Curiosity leads to learning! Curious George Adventures in Learning is a researched series for early learners. It was designed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a global leader in education serving 60 million students worldwide. Each workbook features 12 new mini-stories that provide context for math, reading, and science practice. These stories give children authentic learning experiences that naturally inspire curiosity. Children are more motivated to ask, learn, and retain information when they learn through stories. In the Pre-K workbook, your child will build a foundation for math, literacy, and science understanding. Practice counting to 20, identify basic shapes, and differentiate letters from numbers. The workbooks also integrate social emotional activities to support whole child development. And they’re mapped to the Common Core, providing valuable reinforcement of the concepts they learn in school.
The Spectrum® Math Readiness Workbook for preschool features 160 pages of practice to improve and strengthen basic math skills. This standards-aligned workbook guides students with easy-to-follow directions to master skills such as counting to 10, using ordinal numbers, identifying and creating simple patterns, recognizing same and different, and more. Awards certificates and an answer key are included to help teachers and parents reward and track students’ progress. The best-selling Spectrum® series is a favorite of parents and teachers because it’s carefully designed to be both effective and engaging―the perfect building blocks for a lifetime of learning.
The Hello Kitty brand touches every part of a girl’s life with on-trend product, and touches every part of popular culture—from fashion to celebrity to art. It is a true lifestyle brand. VIZ Media’s wordless comic series is the first of its kind. Hello Kitty has places to be and friends to meet! Join Kitty in her first ever comic book adventures as she explores an underground realm, moonlights as an international superspy, climbs the Himalayas, travels back in time, and discovers that sometimes, the best place to get away from it all is between the pages of a good book. Plus, guest artist Susie Ghahremani takes Hello Kitty on some unexpected detours!
When Uncle Cosmo buys himself a motorbike and gives Mrs Armitage his boring old car, it soon becomes obvious that her driving skills leave a lot to be desired. Mrs Armitage and Breakspear cause havoc bumping into bollards, bedsteads, lorries, a crane and bedoinging over some extremely uneven roads. As the bumper, the doors, the mudguard and even the roof disappear along the way, the car is transformed into a mean machine and Mrs Armitage becomes Queen of the Road!
Walt Disney Animation Studios' Big Hero 6 is the story of brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada who must foil a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. This new title in our popular Art of series features concept art from the film's creation - including sketches, storyboards, maquette sculpts, colourscripts and much more - illuminated by quotes and interviews with the film's creators. Fans will love the behind-the-scenes insights into Disney's newest
he mission that started it all---now in a graphic novel format! The first in the # 1 New York Times bestselling Alex Rider series, Stormbreaker, in a brand-new format, with bold, edgy, manga-like illustrations that bring Alex Rider to life in a way not seen before. For existing fans of the series, this graphic novel will be a must-have; for those yet to discover Stormbreaker, this will be the perfect introduction. They told him his uncle died in an accident. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, they said. But when fourteen-year-old Alex finds his uncle's windshield riddled with bullet holes, he knows it was no accident. What he doesn't know yet is that his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission. But he is about to, and once he does, there is no turning back. Finding himself in the middle of terrorists, Alex must outsmart the people who want him dead. The government has given him the technology, but only he can provide the courage. Should he fail, every child in England will be murdered in cold blood.
No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels is a series based on the translated texts of the plays found in No Fear Shakespeare. The original No Fear series made Shakespeare’s plays much easier to read, but these dynamic visual adaptations are impossible to put down. Each of the titles is illustrated in its own unique style, but all are distinctively offbeat, slightly funky, and appealing to teen readers. Each book will feature: Illustrated cast of characters A helpful plot summary Illustrations that show the reader exactly what’s happening in each scene—making the plot and characters even clearer than in the original No Fear Shakespeare books
Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one. User reviews LibraryThing member LibraryGirl11 Beautifully drawn graphic novel about a family that moves to Bahia de la Luna for the climate--the youngest daughter has cystic fibrosis--and their discovery of the ghosts and their Latino heritage there.
Crumbling Cheese treats! It was Halloween, the spookiest day of the year, and my nephew Benjamin had dragged me to a graveyard to do research for my newest book. There I met Creepella von Cacklefur, a very spooky mouse who - yikes! - tried to lock me up in her coffin! Oh, how would a fraidy mouse like me ever survive?978043955
