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The Human Face of Pre-Algebra. A spring morning in Fred's life. Learn . . . What it takes to run a shopping mall; How to ask for oats in Scotland; The correct way to deliver flowers to a hospital patient; ...and even some algebra and biology All fun! Just open & enjoy.  Definition of Life, Sets, Fractions, Germination of Seeds, Area of a Rectangle, Volume of a Cube, Ordinal Numbers, Diameter and Circumference of a Circle, Definition of π, 2% of 500, Four Ways Plants Make New Plants, d = rt, 20% Discount, the Five Kingdoms, Phyla, Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, Your Brain, Conversion Factors, Where the Non-Water Mass of a Plant Comes From—Plants Don’t Eat Dirt, Subsets of Sets, Digestion, Eyes, Negative Numbers, Dominant Genes, Genotypes, Phenotypes, Blood, Staying Alive, Solving Algebraic Equations, Volume of a Cylinder, Word Problems, Breathing, Chlorophyll vs. Hemoglobin vs. Hemocyanin, Avogadro’s Number, Stoichiometry, the Whole Numbers, a Proof that Division by Zero is Not Permitted, Bones, the Integumentary System, Epidermis and Dermis, Meiosis and Mitosis, Chromosomes, DNA, Alleles, Changing Your Phenotype, hardback,  288 pages. Learn More

The seventh book in the Life of Fred Elementary Series Tulip Mania, Drawing Things to Scale, Digits in a Number, Similes, Being Pardoned Before Being Tried in 1974, What Is Rarely on a Doll’s Christmas List, the Whole Point of Math, Don’t Wave Your Money Around, the Advanced Form of the Game of Which of These Is Not Like the Others, Keeping Your Word, Picking Your Friends and Your Spouse, Polygons, Sequences, a Crocodile Smile, What to Remember If You Smoke, Comparative Forms of Adjectives, Superlative Forms of Adjectives, a Waning Moon, People’s Life Goals Are Different than Fish’s Life Goals, Definition of an Acre, What Gets Venerated, Meters vs. Yards, Four Countries That Are Nations of Immigrants, Kilograms vs. Pounds, How to Deal with a Duck Who Never Tells the Truth, Lacrimal Glands, Area of a Rectangle, Living in a City vs. Living in the Country, Volume of a Fish Tank, Cubic Feet into Gallons, Gallons of Water into Pounds, Multiplying by Ten, Hundred, and Thousand, One Ton = 2000 lbs., Anthropomorphizing Fish, Plastic Aquarium Plants Don’t Die, Decimal Point, Estimating Sums, Drawbacks to 180-gallon Fish Tanks, Physical Work vs. Mental Work, Tragedy of the Commons, a Fish in a Tank vs. Coalback in Jail, Talking to Your Goldfish, Kingie’s Favorite Composers, Practicing the Metric System with Dental Floss, Purchasing Foreign Products, Bar Graphs, Protein and Calcium for Growth, hardback, 128 pages. Learn More

The third book in the Life of Fred Intermediate Series. Milligrams and Pounds, Rounding Numbers; a Trillion Pounds of Rice to Cuba; the Number of Stars in a Typical Galaxy; Three-eights of 19,416; Is a Quart less than (<) a Duck?; What to Do with Eleven Hours of Free Time Each Day; Six Is What Fraction of 24? Post Meridiem; Exponents; Extending the Domain of a Function; What Piece of Leather Made Feudalism Possible; Perpendicular Lines; Diminutives; Silent Letters; Rhombus; Can a Four-sided Figure Have Exactly Three Right Angles? Cardinality of Sets; Sectors; Most Horses Achieve Few Outstanding Things in Life; the Reason to Learn the Greek Alphabet; Square Knots; Inverse Operations; How Concrete Is Different than Cement; Prolix vs. Laconic; Freedom vs. Liberty; the Largest Cardinal Number Isn’t Six; Ounces, Gills, and Pints; Italicizing Book Titles; 30% of 270; Division by 100; Broiling vs. Pan Frying; Freud, Skinner, and Maslow; the Four Types of Sentences; Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs; Pangolins; Mammals; Subtracting 3 oz. From 4 lbs. 2 oz.; Subtracting 7 Minutes 25 Seconds from 20 Minutes 10 Seconds; Subtracting 2 Gallons 1 Quart from 4 Gallons; Chords of a Circle; Three Definitions of Diameter; Steak for One-year-olds; Subtracting 40 Feet from 9 Miles; Fahrenheit to Celsius Conversions; Questions People Have at Different Stages in Life; Why You Won’t Bump into Moby Dick in Kansas; Does x < y Imply y > x? Converting 39 Inches into Feet; Indications Your Daughter Will Become an English Major; Finding the Sale Price after Taking 40% Off; the Image of an Element in the Domain of a Function; 63ºF = 17 2/9ºC. hardback, 128 pages. Learn More

George Eliot's Victorian masterpiece: a magnificent portrait of a provincial town and its inhabitants

George Eliot’s novel, Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, explores a fictional nineteenth-century Midlands town in the midst of modern changes.

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Author(s):  Robert Femiano

Hands-On Thinking Activities Teaching Fraction Fundamentals

This 64-page math book for Grades 2-4 uses fun, step-by-step lessons to provide a thorough foundation in understanding fractions. The book begins with the meaning of fractions and their many uses - and ends with the simple math of comparing, adding, and subtracting fractions both visually and numerically. These easy-to-understand, hands-on, thinking activities build confidence by providing an understanding of fractions that is relatable to daily life. This book includes cut-out fraction circles that enable teachers to demonstrate key concepts and provide students with a tactile experience to reinforce the lesson and aid in learning new concepts. Helpful teacher notes are provided along with clear explanations for answers.

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• Meaning of fractions
• Writing and using fractions
• Finding common denominators
• Simple adding and subtracting of fractions

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This 15-piece crayon set includes 9 bright, fun colors and 6 blendable skin tones. From 6 basic colors you can create a multitude of skin tones, stimulating creativity through easy-to-do blending techniques.

The crayons are made with highly pigmented beeswax, ensuring a smooth and silky texture that glides effortlessly on paper. Each crayon delivers bold and brilliant colors, allowing your child's artwork to come to life with every stroke.

The jumbo, break-resistant crayons are triangular in shape, perfect for learning the proper grip and they will not roll away from the work surface.

Suitable for various art projects, from coloring books and crafts to school assignments and freehand drawings.

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This big, colorful microscope was designed specifically to enable young kids to have successful microscopic viewing experiences, and to be a fun tool for early biological investigations. The 8x magnification power is appropriate for this age group, who often have trouble adjusting their eyes to see images at higher powers. The extra wide eyepiece and battery powered, light-up slide stage also make viewing images through the microscope easy.

The microscope comes with a unique slide holder, 24 printed slides, and one blank slide. Each printed slide features one object at three magnification levels, so kids can relate a recognizable object, like a feather or bee, with two different magnified images of the object. The 72 slide images give kids a lot of things to investigate.

The 32-page, full-color manual is set up as an illustrated storybook, making it fun for adults and children to read together, while also instructing them how to use the microscope. As you read the story, you can find the slides of the objects that appear in the story and view them through the microscope. The blank slide can be used to view other objects at 8x magnification.

This introductory series of lessons is designed to give kids an effective and fun introduction to microscopy and microscopic biology. The manual explains the parts of the microscope, how to use it, and gives scientific explanations of the images on the printed slides. Observe biological specimens from animals like a feather, skin, hair, dragonfly wing, and fly eye; biological specimens from plants like a mushroom spore, kiwi seed, lichen, pollen in honey, and flower stamen; and other specimens from everyday life like table salt, sugar, and a zipper.

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By Abigail Wheatley, Illustrated by Andy Tudor

Bring 16 different bugs to life, from dragonflies to scarab beetles to millipedes, with the help of a brush provided with the book and a little water. Use the laminated back cover flap to prevent water seeping onto pages below. Great for keeping children entertained indoors, and for practicing pen control.

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Hands-on, screen-free, no-mess activities get children ready to read

Bring Bob Books characters to life and extend the learning from the beloved Bob Books series! Children have on-the-go fun while developing critical prereading and fine motor skills. Use the soft-tip water pen to fill the pages with color, watch them dry, and do it all over again!

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Hands-on, screen-free, no-mess activities teach sight words

Bring Bob Books characters to life and extend the learning from the beloved Bob Books Kindergarten Sight Words series! Children have on-the-go fun while developing critical prereading and fine motor skills. Use the soft-tip water pen to fill the pages with color, watch them dry, and do it all over again!

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Hands-on, screen-free, no-mess activities help develop critical early reading skills

Bring Bob Books characters to life and extend the learning from the beloved Bob Books Alphabet series! Children have on-the-go fun while developing critical prereading and fine motor skills. Use the soft-tip water pen to fill the pages with color, watch them dry, and do it all over again!

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Bring your very own mystical unicorn to life with Sparkle Sand Art Unicorn! This kit takes traditional sand art for kids to a whole new level with a unique unicorn bottle, pastel and sparkle sand, sparkly accents and stickers and a magical star figurine. Everything you need is included. Just layer your sand, decorate your one-of-a-kind, custom designed unicorn and make some magic!

Less-mess means more fun! Sand art kits include large sand art bottles with an easy-to-use funnel. You can repurpose the craft box, using the packaging as a crafting station – for easy cleanup and less-mess success.

After crafting is done, it's creative playtime! Sand art crafts for kids help to encourage imaginative, independent and creative play. Add sparkle to your room decor and find the perfect spot to showcase your new creation. Make magical wishes with your star friend and let your imagination take you on a new adventure everyday!

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Transform 2 fuzzy socks into your favorite characters from “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” story book! Easy to use peel and stick felt shapes make personalizing your own butterfly and caterpillar puppets easy and fun for toddlers

Sock puppet making kit comes with 2 fuzzy socks, 10 finger puppets, self-adhesive felt shapes and instructions

Eric Carle toy fosters language development, encourages imagination, boosts fine motor skills and teaches color, shape and size recognition.

Maximize the fun and minimize the mess for little crafters! This sock puppet making kit features peel and stick felt shapes that are easy for toddlers and preschoolers to apply with no mess

After crafting, create your own version of the classic children’s book and put on a colorfully creative puppet show! For even more engaging fun, read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and use your own personalized puppets and finger puppets to act out the story

“Feed” The Very Hungry Caterpillar using the 10 included foam finger puppets

World of Eric Carle nurtures a child’s love of literature and learning! Story Puppets craft allows the classic children’s book to come to life in a colorfully creative craft kit designed to inspire hungry minds

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Learn about animals by dissecting owl pellets. Find out what owls eat by examining the real skeletons you find!

• This science kit for kids brings biology concepts to life through an engaging, guided learning experience.
• The 10 hands-on experiments are designed to spark interest, prompt investigation and critical thinking, and inspire a love of nature.
• The full colour Career & Lab Guide is packed with scientific principles, pictures, and information that will keep kids busy, engaged and learning.
• Experiments are easy to do, and the kit comes with all young biologists need to learn in their own home laboratories.
• The Career & Lab Guide introduces kids to future STEM careers including zoologist, biologist, or veterinarian.
• Warning: Contains owl pellets.

Inspire your budding young scientist! Explore our wide range of fun, engaging Science Kits and real working Science Toys that introduce children to the exciting world of STEM.

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A Newbery Honor Award Winner

By Lois Lenski, Illustrated by Lois Lenski

In this classic frontier adventure, Lois Lenski reconstructs the real-life story of Mary Jemison, who was captured in a raid as young girl and raised among the Seneca Indians.

Meticulously researched and illustrated with many detailed drawings, this Newbery Honor novel is an unforgettable tale.

Twelve-year-old Mary Jemison took for granted her peaceful days on her family's farm in eastern Pennsylvania. But on a spring day in 1758, something happened that changed her life forever.

When a band of warriors invades the Jemisons' house and takes the family captive, Mary is separated from her parents and siblings. She travels with the Indians to southern Ohio and later to a Seneca village on the Genesee River in what is now western New York.

Mary's new life is not easy. She misses her family terribly and is unaccustomed to Seneca ways. But even after her several unsuccessful attempts to run away, the Indians are kind to Mary and teach her many things about the earth, its plants, and its creatures. She develops deep bonds with the animals and even her captors. When Mary is finally given the chance to return to the world she had inhabited, she struggles with her newfound feelings.

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A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids

By Barbara Robinson, Barbara Robinson

This year’s pageant is definitely like no other, but maybe that’s exactly what makes it so special.

Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! The Best Christmas Pageant Ever follows the outrageous shenanigans of the Herdman siblings, or “the worst kids in the history of the world.”

The siblings take over the annual Christmas pageant in a hilarious yet heartwarming tale involving the Three Wise Men, a ham, scared shepherds, and six rowdy kids. You and your family will laugh along with this funny story, perfect for independent reading or read-aloud sharing.

Ralph, Imogene, Leroy, Claude, Ollie, and Gladys Herdman are an awful bunch. They set fire to Fred Shoemaker’s toolshed, blackmailed Wanda Pierce to get her charm bracelet, and smacked Alice Wendelken across the head. And that’s just the start! When the Herdmans show up at church for the free snacks and suddenly take over the Christmas pageant, the other kids are shocked.

It’s obvious that they’re up to no good. But Christmas magic is all around and the Herdmans, who have never heard the Christmas story before, start to reimagine it in their own way.

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By Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

“A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny. . . its appeal is timeless.” —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

One of the best-loved American memoirs of an oversized family and the parents who held them together - now a Disney+ movie starring Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff.

What do you get when you put twelve lively kids together with a father—a famous efficiency expert—who believes families can run like factories, and a mother who is his partner in everything except discipline? You get a hilarious tale of growing up that has made generations of kids and adults alike laugh along with the Gilbreths in Cheaper by the Dozen.

Translated into more than fifty-three languages and made into numerous films over the years — including a classic film starring Myrna Loy and a cult favorite with Steve Martin, Hilary Duff, and Alyson Stoner — this memoir is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Escape the ho-hum grind of daily life and imagine yourself living it up in this elegant “Fairytale Castle” with the CreArt Painting by Numbers set!

Create a fantastical world filled with lords and ladies of old as you paint this stunning scene featuring a famous “Fairytale Castle” with this CreArt paint-by-number kit! Relax your mind and go to your peaceful place with no screens and no demands as you fill in each clearly numbered section, bit by bit. High-quality, odorless acrylic paints ensure excellent results. Makes a lovely keepsake to hang up or give away! De-stress and find success as you discover the joy of art in your heart today!

Enjoy the relaxing and rewarding experience of creating art without the pressure of facing a blank canvas! Just as great cooks follow recipes to make delicious dishes, the prepared patterns in this Painting by Numbers set lets you create a personal masterpiece you’ll be proud to display. A meditative activity, painting can help relieve the stress of the day while providing a satisfying sense of accomplishment!

With the same dependable quality you’ve come to know in our puzzles and games, this premium paint-by-number kit comes with everything you need: a durable, smooth white painting board with clearly numbered sections; 30 easy-open/close water-based, odorless acrylic paints in matching numbered pots; finishing gloss; dual-tipped, wood-handle paintbrush with fine points (#1, #2) for precise details; artist pallet to keep paint pots steady; and easy-to-follow guide sheet.

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Retreat from life’s hustle and bustle and spend some quality time creating your own idyllic “River Cottage” with the CreArt Painting by Numbers set!

Recharge your battery as you create a cozy scene complete with babbling brook and thatched roof with a “River Cottage” CreArt painting-by-number kit! Relax your mind and go to your peaceful place with no screens and no demands as you fill in each clearly numbered section, bit by bit. High-quality, odorless acrylic paints ensure excellent results. When finished, hang it as a gentle reminder to stay in your happy place! De-stress and find success as you discover the joy of art in your heart today!

Enjoy the relaxing and rewarding experience of creating art without the pressure of facing a blank canvas! Just as great cooks follow recipes to make delicious dishes, the prepared patterns in this Painting by Numbers set lets you create a personal masterpiece you’ll be proud to display. A meditative activity, painting can help relieve the stress of the day while providing a satisfying sense of accomplishment!

With the same dependable quality you’ve come to know in our puzzles and games, this premium paint-by-number kit comes with everything you need: a durable, smooth white painting board with clearly numbered sections; 37 easy-open/close water-based, odorless acrylic paints in matching numbered pots; finishing gloss; dual-tipped, wood-handle paintbrush with fine points (#1, #2) for precise details; artist pallet to keep paint pots steady; and easy-to-follow guide sheet.

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A dedicated and brave pilot, known for staying calm under pressure, he became the first person to set foot on the moon.

Series: Extraordinary Lives
From real-life narratives to timelines and facts, each fully illustrated book focuses on the life of an inspirational historical or modern figure. Explore the childhood, the achievements, and the qualities of each figure – the very things that helped them have such an incredible impact on the world.

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Create the pictures for the unicorn's surprise birthday party, with balloons, a cake, and even a disco ball!

Series: Illustrate This Book
Warm-up activities, a book planner, stickers, and visual prompts from real-life illustrators enable children to create their very own hardcover book in this innovative series.

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Imagine you have your very own pet dinosaur! What would that be like? You illustrate it!

Series: Illustrate This Book
Warm-up activities, a book planner, stickers, and visual prompts from real-life illustrators enable children to create their very own hardcover book in this innovative series.

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Outdoor Science Lab – Bugs, Dirt, & Plants is packed with more than 21 hands-on activities and real science tools that invite kids to identify, classify, measure, test, and analyze the world around them. The kit features a clip-on macro lens compatible with your smartphones and tablets (not included). The lens allows for extreme close-ups of tiny creatures and objects.
The 32-page illustrated science book features experiments related to soil, bugs, rocks, plants, and water. Kids will discover how to test the pH of soil and rainwater, observe insect behavior under UV light, classify plants, and identify backyard animal tracks. They’ll also learn how plants breathe, why leaves change color, the importance of trees to life on Earth, and much more!

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Interactive Notebook: Life Science enhances learning through personalized note-taking.

Encourage students to create their own learning portfolios with Interactive Notebook: Life Science for grades five through eight. This Mark Twain interactive notebook includes 29 lessons in these three units of study:

• structure of life
• classification of living organisms
• ecological communities

This personalized resource helps students review and study for tests.

Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

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