A Break-of-day book

Briefly recounts the events of the 1892 boxing match between heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan and challenger "Gentleman Jim" Corbett.

Nate the Great finds mystery at the beach when Oliver's beach bag vanishes.

Shrek has a problem. The local fairy-tale children won't leave him alone-and they're driving him crazy. What's an ogre to do? Donkey has a plan: read the kids a story. Shrek agrees, but only if he can tell the story his way.

Cecil is afraid of his awesome classmate Ernestine, who makes firm attempts to get him over to her house for "surprises."

Left in charge of the house, nine-year-old Lysbet nearly burns it down when she leaves the fireplace unattended to participate in New Amsterdam's First Skating Day.

When he finds a torn piece of paper with only part of a word on it, boy detective Nate sets out to find the missing pieces

A very messy rat worries about his friendship with his extremely neat new neighbor.

Nate the Great searches for a missing weed after it disappears from a pot on Oliver's porch.

After years of living in a cozy cave beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, the Troll family decides it is time to explore New York City.

The adventures of Spider Jane as she moves, has a web warming, entertains a visitor, and tries to find a web sitter while she goes on vacation.

Anxious to present a special wedding gift to the King's son and his bride, two elderly sisters finally find something they can afford and that seems just right.

Though it means Nate can't get his dog ready for the smartest pet contest, he agrees to search for the missing prize for the contest.

When Rosamond turns a phone message from Pip's mother into a music lesson with a secret meaning, Nate the Great steps in to solve the mystery.

Relates how the artist Thomas Nast brought about the downfall of the crooked Boss Tweed who controlled New York in the mid-nineteenth century.

When Commander Salamander and his band of pirates capture the "Star Warts" spaceship, Commander Toad is forced to hop the plank.

Nate the Great takes on his first night case and tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher.

Nate the Great interrupts his backyard vacation to find his friend's lost grocery list--before lunch.

Commander Toad and the crew of the "Star Warts" go in search of Commander Toad's cousin, Tip-Toad—who just happens to be an intergalactic spy. Will Commander Toad be able to find his elusive cousin? Four-color and b&w illustrations accompany the text of this beginning reader book.

In search of new worlds to explore, Commander Toad and his crew land their space ship "Star Warts" on the strange Planet of the Grapes.

The intrepid crew of the space ship "Star Warts" lands on a water-covered planet inhabited by Deep Wader, a horrible hungry monster.

Focuses on the criminal career of prohibition period gangster Al Capone.

A biography of the founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

When Rosamond looks into her crystal ball to read Nate the Great's future, she sees a new case for him to solve--her money box is missing and she wants him to find it.

The space ship Star Warts, commanded by Commander Toad, encounters a black hole which threatens the vehicle with doom.

Nate the Great and his dog Sludge look for Annie's housekey which has mysteriously disappeared.

Georgette, the dancing French hen, involves her human friends in a lot of trouble.

To save his pet pig from becoming the family meal, a French boy runs away with him.

Eight-year-old Andrew, amateur detective, is faced with his most difficult case--tracking down a ghost.

Four episodes about a spider and a fly who become friends and decide to live together.

Nate and his dog Sludge try to solve a case on Halloween night and find themselves locked in a haunted house.