Books with author Steve Mardo

Pilot Academy focuses on a different kind of pilot in each of its three sections: helicopter pilots, jet pilots and airline pilots. Presented through a variety of interactive activities, including designing an airport, calculating the amount of fuel needed for a flight, testing your reflexes, learning to take off and land aircraft, and plenty more. Along the way, you'll hone the skills every pilot needs before taking to the skies. Includes a game, stickers, a poster, and more to add to the fun!

* Digital Book Award Finalist! * Mom's Choice Silver Award Winner! * Digital Book World QED Award Winner * Moonbeam Award Winner!"It doesn't matter what you look like… It's who you are that counts."—The Fairy Godmother from "Cinderella Spinderella"The classic story of Cinderella has been modernized and urbanized in this beautifully illustrated edition, written with delightful humor and a surprising twist.Cinderella Spinderella uses ebook technology to allow readers to choose how Cinderella looks. Is she Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, or from the Indian subcontinent?You can pick. Mark Binder’s Cinderella Spinderella began its life as a spoken-word story told to very different audiences— groups of inner city youngsters and their parents and campers with severe physical disabilities.The ebook Cinderella Spinderella, connects with any reader, offering 25 different combinations, so that every youngster can see herself or himself reflected in the story.This is Cinderella who powerfully chooses her identity! The classic story is modernized in this beautifully illustrated edition, written with delightful humor and a surprising twist. Please note: This is an ebook, not an app or a game, so the story remains the same while the Cinderellas and Princes vary. You will enjoy rereading the story, but don't expect to find lots of changes—except the seasons!"Eleanor lived alone with two stepsisters in a skinny house that her father had left to her in his will. By all rights the house belonged to Eleanor, yet her stepsisters treated her very poorly."

Giving an unusual twist to the traditional ghost story, the young protagonist of this novel finds out the answer to the question, “How can you murder those who are already dead?”Kevin Beeston is a 15-year-old on work assignment with his father's company. The company demolishes old buildings, replacing them with mass-produced buildings. In one of the buildings Kevin encounters an engaging group of Victorian ghosts. He finds that these spirits are tied to the old buildings and once the buildings are destroyed, so are they. In a move that pits him against his father and a huge corporation, Kevin begins a campaign to save the natural habitat of the ghosts.The Poppleham Ghosts is more than a ghost story and is more concerned with the manner in which the modern world is increasingly sterile and mass-produced and leaves no place for the imagination (symbolized by the ghosts).This is a book that will appeal to Young Adults making the transition from childhood to adulthood and battling with the pressures and realities of today’s world.

"Who could possibly hate Cinderella?" - A Sequel for Older Readers and AdultsWe all know that Cinderella and Prince Charming lived happily ever after. What ever became of her two stepsisters?In this six-part novella/chapter book, award-winning author and storyteller Mark Binder extends the story just a bit…Nine months after the wedding, Griselda and Esmerelda are fast asleep in their tower high above the palace, when the bright light of dawn and the loud pealing of bells shatters their sleep.Bitter, angry, exhausted and frustrated, the two stepsisters decide to leave the safety of the palace and seek a birthday gift for Cinderella's newborn. What they ultimately find is themselves."A fun, satirical and ultimately heartwarming story of two wicked stepsisters on their road to freedom and independence."

A young girl sees a vampire make a kill, and then becomes the next target...Three family members are alone in a deserted town with just a ferocious werewolf for company...A seaside resort becomes the latest venue for yet another zombie apocalypse...The witches in a quaint English village are peckish, and one of the family is on the menu.Featuring scenes of extreme banter and almost unacceptable buffosity from the start, this collection of four interlinked horror stories should only be read by those with strong stomachs.

Packed with tons of simple tips and tricks to boost kids' brains and give them amazing memories! Uncover brand new mnemonics and rhymes to help you remember anything in a flash - from facts about physics, to sporting superstars, brilliant books and much, much more. Split into handy subject-based sections, plus a 'Memory Gym' containing more simple and fun techniques that will take kids' memory power even further.