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  The Presidents of World War II

  Editors Charles River

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  Franklin Delano Roosevelt might be America’s greatest 20th century president, but there’s no question that he was the most unique. A well-connected relative of Theodore Roosevelt, FDR was groomed for greatness until he was struck down by polio. Nevertheless, he persevered, rising through New York politics to reach the White House just as the country faced its greatest challenge since the Civil War, beginning his presidency with one of the most iconic lines ever spoken during an inaugural address. For over a decade, President Roosevelt threw everything he had at the Great Depression, and then threw everything the country had at the Axis powers during World War II. Ultimately, he succumbed to illness in the middle of his fourth term, just before the Allies won the war.  
  	Among America’s presidents, Harry Truman’s presidency produced some of the nation’s most crucial decisions and left one of the nation’s most unique legacies. When President Franklin Roosevelt died in April 1945, Vice President Truman, somewhat unprepared for the Presidency, now had to fill some of the biggest shoes in American history. Incredibly, Truman had not been informed of the country’s secret attempt to build atomic bombs. 
  	The new president had to usher America through victory in Europe in his first month and decide to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki a few months later, but the end of World War II produced only the first of many consequential decisions Truman would face during his nearly 8 years in office. As president, Truman would lay the groundwork for the next 50 years of American foreign policy, as the architect of Cold War containment, the man who signed off on the Marshall Plan, and the commander-in-chief during much of the Korean War.

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  The Small Bears

  Gene L. Henderson

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  The Small Bears by Gene L. Henderson - The aliens looked cute as Koalas. But there was a little matter of a graveyard of dead space-ships. 
  Billowy white clouds hid the entire surface of the mystery planet and the space-cruiser cautiously searched, seeking an opening. A wind disturbance momentarily split the misty blanket and like an arrow the ship darted through. 
  The sudden movement had caught some of the men unprepared and Dr. Dick Boyette hurried past fully-manned battle stations to answer a call from the control-room. It required but a couple of minutes to revive a technician who had stumbled into a panel and afterward Boyette stood in the background, watching. 
  Everywhere, as far as the eye could see, the terrain was dotted by patches of woods and green meadows. The perpetual cloud blanket was two miles high, thin enough so that it barely diffused the sunlight. Enough, Boyette thought, so that the planet would have been a mystery even without the disappearance of all ships that had visited it. 
  "No sign of life," growled Commander Kellews, breaking the silence. 
  "I don't like it," the gunnery officer added uneasily. "There must be life or what could have happened to all the other ships that vanished here?" 
  "That's what we're here to find out," said Commander Kellews. He gazed around with a fighting man's pride in the finest weapons that Earth science had been able to devise. This one ship itself could destroy the entire planet that lay so peacefully beneath them. 
  As Boyette knew, the mystery planet was necessary for further expansion from the solar system, lying as it did between their system and the nearest one. Yet, it had swallowed all ships that had landed. 
  "Look!" shouted the lookout, "that plateau's covered with ships."

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  Horrid Henry: Fabulous Feasts

  Lucinda Whiteley

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  Prepare for a Fabulous Feast of Horrid with this epic collection of 11 Horrid Henry super stories performed by the show's full cast. Fill up on pizza, sausages and booger bogies (gross!!!) as Henry proves that you can make anything Horrid if you try hard enough! So let's turn up the Horrid and enjoy these classic stories with "Operation Party Planner", "Pizza Party", "Pirate Party", "Gym Cupboard Restaurant", "Booger Bogies", "Fussy Uncle Francis", "Honorary Godfather", "The Comic", "Perfect Parents", "Toffee Tongue Twisters" and "Bogus Babysitter". Horridly Brilliant or Brilliantly Horrid? You decide!!

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  How the Lion Became King of the...

  Pius Enyano

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  "An adventurous African tale about how the Lion became King of the Jungle."

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  Don't Disturb the Pirate! - A...

  Rhiannon Findlay

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  From the author of Don't Disturb the Dragon, comes an ARRG-some next installment! 
    
  Oh no—naughty puppy Patch has run away! Can YOU help find him? As you search, remember not to disturb the pirate. If you hear a Yo Ho Ho, a cannon's boom, or fierce AHOYS along the way, turn and run from all that noise! 
    
  Sneak over, under, round and through the book, just remember … don't disturb the PIRATE!

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  Victor Discovers Treasure - 45...

  Sharon Deur

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  Hungry as a bear. Quiet as a mouse–practical comparisons (metaphors) that create pictures in our minds to get our point across. The Bible too is full of comparisons. How is Jesus like a potter? How are we like pots or sheep? Join Victor the donkey as he helps unearth the mystery language; the mind photos; the treasure talk of God’s Word.

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