Presents instructions for performing an array of card tricks, with practical advice on shuffling, manner of display, and other card-handling tips.

The children in Ms. Frizzle's class learn about dinosaurs when the Magic School Bus travels to fossil country.

"For Annie's tenth birthday, her papa gives her a pad of paper, some colored pencils, and the Klimas family secret. It's called the nuodeema burna, or eater of sins. Every time Annie misbehaves, she has to write down her transgression and stick the paper into a hidey-hole in the floor of their house. But Annie's inheritance has a dark side: with each paper fed to the burna, she feels less guilty about the mean things she says and does. As a plague...