“dave garbot”

Beginning readers can learn phonics and more than 100 words by spinning the wheels on each page to change letters, build new words, explore word families, and practice rhyming sounds. Full color.... More

This series meets the following Reading First initiatives: - Phonics- Vocabulary- Comprehension- Fluency... More

Learning geography will always be fun with the special tricks you'll learn here. Starting from familiar territory (home, backyard, schoolyard) and moving outwards, this amusing, delightfully illustrated introduction to maps and more teaches street smarts to kids. Filled to the brim with fun games, c... More

When children whine, tease and dawdle, if they hit the baby or hide out when it's bedtime, then Mom and Dad can take a breather and charge up their parenting batteries with this upbeat book. For each typical early childhood issue, Crary offers hundreds of quick and easy suggestions to solve the prob... More

With these nearly 100 experiments, kids can create a whole new world of scientific magic and mystery. From cooking up a "liquid sandwich" to blowing a superbubble, every idea is wonderfully clever. Illustrations.With these nearly 100 experiments, kids can create a whole new world of scientific magic... More

With these nearly 100 experiments, kids can create a whole new world of scientific magic and mystery. From cooking up a "liquid sandwich" to blowing a superbubble, every idea is wonderfully clever. Illustrations.Get the scoop on weather--from the ground, right up to the clouds in the sky. Dozens of ... More

Can you blow a square bubble from a square hole? Do you know how the narrow beam of light from a film projector fills up a big movie screen? Finding out the answers to these questions isn't just fun--it's physics, and will help kids understand all the wonderful things happening in the world around t... More

What makes time tick? With these dozens of experiments, budding scientists will happily pass the hours investigating all its wonders. They'll learn how to tell time using the sun, moon, and stars; make their own hourglass and candle timekeeper; and learn how clocks and watches operate. Fun-filled ac... More

Kids can be both scientists" and" magicians--all at once With just a little practice, and these 50 super experiments, they'll amaze people with fool-the-eye illusions that also illustrate basic principles of visual perception. They're amazingly cool, too, featuring tricks of motion; distortions of ... More

New in PaperEven young kids can dazzle their friends with amazing card tricks It's easy for them to take center-stage now, because these incredibly simple and colorful instructions are just right for 6-to-8 year olds. Youngsters will start by mastering a few simple lessons on holding, spreading, cu... More