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Why does a football spiral? How do some athletes jump so high? The answer is science! The Secret Science of Sports helps kids better understand concepts of science, technology, engineering, and math through the sports they love to play and watch.

Elementary Geography was originally written by educator Charlotte Mason in the 1880s, yet this beloved book for elementary-aged students still garners attention today. Blue Sky Daisies brings you the same classic book, completely re-typeset in a pleasing and fresh format. Miss Mason’s conversational tone teaches children about their world, from its place in the solar system to their place in its lands. Elementary Geography also includes over a dozen poetry selections throughout the book, chosen by Miss Mason to complement the chapter topics.

After 557 years of faithful service, Miss Lotty is retiring from guarding books. But on her very last day, disaster strikes! Someone has ordered all the books to be removed from the library and replaced with machines! It's enough to make Lotty feel a little… dragon-like. After she bursts into a fiery rage, can anything make her shed her scales again?

In this heartwarming story, three people find themselves trapped in a cave after a large rock blocks the entrance. Each person prays to Allah, recalling a good deed they had done purely for His sake. As they each tell their stories — caring for elderly parents, resisting temptation, and showing honesty in business — the rock gradually moves until they are freed.

Young Linguists teaches kids essential language skills fast. That means 20-minute lessons to help kids stay engaged and daily repetition to reinforce learning. We also narrow down vocabulary to the most used words and phrases so that you are learning what you can apply. These books also included detailed sections on English on effective strategies for learning new languages and ideas to carry on learning and applying what you know once the course is complete. In addition, there are complete review sections for learning, comprehension, and speaking repetition.

Young Linguists teaches kids essential language skills fast without requiring screen time. That means bite-sized, 20-minute audio lessons to help kids stay engaged, and daily repetition to reinforce learning. We also narrow down vocabulary to the most-used words and phrases so that you are learning what you can apply. This is a complete language course to get your child proficient in a new language in just four weeks.

Se trata del Segundo libro de la Colección Step by Step, English for Toddlers está desarrollado para niños desde uno a tres años. Los audios trabajan vocabulario del día a día y gramática además de proponer una amplia variedad de actividades divertidas., juegos educativos, canciones pegadizas y proporcionan curiosidades y observaciones sobre la paternidad y maternidad y el desarrollo de los niños desde que nacen hasta los seis años.

Kennedy's Last Days is a gripping account of the events leading up to the most notorious crime of the 20th century. Adapted from Bill O’Reilly’s best-selling historical thriller, Killing Kennedy, this audiobook will have young listeners - and grown-ups too - hooked on this fascinating and colorful period of history. In the first term of his presidency, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of Communism while dealing with the many other complexities facing him as president of the United States.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was famous for her stylish collars (called jabots) and her commanding dissents. This opera-loving New Yorker always spoke her mind; as a young lawyer, RBG advocated for gender equality and women's rights when few others did. She gained attention for the cases she won when arguing in front of the Supreme Court, before taking her place on the bench in 1993. Author Patricia Brennan Demuth answers all the questions about what made RBG so irreplaceable and how the late Supreme Court justice left a legacy that will last forever.

Young Linguists lets kids learn essential language skills fast. That means short lessons to help kids stay engaged, and daily repetition to reinforce learning. We also narrow down vocabulary to the most-used words and phrases so that you are learning what you can apply. These books also included detailed sections on English on effective strategies for learning new languages and ideas to carry on learning and applying what you know once the course is complete. In addition, there are complete review sections for learning, comprehension and speaking repetition.

This is a 28-session Hijazi Arabic course for young learners aged 5-15 years old, with a focus on simple words and phrases that can be immediately put to use. Hijazi Arabic is spoken primarily in the major cities and surrounding areas of Saudi Arabia. The course features 28 daily sessions, 10-20 minutes in length, and then two final review sessions to refresh your understanding of the content. Sound effects, games, and activities are used to make the content engaging and memorable.

Young Linguists lets kids learn essential Serbian language skills fast. That means short lessons to help kids stay engaged, and daily repetition to reinforce learning. We also narrow down vocabulary to the most-used words and phrases so that you are learning what you can apply. These books also included detailed sections on English on effective strategies for learning new languages and ideas to carry on learning and applying what you know once the course is complete. In addition, there are complete review sections for learning, comprehension and speaking repetition.

Partly a how-to guide on the nitty-gritty of writing, partly a collection of inspiration to set (and meet) ambitious goals, Brave the Page is the go-to resource for middle-grade writers. Narrated in a fun, refreshingly kid-friendly voice, it champions NaNoWriMo's central mission that everyone's stories deserve to be told. The volume includes chapters on character, plot, setting, and the like; motivating essays from popular authors; advice on how to commit to your goals; a detailed plan for writing a novel or story in a month; and more!

An audio course that teaches basic words and phrases in Yemeni Arabic for younger listeners and speakers of the language. The course focuses on key words and phrases that can easily be put to use in day-to-day communication, with topics such as greetings, questions and responses, colors, numbers, and many more. The course contains 28 daily sessions, enabling your child to build up their Yemeni Arabic communication skills over the course of a month with daily sessions. Early sessions feature new content, and then later sessions review the content in different ways to help truly learn.

Young Linguists teaches kids essential language skills fast. That means 20-minute lessons to help kids stay engaged, and daily repetition to reinforce learning. We also narrow down vocabulary to the most-used words and phrases, so that you are learning what you can apply. These books also included detailed sections in English on effective strategies for learning new languages and ideas to carry on learning and applying what you know once the course is complete. In addition, there are complete review sections for learning, comprehension, and speaking repetition.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, extra time spent on math work will increase test scores for your child whereas extra TV time could result in the opposite. Do you want to help support your child increase their test scores and become more confident in their mathematical abilities? This book will help you to support your child with their mathematics.

Get designing and building with architect and TV presenter George Clarke. From marvellous materials to future tech – discover the stories behind our homes....

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson received the Coretta Scott King Award for her children’s book Almost to Freedom. Here she relays the extraordinary story of Bass Reeves, a lawman in the Old West who escaped slavery to become one of the most successful U.S. Marshals in history.

This book introduces children to key words and phrases in the Tamil language through a range of vocabulary topics which they can then put to use, including greetings, ordering food and ice cream, numbers, animals, colors, positions, adjectives, and over 25 vocabulary topics, including many examples of sentence construction. This is an ideal way to introduce your child to Tamil.

Judy Moody is in it to win it. Win the Book Quiz Blowout, that is. Judy and her brother, Stink, are two-fifths of the Virginia Dare Bookworms, and they’ve been reading up a storm to prepare for Saturday’s face-off against second- and third-grade readers from the next town. Judy’s trying out all kinds of tactics, from hanging upside down like Pippi Longstocking to teaching herself to speed read The Princess in Black, and Stink has fashioned a cape of book trivia sticky notes to help him remember all the penguins in Mr. Popper’s Penguins.