Best Selling Books by Mary Packard

Des feuilles jaunes et rouges partout. On peut s'amuser comme des fous! Un livre coloré rempli de devinettes et de jeux amusants sur les feuilles d'automne.

The latest Ripley's chapter book includes a host of crazy creatures, including a rat who can lay cable wire, a seeing-eye pony, and a dog who can do math. Original.

Ripley's Believe It or Not!--authority on the strange and unusual--and Scholastic present an incredible collection of the world's weirdest, wackiest science facts. Believe it! The strangest science you've ever seen! Have you ever heard of a goat spinning a spider web? Do you want to see what a Martian potato looks like? Can a pigeon really appreciate fine art? Weird Science is full of fascinating and bizarre facts about science that are out of this world! Test your scientific knowledge with the That's Wild trivia and the Brain Buster quizzes at the end of each chapter. Satisfy the mad scientist in you and get into Weird Science!

Only one of a group of trick or treaters is unaware of the surprise planned by the others who disappear one by one as they encounter scary sights.

Simple text and photographs describe the physical characteristics of beetles.

Have you heard.......about the man who gets bitten by snakes to make snake serum?..about the boy who went to the doctor only to find a tooth growing in his foot?...about the 14-year-old girl who can tow her entire high school football team in a truck?...about the professor who trains frogs to lift weights?Sometimes people do the strangest things!

Rollie the penguin is an expert swimmer, but what he really wants to do is fly, as he tells Santa Claus, so one Christmas Eve Santa invites him along for the ride.

An illustrated collection of short, humorous rhymes featuring words of comparison and a variety of animals.

By turning an action wheel, kids can help save the day and give a hand to Rescue Heroes as they work to ensure nobody gets hurt when a big city building is demolished by a wrecking ball. Color illustrations throughout.

The ickiest and creepiest of all bugs are profiled in a chapter book that includes pop quizzes and special "Brain Buster" riddles. Original.

Provides information on what to expect while visiting the dentist and includes related activities.

Describes how the human body works and how exercise and proper nutrition can lead to physical fitness and better health.

Su-Lan Wu, a seven-year-old girl who lives with her sea captain father and artist mother near Shanghai, joins in the preparations for the New Year's celebration.

Although they are very different, Moose and Mouse are good friends.

While Cera the Protoceratops is out looking for breakfast, a caveman spots her nest of eggs and rescues them before another dinosaur can harm them.

Top 10 highlights the editors' choices for the wackiest top ten in categories ranging from odd-inary folks to wild and crazy stunts to seriously strange customs. Have fun with the "Over the Top" quizzes and "Ripley's Brain Busters" in each chapter, and the "Pop Quiz" in the back of the book.

Mickey agrees to watch his friends pet shop overnight and gets more than he bargained for in the morning.

Presents a collection of strange-but-true facts and stories from the files of "Ripley's Believe It or Not," and includes related quizzes and answers.

A big Ankylosaurus named Lozar creates an opening into the side of a mountain to protect his caveman friend, Thrax, from Tyrannosaurus.

Presents various urban myths and legends, describes how the "Mythbusters" set out to prove the myths, explains the results, and provides instructions for how to do similar "mythbusting" at home.

Chock full of grossly disgusting facts. Includes multiple choice quizzes.