Music is for everyone — no prior experience required! Make Music! invites kids and families to celebrate the joy of sound with a variety of inventive activities, including playing dandelion trumpets, conducting percussion conversations, and composing their own pieces. Musician and educator Norma Jean Haynes brings the pioneering work of Ann Sayre Wiseman and John Langstaff to a new genera…
Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan’s premier cartoonist DRAWING FROM MEMORY is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Ja…
The complete lower primary Guided Reading series for developing independent readers. Guided Reading Books are Reading Recovery levelled and cover a range of fiction and non-fiction titles from different genres. They are sequentially organised to build on high-frequency words, sight vocabulary and phonics introduced in previous levels. This reader is classified as Reading Level 4 / Fountas…
Includes the following experiments: 1) How to Make a Balloon Stick to a Wall; 2) How to Make a Telephone; 3) How to Make a Flower Change Color; 4) How to Make a Volcano; 5) How to Make a Kaleidoscope; and Try This Too, which involves a balloon and some vinegar.
Acclaimed children’s book author and photographer April Pulley Sayre’s love letter to Earth is a stunning exploration of the beauty and complexity of the world around us. Remarkable photographs and a rich, layered text introduce concepts of science, nature, geography, biology, poetry, and community, perfect for classrooms and homeschooling. This nonfiction picture book is ideal for Earth Da…
If one is a snail and two is a person, we must be counting by feet! Just follow the sign to the beach, where a bunch of fun-loving crabs, lounging dogs, gleeful insects, and bewildered-looking snails obligingly offer their feet for counting in a number of silly, surprising combinations — from one to one hundred!
May, at least in my part of the world is Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, which I plan to read one children's book, particularly a biography, which pertains to the subject everyday this month. Therefore, I thought that this book would be apropos for today. The text is rather simplistic, straightforward, and informative. Say's text renders Billy's complex story with simplic…
Can whales communicate across miles of vast ocean? Can elephants talk to one another with sounds we cannot hear? These are the kinds of questions that drive the work of acoustic biologists. Follow three creative scientists—Christopher W., Clark, Katy Payne, and Bill Evans—as they research why and how animals communicate. Through remarkable photographs and stories about all sorts of animals,…
Pada abad ke-17, musik dilarang oleh Kaisar Rusia, Tsar Alexis Mikhailovitch. Namun, seorang gadis cantik bersuara merdu, bernama Ania, akhirnya membangkitkan kembali kecintaan masyarakat Rusia akan musik. Masyarakat lalu berusaha meyakinkan kaisar untuk mengembalikan musik dalam kehidupan mereka.
Lautan ternyata memilki seorang ibu dan penjaga, yang melindungi mahkluk-mahkluk di dalam. Nama sang penjaga adalah Elinea. Namun, apa yang akan terjadi ketika para manusia serakah mengeksploitasi lautan dan menangkap Elinea?