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It may be cold outside, but you’re cozy inside your ice fishing house. You drop your line through the hole you cut in the ice and wait. Your patience is soon rewarded with a forceful tug on your line. Will you be able to reel in your big catch? Now is your chance to learn what you need to know about ice fishing gear, techniques, safety, and more.

Who is the better pure hitter, Ted Williams or Miguel Cabrera? Who was better at tearing up the basepaths, Rickey Henderson or Ty Cobb? Does Clayton Kershaw compare to the strikeout king, Nolan Ryan? See how the players match up in this side-by-side look at baseball’s stars.  Produced in partnership with Sports Illustrated KIDS.

The friendly cocker spaniel and the popular poodle make up a Cockapoo. Find out why Cockapoos are great pets.

A jaguar watches silently from a rain forest tree as prey draws near below. When the jaguar leaps, it’s too late for the prey to escape. The jaguar has its lunch. Learn more about these stealthy cats, including where they live, what they hunt, and how they live from day to day.

Great music and great friendships aren't always in harmony. Terence Kato is a prodigy bass player, but he's determined to finish middle school on a high note. Life has other plans. In eighth grade, he's forced to transfer from a private arts school to a public school, where the kids seemingly speak a...

Baseball stadiums might seem like calm and relaxed places. But come game day, people who work at stadiums are ready to swing into action. Many fans don't get to see what happens as stats are updated, coaches adjust game plans, and production crews entertain the crowd. Get ready to visit a Major League Baseball game and learn what happens behind the scenes.

Basketball arenas are hives of activity during game day. From cheerleaders and mascots to the production crew, many people work hard to keep the fans entertained. Check out a National Basketball Association game and learn what goes on behind the scenes to give the fans a good show.

Each year in March, college basketball teams hope to be part of one of the biggest sports events in the country. The NCAA tournament starts with 68 teams and is gradually reduced to the Final Four. But just one of them will become the NCAA champion! Discover the Final Four’s most historic teams, players, and games.

The latest eBook adventure of The Magnificent Lizzie Brown takes the traveling circus to rural England, where Lizzie's palm-reading talent reveals something horrifying — a gang of theives using a terrifying black hound to rob graves in the local cemetary. Soon Lizzie and her friends find themselves...

Baseball is a sport overflowing with numbers. Home runs, on base percentage, strikeouts, errors there’s no end to the statistics! Find the answers to the following questions and more inside The Ultimate Collection of Pro Baseball Records.  Who holds the record for most consecutive games played? ...

Take me out to the ballgame … or just watch the game from your phone! From motion capture technology to software such as GameChanger and PitchTrax, the tech world has become a regular part of America’s national pastime. Round the bases as you learn about the most recent breakthroughs in The Technology of Baseball.

The evil Semueld Askell, concealed by the Cloak of Mirrors, sneaks into Finley's room to steal the key to the Enchanted Emporium. He discovers that the key must be given willingly, and Finley's not about to abandon his role as Defender of the Emporium. Semueld is desperate to get his hands on the magical...

When her best friend's house is threatened with foreclosure, young Annie Jenkins is full of ideas to save the home: selling her appendix on eBay, winning the lottery, facing down the bankers . . . anything to keep Jason from moving. But Jason's out-of-work dad blows up at the smallest things, and he’s...

The world is a shell of its former self. Most of the world's population is gone. You're one of the few lucky survivors, but can you trust the people that remain? Or will you face the bleak future on your own? When YOU CHOOSE what to do next, the choices you make could mean the difference between life and death. How long can you survive in a dystopia?