What if a boring lesson about the food chain becomes a sing-aloud celebration about predators and prey? A twinkle-twinkle little star transforms into a twinkle-less, sunshine-eating-and rhyming Black Hole? What if amoebas, combustion, metamorphosis, viruses, the creation of the universe are all irresistible, laugh-out-loud poetry? Well, you’re thinking in science verse, that’s what. And if you can’t stop the rhymes . . . the atomic joke is on you. Only the amazing talents of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, the team who created Math Curse, could make science so much fun.

Let’s meet people who make our communities cleaner, safer, more pleasant places to live. Full-color photographs and illustrations with informative captions feature workers performing tasks related to their occupations putting their various roles into a context children will recognize. This alphabet book introduces young readers to a range of community helpers including:
— agricultural workers
— firefighters
— recycling workers
— veterinarians, and more!

An Observation Survey presents the theoretical background, administration details, and scoring interpretation of the tests.

Would you like to make a difference? These ten boys grew up to do just that – but first they had to change the church. How did God change them?

Augustine discovered the love of God and changed the way we think; Knox focused on God’s word and told his country the truth; Luther rediscovered God’s truth and gave it to ordinary people; Calvin realised that salvation was a gift from God and not a reward for what he did; Tyndale longed to print the Bible in a language that everyone would understand; Latimer urged people to read the Bible for themselves and made enemies as a result; Hus taught that God is in charge of the church and the world; Zwingli challenged people to obey God’s word in every area of their lives; Chalmers called the church to show Christ’s compassion to the poor and Shaftesbury pushed the church into making Christ’s love a living reality for everyone

?Comics have gone from “scourge of the classroom” to legitimate teaching tools, and the Common Core State Standards for scholastic achievement now explicitly recommend their use in the classroom.

Reading With Pictures: Comics That Make Kids Smarter unites the finest creative talents in the comics industry with the nation’s leading experts in visual literacy to create a game-changing tool for the classroom and beyond. This full-color volume features more than a dozen short stories (both fiction and nonfiction) that address topics in Social Studies, Math, Language Arts, and Science, while offering an immersive textual and visual experience that kids will enjoy. Highlights include George Washington: Action President by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey, Doctor Sputnik: Man of Science by Roger Langridge, The Power of Print by Katie Cook, and many more.

?Includes a foreword by Printz and Eisner Award-winning author Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese, Boxers and Saints).

?A downloadable Teachers’ Guide includes standards-correlated lesson plans customized to each story, research-based justifications for using comics in the classroom, a guide to establishing best classroom practices, and a comprehensive listing of educational resources.

The Caramel Tree Readers Level 2 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It offers a range of classic fairy tale adaptations and stories with 500 to 700 words.

Each book in this set features a few sentences per page that are accompanied by detailed illustrations. Given the familiar contexts, some of the fairy tales have been reworked or adapted so that students are always surprised and eager to read all the way to the unexpected endings.

Freddy tricks the villagers to run to help him when he cries ‘Wolf!’ even though there is no wolf. One day, a wolf does appear. Who will help Freddy now?

Lewis’s drawings take readers on a journey, from the single smouldering coal that falls out of the baker’s oven to the swirling clouds of ash that engulf the city and then in to the very heart of the fire itself. As the pages turn, you can witness London burning to the ground and then rebuilding again.

Children will love examining the rich detail of each spread, from the detailed city map to the drawings of London before, during and after the fire took hold. This book takes the dramatic historical information surrounding the Great Fire of London and transforms it into a breathtaking story that will transfix readers of all ages.

RUSSIAN VERSION of SOPHIA’S JUNGLE ADVENTURE

Give Your Children the Healthy Benefits of Yoga with this Kids Yoga Stories Adventure Book!

Join Sophia on her jungle adventure! Fly like a toucan, slither like a snake, and flutter like a butterfly as you act out this journey through a Costa Rican jungle. What else might you see?

Kids Yoga Stories introduce you to engaging characters who will get your child laughing, moving, and creating. Reading is good for the mind AND body! The story links several yoga poses in a specific sequence to create a coherent and meaningful story.

This book for ages 3 to 7 is more than a storybook, but it’s also a unique experience for children.

Sophia’s Jungle Adventure is also available in Spanish, French, Portuguese, and German. See the author’s page for the whole list of yoga stories at www.amazon.com/author/giselleshardlow.

Using a popular question-and-answer format, authors Fr. Kris D. Stubna and Mike Aquilina explain the saving truths that Jesus taught in short, easy-to-understand-and-memorize sections that draw from both Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Examining the basics, A Pocket Catechism for Kids serves as both a primer on the Faith and a readily accessible resource and reference guide. A Pocket Catechism for Kids also contains sections on traditional Catholic prayers, a guide to making a good Confession, an explanation of the Mass, and more — virtually everything children need to know to understand and live the Faith!

This fun range of Maths and English activity books really helps to boost your child’s progress at every stage of their learning. The series aims to build up important skills in line with their learning at school.

Each activity is designed to give your child a real sense of achievement.

• Help boost confidence and develop good learning habits for life.
• Motivate children to learn at home using colourful activities that make learning fun.
• Include helpful tips and answers so that you easily support your child’s learning at home.

Classical Academic Press

Educators will find all curricula by Classical Academic Press to be created with four important attributes. Each product is classical, creative, relevant, and easy to use. As our company name implies, you will find that we publish classical books and media, seeking to acquaint students with the best that has been thought and said.

We also design and present our products with creativity and zest, from beautiful illustrations to engaging storytelling, ensuring that the classical subjects being taught are anything but boring.

Areas we publish in include:

-Latin
-Ancient Greek
-Logic
-Bible, Old & New Testament
-The Art Of Poetry
-Spanish
-Classical Education Resources

Haiku uses images from nature to make a statement or capture a moment. Haiku are short, but powerful expressions—making them easy and fun to write and share with your friends.

The activities in this book will show the seven keys to creating your own haiku, and will help you to get started, think up memorable words and images, and write the three short lines that make up a great haiku. With clear expressions and many examples, this is a great way to have fun while you explore the fascinating aspect of Japanese culture.

Kids will learn to write:

• Their first haiku
• Haiku about nature
• Haibun—haiku with a short story
• Haiga—haiku with a drawing
• Renga—haiku written to friends.

About the Series:
The Asian Arts & Crafts for Creative Kids series is the first series, aimed at readers ages 7-12, that provides a fun and educational introduction to Asian culture and art. Through hands on projects readers will explore each art—engaging in activities to gain a better understanding of each form.