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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Forty-six beautifully illustrated varieties of the "queen of flowers": hybrid teas, grandiflora, floribunda, climbers, miniatures, and historic roses. Descriptive captions.
Create37 figures with clear, step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams. Simple to advanced objects includerocket, mouse, elephant, violinist, Viking ship, and many more.
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
Forty-two anatomically correct renderings of primates — chimpanzee, gibbon, orangutan, gorilla, Barbary ape, bushbaby, many more. Descriptive captions, coloring information for each royalty-free illus
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.
This barnyard tour will have its audience crowing with delight as they study the big, bold paintings of the animals and birds. "An ideal book for the beginning reader to entertain a younger sibling
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
