Tag Archives: Nature & How It Works

Thomas’s Christmas Delivery (A Sparkle Storybook)

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: W. Rev Awdry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Book Description
It is Christmas eve, and Thomas wishes he was safe and warm in his shed with the other engines. But Thomas is a Really Useful Engine and has several important deliveries to make. Will he get home in time [...]

Bear Feels Sick

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Karma Wilson
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Product Description
Bear is not feeling well at all; he is achy, sneezy, wheezy and sick and in no shape to go outside to play. Mole, Hare, Mouse and the rest of the gang try to make Bear feel as comfortable as possible in [...]

Life As We Knew It

Rating: (42 reviews)
Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
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It’s almost the end of Miranda’s sophomore year in high school, and her journal reflects the busy life of a typical teenager: conversations with friends, fights with mom, and fervent hopes for a driver’s license. When Miranda first begins hearing the reports of [...]

Pop Bottle Science

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Lynn Brunelle
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Product Description
The Pop Bottle is a perfect miniature science lab. It has a complete kit that ingeniously marries science and fun. Includes 79 easy, hands-on experiments. The Pop Bottle book is a lively, fully illustrated 96 page guide to astonishment. [...]

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

Rating: (22 reviews)
Author: Robert Frost
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
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Robert Frost’s well-known poem takes on new life in its first picture-book adaptation. The poem–long appreciated for its strong rhythm and evocative images–leaves readers wondering, “Where was the man going on the darkest night of the year?” and “Why on earth did [...]

Algebra 1: Practice Workbook With Examples

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

Changing You: A Guide to Body Changes and Sexuality

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Gail Saltz
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

Book Description
Puberty can be an exciting—and confusing—time for children. In her follow-up to her bestselling Amazing You! , Dr. Gail Saltz navigates curious youngsters through body changes for boys and girls, reproduction, and emerging sexuality with her renowned brand of warmth and candor. Lynne Cravath’s [...]

What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming OCD (What-to-Do Guides for Kids)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Dawn Huebner
Publisher: Magination Press

Book Description
What To Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Revealing OCD in a whole new light, this interactive self-help book turns kids into super-sleuths who can recognize [...]

The Lorax (Classic Seuss)

Rating: (110 reviews)
Author: Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
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When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the “save our planet” mindset of the 1960s, The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst [...]

Kaleidoscopic Design Coloring Book (Coloring Books)

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Lester Kubistal
Publisher: Dover Publications

Book Description
Charming coloring book includes 30 black-and-white designs based on patterns made by a kaleidoscope — a Greek word meaning “beautiful form.” Optically enchanting, these images will appeal to colorists of all ages. Artists and craftworkers will also find them an exciting source of inspiration [...]

Algebra to Go: A Mathematics Handbook

Rating: (5 reviews)
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Publisher: Great Source Education Group

Llama Llama Mad at Mama

Rating: (7 reviews)
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Publisher: Viking Juvenile

Book Description
Yucky music, great big feet.
Ladies smelling way too sweet.
Look at knees and stand in line.
Llama Llama starts to whine.
Does any child like to go shopping? Not Llama Llama! But Mama can’t leave Llama at home, so off they go to Shop-O-Rama. [...]

First the Egg

Author: Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Five Steps to a 5: AP Biology, 2ed (5 Steps to a 5 on the Ap Biology Exam)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Mark Anestis
Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Book Description
More than 100,000 students take the AP Biology test every year. With updated information on essays, and new free-response questions, this guide gets you prepped for this new format better than any other test prep book on the market.

Fever 1793

Rating: (279 reviews)
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Aladdin
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On the heels of her acclaimed contemporary teen novel Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson surprises her fans with a riveting and well-researched historical fiction. Fever 1793 is based on an actual epidemic of yellow fever in Philadelphia that wiped out 5,000 people–or 10 [...]

A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree

Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Colleen Monroe
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
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Book Description This charming tale of an overgrown pine always being passed by for Christmas, and what his woodland friends do to help him, is sure to become a Christmas classic. With delightful illustrations by wildlife artist Michael Monroe and enchanting text [...]

Pickles To Pittsburgh

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Judi Barrett
Publisher: Aladdin
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In Pickles to Pittsburgh, the Barretts’ sequel to the delightfully funny, bestselling Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, we check back in with Kate and Henry as they eagerly await Grandpa’s return from an unusual vacation. Kate dreams about a postcard Grandpa has [...]

Wave Hello to Thomas! (Lift-and-Peek-a-Brd Books(TM))

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: W. Rev Awdry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Book Description
Illustrated in full color. All aboard!  Kids can tour with Thomas the Tank Engine as he travels through the countryside.  They’ll open the station door and wave to Sir Topham Hatt, swing open the barn door and visit the animals, lift [...]

Blue’s Snack Party: A Lift-the-flap Story (Blue’s Clues)

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Sarah Landy
Publisher: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon

Book Description
Blue, Steve, and all their friends are making treats for a special snack party, and there is a lot to do! Preschoolers can help count ingrediens, follow recipes, and play a delicious round of Blue’s Clues.

It’s Disgusting and We Ate It! True Food Facts from Around the World and Throughout History

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: James Solheim
Publisher: Aladdin

Book Description
How about a nice dish of Colonial Squirrel Pie with a side of milkweed shoots? If that doesn’t grab you, you might think about trying some Garbage Stew, just like they made in medieval England. But if you’re feeling a little tired and need a [...]

First Book of Sushi (World Snacks)

Rating: (29 reviews)
Author: Amy Wilson Sanger
Publisher: Tricycle Press
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For families that place good food high on their list of priorities, educating their wee ones about the joys of sushi may be far more important than teaching about bunnies and balls and flowers. But even those who don’t know futomaki [...]

Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail

Rating: (58 reviews)
Author: Danica McKellar
Publisher: Hudson Street Press

Book Description
From a well-known actress and math genius—a groundbreaking guide to mathematics for middle school girls, their parents, and educators As the math education crisis in this country continues to make headlines, research continues to prove that it is in middle school when [...]

The Magic School Bus On The Ocean Floor (Magic School Bus)

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Joanna Cole
Publisher: Scholastic Press

Book Description
When Ms. Frizzle drives the Magic School Bus full speed ahead into the ocean, the class takes a submarine expedition that’s anything but ordinary. With a well-meaning lifeguard in tow, the class takes a deep breath and learns about hot water vents, coral reefs, [...]

Owen & Mzee: The True Story Of A Remarkable Friendship

Rating: (73 reviews)
Author: Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Dr. Paula Kahumbu
Publisher: Scholastic Press

Book Description
The inspiring true story of two great friends, a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-yr-old giant tortoise named Mzee (Mm-ZAY). When Owen was stranded after the Dec 2004 tsunami, villagers in Kenya worked tirelessly to rescue him. [...]

Titanic

Author: Martin Jenkins
Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
Unfold a spectacular 3-D model of the TITANIC — and read about her fateful rise and fall — in a gorgeous gift set including several novelty features.
On April 14, 1912, the largest and finest ocean liner of the age struck an iceberg and sank to the icy depths. Now [...]

My Big Truck Book (Priddy Bicknell Big Ideas for Little People)

Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: Roger Priddy
Publisher: Priddy Books

Book Description
Ideal for babies and toddlers.Stunning large format brings images to life.Helps to build a child’s vocabulary.

From Caterpillar to Butterfly (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1)

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Deborah Heiligman
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Book Description
A caterpillar comes to school in a jar. The class watches the caterpillar each day as it grows and changes. Soon, it disappears into a hard shell called a chrysalis. Then the chrysalis breaks, and a beautiful butterfly flies out of the jar! This is [...]

Leaves

Rating: (2 reviews)
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Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Book Description
It’s a young bear’s first autumn, and the falling leaves surprise and thrill him. At first he tries to put the leaves back on, but by spring he’s learned about the tree’s wondrous cycle.
This bear’s-eye look at the changing seasons will charm readers with [...]

Castle: Medieval Days and Knights (A Sabuda & Reinhart Pop-up Book)

Rating: (29 reviews)
Author: Kyle Olmon
Publisher: Orchard Books

What Makes Day and Night (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Franklyn M. Branley
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Book Description
`Accompanied by NASA photographs and Dorros’s colorful, lively drawings, the text explains the Earth’s rotation in clear and simple terms. An experiment using a lamp as the `sun’ further clarifies the principles introduced.’ —BL.

Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Cindy Neuschwander
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Product Description
Sir Cumference, his wife, Lady Di of Ameter, and their son, Radius, use geometry and problem-solving techniques to help King Author. 32 pages. 8 1/2″ x 9 1/2″. Ages 5-10.

Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food

Rating: (42 reviews)
Author: Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Book Description
In the New York Times bestseller Chew on This, Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson unwrap the fast-food industry to bring you a behind-the-scenes look at a business that both feeds and feeds off the young. Find out what really goes on at [...]

The Moon Seems to Change (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Franklyn M. Branley
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Book Description
Because the moon revolves around Earth, it seems to grow and shrink. Children can read about the phenomena of the moon’s phases and with an experiment using an orange, a pencil, and a flashlight, they can see why the moon looks different at different [...]

A Potty for Me!: A Lift-the-Flap Instruction Manual

Rating: (46 reviews)
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Publisher: Little Simon

Book Description
Mommy got me a brand new potty!But I’m not ready yet!I want to run and play.Uh-oh, I peed in my pants.But Mommy says, “That’s okay!”Children will love following along and lifting the flaps to see the child play, sit on thepotty, eat, sit on the [...]

Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin (Ologies)

Rating: (51 reviews)
Author: Master Merlin, Dugald Steer
Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
Aspiring wizards can tune in to the age-old wisdom of Merlin with this dazzling compendium of all things magical — unveiling novelty elements throughout.
For any apprentice determined to learn the arcane arts of wizardry, could there be a better teacher than . [...]

Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying TRUTH! About Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Joshua Gee
Publisher: Scholastic

Book Description
Vampires, ghosts, monsters, and more–ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA invites you to join our quest for the terrifying truth about all things ghoulish and ghastly. But beware! Surprises lurk at the turn of every page. . . .
Discover a time line of ALIEN LIFE on earth–beginning [...]

Thomas the Tank Engine Story Collection (Railway Series)

Rating: (31 reviews)
Author: W. Rev Awdry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Book Description
Sinve the first Thomas stories written by a father for his son over 60 years ago, Thomas the Tank Engine continues to delight children everywhere. This collection contains 14 of the best-loved titles of the Reverend W Awdry’s classic [...]

Drums, Girls, And Dangerous Pie

Rating: (23 reviews)
Author: Jordan Sonnenblick
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life: he plays drums in the All-Star Jazz band, has a crush on the hottest girl in the school, and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey. But when Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven’s world is [...]

What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? A Math Adventure

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Julie Ellis
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

The Listening Walk

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Paul Showers
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Book Description
Put on your socks and shoes — and don’t forget your ears!We’re going on a listening walk. Shhhhh. Do not talk. Do not hurry. Get ready to fill your ears with a world of wonderful and surprising sounds.