Steer, Dugald

A pirate handbook for cabin boys that describes the equipment they might find on a ship, their responsibilities and the responsibilities of their fellow shipmates, the skills they must learn to be a pirate, and the different types of ships they might see.

Purports to be the journal of Emily Sands during her travels in Egypt in 1926 to find the lost tomb of Osiris. Based on real Egyptology, each chapter covers a different place in Egypt.

A purported facsimile of a book of instructions for being a wizard, written by Merlin, while imprisoned in an oak tree, and published in 1577.

Describes the appearance, habits, and locations of twelve species of dragons and discusses the evolution of dragons as well as extinct species. Includes three-dimensional models.

Apprentice dragonologists Daniel and Beatrice Cook's mentor is called away at a crucial time, leaving the brother and sister alone to search for an ancient diary that could cure some gravely ill dragons.

Little Mouse always remembered to say thank you, but Gran and Grandpa were so kind that saying thank you didn't always seem to be enough.

Merlin offers twenty-four lessons for aspiring wizards with the admonition that all magic is an act of the imagination; grouped by season, with instruction on genies, divination, magical beasts, fairy gold, spellcraft, astrology, and other topics.

When a hungry fox captures a quick-witted goose, the goose saves herself from being eaten by telling fairy tales, including "The Pied Fox of Hamelin," "Ali Baa Baa and the Forty Sheep," "The Fox Princess and the Pea," and "The Three Little Chicks.".

Mother Pig reads bedtime stories to her little pigs, including "The Pig Prince, " "The Ugly Pigling, " "Piggerella, " and "the Prince and the Porker.".