First in an exciting all-new series for children, complete with time travel, adventure, and American history! In this brand-new series by acclaimed author Candice Ransom, three children meet unsung heroes who shaped America’s history. Follow the children as they hop in and out of various eras, learning important life lessons along the way. Children will enjoy the fun, easy-to-read style, and librarians, educators and parents will appreciate the learning their young readers pick up along the way. Each book ends with a fun, do-it-yourself craft project that encourages readers to delve deeper into the subject of the story.

When Alex, Mattie, and Sophie touch the spyglass, they find themselves hurtled back to 1898, where real-life dinosaur cowboy Walter Granger has a job for them. Granger has discovered a secret cache of dinosaur skeletons. But someone�s trying to steal the bones for himself. Can the Time Spies catch the thief before the spyglass sends them home? �Candice Ransom�s spare writing style should make history accessible to reluctant readers.� �Vivian Vande Velde, author of A Hidden Magic

When Alex, Mattie and Sophie spy the giant vine sprouting in their garden, they know their next adventure will be different from any they?ve had before. Will they figure out their mission before a fee-fi-fo-fum chases them away? Includes grey-scale illustrations, table of contents, activity and author profile. Chapter 10 chapters.

Follow the Time Spies back to the Civil War as they cross battle lines to bring afamily back together. With acclaimed author Candice Ransom's entertaining, easy-to-read style, readers won't realize how much they are learning about America's history until it's too late!

From acclaimed author Candice Ransom, comes another Time Spies adventure so fun to read that kids won't realize how much they're learining about history (until it's too late!) The Chapman kids get caught up in the Race of the Century, between War Admiral and a little brown Thoroughbred named Seabiscuit. Hanging out in the barn before the race, the kids overhear a nosy reporter threatening to destroy Seabiscuit's chances. Can they find a way to stop the reporter before it's too late?