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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit By JUDITH KERR

Based on the gripping real-life story of the author, this poignant, suspenseful middle-grade novel has been a favorite for over forty years. Perfect for Holocaust Remembrance Month. Anna is not sure who Hitler is, but she sees his face on posters all over Berlin. Then one morning, Anna and her brother awake to find her father gone! Her mother explains that their father has had to leave and soon they will secretly join him. Anna just doesn’t understand. Why do their parents keep insisting that Germany is no longer safe for Jews like them? Because of Hitler, Anna must leave everything behind.

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Magic Tricks from the Tree House A FUN COMPANION TO MAGIC TREE HOUSE MERLIN MISSION #22: HURRY UP, HOUDINI! (#7053) By MARY POPE OSBORNE and NATALIE POPE BOYCE Illustrated by SAL MURDOCCA and LUIZ VILELA.

With simple instructions, easy-to-follow diagrams, and tips from Jack and Annie, Magic Tricks from the Tree House is perfect for fans of the bestselling chapter book series, magic, and fun! It’s a book of magic tricks perfect for chapter book readers! When Jack and Annie went back in time to meet Houdini, they learned that the most famous magician of all time didn’t use real magic at all. It was a trick! Now they’ve tracked down all the best, most fun, most tricky magic tricks and put them together in one book – so you to learn too!

Tailor-made to teach kids how to wow friends and family in their very own magic show, this book also includes facts about famous magicians and famous tricks.

Ages 7-10. 128 pages

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A Good Night for Ghosts By MARY POPE OSBORNE Illustrated by SAL MURDOCCA

#1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!

Jack and Annie are on a mission to find—and inspire—a musician that brings happiness to millions of people. After traveling to New Orleans, Jack and Annie come head to head with some real ghosts, and discover the world of jazz when they meet a young Louis Armstrong.

Formerly numbered as Magic Tree House #42, the title of this book is now Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #14: A Good Night for Ghosts.

Paperback |Published by Random House Books for Young Readers Jul 26, 2011 | 144 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | 7-10 years

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Night of the Ninjas By MARY POPE OSBORNE Illustrated by SAL MURDOCCA

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!

Have you ever met a real live ninja? Jack and Annie do when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to ancient Japan, where they find themselves in the cave of a ninja master. Will they learn the secrets of the ninja? Or will the evil samurai warriors get them first?

Did you know that there’s a Magic Tree House book for every kid?

Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books

Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader

Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House Books  

Paperback | Published by Random House Books for Young Readers Mar 21, 1995 | 80 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | 6-9 years

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ABOUT WINNIE-THE-POOH: CLASSIC GIFT EDITION

Happy 90th birthday, to one of the world’s most beloved icons of children’s literature, Winnie-the-Pooh!

Since 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends—Piglet, Owl, Tigger, and the ever doleful Eeyore—have endured as the unforgettable creations of A.A. Milne, who wrote this book for his son, Christopher Robin, and Ernest H. Shepard, who lovingly gave Pooh and his companions shape.

These characters and their stories are timeless treasures of childhood that continue to speak to all of us with the kind of freshness and heart that distinguishes true storytelling.

“Winnie-the-Pooh is a joy; full of solemn idiocies and the sort of jokes one weeps over helplessly, not even knowing why they are so funny, and with it all the real wit and tenderness which alone could create a priceless little masterpiece.” Saturday Review, 1926

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Help students master cursive writing with a cursive writing book for middle grades that focuses on instruction and reinforcement. Ideal for students who are new to cursive writing and those who need a refresher, Cursive Writing: Instruction, Practice, and Reinforcement for fourth to ninth grades provides step-by-step instruction and practice in cursive handwriting. This Cursive Handwriting practice book provides real-world examples that motivate students to perfect their handwriting.

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Make economics easy for students in grades 5 and up using Economics and You! This 64-page book features an in-depth, real-world simulation activity that reinforces economic and math concepts while introducing students to the consumer world. Students learn how to calculate interest, develop a budget, buy a car, and file taxes.

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ABOUT THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD

Full of magic and appealing characters, this classic novel takes readers on a remarkable adventure.

It’s Omri’s birthday, but all he gets from his best friend, Patrick, is a little plastic Indian toy. Trying to hide his disappointment, Omri puts the Indian in a metal cupboard and locks the door with a mysterious skeleton key that once belonged to his great-grandmother. Little does Omri know that by turning the key, he will transform his ordinary plastic Indian into a real live man from an altogether different time and place! Omri and the tiny warrior called Little Bear could hardly be more different, yet soon the two forge a very special friendship. Will Omri be able to keep Little Bear without anyone finding out and taking his precious Indian from him?

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Perfect for children ages 7–8, this workbook builds confidence in growing math skills of second graders. Among new topics covered are adding two-digit numbers, number families, grouping, solving real-life problems, creating charts, and plotting line graphs.

Developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support curriculum learning, DK Workbooks: Math is an innovative series of home-learning math workbooks that is closely linked to school curriculum and helps make learning easy and fun.

Each title is packed with exercises and activities to strengthen what children learn in school. With clear questions and supportive illustrations to help children understand each topic, the books provide practice to reinforce learning and understanding of key concepts, such as fractions, times tables, and shapes.

A parents’ section contains answers, tips, and guidance to provide support, and a certificate of achievement will reinforce confidence in kids by rewarding their accomplishments.

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The Common Sense Reading Program, the Blue Book, for first grade skills, is the perfect reading program for beginning readers. The updated third edition is even easier to use with clearer instructions and a colorized companion Student Booklet. Lessons include: phonics instruction using the "Successful Reading for Beginners" series. Your student begins reading stories right away! ​

• 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans.
• Lessons require little or NO preparation!
• Read-aloud stories and "real books" provide a basis for language arts skills: phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, and higher order thinking skills, even handwriting included!
• The "real book" read alouds for this program may be obtained through your library or purchased from bookstores or catalogs.
• A systematic phonics approach includes: short and long vowels, consonant blends, word families, and sight words. Handwriting instruction teaches upper and lower case letters, numbers, and punctuation! Illustrated practice sheets encourage your student to do his best. Games, word-wheels, flip books, and MORE hands-on projects and activities are effective for ALL types of learners.
• Assessments enable teachers to evaluate progress.
• First grade reading program includes a Teacher Book, a Student Activity Book, 28 readers, and a materials packet, all packaged in a convenient, attractive full-color box.

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Core Skills: Math workbooks provide students with grade-appropriate math practice opportunities that are aligned with Common Core State Standards.

This grade 8 workbook covers exponents and roots, solving equations, transformations, fractions and decimals, geometric relationships and constructions, ratios, proportions, and constructions, ratios, proportions, and percents, real numbers, relations and functions, linear equations, systems of equations, data and statistics, probability, plane geometry and measurement, solid geometry, triangles, and more.

154 perforated, classroom-reproducible pages, softcover. Line-listed answer key provided.

8th Grade.

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Harcourt has provided two-page lessons that cover every content standard per grade level in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. The first page introduces the concept with step-by-step instruction and modeling each sequence - perfect for checking a student's understanding through open-ended practice items. The second page includes multiple choice practice items as well as problem-solving items. Each book starts with a brief explanation and overview of the CCSS standards. Lessons are organized by content standard and could be done in a start to finish order - or standard by standard if you want to coordinate with your primary math program. The consumable books (newsprint) include an answer key with reduced student pages in the back. Also in the back of each book is a complete list of the CCSS for the grade level. this is a good tool to use for preparing for standardized tests.

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What's growing in our garden? New learning! Your kids can grow their own skills and abilities in the playful fields of the Veggie Farm Sorting Set from Learning Resources. This engaging playset encourages the development of color recognition, matching, sorting, and early counting skills against the backdrop of a friendly farm. Realistic plastic vegetable figures come in five vibrant colors, and represent popular veggies including broccoli, corn, onions, pumpkins, and more.

Aside from learning new veggie vocabulary, kids can use these figures, along with the included bushel baskets and soft foam playmat, to work on other real-world skills.

Sort the veggies by color, count out each type of vegetable, or match the colors and shapes to the ones depicted on the playmat's farm signs. The Veggie Farm Sorting Set is a snap to clean, and folds up into a convenient carrying case for post-playtime storage or on-the-go play.

** This garden-themed sorting set helps kids grow color recognition, matching, and early counting skills

** Fill bushel baskets with figures representing veggies, from corn and broccoli to onions and pumpkins

** Playmat with farm signs includes images of essential colors and shapes

** Take playsets on the go or make clean-up easy with a convenient fold-up carrying case

** Ages 3+

** Grades PreK+

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Take to the skies with new STEM skills! Kids build early engineering and other essential STEM skills during every play session with FlightGears, one of the fun-filled Gears! Gears! Gears! building sets from Learning Resources.

Using sturdy plastic gears that twist, turn, and move, little engineers can follow along with building suggestions in the included activity guide, or design and build their own sky-ready flying contraptions.

Each vehicle can also incorporate accessories inspired by real flying machines; add a propeller to power imaginary flights, or snap on some wheels to make each landing safe and fun. No matter what shape their vehicles take, kids will also build critical thinking, fine motor, and other STEM skills every time they design a new vehicle.

Best of all, FlightGears' pieces work with all existing Gears! sets (#7219, #0509), which encourages open-ended play and offers kids endless ways to design, build, and adapt their flying creations

Ages 4 - 8.

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Build unique robots that are powered by the sun — batteries not required!

Using a compact solar panel, these cool little bots harness energy from the sun to power an electric motor to get moving.

Build a drummer robot that marches along, beating a drum; an armadillo robot that does somersaults; a solar bug that crawls on six legs, and more!

The 48-page, full-color manual guides solar power pioneers through model assembly and offers fun scientific facts about the real-life applications of solar technology.

What solar-powered inventions will you dream up?

Recommended ages 8 and up

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Excavate three real mineral specimens from a plaster block: quartz, amethyst, and pyrite (also known as fool’s gold!).

Use tools like a real rock hunter.

Explore the geological science of crystals, rocks, and minerals.

Recommended for ages 8 and up.

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Wake up! It's time to learn! Turn telling time into a music-filled dance party with Tock the Learning Clock from Learning Resources.

This adorable robot clock comes with analog hour and minute hands, as well as a digital display that functions as a real clock. Tock supports two time-teaching modes: in Musical Fun Mode, Tock rewards kids for correctly setting the hour and minute hands by playing snippets of fun, dance-ready tunes.

In Question Mode,Tock asks kids to match the analog hands to the time shown on the clock's digital display, turning every passing minute into a potential quiz opportunity.

In addition to teaching time skills, Tock the Learning Clock also helps kids get a good night's rest. Tock comes with a night light function, as well as an 'Ok to Wake' light that changes color when it's ok to get out of bed and have a morning dance party.

Friendly robot introduces kids to analog and digital clock skills

Two learning modes:

Musical Fun Mode rewards right answers with a dance,

while Question Mode challenges kids to match the hands to the digital display

Analog hands encourage hands-on learning, while digital time display functions as a working clock

'OK to Wake' light lets kids know when it's ok to get out of bed and boogie

Also available in Pink #3083

Age 3+

Grade PreK+

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Wake up! It's time to learn!

Turn telling time into a music-filled dance party with Tock the Learning Clock from Learning Resources.

This adorable robot clock comes with analog hour and minute hands, as well as a digital display that functions as a real clock. Tock supports two time-teaching modes: in Musical Fun Mode, Tock rewards kids for correctly setting the hour and minute hands by playing snippets of fun, dance-ready tunes. In Question Mode, Tock asks kids to match the analog hands to the time shown on the clock's digital display, turning every passing minute into a potential quiz opportunity. In addition to teaching time skills, Tock the Learning Clock also helps kids get a good night's rest.

Tock comes with a night light function, as well as an 'Ok to Wake' light that changes color when it's ok to get out of bed.  Friendly robot introduces kids to analog and digital clock skills

Two learning modes: Musical Fun Mode rewards right answers with a dance, while Question Mode challenges kids to match the hands to the digital display Analog hands encourage hands-on learning, while digital time display functions as a working clock 'OK to Wake' light lets kids know when it's ok to get out of bed and boogie

Age 3+

Grade PreK+

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Mark Twain’s Statistics and Probability resource book for fifth to twelfth grades provides opportunities for students to organize and interpret data. From predicting an event to conducting surveys and analyzing test scores, this resource book for math teachers helps students understand how these concepts are applied in real-world scenarios. Probability & Statistics is part of the Middle/Upper Grades Math Series, which provides students in middle school, junior high, and high school with instruction and practice in the fundamentals of math so they can transition to higher-order math concepts with confidence. Clear explanations, numerous practice exercises, and frequent reviews provide students with the tools for success in mastering probability and statistics.

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Project-Based Learning Tasks for Common Core State Standards is designed to help middle-school students use research skills, teamwork, communication, and critical thinking to solve real-life problems. Includes a Common Core State Standards matrix. Learn More

The Big IdeaUp close and far away, bring nature your way with the world's only 2-in-1 microscope/telescope!

Psst...They're Learning!

Encourages scientific exploration and discovery

Introduces the wonderful world of life science

Perfect for STEM learning and scientific exploration on the go!

Cut to the Chase

Includes scope with 8x magnification, perfect-fit goggles with enlarged eyepieces, break-away strap, soft rubber hand grips, and telescoping barrel with 15x magnification for distance viewing

Magnification and field of vision designed specifically for preschoolers' level of perception

The ONLY combined microscope and telescope out there!

Objects will look upside down or backwards in MICROSCOPE MODE. Just like a real scientist, you are viewing through convex lenses, that make objects appear reversed. To view right side up, simply turn the object upside down before observing it with your Explorer Scope.

Ages 3-6

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Algebra Quick Starts for seventh to twelfth grades provides skill practice for real numbers, quadratic equations, and more. This algebra resource book is ideal for daily warm-ups, test reviews, and learning centers. Each page of this Mark Twain Math resource book includes two to four quick starts.

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Half a Million Solutions, None of Them Easy!

Color Cube Sudoku

Flip the Cubes. Solve the Puzzle.

2017 Mensa Mind Games Competitor

Flip & rearrange all 9 Color Cubes on the 3 x 3 tray until each color appears once in every row and column.

It will take more than a couple flips of a cube to master this brilliant Sudoku puzzle.

Once you’ve conquered the traditional Sudoku pattern, give your brain a real workout with our fun Bonus Challenges!

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Build an Amusement Park in Your Living Room!

Roller Coaster Challenge™

Thrill Ride Building Game

• Featured in Good Housekeeping
• ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Award Winner

In this thrilling engineering challenge, players get to build their very own roller coasters.

Start by choosing a challenge card and setting up the pieces to match.

Then, players use the remaining pieces to build a working roller coaster that meets the build conditions on their challenge card.

Roller Coaster Challenge incorporates elements of a logic puzzle, while also allowing for the creativity that stems from free-form building.

Once you have solved each challenge, you get to watch a real coaster car glide down the track, complete with dips, curves, and loops! 

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