Newberry Medal winner. Two suburban children run away from their Connecticut home and go to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, where their ingenuity enables them to live in luxury.

Brides are always all dressed in white. Cowboys were the first people to wear jeans. Wearing a hat indoors can make you go bald. You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let's investigate seventeen statements about fashion and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts! Find out whether women really once wore skirts so wide...

Do you believe in magic? Young readers need only faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust to discover the wide array of stories written about these fantasy creatures. They will learn to draw their own fairies by following step-by-step instructions.

Do you like monsters? Discover the legends behind some of the most powerful creatures ever imagined while learning to draw them at the same time using this step-by-step guide.

After surviving sixth grade, Rafe expects seventh grade to be a fun zone because he has been accepted to art school in the big city, but when he discovers it is more competitive than he expected, he sets out to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art.

"From arrows to missiles, understanding physics has been key to the history of warfare. Through interesting text and high-impact graphics, readers will come to understand practical applications of science and the important people and concepts that have contributed to history"--