30-Minute Rainy Day Science Projects (30-Minute Makers)
by Loren Bailey
Life at Home (Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy)
by Sharon Coan
Teach kindergarten students about what life was like in the past as they compare the similarities and differences between the past and present. Featuring engaging photographs, vibrant images, and simple text, this book will give young children an insight to how life has changed over time. This appropriately leveled nonfiction book includes a supporting glossary and index to help beginning readers build vocabulary and foundational literacy skills.
Homes Around the World (TIME FOR KIDS Nonfiction Readers)
by Dona Rice
What do a clay hut, a castle, and an apartment building have in common? They are all homes! Take a tour around the world in this book! Learn about the different places that people call home.
Esta Es Mi Casa (This Is My Home) (Mi Mundo ) (Mi Mundo (Library))
by Bobbie Kalman
Life in a Residential City (Learn about Urban Life)
by Hélène Boudreau
Places in My Community - CD + Hc Book - Package (My World)
by Bobbie Kalman
The best-selling authors of the Sewing School ® series are back, introducing kids to the creativity of stitching patchwork, appliqué, and quilts. Using dynamic how-to photos and step-by-step instructions written for ages 8 to 12, Amie Petronis Plumley and Andria Lisle teach a variety of techniques using both hand and machine sewing. The 15 projects range from decorative to practical, including an appliquéd family crest wall hanging, a patchwork pet bed, a crazy-quilt journal cover, and a quilt m...
Young children are full of questions about how the world works; the processes and machinations behind the scenes. Why does a light come on when you flick a switch? How can cheese from the supermarket have come out of a cow? What happens when you send a text? Where does your poo go when you flush?(!) All very good questions, and all explained—along with many more—in The Everyday Journey of Ordinary Things. With graphic, flowing illustrations and clear, colloquial chunks of text, each process is e...
Full-color instructions for a pirate hat, a pair of flip flops, a kite, a giraffe, Easter basket, and much more using the most useful production on the planet, duct tape! Making paper snowflakes and beaded bracelets are so twentieth century; the future is here and it’s made from duct tape. Impress your friends, entertain guests, keep your creative juices flowing, and save tons of money on Christmas presents all at the same time! With A Kid’s Guide to Awesome Duct Tape Projects, you’ll be the ta...
Show baby around the house in a book that's indestructible! What will you find in the bathroom? The tub! What will you find in the kitchen? A high chair! What will you find in the bedroom? Baby's teddy bear! Indestructibles is the trusted series for easing little ones into story time. Beloved by babies and their parents, Indestructibles are built for the way babies "read" (i.e., with their hands and mouths) and are: * Rip Proof-made of ultra-durable tight-woven material* Waterproof-can be chew...
Master of the cut and paste art technique, Giles Laroche takes readers on a storytelling journey around the world that celebrates the diversity of homes and the people who are shaped by them. Step into unique homes from around the world and discover the many fascinating ways in which people live and have lived. If you lived in the mountains of southern Spain, your bedroom might be carved out of a mountain. If you lived in a village in South Africa, the outside of your house might tell the story...
Having worked construction for many years, author and illustrator Maxwell Newhouse shows young readers step-by-step how houses are built in this captivating picture book. From drawing up the plans to excavating the site to laying the foundation, the unique and colorful paintings move through the seasons as Max builds the house of his dreams. Watch the framing crew as they build a floor frame to hold the house, raise the walls into place, and make the roof frame. See them install the windows and...
Stanley Jr. Gardening is Awesome! (STANLEY (R) Jr.)
by STANLEY (R) Jr. and Chris Peterson
STANLEY® Jr. Gardening is Awesome! gets kids outside with activities and projects. Kids can jump right in with an introduction to gardening. A complete basics section on vegetables, fruits, flowers, trees, and shrubs kicks things off. You’ll also learn how to make super soiland keep plants happy with the right amount of sunlight and water. A complete garden gear guide gets you ready for growing. The rest of the book is all about things to do. With plenty for adults to learn about, too, chapter...
From a skyscraper to a houseboat, kids live in all kinds of places. Peek inside their dwellings across the globe and see their amazing cultures! Have you ever wondered how kids live in other countries? This book gives you a great opportunity to look inside homes on all continents and discover how different kids’ lives can be. People build their homes for comfort and to suit local conditions. Do you know how children live in Mongolia? Or what life’s like in an icy igloo? How about in a rainforest...
Explore the places that animals call home. Discover crevices and pits where eels and reef fish make camouflaged homes. Peek through a bubble nest to find a spittlebug nymph hiding inside, cool and disguised. Then travel underground to see the trick tunnels of trapdoor spiders and the intricate highways and byways of moles. Dozens of animal homes are presented in fun, full-color photographs, while their home-building and home-living behavior is explored in playful verse. Animal lovers...
From the winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's book, comes a beautiful meditation on what makes a home. Each creature featured in this beautiful collection shows a unique way that they build their home, and poetic text accompanies each, making this both a narrative, non-fiction treasury and a poetic reflection on what nature can teach us. Discover how a beaver builds a safe dam for it's family and how a tailor bird forages for grasses and animal hairs to use as threads, to s...
La Pradera Es Mi Hogar (Exploration Storytime)
by Brewster Higley