New Releases by Mark Dubowski

DK Readers now have a fresh new look featuring redesigned jackets and interiors, and up-to-date vocabulary throughout! Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multi-level reading program guaranteed to capture children''s interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. With DK Readers, children learn to read — then read to learn!

Describes the disastrous 1912 sinking of the world''s largest ocean liner after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage.

Relates the bedtime activities of a little bug in a big house.

A dog named Robot pokes his nose into a hole in the ground. What is down there? Four boys have come with the dog to find out.

Learn about the fastest cars in the world.

"Includes 5 great stories!"--Cover

An introduction to the life and career of Seabiscuit, the race horse who set sixteen track records and won more prize money than any other horse. All Aboard Reading Series: Station Stop 3.

Otto competes in a street hockey game with Lars, who has a new and expensive hockey stick.

Recounts several popular beliefs and the scientific reasons why they are not true.

Eliza and her family are in the lush jungles of Sumatra to film a documentary on the endangered orangutans when they run into poachers.

Recounts the story of Clyde Tombaugh and how he discovered the hidden planet we now call Pluto.

Join the Thornberry family as they help lead a flock of endangered, pen-raised whooping cranes north for the spring.

When Eliza searches for a missing cheetah cub and then tries to help a herd of elephants, she risks losing her ability to talk to the animals.

Little Roy lives on a ranch. He can rope like a cowboy, and round up strays like a cowboy. But will he ever learn to "ride" a two-wheeler that is? This is a funny and very easy-to-read "yarn" for any young reader who dreams of the Wild West.

Phil gets jealous when Lil is chosen to star in a music video. When Angelica hears about Phil''s idea to replace Lil in the video, she sees her ticket to stardom. In this hilarious story about sibling rivalry, readers can find out if Lil, Phil, or Angelica will be the next rock star. B&W illustrations.

Rocky and Bullwinkle must stop Fearless Leader as he, along with Natasha and Boris, enters the real world and attempts to achieve world domination through Really Bad Television, Fearless Leader''s global cable television network.

Describes the discovery by Alpine hikers near the Austrian-Italian border of the frozen body of a man who, after careful examination, was found to be more than 5,000 years old.

Chuckie makes his first wish on a shooting star and then worries that his wish will really come true.

After a near miss with a car, Allen is having a split personality problem--literally! There''s suddenly two Allens: an alien one and a human. But he''s about to discover that two halves don''t necessarily make a whole!

Alex finds a shipwreck''s treasure and some modern day pirates!

Hot young comic star Dirk Vista is missing--and there''s nothing comical aboutit.

Salem and Stonehenge search in Rome for a burglar who has stolen Sabrina''s magical gold locket.

While the growed-ups at the baby shower talk about the baby that Stu and Didi Pickles are expecting, Tommy, his friends Chuckie, Phil and Lil, and Angelica go through the baby presents looking for Tommy''s new baby sister.

While studying the tough, seafaring life of a pirate at P.S. 1, two young pirates discover buried treasure at the same time, and the amusing results are observed by everyone.

Picky eater Nicky declares that she would rather eat bees and parrots than peas and carrots until her inventive family devises a clever plan to overcome her finicky habits.