Books with author Elizabeth Nix

Christmas is here and all the students are excited! Miss O tells them all about Santa and his work. The reader takes a trip to the North Pole and from the elves to the reindeer, they step into the world of characters they already know and love.This heartwarming story encourages children to be kind, nice and polite, and offers a special insight into Santa Claus’s life. It is suitable for children of a wide age range, whether they read it themselves, or someone reads it to them.

Through vibrant photography, strong infographics, and closely-leveled text, learn all about quarter horses. Saddle up, and get ready to learn about some of the world's favorite horse breeds. Explore the traits and features of each breed, their common uses, and the care they need through closely leveled text, engaging infographics, and vibrant photography. Are you ready to get Horse Crazy?

Through vibrant photography, strong infographics, and closely-leveled text, learn all about Arabian horses. Saddle up, and get ready to learn about some of the world's favorite horse breeds. Explore the traits and features of each breed, their common uses, and the care they need through closely leveled text, engaging infographics, and vibrant photography. Are you ready to get Horse Crazy?

"I'd come to love how the ocean and sky looked from here, vast and beautiful, as they merged into a blue horizon. It reminded me of freedom, and home."Home. What Emma wouldn't give to be there now. Instead, she's barely surviving train explosions, hunting Pirates down the Great River, jumping off bridges, running from Raiders, and attempting rescue missions.Home. For Cameron, it's a dissolving fantasy. Arguing with what family he has left, searching for survivors from the train attack, fighting old friends and burying others, destroying the Pirates, and hoping that he and Emma will survive it all.From author C.B. Elizabeth, Blue Horizon is the final book in the New Freeland Trilogy.

I Am Number Four meets the TV show Fringe in this thrilling, high-stakes sequel to Unraveling.Four months after Ben returned to his home universe, Janelle believes she'll never see him again. Her world is still devastated, but civilization is slowly rebuilding, and life is resuming some kind of normalcy—until Interverse agent Taylor Barclay shows up, asking for Janelle's help. Somebody from an alternate universe is kidnapping people and selling them on different Earths. And Ben is the prime suspect. When Janelle learns that someone she cares about—someone from her own world—is one of the missing, she knows that she has to help Barclay, regardless of the danger.Now Janelle has five days to track down the real culprit, locate the missing people before they're lost forever, and reunite with the boy who stole her heart. But as the clues add up, Janelle realizes that she may not know Ben as well as she thought. Can she uncover the truth before everyone she cares about is killed?In this heart-pounding sequel to Unraveling, author Elizabeth Norris explores the sacrifices we make to save the people we love and the worlds we'll travel to find them.

The author and illustrator, of What if...ZOMBIES Were Nice, is releasing each book as a chapter ultimately building toward a grand finale. The books are written for the youth using adolescent grunge language and humor. Short politics and actual science experiments are the nucleus within the pages of each book.Chocolate and Oranges is the first chapter of What ifZOMBIES Were Nice. In this chapter you will find that The Great Panic Po of 2020 was something no one was ever prepared for. Zombies that didn't turn into a big black puddle of goop were taken to a secret location, by the military, where the trials of modification took place. Many years passed, and the secret decision for 'reintegration' occurred. The first zombie family released, into living society was placed in Texas, where a freaky friendship developed between a zombie boy and two bored eccentric children. As the trio's bond gets stronger, they make simple discoveries about themselves and learn more about The Great Panic Po of 2020. Stink, rot, and science string them together as they manage to find a formula that might keep their friend from falling apart!

Readers of this book will investigate the facts and compare the data provided in the easy-access text and compelling diagrams and infographics and then decide for themselves if ESP is real. Catch readers' attention with these striking hi/lo books about popular paranormal topics. These books are great for lessons in evaluating arguments in a text and analyzing key ideas and details. With infographics, first-person accounts, and more, readers will have the data they need to decide if the stories are strange AND true.

You'll find interesting stories for kids who love new ideas! The author explains words and actions in this book of FUN. From kitty tales for even the youngest children, to how Anne learned to fly an airplane, a story about mountain climbing and a wonderful, lovable uncle. This easy-to-read book is stuffed full of true stories and pictures Each one begins with an idea of the appropriate age group. It's a book you'll love!

In the early years of the 20th century criminal activity thrived in the Midwest between Chicago and St Louis. Al Capone was a feared, powerful figure. When two young boys undertook the jobs of being runners, their lives changed dramatically. And later they traveled along with a Medicine Man, a fake healer of those who believed in his powers.As a young man, Joe lost his mother, and ended up an innocent fellow trying to find his way in life. But at only 13 years old his experience was minimal. Since this is predominently factual, it gives the reader an idea of life in those days. But because the author wasn't there, she gives readers the excitement without hearing those words and seeing the action. This was her father-in-law, a most remarkable man, as he related his life to her.