children's stories, english

Presents two adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, each accompanied by a section identifying the clues mentioned in the story and explaining the reasoning used by Holmes to put the clues together and come up with a solution. Also includes a map highlighting the sites of the mysteries.

Nine stories by such authors as Joan Aiken, Norma Fox Mazer, John Wideman, E.L. Konigsburg, and Robert Cormier.

A color-illustrated, unabridged edition of the three Rudyard Kipling stories about Mowgli, in which the man-cub is raised by wolves, learns the Law of the Jungle from Baloo the bear and the others, is kidnapped by the Monkey People, and squares off against the tiger Shere Khan.

A young boy's mother, who is a witch, is not immediately accepted by the parents of the children in his new school.

Presents two adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, each accompanied by a section identifying the clues mentioned in the story and explaining the reasoning used by Holmes to find a solution. Includes a map highlighting the sites of the mysteries.

Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects, including "How the Aphabet Was Made," "How the Camel Got His Hump," and "The Elephant's Child.".

Relates how the crab came to live both in the sea and on land and to lose its hard shell once a year.

Recounts how armadillos came to be in the Amazon jungle.

Presents a collection of fourteen stories which draw upon tales from ancient Greece, fourteenth-century Mongolia, France in the Middle Ages, and selections from Russia and Native America.