Author: Henry Melton
Publisher: Wire Rim Books
Keywords: air, lighter
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2008-09-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0980225310
ISBN-13: 9780980225310

It could be the best prank in the history of Munising High School’s unofficial Prank Day. Working for a next door neighbor inventor had left Jon Kish with unlimited quantities of lighter-than-air foam, perfect for building...say a full-sized flying saucer! High school honor demanded it. Plus with the family stress of his mother’s surgery, he needed something to keep his mind occupied. But little sister Cherry had her own schemes in play, and events more serious than high school pranks or mother’s cancer were about to focus the world’s attention on this little northe

Author: Henry Melton
Publisher: Wire Rim Books
Keywords: bust, roswell
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 2008-04-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0980225302
ISBN-13: 9780980225303

Teenager Joe Ferris was raised to help guests -- he was third generation in the motel business -- but once he connected with mute Judith, they were off on an epic thousand mile road trip through the Southwest, all to help the most unique guests of all -- the Roswell aliens stranded far from home since 1947. With the Men in Black hot on their trail, and discovering that the aliens had more tricks up their sleeves than their captors had ever discovered, Joe and Judith have to wonder just who is taking whom on the ride of their lives!

Authors:Paul Levitt, Peg Tremper,
Publisher: Barbed Wire Publishing
Keywords: bogus
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 2006-11-15
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0976995875
ISBN-13: 9780976995876

When the classical scholar, Phineas Ort, Bogus U.’s first choice for president, disappears, the search committee, persuaded that its university, like most others, is a gangster operation, decides to recruit a hit man to keep the fractious faculty in line. Phineas has been abducted by the Robaccia gang, which is intent on installing its own candidate in the president s office to cash in on Bogus U.’s well-known corruption. Christy Mahon, a former member of the Robaccio gang, now on the lam for having crossed its boss, Brooklyn Benny, has landed a job at Bogus U. as a janitor. List

Author: Shelley Gill
Publisher: Sasquatch Books/Paws IV Children’s Books
Keywords: mountain, wild, alaska, denali
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2006-02-13
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1570613664
ISBN-13: 9781570613661

From its origins as a trick played by Raven (the scientific version involving plate tectonics is also included) to the flora and fauna and human explorations, this colorful children’s book reveals every facet of Alaska’s great Denali mountain. Employing the Gill-Cartwright signature style of mingling fiction and fact, this book is brimming with fun and fascinating information and wonder about the tallest, coldest, wildest mountain in America.

Author: Shelley Gill
Publisher: Sasquatch Books/Paws IV Children’s Books
Keywords: colors, alaska, count
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2002-01-15
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0934007357
ISBN-13: 9780934007351

In this companion to the Alaska ABC Book, children learnto count as colorful critters leap through the pages.

Author: Arlene Laverde
Publisher: Sasquatch Books/Paws IV Children’s Books
Keywords: pigs, three, alaska
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2002-04-26
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 1570612293
ISBN-13: 9781570612299

The newest addition to the Paws IV line of Alaska children’s books features the classic story of those irresistible little pigs--retold Alaskan-style, as the pigs camp, fish, ski, and build homes on the Last Frontier! "Once upon a time in the wilds of Alaska, there were three little pigs." And so begins the adventure of three outdoor-loving pigs who head to Alaska to homestead and "grow big cabbages." After playing under the Midnight Sun, it’s time to get busy and build safe homes for the winter. The first and second little pigs are creative, but it’s the third hardworking l

Author: Jen Funk Weber
Publisher: Sasquatch Books/Paws IV Children’s Books
Keywords: fun, facts, games, jokes, puzzles, filled, alaska, activity, book, clueless
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2006-02-13
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1570614415
ISBN-13: 9781570614415

Whether visiting the state or studying it in school, young, inquiring minds are always captivated by Alaska’s exotic land and animals. Who can resist a state with giant mountains, moose, and cabbages, a place where the sun never sets? As a take-home gift, travel companion, or information resource, this full-color, photo-illustrated children’s book is both entertaining and enlightening. Chock-full of challenging puzzles, fascinating facts, silly jokes, and fun activities, Clueless in Alaska offers a memorable tour of the history, geography, culture, environment, and people — including ph