Tag Archives: Reference & Nonfiction

My First Brain Quest: 400 Questions to Build Your Toddler’s Word Skill, Third Edition (Brain Quest)

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Chris Welles Feder
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Product Description
Join a little monkey named Max on his fun-filled days and watch your child’s vocabulary blossom! Help Max get dressed. Visit the zoo. Have fun at the circus. Enjoy a picnic in the county. Plus celebrate holidays, mark the changing of the seasons, and learn [...]

First Space Encyclopedia (DK First Reference)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: DK Publishing
Publisher: DK CHILDREN

Product Description
The latest title in DK’s First Reference series introduces the universe, visiting all the planets of our solar system and their moons, as well as our Sun and other stars, black holes, asteroids, comets, and other galaxies. Up to date with the latest astronomical theories, First Space [...]

Connect the Dots (Get Ready Books)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Barbara Gregorich
Publisher: School Zone Pub

Product Description
What’s in the picture? As children find out in Connect the Dots, they practice counting from 1-10 as well as improve fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination.

Scholastic Book Of World Records 2010

Author: Jenifer Morse
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Product Description Whether kids want to know what the world’s deadliest snake is, which country eats the most chocolate, who has the most career touchdowns in the NFL, or which state has the largest water park, the SCHOLASTIC BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS 2010 has all of the answers and much, much [...]

National Geographic Kids Almanac 2010

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books

Product Description
Dare to explore—from modern day adventurers to close calls and narrow escapes. Amazing animals will take readers into the wild and into the water. Discover cultural connections from food, currency, literature and lots more from around the world. From globe trotting geography—maps, travel, and famous [...]

Learn to Read Kindergarten Edition

Rating: (57 reviews)
Author: Hooked on Phonics
Publisher: Hooked On Phonics

Product Description

1st level of the Learn to Read series!

Packed with musical audio CDs, flash cards, a workbook, and a library of 24 magical books, Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read Kindergarten is a great way to get started with basic phonics skills. Kids learn about letters [...]

Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope

Rating: (29 reviews)
Author: Nikki Grimes
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

Product Description
Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from the jungles of Indonesia to the plains of Kenya, he has held on to Hope. Even as a boy, Barack knew he [...]

Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly

Rating: (34 reviews)
Author: Gail Carson Levine
Publisher: Collins

Product Description
In Writing Magic, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of great writing. She shows how you, too, can get terrific ideas for stories, invent great beginnings and endings, write sparkling dialogue, develop memorable characters—and much, much more. She advises you about what to do [...]

Time for Kids: Almanac 2009 (Time for Kids Almanac)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Editors of Time for Kids magazine
Publisher: Time For Kids

Product Description
The newest edition of the best-selling Time For Kids Almanac is back and better than ever.
Full of information on everything from animals to inventions, cutting-edge technology for the environment, this handy, colorful resource is a must-have for 8- to 12-year-olds. The Time [...]

First Human Body Encyclopedia (Dk First Reference Series)

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: DK Publishing
Publisher: DK CHILDREN

Product Description
Showing what’s inside the human body and how things fit and work together, the Human Body Encyclopedia is packed with fascinating facts and spectacular close-up photographs that make the subject accessible and fun. Covering every part of the body‹from major body systems to individual cells‹in language accessible [...]

Yes We Can: A Biography of Barack Obama

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Garen Thomas
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Product Description

In third grade, Barack Obama wrote an essay titled, “I Want to Become President”—and he is, to this day, determined to show the world that, yes, he can.
Born in the U.S.A., the son of an African father and an American mother, a boy who spent his [...]

Super Silly Mad Libs Junior

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Roger Price
Publisher: Price Stern Sloan

Product Description
Nobody knows silly better than we do. And with Super Silly Mad Libs Junior, younger readers are introduced to the crazy world of Mad Libs.

Cracking the SAT, 2009 Edition (College Test Prep)

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
Cracking the SAT brings you proven techniques from the test prep experts! The 2009 edition includes full-length practices tests and exclusive free access to further review online. In Cracking the SAT, we’ll teach you how to think like the test writers and
· Master specific strategies for answering [...]

Cracking the SSAT & ISEE, 2009 Edition (Private Test Prep)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SSAT and ISEE exams is very different from getting straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about English and math–only what you’ll need to score higher on the exam. There’s a big [...]

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

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

Product Description
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 of your free [...]

How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up

Rating: (14 reviews)
Author: Trevor Romain
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Product Description
“Everybody who goes to school does homework. You are not alone. And they feel just as sick as you do when they have to do it.” Trevor Romain knows how horrible homework can be, and kids will see this right away as they page through this [...]

Mexican Folk Art Coloring Book (Dover Coloring Book)

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

Product Description
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 illustrations will also [...]

Super Study Skills (Scholastic Guides)

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

Product Description
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 Take tests with confidence and skill . . . and study smarter for the grades they want.It also provides short answer [...]

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

Product Description
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, to spending [...]

Pulling Weeds to Picking Stocks

Rating: (93 reviews)
Author: The Beatty Boys
Publisher: Tate Publishing

Product Description
Teen authors The Beatty Brothers offer an account of common financial insecurities in their inspirational how-to, Pulling Weeds to Picking Stocks. Heeding their parents advice, David, Devin, and Deric Beatty have spent their childhood and adolescent years pulling weeds for extra cash, preparing and presenting marketing [...]

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 normal-speak. The chapters on grammar and [...]

The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series

Author: Lois H. Gresh
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Product Description

Everyone’s in love with vampires, and if his name happens to be Edward Cullen, then readers of the wildly popular Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer can’t help but be crazy about him. For all those who adore Bella Swan, Edward, and the rest of the Cullen family and can’t get [...]

The American Heritage Student Dictionary

Rating: (11 reviews)
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Product Description
The perfect dictionary for students in grades 6-9. This edition has been updated to reflect up-to-the-minute developments in all subject areas, from technology to world affairs.

America : A Patriotic Primer

Rating: (69 reviews)
Author: Lynne Cheney
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

Amazon.com Review
Written by Lynne Cheney, author and wife of Vice President Richard Cheney, to honor this “beautiful land made more beautiful still by our commitment to freedom,” America: A Patriotic Primer is a proud celebration of the individuals, milestones, and principles of this nation. Each [...]

Master the SSAT & ISEE 2009 (Master the Ssat and Isee)

Author: Peterson’s
Publisher: Arco

Product Description
The guide for students AND parents! Master the SSAT & ISEE provides all the prep needed to score higher on the SSAT and ISEE: up-to-date information on the tests, hundreds of practice questions and four full-length practice tests (all with detailed answer explanations), and solid test-taking advice. Also includes guidance for parents [...]

National Geographic Student Atlas of the World: Revised Edition

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books

Product Description
Combines full-color maps and data sets to introduce students to the importance of the connections between geography and other areas of study. The thematic atlas gives students a clear picture of the recent agricultural, industrial, demographic, environmental, economic and political changes in every world region. [...]

How to Spell Like a Champ

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Barrie Trinkle, Carolyn Andrews, Paige Kimble
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Product Description
Be all over “minuscule.” Score big with “curvaceous.” Hit “trireme” out of the park. From the authorities behind the Scripps National Spelling Bee comes a comprehensive illustrated book on the endangered art of spelling.
Written for ages 9 and up, How to Spell [...]

Merriam-Webster Children’s Dictionary

Rating: (46 reviews)
Author: DK Publishing
Publisher: DK CHILDREN

Amazon.com Review
In evaluating a children’s dictionary, there are two test words we always check first: “e-mail” and “iguana.” After all, if “e-mail” doesn’t appear in a dictionary, how up-to-date can it be? And iguanas, well, what kid doesn’t want to read all about this “very large tropical American [...]

How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones? (Words Are Categorical)

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Brian P. Cleary
Publisher: First Avenue Editions

Book Description
This accessible, lighthearted look at language introduces homonyms and homophones. Playful rhymes and comical cartoons make both concepts memorable. Each corresponding pair of homonyms and homophones is printed in color for easy identification. At the end, readers are challenged to apply what they’ve learned – [...]

Vocabulary Workshop: Level A

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Publisher: William H Sadlier

Encyclopedia of World History

Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: Jane Bingham
Publisher: Usborne Books

Vocabulary Workshop: Level G (Vocabulary Workshop)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Jerome Shostak
Publisher: William H Sadlier

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills, Preschool (Comprehensive Curriculumà)

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: School Specialty Publishing
Publisher: American Education Publishing

Product Description
Offering an entire Preschool curriculum, this best-selling Comprehensive Curriculum workbook features educational activities and instruction. Containing 544 pages organized by subject area with lessons in reading, writing, spelling, math, citizenship, and science.
Perfect as a home schooling resource or as a supplement to school-based learning, this [...]

Summer Bridge Activities: Kindergarten to 1st Grade

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Julia Ann Hobbs, Carla Fisher
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing (UT)

Book Description
NEW and Improved Summer Bridge Activities for 2006!
This year the bestselling summer workbook features new covers, new activities, new reading lists, updated bonus sections, and a whole lot more to give kids a summer learning experience they won’t forget! Designed to keep [...]

Summer Bridge Activities: Preschool to Kindergarten

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Julia Ann Hobbs, Carla Fisher
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing (UT)

Book Description
NEW and Improved Summer Bridge Activities for 2006!
This year the bestselling summer workbook features new covers, new activities, new reading lists, updated bonus sections, and a whole lot more to give kids a summer learning experience they won’t forget! Designed to keep [...]

A Writer’s Notebook: Unlocking the Writer within You

Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Ralph Fletcher
Publisher: HarperTrophy

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Ages 8-12. Fans of Harriet the Spy who want to try keeping their own writer’s notebook will appreciate this inspiring handbook. Written in a direct, non-condescending style, writer-to-writer, it offers realistic, experienced advice on how to keep notes and use them to create stories and poems. Fletcher, author of [...]

Summer Bridge Activities: 5th to 6th Grade

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Hobbs Ann Julia, Carla Fisher
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing (UT)

Book Description
NEW and Improved Summer Bridge Activities for 2006!
This year the bestselling summer workbook features new covers, new activities, new reading lists, updated bonus sections, and a whole lot more to give kids a summer learning experience they won’t forget! Designed to keep [...]

I Like Bugs (Step-Into-Reading, Step 1)

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Book Description
Black Bugs. Green Bugs. Fat Bugs. Buggy Bugs., I like Bugs!, , A rhyming ode to insects, penned by none other then Margaret Wise Brown. This poem was originally published in The Friendly Book., , Mile 1 books entice brand-new readers with [...]

The Official Study Guide for All SAT Subject Tests (Real Sats)

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: The College Board
Publisher: College Board

Product Description

The only source of previously-administered practice tests for all 20 SAT Subject Tests
Every year nearly 600,000 high school students take one or more SAT Subject Tests. Many selective colleges recommend or require them for admission or placement. The Official Study Guide for All SAT Subject Tests [...]

Little Brother

Rating: (25 reviews)
Author: Cory Doctorow
Publisher: Tor Teen

Product Description
Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.
But [...]

Summer Bridge Activities: 6th to 7th Grade

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Leland Graham, Frankie Long
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing (UT)

Book Description
NEW and Improved Summer Bridge Activities for 2006!
This year the bestselling summer workbook features new covers, new activities, new reading lists, updated bonus sections, and a whole lot more to give kids a summer learning experience they won’t forget! Designed to keep kids [...]

Summer Bridge Activities: 4th to 5th Grade

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Hobbs Ann Julia, Carla Fisher
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing (UT)

Book Description
NEW and Improved Summer Bridge Activities for 2006!
This year the bestselling summer workbook features new covers, new activities, new reading lists, updated bonus sections, and a whole lot more to give kids a summer learning experience they won’t forget! Designed to keep [...]

Summer Bridge Activities: 3rd to 4th Grade

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Hobbs Ann Julia, Carla Fisher
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing (UT)

Book Description
NEW and Improved Summer Bridge Activities for 2006!
This year the bestselling summer workbook features new covers, new activities, new reading lists, updated bonus sections, and a whole lot more to give kids a summer learning experience they won’t forget! Designed to keep [...]

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills, Grade 3 (Comprehensive Curriculumà)

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: School Specialty Publishing
Publisher: American Education Publishing

Product Description
Offering an entire grade 3 curriculum, this best-selling Comprehensive Curriculum workbook features educational activities and instruction. Containing 544 pages organized by subject area with lessons in reading, writing, spelling, math, citizenship, and science.
Perfect as a home schooling resource or as a supplement to school-based learning, [...]

Brain Quest for Threes (Brain Quest)

Rating: (14 reviews)
Author: Chris Welles Feder
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Product Description
Play Time – Learning Time – Together Time Make a play date with a little mouse named Molly and watch your child blossom! Together you’ll play ABCs, counting games and “Can You Find Molly?” plus shadow pictures, word associations and “All Mixed Up.” This game [...]

Summer Bridge Activities: 1st to 2nd Grade

Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Julia Ann Hobbs, Carla Fisher
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing (UT)

Book Description
NEW and Improved Summer Bridge Activities for 2006!
This year the bestselling summer workbook features new covers, new activities, new reading lists, updated bonus sections, and a whole lot more to give kids a summer learning experience they won’t forget! Designed to keep [...]

The Original Summer Bridge Activities: 2nd to 3rd Grade

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Julia Ann Hobbs, Carla Fisher
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing (UT)

Book Description
NEW and Improved Summer Bridge Activities for 2006!
This year the bestselling summer workbook features new covers, new activities, new reading lists, updated bonus sections, and a whole lot more to give kids a summer learning experience they won’t forget! Designed to keep [...]

My Book of Easy Telling Time: Learning about Hours and Half-Hours

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author:
Publisher: Kumon Publishing North America

Product Description
Description coming soon…

Barron’s AP Environmental Science 2007/2008 (Barron’s How to Prepare for the AP Environmental Science Advanced Placement Examination)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Gary Thorpe
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series

Product Description
Updated to reflect the most recent exams, this manual has been thoroughly revised to reflect the most recent AP Environmental Sciences exam. It covers all important environmental science concepts and also provides an overview of the exam format, test-taking strategies, and two full-length practice exams answers [...]

How Do Dinosaurs Count To Ten?

Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Blue Sky Press

Book Description
Come along for some BIG fun as your favorite dinosaurs delight young readers with their playful antics. How do dinosaurs count to ten? Over and over and over again!This brand new board book format brings the gigantic humor of bestselling, award-winning team Jane Yolen and Mark [...]