August 24, 2010, 5:10 pm

Richard determines to win the Thanksgiving Candy Corn contest by guessing the correct number of candies in the jar but before he realizes what he’s done he eats three big pieces. What will the teacher do when she finds out?.
From the Publisher
It’s almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can’t stop thinking about Ms. Rooney’s Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney’s desk gets to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read a page in a library book for each guess.Smelly Matthew, who sits in front of him, knows they’ll never win. “We’re the worst readers in the class, ” he says. But Richard won’t give up. He can already taste those Candy Corns. And before he knows it, he has. Three fat juicy ones.What will Ms. Rooney do when she finds out?
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August 18, 2010, 8:26 pm

While being engaged in fun activities, your children will be practicing important age-appropriate skills such as visual discrimination, sequencing, small muscle coordination, counting, reading, and critical and creative thinking.
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August 12, 2010, 3:47 pm

Both boys and girls will be eager to read these devotionals created just for them from the same people who created the One Year Book of Devotions for Kids #1-3. A variety of themes relevant to today’s elementary school-age boys and girls will encourage and challenge them to personalize lessons from Scripture. FEATURES: 365 daily devotionals Bible passages to set up each day’s theme A contemporary story to apply each passage to today’s boys and girls Daily memory verse “Key” for each devotional summarizing the application Complete topic, Scripture reading, and memory verse indexes
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August 9, 2010, 11:57 pm

Based on The Railway Series by the REV. W. AWDRYA is for All Aboard! Filled with fun photographs from the popular TV show,Shining Time Station, Thomas’s ABC Book will delight children whileteaching them the alphabet along the way.
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Based on The Railway Series by the REV. W. AWDRY A is for All Aboard! Filled with fun photographs from the popular TV show, Shining Time Station, Thomas’s ABC Book will delight children while teaching them the alphabet along the way.
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August 6, 2010, 12:29 pm

Seven mouse boys lie awake one night… . . . And they ask their Papa to tell them a story. Papa does better than that — he tells them seven stories, one for each boy.
About the Author
During his distinguished career Arnold Lobel wrote and/or illustrated over 70 books for children. To his illustrating credit, he had a Caldecott Medal book — Fables (1981) — and two Caldecott Honor Books-his own Frog and Toad are Friends (1971) and Hildilid’s Night by Cheli Duran Ryan (1972). To his writing credit, he had a Newbery Honor Book — Frog and Toad Together (1973). But to his greatest credit, he had a following of literally millions of young children with whom he shared the warmth and humor of his unpretentious vision of life.Though he was a born storyteller — he began making up stories extemporaneously to entertain his fellow second-graders in Schenectady, New York, where he grew up in the care of his grandparents. Mr. Lobel called himself a “lucky a … >>> Available at Amazon >>> Check Price Now!
July 31, 2010, 12:43 pm

Caldecott medalist Ed Emberley shows readers how to draw a menagerie of different animals–from polliwogs to gorillas–by using the simplest of shapes. The book will provide budding young artists with hours of art-full entertainment. Full color.
About the Author
Ed Emberley is the Caldecott Award-winning author of the popular Drawing Book series, as well as the best-selling Go Away, Big Green Monster! He lives in Ipswich, MA.
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July 28, 2010, 10:48 pm

From Publishers Weekly
It’s hard to be in love when your friends don’t quite approve. That’s the fix in which anthropologist Joans (director of the Merritt Museum of Anthropology at Merritt College, in California) finds herself in this mix of memoir, anthropological study and apologia for the love of “hogs.” The apologia is weakest: “Harley riders, as a group, are racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, and misogynistic,” she admits, but so is “most of America.” The anthropology here is accessible, despite occasional academic terminology; for example, she divides bikers into seven overlapping groups of men: Old Timers, One Percenters (outlaws), Ten Percenters, Old Bikers, New Bikers, Rich Urban Bikers, and Occasional Bikers.” The two major female categories (passengers and riders) further subdivide: Biker Chick, Lady Passenger, Passionate Passenger; and Lady Biker, Woman Biker, Woman Rider. But Joans’s passion for the Harley and its riders is evident in affectionate, respectf … >>> Available at Amazon >>> Check Price Now!
July 28, 2010, 12:46 pm

One of the classic Little Critter picture book titles by Mercer Mayer, this simple story shows our preschool hero resisting his father’s efforts to get him ready for bed. By the end of the book Little Critter’s understanding father has finally succeeded in moving his energetic, imaginative son through bathtime and pyjamatime into sleeptime.
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July 13, 2010, 9:16 pm

– An APA Bestseller-over 25,000 copies sold! This book is designed as the perfect learning tool to help parents guide their child as he or she confronts the challenges of ADHD. Learning to Slow Down is unique because it is kid-centered, written from the child’s point of view. This updated edition includes easy-to-read text, fun cartoons, and activities, as well as loads of self-help tips for coping with friends, family, and schoolwork, getting organized, getting disciplined, and getting things done. Appropriate for ages 6-11. Full-color illustrations.
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July 10, 2010, 12:48 pm

Review
From the first day of third grade, when Ramona Quimby meets her eventual nemesis Yard Ape, life moves on at its usual wild pace–usual for the boisterous Ramona, that is. Soon she is accidentally squashing a raw egg into her hair at the school cafeteria, being forced to play Uncle Rat with her annoying young neighbor, and, worst of all, throwing up in her classroom. The responsibilities of an 8-year-old are sometimes daunting, especially in a family that is trying to squeak by while the father goes back to school. But Ramona is full of too much vim and vigor to ever be down for long. In her second Newbery Honor Book about Ramona (the first was Ramona and Her Father), Beverly Cleary presents another slice of the Quimby family life. Author of more than two dozen children’s books, Cleary has a true knack for understanding the tangle of thoughts and emotions in a child’s mind and heart. Empathic, witty, and astute, she has earned many other awards, … >>> Available at Amazon >>> Check Price Now!