The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything...until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: "I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger." Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what...

"There's nothing more fascinating than dinosaurs. In this Level 1 reader, youngsters learn all about the terrifying giants that once roamed the Earth - maybe even as close as their own backyard!"--Amazon.com.

One day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome, but the little cricket cannot make a sound and it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp "hello!"

Fox competes in a big race, gives away his comic books, and goes trick-or-treating on Halloween with his friends.

Describes the nearly disastrous encounter of a spear-fisherman with a shark off the coast of Australia.

"Use your reading superpowers to learn all about one of the world's favorite animals, the elephant. Children will love to find out about a young volunteer's time with the elephants in India and Africa, and the things he learns about these much-loved animals."

"The pond is full of dangers for a tiny tadpole. Will it grow up to be a leaping frog?"--

Fox falls in love with several girls and then enters a dance contest with his sister.

Three easy-to-read stories reveal the close friendship between Dog and Bear.