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Writing Magic

Creating Stories That Fly

by Gail Carson Levine ...

Fairy-tale master Gail Carson, the bestselling author of Ella Enchanted, guides writers of all ages on how to develop their craft, with practical advice and heartfelt encouragement.In Writing Magic, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her tricks of the trade. She shows how you can get terrific ideas for stories, invent great beginnings and endings, write sparkling dialogue, develop ... Read more

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Fairy-tale master Gail Carson, the bestselling author of Ella Enchanted, guides writers of all ages on how to develop their craft, with practical advice and heartfelt encouragement.In Writing Magic, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her tricks of the trade. She shows how you can get terrific ideas for stories, invent great beginnings and endings, write sparkling dialogue, develop
... Read more
The Magic School Bus Presents: Our Solar System: A Nonfiction Companion to the Original Magic School Bus Series

by Tom Jackson ...

Illustrated by Carolyn Bracken ...

Series series The Magic School Bus Presents
THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS PRESENTS THE PLANETS is a photographic nonfiction companion book to the original bestselling title, THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS LOST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.LOST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM taught thousands of kids about the planets, moons, stars, and everything else you'd want to know about outer space. MAGIC SCHOOL BUS PRESENTS THE PLANETS will expand upon the original title with fresh, ... Read more

$5.99 USD

THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS PRESENTS THE PLANETS is a photographic nonfiction companion book to the original bestselling title, THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS LOST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.LOST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM taught thousands of kids about the planets, moons, stars, and everything else you'd want to know about outer space. MAGIC SCHOOL BUS PRESENTS THE PLANETS will expand upon the original title with fresh,
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A Quick History of Math

From Counting Cavemen to Computers

by Clive Gifford ...

Illustrated by Michael Young ...

Series series Quick Histories
Math + history + jokes - boring bits = A Quick History of Math. This book begins around 43,000 years ago with a notched baboon leg, the Lebombo bone (the very first mathematical object in the world) and rushes us past Hindu numerals and the invention of zero, via Pythagoras, Pascal and probability, right up to the present day, with big data and the maths that rules our digital lives. Geometri-cool ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Math + history + jokes - boring bits = A Quick History of Math. This book begins around 43,000 years ago with a notched baboon leg, the Lebombo bone (the very first mathematical object in the world) and rushes us past Hindu numerals and the invention of zero, via Pythagoras, Pascal and probability, right up to the present day, with big data and the maths that rules our digital lives. Geometri-cool
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Memory Superpowers!

An Adventurous Guide to Remembering What You Don't Want to Forget

by Nelson Dellis ...

Illustrated by Steph Stilwell ...

A kid's guide to amazing feats of memorization with "a variety of engaging memory exercises [and] methods for all different types of learners." — Kirkus ReviewsNelson Dellis, the four-time USA Memory Champion, reveals the secrets to his phenomenal ability to remember almost anything. From presidents to state capitals, from mathematical theorems to the periodic table, kids have so much to remember ... Read more

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A kid's guide to amazing feats of memorization with "a variety of engaging memory exercises [and] methods for all different types of learners." — Kirkus ReviewsNelson Dellis, the four-time USA Memory Champion, reveals the secrets to his phenomenal ability to remember almost anything. From presidents to state capitals, from mathematical theorems to the periodic table, kids have so much to remember
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The Fire Never Goes Out

A Memoir in Pictures, A Graphic Memoir

by ND Stevenson ...

Illustrated by ND Stevenson ...

From ND Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivating, honest illustrated memoir that finds him turning an important corner in his creative journey—and inviting readers along for the ride.In a collection of essays and personal mini-comics that span eight years of his young adult life, author-illustrator ND Stevenson charts the highs and lows of being a ... Read more

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From ND Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivating, honest illustrated memoir that finds him turning an important corner in his creative journey—and inviting readers along for the ride.In a collection of essays and personal mini-comics that span eight years of his young adult life, author-illustrator ND Stevenson charts the highs and lows of being a
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The Media and Me

A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People

by Ben Boyington, Allison T. Butler, Nolan Higdon, Mickey Huff, Andy Lee Roth ...

**From foundations in critical thinking skills to practical tools and real-life perspectives, this book empowers young adult readers to be independent media users.The Media and Me is a joint production of The Censored Press and Triangle Square Books for Young Readers.**During the recent presidential election, “media literacy” became a buzzword that signified the threat media manipulation posed to ... Read more

$8.99 USD

**From foundations in critical thinking skills to practical tools and real-life perspectives, this book empowers young adult readers to be independent media users.The Media and Me is a joint production of The Censored Press and Triangle Square Books for Young Readers.**During the recent presidential election, “media literacy” became a buzzword that signified the threat media manipulation posed to
... Read more
How to Study for a Mathematics Degree

by Dr Lara Alcock ...

Every year, thousands of students go to university to study mathematics (single honours or combined with another subject). Many of these students are extremely intelligent and hardworking, but even the best will, at some point, struggle with the demands of making the transition to advanced mathematics. Some have difficulty adjusting to independent study and to learning from lectures. Other ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Every year, thousands of students go to university to study mathematics (single honours or combined with another subject). Many of these students are extremely intelligent and hardworking, but even the best will, at some point, struggle with the demands of making the transition to advanced mathematics. Some have difficulty adjusting to independent study and to learning from lectures. Other
... Read more
The Taming of the Shrew

No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English

by William Shakespeare, SparkNotes ...

Series series No Fear Shakespeare
This No Fear Shakespeare ebook gives you the complete text of The Taming of the Shrew and an easy-to-understand translation.Each No Fear Shakespeare contains:The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary ... Read more

$7.99 USD

This No Fear Shakespeare ebook gives you the complete text of The Taming of the Shrew and an easy-to-understand translation.Each No Fear Shakespeare contains:The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary
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Everything You Need to Ace Math in One Big Fat Notebook

The Complete Middle School Study Guide

by Workman Publishing, Editors of Brain Quest, Ouida Newton, Altair Peterson ...

Series series Big Fat Notebook
Help kids ace math with this revolutionary study guide just for middle school students, from the brains behind Brain Quest.Everything You Need to Ace Math ... covers everything to get a student over any math hump: fractions, decimals, and how to multiply and divide them; ratios, proportions, and percentages; geometry; statistics and probability; expressions and equations; and the coordinate plane ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Help kids ace math with this revolutionary study guide just for middle school students, from the brains behind Brain Quest.Everything You Need to Ace Math ... covers everything to get a student over any math hump: fractions, decimals, and how to multiply and divide them; ratios, proportions, and percentages; geometry; statistics and probability; expressions and equations; and the coordinate plane
... Read more
Adam Kay Bundle

by Adam Kay ...

Learn all about the human body with this bundle of Kay's Anatomy and Kay's Marvellous Medicine from bestselling author, Adam Kay.From what's going on inside our bodies, to when and why we discovered how our insides actually work, Adam Kay has every (slimy and smelly) detail covered!In Kay's Anatomy you'll find out:Why your skin gets wrinkly in the bathWhether bogies are safe ... ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Learn all about the human body with this bundle of Kay's Anatomy and Kay's Marvellous Medicine from bestselling author, Adam Kay.From what's going on inside our bodies, to when and why we discovered how our insides actually work, Adam Kay has every (slimy and smelly) detail covered!In Kay's Anatomy you'll find out:Why your skin gets wrinkly in the bathWhether bogies are safe ...
... Read more
Who Was Paul Revere?

Illustrated by John O'Brien ...

by Roberta Edwards, Who HQ ...

Series series Who Was?
In 1775, Paul Revere of Boston made his now-famous horseback ride warning colonists of an impending attack by the British. This event went largely unnoticed in history until Longfellow celebrated it in a poem in 1861. So who was Paul Revere? In addition to being an American patriot, he was a skilled silversmith and made false teeth from hippo tusks! This biography, with black-and-white ... Read more

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In 1775, Paul Revere of Boston made his now-famous horseback ride warning colonists of an impending attack by the British. This event went largely unnoticed in history until Longfellow celebrated it in a poem in 1861. So who was Paul Revere? In addition to being an American patriot, he was a skilled silversmith and made false teeth from hippo tusks! This biography, with black-and-white
... Read more
Good Behavior

by Nathan L. Henry ...

Jailed at age sixteen for armed robbery, Nathan Henry was the kind of teenager most parents and teachers have nightmares about. His crime was the culmination of a life lived on the edge: guns and drugs, sex and violence, all set against the ordinary backdrop of a one-stop light town in rural Indiana. Nate's personal history is both disturbing and fascinating. A rough childhood becomes an ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Jailed at age sixteen for armed robbery, Nathan Henry was the kind of teenager most parents and teachers have nightmares about. His crime was the culmination of a life lived on the edge: guns and drugs, sex and violence, all set against the ordinary backdrop of a one-stop light town in rural Indiana. Nate's personal history is both disturbing and fascinating. A rough childhood becomes an
... Read more
How Dare the Sun Rise

Memoirs of a War Child

by Sandra Uwiringiyimana, Abigail Pesta ...

Junior Library Guild Selection * New York Public Library's Best Books for Teens * Goodreads Choice Awards Nonfiction Finalist * Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books for Teens: Nonfiction * 2018 Texas Topaz Nonfiction List * YALSA's 2018 Quick Picks List * Bank Street's 2018 Best Books of the Year“This gut-wrenching, poetic memoir reminds us that no life story can be reduced to the word ... Read more

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Junior Library Guild Selection * New York Public Library's Best Books for Teens * Goodreads Choice Awards Nonfiction Finalist * Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books for Teens: Nonfiction * 2018 Texas Topaz Nonfiction List * YALSA's 2018 Quick Picks List * Bank Street's 2018 Best Books of the Year“This gut-wrenching, poetic memoir reminds us that no life story can be reduced to the word
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Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe ...

Series series Aladdin Classics
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a sensation upon its publication in 1852. In its first year it sold 300,000 copies, and has since been translated into more than twenty languages. This powerful story of one slave's unbreakable spirit holds an important place in American history, as it helped solidify the anti-slavery sentiments of the North, and moved a nation to civil war. ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a sensation upon its publication in 1852. In its first year it sold 300,000 copies, and has since been translated into more than twenty languages. This powerful story of one slave's unbreakable spirit holds an important place in American history, as it helped solidify the anti-slavery sentiments of the North, and moved a nation to civil war.
... Read more
American Indians in Texas: Conflict and Survival

by Sandy Phan ...

Series series Primary Source Readers
Groups of American Indians had been living in the Texas region for thousands of years when American settlers decided to expand westward. This captivating book explores the Texas history and the history of American Indians and how each group found different ways to live on the region they inhabited. Readers will learn about a variety of tribes, including Karankawa tribe, Jumano, Caddo, Lipan Apache ... Read more

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Groups of American Indians had been living in the Texas region for thousands of years when American settlers decided to expand westward. This captivating book explores the Texas history and the history of American Indians and how each group found different ways to live on the region they inhabited. Readers will learn about a variety of tribes, including Karankawa tribe, Jumano, Caddo, Lipan Apache
... Read more
A Dangerous Idea

The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight over Science in Schools

by Debbie Levy ...

ASJA Book Award Honoree | A Booklist's Editors' Choice title | A School Library Journal Best Kids' Book of the Year | An ALA Notable Children's Book | A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionOne hundred years ago, a small-town science teacher ignited a nationwide debate over what students should learn in school--and who should decide.* “Compelling.” -School Libra... ... Read more

$12.99 USD

ASJA Book Award Honoree | A Booklist's Editors' Choice title | A School Library Journal Best Kids' Book of the Year | An ALA Notable Children's Book | A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionOne hundred years ago, a small-town science teacher ignited a nationwide debate over what students should learn in school--and who should decide.* “Compelling.” -School Libra...
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The Mine Wars

The Bloody Fight for Workers' Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields

by Steve Watkins ...

For fans of Steve Sheinkin and Deb Heiligman, a riveting true story of the West Virginia coal miners who ignited the largest labor uprising in American history.* “An essential historical account of the U.S. labor movement.” -School Library Journal, starred reviewA School Library Journal Best Book of 2024A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Award BookA 2025 NCSS-CBC Notable ... Read more

$11.99 USD

For fans of Steve Sheinkin and Deb Heiligman, a riveting true story of the West Virginia coal miners who ignited the largest labor uprising in American history.* “An essential historical account of the U.S. labor movement.” -School Library Journal, starred reviewA School Library Journal Best Book of 2024A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Award BookA 2025 NCSS-CBC Notable
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The Nazi Hunters

How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi

by Neal Bascomb ...

A thrilling spy mission, a moving Holocaust story, and a first-class work of narrative nonfiction. In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Nazis' Final Solution, walked into the mountains of Germany and vanished from view. Sixteen years later, an elite team of spies captured him at a bus stop in Argentina and smuggled him to Israel, resulting in one of ... Read more

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A thrilling spy mission, a moving Holocaust story, and a first-class work of narrative nonfiction. In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Nazis' Final Solution, walked into the mountains of Germany and vanished from view. Sixteen years later, an elite team of spies captured him at a bus stop in Argentina and smuggled him to Israel, resulting in one of
... Read more
Breaking Through

by Francisco Jiménez ...

Series Book 2 - The Circuit
At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jiménez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home in California, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow during the late 1950s-early 1960s, Francisco, his mother and father, and his ... Read more

$8.99 USD

At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jiménez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home in California, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow during the late 1950s-early 1960s, Francisco, his mother and father, and his
... Read more
Thrice Told Tales

Three Mice Full of Writing Advice

by Catherine Lewis ...

Illustrated by Joost Swarte ...

Three Blind Mice. Three Blind Mice. See how they run? No. See how they can make all sorts of useful literary elements colorful and easy to understand!Can one nursery rhyme explain the secrets of the universe? Well, not exactly—but it can help you understand the difference between bildungsroman, epigram, and epistolary.From the absurd to the wish-I’d-thought-of-that clever, writing professor ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Three Blind Mice. Three Blind Mice. See how they run? No. See how they can make all sorts of useful literary elements colorful and easy to understand!Can one nursery rhyme explain the secrets of the universe? Well, not exactly—but it can help you understand the difference between bildungsroman, epigram, and epistolary.From the absurd to the wish-I’d-thought-of-that clever, writing professor
... Read more
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History

by Ariel Aberg-Riger ...

Illustrated by Ariel Aberg-Riger ...

A critical, unflinching cultural history and fierce beacon of hope for a better future, America Redux is a necessary and galvanizing read.What are the stories we tell ourselves about America?How do they shape our sense of history,cloud our perceptions,inspire us?America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we’ve been telling ... Read more

$6.99 USD

A critical, unflinching cultural history and fierce beacon of hope for a better future, America Redux is a necessary and galvanizing read.What are the stories we tell ourselves about America?How do they shape our sense of history,cloud our perceptions,inspire us?America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we’ve been telling
... Read more
Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry

How to Write a Poem

by Jack Prelutsky ...

Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents?Jack Prelutsky has written more than one thousand poems about all of these things—and many others. In this book he gives you the inside scoop on writing poetry and shows you how you can turn your own experiences and ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents?Jack Prelutsky has written more than one thousand poems about all of these things—and many others. In this book he gives you the inside scoop on writing poetry and shows you how you can turn your own experiences and
... Read more
"I Love Paul Revere, Whether He Rode Or Not"

A Collection of Legends, Lies, & Cherished Myths of American

by Richard Shenkman ...

Discover the real stories behind Paul Revere’s ride, the first national flag, and the cherished tales of the American Revolution.Wry and thoroughly documented, the text reveals that Continental soldiers never fought under the Stars and Stripes at Bunker Hill. Early debates show the founders adopted the banner solely for naval identification in foreign ports.The author brings a sharp irreverence to ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Discover the real stories behind Paul Revere’s ride, the first national flag, and the cherished tales of the American Revolution.Wry and thoroughly documented, the text reveals that Continental soldiers never fought under the Stars and Stripes at Bunker Hill. Early debates show the founders adopted the banner solely for naval identification in foreign ports.The author brings a sharp irreverence to
... Read more
The Animal Atlas

A Pictorial Guide to the World's Wildlife

by DK ...

Illustrated by Kenneth Lilly ...

Series series DK Pictorial Atlases
Explore the animal kingdom with this pictorial atlas of the world's wildlife.Where do animals build their homes? How do they survive in very hot and cold climates? Why are so many species endangered?Discover the answers to all these questions and many more in The Animal Atlas. Learn where in the world different animal species are found; what kind of habitats they live in; what they eat; and how ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Explore the animal kingdom with this pictorial atlas of the world's wildlife.Where do animals build their homes? How do they survive in very hot and cold climates? Why are so many species endangered?Discover the answers to all these questions and many more in The Animal Atlas. Learn where in the world different animal species are found; what kind of habitats they live in; what they eat; and how
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