This book follows the many adventures of Super Sam, a young gnome that lives in a house shaped like a mushroom in the woods. Sam travels the world, makes new friends, cares for his animals and learns about the natural world around him all while being a good steward of the earth, celebrating holidays and festivals, taming dragons and loving his family. These stories are appropriate for children of all ages (even the big ones and their parents!)

Your imagination will soar to new heights when you join Sam for some outdoor fun that's sure to inspire creativity. Offering more than just an exciting afternoon delight, Shannon Hyde demonstrates that obedience and self-worth are also an important part of Super Sam's Backyard Adventures. This is an eLIVE book, meaning each printed copy contains a special code redeemable for the free download of the audio version of the book.

It's phonics! It's comics! It's awesome! Perfect for early and developing readers, each paperback includes three exciting, easy-to-read stories! Exhilarating adventures, daring heroes, magic, time travel and much, much more! Each cool 24-page comic book feature three exciting, phonetically decodable stories. Developed and leveled with the help of reading specialists, these 6" x 9" paperbacks are easy to read and hard to put down! A slug? A spider? A squid? What IS Super Sam? And where did he get those gross powers? Kids can find the answers in these slimy, scaly, and just plain weird stories. GRL: L

In this third book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series by M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to South Africa with his uncle to a ride a famous train...and stumbles onto a murder mystery! Following his adventure on the California Comet, artist and amateur sleuth Hal Beck is looking forward to another railway journey with Nat, his journalist uncle—this time riding the historic Safari Star through South Africa. Then the already eventful journey becomes even more so when one of their fellow passengers dies on board! Accident . . . or murder? With help from a new friend, Winston (and his mongoose, Chipo), Hal is determined to figure out if a murder has really taken place and, if so, who among a long list of suspects is the killer—all before the Safari Star arrives at its final destination.

Sam transforms himself into Super Sam to entertain his baby brother, but when his superpowers fail, he finds another way to save the day.

Super Sam is back with chapter books to challenge your fledgling young readers.