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PARENTING
PARENTING
How to Be Your Child's First Teacher: Insights for Parent Involvement (Ages 3 -6) $6.99
Discover how everyday items and occurrences can be wonderful learning opportunities for children. With this comprehensive resource, parents and caregivers can guide their young learners through activities that foster early literacy skills, creative expression, and much more. Overflowing with practical suggestions to help children construct new knowledge, this handbook addresses specific concepts in all curricular areas.
100 Best Books for Children: $5.99
Drawing upon 35 years of experience in the publishing industry, Silvey offers a list of 100 best books for children. Aimed at parents and booksellers as well as librarians and educators, the guide provides plot summaries and background information on books appropriate for readers in each of six age ranges.
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES
CRAFTS & HOBBIES
Beautiful Ragwork $7.99
This inspiring collection of modern ragwork designs shows you how to create stunning pieces for walls, windows, floors, furniture, and more! With dazzling full-color photographs and clear step-by-step instructions for over twenty projects, Beautiful Ragwork offers a wealth of material to fire your imagination.
Scrapbooking with Recipes $5.99 ** GREAT BOOK - we are using it now to create a family recipe cookbook **
Creating scrapbook memories of cherished family food traditions is easy with this complete guide to selecting papers, laying out pages, and scrapbooking basics. Vibrant full-color photography inspires scrapbookers to preserve precious memories from classic cooking moments, as well as capture new cooking memories.
** ONLY 5 LEFT ** Creative Mosaics $.99
Create exciting mosaic projects with the fun and easy techniques in this book.
Jewelry from Nature $6.99
A rich collection of simple projects that combines the joy of making jewelry with the beauty and infinite variety of Mother Nature. Readers will create earrings, bracelets, pins, necklaces, and hair ornaments made from seeds, pods, shells, bone, twigs, and more. An imaginative book filled with creations sure to become conversation pieces.
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** The Lost Art of Towel Origami $5.99
From the lost ancient art of towel folding (yes, there is one, and it does stem from ancient times) comes the newly revived and hot trend The Lost Art of Towel Origami. Filled with hilarious completed-project photographs and step-by-step instructions and illustrations, this book will provide hours of entertainment. Stun your company by skillfully creasing and crinkling your linen into works of art. You've got everything you need, right in your own bathroom. Creations include: Elephant; Monkey; Luscious Lips; Skyscraper; Ladybug; Palm Tree.
The Creative Memories Way $6.99
Everybody has a story to tell. Your life is an incredible, compelling story. But if you're like most of us, the treasured records of your life - shoeboxes full of rarely-viewed photographs and valued memorabilia - are scattered throughout your house, where they are can't be enjoyed by anyone. At the same time, important memories are undoubtedly slipping away because you have no system for recording them on paper. Album-making, or 'scrapbooking,
Creative Tassels $5.99
Explore the varied and innovative uses for tassels. Learn how to make basic cloth, yam, wooden formed and soft-bodied fringed tassels from the precise illustrations and clear step-by-step instructions in Creative Tassels. Make twisted cords to hang your tassels following the basic cord-making instructions, then dye unique, exciting colors to suit your style. There are 24 different tassel projects to try. one for every room, doorknob and lamp in your house. A special two-page photo section with gorgeous antique tassels and trimmings from day's gone by.
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HEALTH & FITNESS
HEALTH & FITNESS
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet $9.99
Thirty years ago, Frances Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small Planet became a touchstone for a generation. It helped us see how we're generating the very food scarcity that we say we fear. It showed how each of us can choose the opposite: a diet best for our bodies and also best for our planet. Now Frances and her daughter, Anna, pick up where that book left off. In a personal journey of discovery on five continents, the Lappes explore the most puzzling questions of our time: Why, as societies, do we create the very inequalities and devastation of nature that, as individuals, we abhor? Are there paths we each can walk that will, in practical ways, heal our lives and help the planet?
No White at Night $4.99
Cardiologist Bill Gavin, M.D., needed to do two things: lose weight himself and get his mother off her insulin. Using his medical knowledge and drawing on his own experience, he accomplished both his goals, developing the simplest plan yet for weight loss and long-term maintenance, with no calorie counting or food weighting. His secret: three meals a day, protein at every meal, and no white food at night (i.e., bread, pasta, sugar, etc.) No White at Night became a regional phenomenon when a local Seattle station picked up the story. Since then, the book has climbed the ranks of bestseller lists in the Pacific Northwest. This life-changing diet is expanded to include recipes, meal plans, and exercise programs, and is poised to reach the major national audience it deserves.
Slow Your Clock Down $2.49
Written especially for women in their forties and fifties, Slow Your Clock Down shows them how to extend the minutes and hours of their bodies' internal and external clocks. While the aging process is inevitable, Dr. Judith Reichman argues that we can offset the effects of genetics by living better and healthier. With the sharp, incisive voice that has made her one of the country's foremost commentators on health issues, Dr. Reichman addresses the effects of women's hormonal changes; offers a healthful antiaging diet, exercise plan, and skin care and vitamin regimen; and discusses how to look and feel younger mentally, emotionally, and physically. Slow Your Clock Down provides women with invaluable, medically based methods to help them maximize healthy living and minimize the negative effects of aging.
*** NOTE *** I have the following two books and they are very good!
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** Superfoods Rx $6.99
"SuperFoods Rx" not only outlines the amazing health benefits of 14 healthful foods, it also includes delicious recipes, kitchen tips, and shopping suggestions that will make the SuperFoods lifestyle simple and irresistible.
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** SuperFoods HealthStyle $6.99
HealthStyle is about extending the true quality of life. It's about being as active at seventy as you are at thirty-five. It's about helping to prevent osteoporosis, hypertension, and Alzheimer's disease. It's about ending the confusion about how people should exercise and how often. It is about making simple but significant changes to get the most out of life for the rest of your life.
** ONLY 2 LEFT ** How to Prevent and Treat Diabetes with Natural Medicine $6.99
One of America's most knowledgeable doctors of natural medicine has combined resources with one of the most highly regarded diabetes specialists to present a complete nutrition program, individualized vitamin and supplement protocols, and proven exercise and lifestyle changes for preventing, treating, and even reversing diabetes.
... More New Arrivals in Health & Fitness
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CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION
CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION
Atlas of Ancient Egypt $9.99
"The Atlas of Ancient Egypt" is a stunningly illustrated survey of over 3,000 years of Egyptian history. This highly visual book includes detailed maps, architectural reconstructions, historical artifacts, and superb scenes from everyday life.
The Atlas Of The 20th Century $6.99
The Atlas of the 20th Century is a beautifully illustrated survey of 100 years of recent history. Some of the topics covered include: The Age of Industry; Culture and Progress; The First World War; The Russian Revolution; The Growth of Fascism; The Soviet Union; The Second World War; The Cold War; A Time of Change; The Boom Years; Latin America; The Middle East; The Collapse of Communism; The Global Village. Readers of all ages will find a wealth of information in this handsomely illustrated book.
The Atlas of the Renaissance World $9.99
This new title covers almost three hundred years of European history, beginning with the city-states of Italy in the 14th century through Galileo and Shakespeare in the early 17th century. This essential research tool not only provides a historical overview of the era's main events, it explores daily life, the roles of trade, development, art, music, and literature. Organized by region, the engaging and enlightening full-color reproductions and maps make this volume perfect for students seeking more geographical and historical information about the time of the Renaissance in Europe and will be a valuable tool for research. Supplements school curriculum in social studies, history, geography, and art.
The Atlas of World Religions $9.99
In this volume, the focus turns to the religions of the world, highlighting the religious practices and traditions from Eastern and Western cultures. Although intended for children 10 and up, adult readers will also find that this book offers a comprehensive and compelling introduction to world religions and the roles they play in daily life. The content includes the story of the major international faiths, with information on their beginnings, history, gods, goddesses, prophets and key figures, and basic beliefs, as well as their various divisions, sects, and followers today.
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** The Girl's Book Of Wisdom $3.49
From Anne Frank to Anna Quindlen, Eleanor to Rosie, girls can now have a collection of quotations from 500 famous women, including suffragists, pioneers, politicians, moms, musicians, athletes and actors that will inspire and provide insight to young minds. 194 pages.
** ONLY 4 LEFT ** The Handmade Alphabet $5.99
The language of signing communicated with lyrical clarity and creativity. To celebrate its expressiveness, artist Laura Rankin presents her striking interpretation of the manual alphabet. Here, the hand that signs "V" holds a valentine, "I" points to delicate icicles, and "O" dangles a shining ornament
** ONLY 2 LEFT ** Napoleon (Usborne Famous Lives) $3.99
Achoo ! All About Colds (All Abroad Reading, Level 1) $1.99
Explains how a person catches a cold, how the body fights the germs, and how other people can take precautions against getting another's cold. SC.
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** Cooking Activities To A to Z $5.99
162 pages
Educrafts (Grades PreK - 2) $3.49
Educrafts is more than a craft book. The skill-based, interactive activities are meant to help children strengthen their fine motor, listening, and language skills while introducing concepts in various curriculum areas: language arts, math, science, health and safety, social studies, life skills, and music appreciation. Activities that focus on readiness skills are also provided.
He Was President When: Connecting Events with Presidents (The 100+ Series) $6.99
Refreshingly fun approach to teaching kids about American presidents. The focus is on identifying events that occurred during the administration of each president. Students are given a number of events, then choose from among four time periods when the events occurred plus four choices for who was president. Also included are two paper-and-pencil related questions that require further research plus an optional section at the bottom of each page.
Electing Our President: Campaigns and Elections (Grades 5 -8) $4.99
Electing Our President: Campaigns and Elections explores the entire election process including the historical implications of the Electoral College and the changes that have evolved since the original Constitution. Highlights from all presidential elections focus on a brief biography of each president, his background as a presidential candidate, and the issues that were important to each campaign. Assignments in analysis of election results and research extensions make this a complete resource for teaching students a greater appreciation of how we elect our president. Complete answer key included.
Presidents, Third Edition (Grade 4 - 8+) $7.99
The history of the U.S. Presidency is an inspiring lesson in leadership. In this book, you'll find a complete mini-unit for each President. There's a biographical sketch to help students understand the President as both an individual and as a force in history. Thoughtful follow-up questions help students learn even more by requiring them to do additional research. Use this book as a springboard to spark students' interest.
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** Let's Learn German Dictionary $4.99
** ONLY 5 LEFT ** A Life Like Mine (DK - How Children Live Around The World) $6.49
Summers With the Bears: Six Seasons in the North Woods $3.00
When a young black bear strolled up his driveway in Grand Marais, Minnesota, Jack Becklund was terrified, but his wife, Patti, was thrilled. She welcomed their visitor with a pan of seeds and sat on the grass with her for an hour. From this, a very special friendship began. Over the next six years, the Becklunds spend countless hours observing their unexpected guest, Little Bit, and the nine bears who follow her. As they share everything from food to walks in the woods, from family joys to life's tragedies, Jack and Patti and the bears learn to love and trust each other - slowly at first, but then with confidence and enthusiasm.
Making Speeches (Grade 5) $2.99
Making Speeches offers a great way to give students the confidence to create and present effective speeches. This essential skill will aid them throughout their education and beyond.
*** Links to Grades 3 and 4 on this page also in the sidebar
Now Is Your Time! $6.49
Here is African-American history, told through the stories of the people whose experiences have shaped and continue to shape the America in which we live.
Series - Masters of Art (Hardcover) - 11 items
Picasso, Chagall, Cezanne, Dali, Goya, Rubens, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, etc.
Social Studies Mind Stretchers (Grades 6-8) $4.99
Expand students' understanding of America with these fun-to-do puzzles designed to enhance critical and creative thinking skills. Easy-to-follow teacher preparations include background information, tips for a successful presentation, and a complete answer key.
The Story of Sculpture: From Prehistory to the Present (Masters of Art) $10.99
This is the story of sculpture through the ages and around the world. It illustrates and explains materials, tools, techniques, and features the brilliant work of the great sculptors through history. Included are the Stone Age figures, ancient Egyptian reliefs, Greek statues and sculptures from Roman history, images of Indian deities, and the great terracotta army discovered in China. Discover Bronze-casting through the centuries, the woodcarver's workshop, terracotta, and Michelangelo'
Super Science Themes (Science, PreK - 1) $5.49
Young children are naturally drawn to stories. Super Science Themes integrates stories with the study of 15 fascinating animals. The carefully crafted the units focus on selected animals from each group: invertebrates, birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Each unit opens with a story about a specific animal and concludes with the children participating in lively multisensory activities. Builds essential skills in science and language arts. Includes reproducible pictures and fact sheets.
Women In History $4.99
Discovering America's famous women through research-related activities. Grades 4 to 8. 140 pages.
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** All The Children Of The World $5.99
From Samoa to Iowa, from Portugal to Germany, the world is made up of many people and many lands. All the Children of the World is our passport to travel--to learn about the lives of children all over God's world.
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CHILDREN'S FICTION
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Big Book Of Everything First Grade $9.99
Provides activities for students in all areas of the curriculum and is divided into four main sections - language arts, math, science, and social studies. Students will have lots of fun learning about so many things as they develop important and necessary skills across the curriculum. Packed full of creative activities, games, bulletin board ideas, and much more, this book enhances the core skills developmentally appropriate for first-grade students.
A Little Bit of Everything (Grade 1) $7.99
A Little Bit of Everything is a source you'll go to again and again for teacher-written activity sheets covering all areas of study. Use these fun, illustrated pages to practice skills or reinforce classroom instruction. The pages are clearly written, allowing students to work on them independently, yet challenging enough to provide important review and practice in the most fundamental areas. Teachers and parents alike will find this book helpful when working with students needing extra practice to master a specific skill.
A Little Bit of Everything (Grade K) $7.99
A Little Bit of Everything is a source you'll go to again and again for teacher-written activity sheets covering all areas of study. Use these fun, illustrated pages to practice skills or reinforce classroom instruction. The pages are clearly written, allowing students to work on them independently, yet challenging enough to provide important review and practice in the most fundamental areas. Teachers and parents alike will find this book helpful when working with students needing extra practice to master a specific skill.
A Little Bit of Everything (Grade 4) $8.49
A Little Bit of Everything: Fun Activity Sheets for the Entire Curriculum (Grade 3) $8.99
Comprehensive Curriculum Plus Kindergarten Screening Guide (Grade Pre K) $11.99
Comprehensive Curriculum Plus Test Practice prepares children by giving them a solid foundation in the basic skills necessary for success in today's classrooms. A special screening guide section offers essential assessment tools. Building on the proven and trusted Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills material, the workbook series includes activities and exercises focused on the essential skills children need: Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary; Reading Comprehension; Math; Language Arts; Kindergarten Screening Guide. Features: perforated pages for easy removal; colorful artwork; a complete answer key; teaching suggestions for parents; PreK/K readiness benchmarks and skills checklist.
Great Math Stories and the Problems They Present (Grades 3 - 5) $6.49
Great Math Stories and the Problems They Present provides stories that are challenging, realistic, engaging, sometimes humorous, and always relevant to the experiences students encounter in their daily lives. Each problem has been carefully crafted to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Students are required to use mathematical ideas and concepts to find solutions to the problems that evolve from the stories. As they become involved in the content of each story, they will make connections between the mathematics in the problems encountered in the stories and the mathematics they use in real life. Interaction with other students will also lead to lively discussions about different solutions to the same problem. All problems are correlated and identified with specific NCTM Standards. Stories can be used for individual assignments, teams of students, and small learning groups. Also included is a complete answer key.
Inside-Out Math Problems (Grade 2) $2.99
Investigate math facts and operations. Identify patterns. Generalize about number relationships. Rekindle enthusiasm for math with these thought-provoking activities. Inside-Out Math Problems will challenge your students to examine number relationships, math facts, and operations from different angles. The activities are designed to help your students learn their math "inside-out.
Method Math (Step-by-Step Problem Solving, Grade 2) $4.99
Method Math: Step-by-Step Problem Solving will help your students become successful and effective problem solver! By following the simple strategies taught in this book, students will learn a step-by-step method of how to approach and solve word problems. As you teach the Problem-Solving ROSE process, your students will develop skills in analytical and critical thinking, deductive reasoning, and problem solving. 56 reproducible pages.
Method Math (Step-by-Step Problem Solving, Grade 3) $4.99
Method Math (Step-by-Step Problem Solving, Grade 6) $4.99
Little Science Stories (Make Your Own Emergent Readers, Gr. K-2) $4.49
Build literacy in beginning readers by inviting them to make their own books! Charming stories will delight young readers with simple, repetitive, and predictable text, rhyme, and rhythm. Children are actively engaged as they create their own illustrations and complete sentence frames, making the books truly their own. While reinforcing basic concepts, these little books provide children with text they can read successfully on their own. Imagine how proud children will be sharing their very own books with family and friends! A great way to encourage a lifelong love of reading.
Problem-Solving Kids (Ages 3 -6) $6.99
Just like other parents and teachers, you want your children to be able to solve the majority of everyday problems that confront them. This book shows you how to take advantage of common classroom situations to help your children learn how to solve their own problems. Scenarios from children's real play designed to show teachers how to work through problems. Simple techniques for helping young children solve problems. Practical applications that empower kids and instill self-reliance.
Bridge to Terabithia $7.99
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer. HC, 128 pages.
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** Fever 1793 $2.99
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** The Mystery Of The Ancient Riddles (Magic Tree House Books #9-12) $7.99
The Magic Tree House adventures continue in books 9-12. Morgan the magical librarian of Camelot challenges Jack and Annie to discover the answers to four riddles as they travel under the sea to the Wild West, the African plains, and the frozen Arctic. If they succeed, they will become Master Librarians!
Sirens and Sea Monsters (Tales from the Odyssey, Bk. 3) $3.99
Having emerged alive from the Land of the Dead, Odysseus and his crew now face encounters with the enchantress Circe and the monster Scylla in their journey back to Ithaca. Brief chapters and a fast-paced narrative create an accessible introduction to Homer's epic. Ages 8-12
The Land of the Dead (Tales from the Odyssey, Bk. 2) $3.99
Odysseus and his men have defeated the one-eyed giant, but his curse follows them at every turn. Cast out to the open seas by the wind god, Odysseus' fleet continues the difficult voyage home. But they cannot return to Ithaca yet. First they must take on giant cannibals and outwit a beautiful witch, who reveals Odysseus' next challenge - a journey to the mysterious and feared Land of the Dead. Ages 8 to 11.
** NOTE ** There is going to be a new illustrator for the Little House books so grab illus. by Garth Williams while you can!
Little House on the Prairie series illustrated by Garth Williams
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** Shen Of The Sea $7.99 (Newbery winner)
A series of fascinating Chinese stories, strong in humor and rich in Chinese wisdom, in which the author has caught admirably the spirit of Chinese life and thought.
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski $8.99 (Newbery winner)
Birdie Boyer was a Florida Cracker. She belonged to a large strawberry family, who lived on a flatwoods farm in the lake section of the state. They raised strawberries for a living. Through all the hazards of the uncertain crop - battling against dry weather and grass fires, the roving hogs and cattle of their neighbors - Birdie dreamed of an education that would include playing the organ. In the end she won not only the title of strawberry girl, but book learning as well. This is a story full of enterprise and fun and tire excitement of real life in this interesting part of America.
The Wheel on the School $8.99 (Newbery winner)
Why did the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren, who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen. So the children set out to bring the storks back. They had to overcome many obstacles, including the fierce and threatening sea. But they wouldn't give up - and soon their determination and their vision got the whole village working, until at last the dream began to come true. Ages 8-12
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (100th Anniversary Edition) $11.99
One of the true classics of American literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imaginations of young and old alike for over four generations. Originally published in 1900, it was the first truly American fairy tale, as Baum crafted a wonderland out of such familiar items as a cornfield scarecrow, a mechanical woodman, and a humbug wizard who used old-fashioned hokum to express that universal theme, "There's no place like home." This lavishly produced facsimile of the rare first edition contains all 24 of W.W. Denslow's original color plates, the colorful pictorial binding, and the 130 two-color illustrations that help make The Wonderful Wizard of Oz so special and enduring. 267 pages.
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