Would you believe...? * A man chokes on his favorite food, but his daughter saves him with a common household appliance. What does she use? * A lonely sailor puts a message in a bottle. A fisherman finds it and gives it to his daughter. What does she......

ALL NEW VERY EASY TRUE STORIES: A PICTURE-BASED FIRST READER continues the True Stories tradition with a companion book to VERY EASY TRUE STORIES. Written at the same reading level, the text features all new stories and exercises....

Imagine scuba diving near the Florida coast and suddenly getting sucked into the huge pump of a nuclear power plant! Or writing love letters to someone every day for a year, only to see that person marry the mail carrier! The universal appeal of these......

A woman gets a phone call, but it is the wrong number. How does this call save her life? A man parks near a no Parking sign and gets a ticket. Every day he goes back to the no Parking sign and parks there, and every day he gets a ticket. Why does he......

* Imagine finding yourself all alone on a mountain during a blizzard -- and being saved thanks to a surprise phone call!* Or having a party to celebrate your wedding -- and there was no wedding!* Or picking up a newspaper and seeing a photograph if twins who look exactly like you!...