#paperback #engineering #kids #stem #homeschool 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Georgia

Science

Super cool science and engineering activities 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Smithsonian Interactive Library

#paperback #machines #children #education #homeschool 

How machines work, from toasters to trains to hovercrafts and robots

The everyday workings of machines 

#worldatlas #kids #geography #homeschool #education

Geography

World Atlas 

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Push and Pull, Fast and Slow

Explore the concepts of motion by learning about movement, speed, force, and inertia.

Motion

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#paperback #science #education #homeschool

Shadows, Mirrors, and Rainbows

Learn about the importance of light in our every day lives. Discover how to make reflections, shadows, and rainbows. This is a great nonfiction read aloud book with places to stop to do activities together. If you are looking for clear, concise science books for kids, this is a perfect start!

Light

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Here's a book about London that's seriously streetwise! Let Marco and Amelia, our Lonely Planet explorers, take you off the tourist trail and guide you on a journey through London that you'll never forget. This book is perfect for anyone who has been to London, plans to go there or is just interested in finding out more about this amazing city!

Discover London's best-kept secrets, amazing stories and loads of other cool stuff from the comfort of your own home or while visiting the city! But, you don't have to be a visitor or armchair traveller to enjoy this-Londoners are sure to learn new things about their very own city too!

Find out how an old parrot hit the headlines, where you can purchase a tin of panic or some tasty brain jam, what the weirdest item ever left on a bus was and lots more! For readers ages 8 and up.

Contents:

 * Special Streets
 * London By Jetpack
 * Tunnel Under London
 * Treasure Hunt
 * Yum Yum London
 * Go Wild
 * Magical Mysteries and Legends
 * London Wheels
 * London Out Loud
 * Scream Streets
 * Tales of Tails
 * Hey! Nosy Parker!
 * Secrets Revealed
 * Let's Do the Show
 * Wear London
 * Right Royal Route
 * Watery London
 * Sporty London
 * Pleased To Meet You

Also available: Paris City Trails, New York City Trails.

About Lonely Planet Kids: From the world's leading travel publisher comes Lonely Planet Kids, a children's imprint that brings the world to life for young explorers everywhere. With a range of beautiful books for children aged 5-12, we're kickstarting the travel bug and showing kids just how amazing our planet can be.

From bright and bold sticker activity books, to beautiful gift titles bursting at the seams with amazing facts, we aim to inspire and delight curious kids, showing them the rich diversity of people, places and cultures that surrounds us. We pledge to share our enthusiasm and love of the world, our sense of humour and continual fascination for what it is that makes the world we live in the diverse and magnificent place it is.

It's going to be a big adventure - come explore!

Lonely Planet Kids City Trails - London 1

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Art, music, drama/theater

Fundamentals of a Good Sixth-Grade Education

Grade by grade, these groundbreaking and successful books provide a solid foundation in the fundamentals of a good education for first to sixth graders. B & W photographs, linecuts, and maps throughout; two-color printing.

What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know

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E. D. Hirsch

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Reading & Language Arts

Fundamentals of a Good Third-Grade Education

The author of the controversial Cultural Literacy presents the opinions of educators on what every third-grade child should know, offering information on such subjects as history, fine arts, geography, math, science, and technology.

What Your Third Grader Needs to Know

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Fundamentals of a Good Second-Grade Education

Describes what a child should know at the second-grade level, discusses myths, stories, poems, languages, geography, math, and science, and includes songs and art activities

What Your 2nd Grader Needs to Know

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Smart about History

Describes the roles and responsibilities of being a first lady, and presents snapshots of each first lady and what she did while in the White House.

Smart about the First Ladies

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#paperback #president #children #education #history 

Social Studies

Kids will love discovering the floor plan of the White House, a list of presidential perks, and lots of interesting info about all the presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama. (Did you know he is the only president born in Hawaii?) Each page is jam-packed with trivia, fun facts, and information on the historical events of each presidency.

Smart about the Presidents

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This newest addition to Prestel's acclaimed series, which introduces children to important works of art and architecture, takes young readers around the world to investigate how tall buildings are constructed and what makes them so appealing. There's something irresistible about a skyscraper. It can reshape an entire city skyline, and from the building's top floors, people can see the world from a different perspective. Travelling from New York City to Dubai, from London to Shanghai, and from Kuala Lumpur to Chicago, this colorful book features double-page spreads for each of the skyscrapers it profiles. Each chapter includes photographs, information on the building's architect and history, and interesting facts about its construction and use. For instance, why is the Chrysler Building so admired, even though it doesn't stand nearly as tall as other skyscrapers? How do you measure the height of a building and how do you make sure it doesn't topple over in strong winds? How has skyscraper technology changed from the steel frame skeletons that supported the earliest towers to the advanced computer programs that are now needed to design buildings more than 100 stories high? How has city life changed since the first skyscrapers were built? Written in a style that will draw in young readers, this fascinating tour of the world's tallest buildings will satisfy even the most curious minds.

13 Skyscrapers Children Should Know

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"In the very beginning, God's love bubbled over when there was nothing else--no trees, no birds, no animals, no sky, no sea--only darkness."

Let There Be Light combines the love and warmth of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu with the extraordinary talents of bestselling author and illustrator Nancy Tillman. This retelling of the biblical story of creation vividly portrays the wonder and beauty of God's creation on each of the seven days. Using Archbishop Tutu's lyrical text from the Children of God Storybook Bible and Tillman's remarkable illustrations, Let There Be Light brings the story of creation to life for readers young and old.

Let There Be Light

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#videogame #children #education #history 

Electives

Did you know that Nintendo started in the mid-19th century as a playing card company and that the Japanese giant also sold rice and operated taxi cabs? And did you know that the very first video game was called Tennis for Two and was created by a US government scientist named William Higinbotham? Today, video games play a gigantic role in our culture and none of this would have been possible without people like Shigeru Miyamoto, the creative mastermind that turned a failed business venture into the game that eventually inspired him to build Donkey Kong and Mario Bros., or Donna Bailey, who created the arcade sensation video game Centipede. With full-colour illustrations and lively text, and chock-full of interesting facts, Awesome Minds: Video Game Creators tells the stories of these amazing men and women who turned a small hobby into a multimillion-dollar industry that changed the way we play and interact, from our living rooms to the arcades, on our computers to our hand-held devices. Awesome Minds: Video Game Creators is the perfect read for those with creative spirits, curious minds, and a love of technology and video games.

Awesome Minds: Video Game Creators

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"Welcome to Stately Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students. Using their wits and their growing prowess with coding, Hopper and her friend Eni are going to solve the mystery of Stately Academy no matter what it takes!" --

Secret Coders: Paths and Portals

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Unlock ancient puzzles and secrets introduced via supercool codes and cyphers in this this companion book to the new Explorer Academy series.

In the first activity book based on the new Explorer Academy series, kids test their knowledge of ancient codes and cyphers in a series of head-scratching puzzles designed to outwit even the most clever cryptographers. When they successfully navigate the codes, they are rewarded with a first-class tour of the Academy.



Kids will have a blast, teaming up with the characters from the series and learning firsthand from the world's most renowned scientists, explorers, conservationists, photographers, and journalists. It's a far-flung adventure, too, traveling to historic and majestic locations around the globe.

Explorer Academy Codebreaking Activity Adventure

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Engineering 

Get children excited about the amazing world of Engineering!

This puzzle and activity book includes:
 * High quality contemporary illustrations and graphics
 * Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for the activities and experiments
 * Bite-sized text explaining facts, discoveries, and much more

Kids will enjoy completing a Roman arch by drawing lines to the missing bricks, planning a design for a green skyscraper using energy-saving features, finishing drawings of tied-arch bridges, and more engineering feats. It's a wonderful way to inspire future engineers!

STEM Adventures: Extreme Engineering

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Engineered!

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Full of fun, informative activities that teach practical skills; perfect for STEM classrooms; includes stickers, a poster, a model and a game.There are so many different types of engineer you could be, whether you�d love to work with jet engines, robots, racing cars, or even space stations! Packed full of great illustrations, fun facts, and absorbing activities, the projects in this book introduce the skills needed by real-life engineers.

Engineer Academy

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"Whether they're drawn from nature or art, optical illusions can amaze, amuse, confuse, and fool the viewer. They remind us that we do not see the world as it is, but only filtered through our own perceptions. This stunning collection captures the full breadth of the form, from composite images and trompe l'oeil to tricks of perspective and the absolutely impossible. There are ambiguous illusions with multiple meanings, depending on how you look, such as "Dance with Me"- Can you see the ominous face gazing at a happy couple dancing among the trees? If you want to glimpse the magic in a topsy-turvy illusion, just rotate the page to reveal some hidden imagery. Viewed one way, "The Mysterious Island," painted by Hungarian artist István Orosz, shows a small ship sailing through an opening in some rocks. But turn it upside down and instead there's a portrait of the great author Jules Verne! And of course, there are illusions where things seem to be the same size when they're really not and others that seem to be in motion when, of course, they're completely still. From a twice-as-beautiful-as-one double rainbow to a fully intact wall that appears to have crumbl

Exceptional Eye Tricks

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Let Scholastic Bookshelf be your guide through the whole range of your child's experiences-laugh with them, learn with them, read with them!

Eight classic, best-selling titles are available now!

Category: Math Skills
"How many grapes are on the vine?
Counting each takes too much time.
Never fear, I have a hunch
There is a match for every bunch!"

Greg Tang, a lifelong lover of math, shares the techniques that have helped him solve problems in the most creative ways! Harry Briggs's vibrant & inviting illustrations create a perfect environment for these innovative games. So open your mind-and have fun!

"This...clever math book uses rhyming couplets... riddles...visual clues to help the reader find new ways to group numbers for quick counting...A winning addition!" --Kirkus

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