"Till now there's been no magic for Harry Potter. He lives with the miserable Dursleys at number four, Privet Drive. His room is the cupboard under the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years. But then a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to an incredible place called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And there he finds not only friends, flying sports on broomsticks, and magic in everything...

Community helpers keep us all safe and they have special machines that help as well. Police cars, coast guard cutters, ambulances, rescue helicopters, and fire trucks each serve our community in their own way. Do you know what it is? Lift the page to learn what each machine does and discover what happens when they all work together!

"Finn loves trucks! In this book, Finn features some of his favorite farm machines, like a tractor and a harvester, and with the help of Sandy the farmer explains the important job each one has on the farm"--Back cover.

After a hurricane transports Dorothy from Kansas to Oz, she seeks help from the Wizard of Oz and is accompanied to his Emerald City by Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion.

Presents instructions from a fairy godmother on how to be a proper princess.

"There's a crime wave in the city : robbery, fraud, arson, and murder! A super sleuth is needed. Someone who can comb through the clues, sift the evidence, and crack the case. This is a job for you! Using the tools of forensic science, along with tricks of the trade developed by real detectives, you'll investigate each crime, assemble the evidence, and find the culprit. Are you ready to get on someone's case?"--p. [4] of cover.

One-by-one twelve colorful cats, viewed through die-cut holes, return to the big white house, and settle down to sleep.

Young readers are provided with simple facts about an arctic animal and asked to use these to guess which creature is hiding behind the flaps on the next page.