Peppa Goes on Holiday (Peppa Pig)

Peppa Pig Staff

Peppa and her family go on their first holiday abroad. They pack their suitcases and fly all the way to Italy, where they eat pizza and go sightseeing. But there's so much to see and do that Peppa keeps leaving poor Teddy behind! Will he make it home in the end? A first experience story that's perfect f...

Mexico City Blues

Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's first and most important poem, Mexico City Blues, incorporates all the elements of his theory of spontaneous composition. Memories, fantasies, dreams, and surrealistic free association are all lyrically combined in the loose format of the blues to create an original and moving epic. This editi...

More Surprising Stories Behind Everyday Stuff

National Geographic Kids

Ever wonder how haunted houses got their spooky rep; where cheese originally came from; and when and where people decided hitting a tiny ball with a long stick (ahem, golf?) was their idea of fun? Prepare to be amazed by the surprising backstories behind the things you use or do every day! From familiar...

Feel the Freeze (#2 Shower Land)

Nat Amoore

The second book in a hilarious junior fiction series where getting in the shower might send you to another world! Felix refuses to shower. Last time, he ended up in another world. But Dad and Olly have noticed he smells pretty bad. At least he's prepared this time, wearing bathers just in case. He turns...