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The Scrambled States of America Talent Show
Laurie Keller
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2008
Those wacky scrambled states are back. This time they’ve come together for a spectacular show featuring their many goofball talents. But just when Indiana (the director) is about to call SHOWTIME! , Georgia gets a bad case of stage fright and can’t perform in her juggling act. Will the show go on, or will it be curtains? In this ...
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The Scrambled States of America
Laurie Keller
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2002
I love Laurie Keller's books
I love Laurie Keller's books, especially The Scrambled States of America. She was partially my inspiration when I was writing The Little Man In the Map. The Little Man In the Map: With Clues To Remember All 50 States
Books like these can spark an interest in learning ...
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Grandpa Gazillion's Number Yard
Laurie Keller
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2005
Play with your Food
Why just settle for numbers as things? How about making your own "threes" out of pieces of a nice yummy yellow or red or green bell pepper? Can you make a "six" out of a bread stick and cook it up? What about a couple of "elevens" out of cheese sticks or cheese cracker ...
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Knock, Knock
Dial, 2007
Fun Book!
I bought this book for my five-year-old because she's learned some knock-knocks from other kids at school and is always trying to make up her own but doesn't understand how they're supposed to work. We both love looking at this book - the illustrations are as amusing ...
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Arnie, the Doughnut
Laurie Keller
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2003
Lots of fun!
Who knew that doughnuts could be so much fun? Well, Laurie Keller did, and that's why she was clever enough to write this book! The story of Arnie the doughnut, trying to save himself from being eaten alive is laugh out loud funny. Arnie wonders why he is an unlucky ...
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Open Wide: Tooth School Inside
Laurie Keller
Owlet Paperbacks, 2003
wonderful
this is a wonderful book. It's better suited for reading with a small group rather than with a class. The asides are lost with a class. Even so my class walked away with an amazing amount of new knowledge about their teeth
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Stinky Thinking: The Big Book of Gross Games and Brain Teasers
Alan Katz
Aladdin, 2005
Buy this book, your kids will love you
Alan Katz has got to be one of the funniest, most original children's book writers going. I was fighting with my kids over who got to read it first.
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Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners
Laurie Keller
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2007
One of the best children's books on manners!
Do Unto Otters is one of our favorite books. Not only does it review good manners, but it gives great examples for the use of good manners. It is written in such a way that it really shows children the value of treating others as they wish to be treated. I also think ...
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Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions
Don Wulffson
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2000
toys & toys
Toys Amazing stories Behind Great Invemtions is a fantastic book.It's filled with stoies. One of the stories are about toy soldiers Little boys in Europe during the Middle ages played with wooden knights. Little boys in Greece played with clay soldiers.This book is the ...
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Arnie the Doughnut
Laurie Keller
Scholastic Inc., 2006
Arnie the Doughnut is delivered to Mr. Bing, who eats a doughnut every day. Arnie is shocked that Mr. Bing wants to eat him. Arnie makes all sorts of suggestions to save himself. In the end, he and Mr. Bing end up being good friends, and Arnie turns into a sort of pet. Praise for Arnie the Doughnut: "Laurie Keller is a goofball. She's a genius. ...
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Project Management
Mike Field, Laurie Keller
Cengage Lrng Business Press, 1997
Project Management covers all the basic principles applied to a range of industrial and technological projects, and examines in detail some of the specific issues. It is designed to equip the reader with the necessary knowledge and techniques to successfully manage projects, at every stage of the process, from initiation to post project review. ...
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AP3 - Time Flies Game Time! Write & Wipe Activity Tote
Peaceable Kingdom Press, 2007
Don't get bored, get busy and travel through time! Each carry-along tote (9"H x 8 1/2"W x 3/4"D) is 18 spiral-bound pages of fun activities for 1 or 2 players - Hangman, Code Breakers, Mazes, NIM, Story Fill-ins, and more. Tote is constructed of heavy laminated board and comes with 2 write & wipe pens and clean up cloth. Ages 7-10
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Inventing Women: Science, Technology and Gender (Open University U207, Issues in Women's Studies, No. 3)
Polity, 1992
Inventing Women explores important and controversial debates about the gendering of science and technology and their relationship to women. This book discusses how such gendering occurs, the scientific basis for claims of sex difference, the medicalization of women's bodies and the political issues raised by reproductive technology. The ...
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Marty Frye, Private Eye (Little Apple Paperback)
Janet Tashjian
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2000
Marty Frye Private Eye is really good.
It is great. I loved all the stories and I wish there were more stories.
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Fooled You!: Fakes and Hoaxes Through the Years
Elaine Pascoe
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2005
IF YOU ENJOY A GOOD HOAX...
...then be sure to pick up the book TURN ME ON, DEAD MAN by Andru J. Reeve. It's the true saga of the story behind the infamous "Paul-Is-Dead" hoax of 1969, when millions believed a persistent rumor that Beatle Paul McCartney was killed in a car crash, his death kept a ...
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