M. J. Cosson

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Dancing Men

In olden days, how did people learn about these strange creatures? Sometimes, a huge, partly decomposed body washed up on shore. Local people gathered around. A museum curator might be interested in displaying the corpse. That is if it didn't stink too badly. Newspapers ran stories. They would quote local scientists and feature drawings or cartoons of the monster. Sometimes, a ship set out for sea. It would never return. If no other ships were close by, there was no way of knowing what had happened. Did the ship sink in a storm? Was it swallowed by a kraken? Perhaps a polyp got it. Some seafarers did make it home. They told tall tales about the sea. The terrors that hid underwater were not for the faint of heart. Only the bravest, most foolhardy sailors or those shanghaied ventured out to sea. Book jacket.

Myth and Truth

Sea Monsters

As punishment for painting on public property in Chicago, Beto is sent to spend the summer with relatives in Fremont, Utah, where he discovers that rock paintings are being looted and decides to do something about it.

Rock Art Rebel

Levi Viggers the Eighth, descendent of a pirate, must serve a year of after-school detention in the library where he comes across a book that reveals some old family secrets, leading him to team up with his bullying cousin in a search for buried treasure.

The Pirate, Big Fist, and Me

Brann Garvey

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Sussex Vampire

Perfection Learning (Firm)

Barbara Robinson

Judith A. Bates

Alternative Assessment for the Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Ellen Raskin

Alternative Assessment for the Westing Game

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