Tag Archives: New & Used Textbooks

Fablehaven

Rating: (102 reviews)
Author: Brandon Mull
Publisher: Aladdin

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For centuries mystical creatures of all description were gathered into a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary survives today as one of the last strongholds of true magic. Enchanting? Absolutely. Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well, actually, quite the opposite. Kendra [...]

Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody

Rating: (18 reviews)
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Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

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Goodnight monsters everywhere, in this parody romp with its own special twist!
“Goodnight tomb. Goodnight goon. Goodnight Martians taking over the moon.”
It’s bedtime in the cold gray tomb with a black lagoon, and two slimy claws, and a couple of jaws, and a skull [...]

Irresistible Attraction: Secrets of Personal Magnetism

Rating: (54 reviews)
Author: Kevin Hogan, Mary Lee Labay
Publisher: Network 3000

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People form their first impression of you in three to four seconds! This book reveals to you the hidden secrets of attraction and charisma. You will learn to maximize your hidden and natural attributes to create an instant [...]

Crime and Punishment

Rating: (37 reviews)
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher: Vintage

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With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of The Brothers Karamazov the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Pevear and Volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of Dostoevsky’s classic novel that presents a clear insight into this astounding psychological thriller. “The best (translation) [...]

Fire Star (Dragon Trilogy)

Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Chris D’lacey
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

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In the thrilling third book in Chris d’Lacey’s popular series, David Rain is faced with a perilous task. ICEFIRE’s evil sibyl Gwilanna is back, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar. Can David and [...]

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Margaret Mcnamara
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade

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“HOW MANY SEEDs in a pumpkin?” Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert, the biggest kid, guesses that the largest one has a million seeds; Elinor, sounding like she knows what [...]

Leaf Man (Ala Notable Children’s Books. Younger Readers (Awards))

Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books

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Fall has come, the wind is gusting, and Leaf Man is on the move. Is he drifting east, over the marsh and ducks and geese? Or is he heading west, above the orchards, prairie meadows, and spotted cows? No one’s quite sure, but [...]

Skeleton Hiccups

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Margery Cuyler
Publisher: Aladdin

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What’s the best way to help a skeleton get over his hiccups?
Amazon.com Review
Skeletons are a little less scary when they have the hiccups. This particular skeleton can’t seem to shake them–not in the shower (nice fuzzy bat slippers!), not while brushing [...]

Cybele’s Secret

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Juliet Marillier
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

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FOR PAULA, ACCOMPANYING her merchant father on a trading voyage to Istanbul is a dream come true. They have come to this city of trade on a special mission to purchase a most rare artifact—a gift from the ancient goddess, Cybele, [...]

Where’s My Stuff?: The Ultimate Teen Organizing Guide

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Samantha Moss, Lesley Schwartz
Publisher: Orange Avenue Publishing

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Free time is great. Unless you spend all of it searching for your homework, your mobile phone, or a clean pair of shorts. Then free time is not so great. In fact, it’s non-existent. If chaos and disorganisation are swallowing all [...]

The Usborne Book of Face Painting (How to Make)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Chris Caudron, Caro Childs, Cheryl Evans
Publisher: Usborne Books

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With the tips in this book, children can transform people into animals, monsters, clowns and vampires, or decorate their faces with beautiful flowers or exotic scenes. Easy-to-follow instructions and helpful techniques mean that even beginners can achieve impressive results.

The Tiger Rising

Rating: (78 reviews)
Author: Kate Dicamillo
Publisher: Candlewick

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The National Book Award finalist from the best-selling author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE - now in paperback
Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger - a real-life, very large tiger - pacing back and forth [...]

Grace for President

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Kelly DiPucchio
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH

Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: George Levenson
Publisher: Tricycle Press

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Tricycle Press is proud to present two new editions of the critically acclaimed Pumpkin Circle. Pumpkin seedlings grow, sprout, bud, and bloom, offering up their golden fruit, then break down into rich soil from which seeds sprout again—a circle without end. The skillfully translated [...]

Shake Dem Halloween Bones

Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: W. Nikola-Lisa
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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Bearsie Bear is just falling asleep when a very cold Moosie Moose knocks on the door and asks to sleep over in Bearsie Bear’s warm bed. Next knocks Cowsie Cow, then Piggie Pig, then Foxie Fox, then Goosie Goose . . . and the [...]

Mexican Folk Art Coloring Book (Dover Coloring Book)

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Marty Noble
Publisher: Dover Publications

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Striking adaptations of authentic native art depict, among other subjects, a Mixtec circular design from an incised gourd rattle, religious figures from a Metepec candlestick, and images of jaguars taken from a Guerrero lacquered chest. An exciting challenge for coloring book enthusiasts, these 30 [...]

A Mother for Choco (Paperstar)

Rating: (69 reviews)
Author: Keiko Kasza
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

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Choco was a little bird who lived all alone. He wished he had a mother, but who could his mother be? “Just right for the preschool group or beginning reader.”–Kirkus Reviews, pointer review. “Young listeners will be charmed by the book’s humor, warmth, and [...]

40 Fabulous Math Mysteries Kids Can’t Resist (Grades 4-8)

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Marcia Miller, Martin Lee
Publisher: Teaching Resources

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Humorous, reproducible math mystery stories will give your math sleuths a chance to have fun while practicing important math problem solving skills. They’re just perfect for classwork and homework and help you meet the NCTM standards. For use with Grades 4-8.

Nate The Great And The Halloween Hunt (Nate The Great, paper)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Publisher: Yearling

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It is Halloween night and all the kids are dressed in scary and funny costumes.  Their Trick or Treat bags are getting heavier.
Nate’s good friend Rosamond needs his help.  Her cat, Little Hex, is missing.  Little Hex hates Halloween, so maybe he’s hiding.  Or is he lost?  Nate and [...]

Super Study Skills (Scholastic Guides)

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Laurie Rozakis
Publisher: Scholastic Reference

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Super Study Skills shows students how to: Make the most of their time by getting organized Read more effectively Prepare for a test without last-minute panic [...]

The Way We Work

Author: David Macaulay
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books

Product Description
In this comprehensive and entertaining resource, David Macaulay reveals the inner workings of the human body as only he could. In order to present this complicated subject in an accurate and entertaining way, he put in years of research. He sat in on anatomy classes, dissections, [...]

The Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It Guide to Money: Getting Smart About Making It, Saving It, and Spending It! (Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It Guides)

Author: Jessica Blatt
Publisher: Watson-Guptill

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Suze Orman advises women on how to handle their money–and now Jessica Blatt advises the women of tomorrow on how to handle theirs. The newest addition to the Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It series empowers girls by showing them why money matters. From making money, to saving money, to investing money, [...]

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Rating: (70 reviews)
Author: Michael Scott
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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He holds the secret that can end the world.
The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly 700 years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the [...]

Writers Inc.: A Student Handbook for Writing And Learning

Rating: (40 reviews)
Author: Sebranek, Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper, Verne Meyer
Publisher: Great Source Education Group

Amazon.com Review
It’s meant for high schoolers, but adults who haven’t inhaled chalk dust for years might appreciate it even more. The process of organizing, researching and writing a paper is laid is out in easy-to-understand [...]

Unwind

Rating: (26 reviews)
Author: Neal Shusterman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

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In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would “unwind” themConnor’s parents want to be rid of him because he’s a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to [...]

How to Steal a Dog

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Barbara O’Connor
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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Half of me was thinking, Georgina, don’t do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. The other half of me was thinking, Georgina, you’re in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out [...]

240 Vocabulary Words 3rd Grade Kids Need To Know

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Linda Ward Beech
Publisher: Teaching Resources

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Teachers can build word power with these 24 ready-to-reproduce, 3-page lessons. Each lesson is packed with fun, research-based activities that help students to explore roots, prefixes, and suffixes; use students’ prior knowledge for greater understanding.

Once Upon a Crime (The Sisters Grimm, Book 4)

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Michael Buckley
Publisher: Amulet Books

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The Grimms take Manhattan in the fourth book in the New York Times bestselling series! When fairy-tale detectives Sabrina and Daphne Grimm venture back to the big city to help a friend, they land in the middle of a big mystery. Puck’s father, King [...]

Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History

Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: Richard M. Hannula
Publisher: Canon Press

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“Thus says the LORD: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where t