Sally RideShooting for the StarsAstronaut Dr. Sally Ride took a deep breath and nervously waited as the powerful engines of the Space Shuttle Challenger roared to life. This was the most frightening,
"Dear Earthling I am a teen-age penguin who lives in a two-story cabinet on Mars. I will put this letter in a/an ridiculous bottle and swim it into space and hope that it gets to Earth."Sounds l
Introduces the characteristics and activities of snakes and reptiles from A to Z, from the armadillo lizard to the yellow-headed gecko and the zillions of years ago dinosaurs lived on the earth
If You Made a MillionHave you ever wanted to make a million dollars? Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is ready, willing, and able to explain the nuts and bolts -- as well as the mystery and w
"Written for the youngest audience...the text is very simple yet manages to convey all the major events in Liberty's creation....The full-color watercolors show amazing detail and are extremely rich.
Modern-day counterparts of the Spanish conquistadors and the early nineteenth-century settlers still cling to the image of El Dorado. The folklore of the land still exerts its magical pull. The pickup
A"It does a man no good to be free until he learns how to live.A"These were the words of Amos Fortune, born the son of a king of the At-mun-shi tribe in Africa. When Amos was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dignity and courage. He dreamed of being free and of buying the freedom of his closest friends. By the time he was sixty years old, Amos Fortune began to see those dreams come true. Amos Fortune, Free Man is a Newbery Award winner that is based on a true story.
Why do newspapers turn yellow?How does bleach make colors disappear?Why can't you mix oil and water?Find out the answers to these and other mysteries of chemistry in this fascinating collection of ide
While teaching upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world. A glossary at the end provides interesting facts about each food.
How many times can you jump rope? This rhyme makes the game of rope jumping even more fun. It's a counting rhyme, and there are lots of others like it. There are also red-hot pepper rhymes for jumpin
Freight trains, passanger trains, and super-speed trains--they're all here in this colorful collection, filled with easy-to-read facts and realistic pictures, just right for young train lovers.
Build a bridge to take your students from their primer year into Book 1 of The New Siddur Program. Offers reading review, remediation, and vocabulary readiness. This simple review brings students back
More entertaining verses and delightful pictures in the style of When We Were Very Young. "Gay verses about all manner of things, which with their original rhytm dance their way into memory."--Four to
Christmas in Victorian London. Scrooge the miser sits alone in front of his feeble fire, blind to the comforts of Christmas and the needs of his fellow humans, such as his humble clerk Bob Cratchit an
The favorite Mother Goose rhyme about the three careless kittens who lost their mittens is given added appeal with Galdone's bold and colorful illustrations.
As "Commander Mark" on his national PBS TV series The Secret City, Mark Kistler has taught 10 million viewers of all ages how to draw. Mark Kistler's Draw Squad gathers all his zany, effective shortc
