"A man fell from a very tall building. Why didn't he die? Why did a dead woman have a frozen chicken under her hat? What fell out of an old man's ear, and why did everybody laugh? And how did a cow fly? Find the answers in these strange stories."--Cover.

In Egypt Imhotep, High Priest of the Dead, stays in the ground for 3215 years. Then he wakes up from his half-life and he starts to kill. Evelyn works in a museum. Rick is a soldier. Can these very different people send Imhotep back to the dead - and also find love?

"Our "Decodable Readers" series offers young readers a wealth of benefits: They can begin reading independently after learning just a few letters and their sounds ; They'll be able to tackle unfamiliar words with confidence, using their newfound phonics skills to decode words accurately and avoid bad reading habits ; By applying their phonics skills in the context of engaging stories and nonfiction texts, they'll experience the thrill of success and...

"Meg and Greg are off on a series of summer adventures around their neighborhood, along with some four-legged companions. The two friends pull off a bake sale despite back-to-back disasters in the preparations, save the day for Greg's mom when her ballet studio floods, rescue the neighbor's dog after he slips down a slope into a cove, and discover a lost cat with newborn kittens sheltering in a dangerous spot in the garden."--