a festival and evacuate villagers in time, in a story complemented by diary entries, recipes, and poems.

In the year 2098, five children, winners of an international competition, are selected for a galactic mission to Alpha Centauri to find another planet to replace the dying Earth. The mission goes dangerously awry and the children find themselves on their own in space. Features full-color illustrations and photographs, quizzes, question-and-answer sections, star facts, a timeline of space exploration, a glossary, and information on space robots, innovative products used in space, and interstellar travel.

Twins Zak and Zoe learn about the Battle of Britain from their grandfather, who flew a Spitfire during the battle, and his WWII-era friends.

Introduces the dark world of the evil Sith, describing their powers and ruthless plots to take over the galaxy.

Describes how the Jedi fight in duels and battles, and includes information on lightsaber techniques, deadly weapons, other-worldly allies, and just how the Jedi succeed in battle.