"The most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)" —Midwest Children's Book Review Sammy's softball team is in contention for the Junior Slugger's Cup, and all she wants to do is hunker down behind the home plate and catch strikes. But Heather Acosta brings new meaning to the term "foul ball" as she schemes to get Sammy kicked off the team. Then Sammy is thrown a wild pitch by a frantic girl at the mall. The girl asks Sammy to watch her bag and dashes off before Sammy discovers that the bag she's left holding contains a baby! When the girl doesn't return, Sammy decides to go find her. A heart-pounding search ensues, and leads to some situations that are definitely not covered in the softball playbook. The Sammy Keyes mysteries are fast-paced, funny, thoroughly modern, and true whodunits. Each mystery is exciting and dramatic, but it's the drama in Sammy's personal life that keeps readers coming back to see what happens next with her love interest Casey, her soap-star mother, and her mysterious father.

Play with well over 100 possible sentences to make imaginative stories with this fun card game.

These flashcards are suitable for helping young children to identify words that rhyme and anticipate word endings. It helps to develop childrens' reading skills.

Culinary fun combines with early literacy skills development in this step-by-step children's cookbook. The simple recipes teach basic cookery skills, introduce children to new vocabulary and teach them how to follow instructions - the Letterland way.

For many years Letterland has led children to skillful reading, accurate spelling and a love of literacy. Now this sequel Step-by-Step Letterland Guide provides fresh support for your children's second school year in their journey to full literacy.

Go on a reading adventure with your Letterland friends in this new series of 26 books. Each book features an imaginative story for adults to read, decodable sentences and decodable words for children to read with minimal support. The books are grouped in 4 sets and the stories match the teaching order used in the Fix-it Phonics programme.